Thursday, May 7, 2009

Surrounded by Goodness.

This week has been amazing, good grief. I absolutely love the friends I have in my life and feel so blessed to have them. Kristen finished a painting that she has been working on today. Holy cow it is gorgeous, I'm so proud of her. I also finished the illustration yesterday and the Museum animation job also might be done? Who knows. Today was really relaxing finishing a lot of odds and ends we had sitting around in the studio. Kristen and I have been challenging each other to daily drawing, and ideas. This Saturday we have a caricature gig for an after prom party. Should be a lot of fun, should brush off my caricature skills. Are they still there? Yes, yes they are.

Here's a little shot of the illustration, and a little cowboy guy I'm working on. !


Tuesday, May 5, 2009

New Illustration!

Hey everybody!

Kristen and I are getting psyched about South Africa. We are about 12 days away from heading out of the country. We are witnessing some amazing things happening before even heading down to Cape town. Completely glorious. Kristen and I have been busy working to finish an animation for a Museum project with Eisterhold Associates. The guys over there are super nice and a lot of fun to get to know personally. I can't show you the rest of this illustration because it's not out on the stands yet, but I'm really excited about this one, trying new things. (i hope).

I've also been stripping Kristen's bike to put a new coat of paint on it. Holy cow what an endeavor, but definitely worth it. I finally finished stripping the paint using this stuff called "aircraft paint remover" that is a paint on product. SUPER TOXIC, oh my goodness, if just a little bit hits your skin, you are running to the bathroom to clean it off. So last night I primed the first coat and tonight we'll actually give it a first coat of the color she wants.

Kristen and I have also been attending a literacy teaching program that trains us to be tutors. We've decided to volunteer for the Westport High school as tutors teaching reading to students who want to know how. It's a huge commitment but we are really excited about helping out kids in our community. Good times!