Lemming

My art resolution from 2009 was to make more money from art than I did in 2008. The results are in: I made about the same amount as last year from Zazzle, but with the additional sales from the art show, I more than doubled the 2008 total! I'm so grateful to everyone who has enjoyed and supported my work (that means you, friends and internet friends!).

Art Goals for 2010: 
--Create 4 more items similar to the current Zazzle best sellers
(Gulper Eel will be joined by Deep sea angler, and Fire Squirrel will get a Fire Pigeon friend...plus two more TBA)

--Update LJ once a week, and especially, draw comics again! GOSH

--Sell all remaining prints from art show on Etsy

--Make a web-based portfolio (that's more professional than LJ!)

--Take a class or find another way to get feedback from others, especially experts/professionals

--Find out what other venues might be possible for sales (licensing, local stores, etc)

--Make more than in 2009!

I had to make some abstracted plankton icons for a work project.... I compiled them just for fun. The various plankton depicted are (in no particular order): Copepod, polychaete worm, cnidarian medusa, barnacle nauplius, noctiluca (aka sea sparkle), comb jelly, shrimp, zoea larva of a crab, megalopa larva of a crab, and diatom. Also air bubbles and some extremely abstracted blobs.

Draft of a new East Bay Pride poster. It's a bit garish and I keep tweaking the colors. Also still developing the shadow--it's blocky and strange. But I'm happier with the overall composition now.

My view coming home in the dark...

New 2010 Calendar up on Zazzle with lots of images from the show:

I just learned about this new plugin for Illustrator, SymmetryWorks. I just started playing around with it tonight, but I think it has a lot of potential!

One of the first Art Nouveau styled posters I made. In retrospect, this would've been much easier to do in Illustrator.

Travel Poster style! 

I'm promoting this blog for my upcoming show, so I thought I'd re-post some of my favorites from the last year or two. These puffins were created for my 2009 calendar but I don't think I ever posted them here. The background is by Rebecca.

If you think of a favorite that deserves a re-post, drop me a comment.

In case you didn't see this on Facebook: YES! I has an SHOW! 

The arts will be there starting Nov 18, but the opening party will be Dec 5, 5:30-7:30.

If you're in the Bay Area, come check it out!

This is the view from the airport. When the plane is landing, you're wondering if you are going to crash into the sheer cliff face...

Here's the view from the porch of the beach house we stayed of in Campo Felice.

View of Point Bonita and Rodeo Beach from the back of Hawk Hill.

Today I saw the tail of a Cooper's Hawk sticking out of an oatmeal can. It was regrettably comical.