Copernicus

I recently flew up to Savannah, GA to visit my best friend for her birthday. And thanks to procrastination and World of Warcraft I stayed up all night packing before my flight and went sleep deprived the whole first day of visiting.

Amazingly enough, I discovered that the secret to productivity is simply "not to sleep." And here I thought artists lost sleep because they were too busy being creative. It's actually the other way around. Silly me. ^^

So here's one of the things I scribbled out in my sketch book while chilling in the costume department at SCAD. 

This is a redesign of my character Copernicus. He was the second character I ever made and needed an overhaul from his early Pokemon-influenced design. His body structure is mostly based off of a goat.

Hugable gryphons are hugable.

I recently updated the website with a painting of a couple of cuddlefaced Wrennec gryphons. So to continue the darble trend, here's a commissioned sketch of a Sparrow/Bunny Gryph.

Bunny feets are so BAWWW!

Happy Holidays! :D

Even though I skipped a year this is turning into an annual thing. :) I like making paper ornaments that everyone can print and share. It means my Yule gifts aren't limited by my workload or the names on my card list.

2010 was a hard year for a lot of people. Here's hoping for a better 2011! :)

Jackalope Show Report

Stage 84 was amazingly difficult to get to. But with the combined effort of my and Jon's phone-gps' we managed to triumph over the winding South Florida highways.

The Jackalope Show was intended for S. Florida artists in general, but from what I understand, the majority included Art Institute students, teachers and alumni. Not surprising, considering that the mascot of the Ai illustration department is the Jackalope. It was interesting to see all of the different ways the artists interpreted the theme. I know how I personally would have done an entire show about Jackalopes so it sort of opened my mind as to how other people see the subject matter. I picture the Jackalope as a real animal. It's own species with variation, bound by the laws of nature. But to my fellow artists it was a symbol of imagination, chaos, spirituality, humor, nonsense, sexuality and artistic expression. The art certainly wasn't lacking in variety. :)

I'm told that The Jackalope Show will remain up till near the end of December. All but a couple of the pieces are for sale. *hint hint* So, if you can find the time to go, it's worth the drive! ...just bring a GPS.

Prehistoric Jackalope: Part II

Here he is, all painted up and ready to go.

This little guy appears to be a smaller, stockier relative of the modern Pronghorn Jackalope of the North American plains. The species is new to the fossil record, so no further information is available at this time. He will be on display at the Jackalope Show.

Mixed media & Coffee

Prehistoric Jackalope

Trying to come up with an idea for the Jackalope Show. So far this is the best design I've come up with for a Prehistoric Jackalope without delving into silly stereotypical caveman imagery.

Maybe doing something silly wouldn't be such a bad idea. :p I like these antlers though.

Jackalope Show coming up!

JACKALOPE SHOW @ Stage84

9118 W State Rd 84, Davie, FL

Working on a new piece for the up and coming Jackalope Show! My theme will be a 'Prehistoric Jackalope based on an extinct specie of antelope that is said to have resembled a rabbit.

 Some past Jackalope sketches: