The color you say is black is the one you might lack

Ladies, Ladies, Ladies.

Some quick sketches.

I get up in the morning, put my dreams away.

A few months ago I received an email to take part in the online "Power In Numbers" by Gallery Nucleus. I finally got around to submitting my pieces. You'll eventually be able to see them AND BUY THEM (and it supports a charity of my choice, hoorah!) at http://gallerynucleus.com/PIN

They go together as a pair and are sort of the first concrete things in a new series I'm working on. Check you guys later.

Bones, Bones, Bones. 2011. mixed media.

Burying. 2011. mixed media.

Because my heart stands for nothing and your souls too weak.

So tonight I went to my first life drawing session(at the Palette and Chisel Open Studios!) since graduating from MICA. It was...painful in a lot of ways but amazingly affirming in a lot of others. I was pretty rusty, so bear with me here, it will hopefully become a weekly event.

I forgot how therapeutic sitting and drawing a model is. Here are some samples from the class. I made BRILLIANT choices and used really light pencils on some of them and they scanned horribly, but what can you do.

The necessary...and upsetting..warm up

Naked Ladies will always be my favorite, who am I kidding.

So since I'm not your everything, how about I'll be nothing

Change is afoot. Much more to come soon.

Will I fight? Will I swagger, or sway?

I am alive in the new year, swear to god. I hope everyone has been well! Things have been crazy busy in Chicago, but the good news is I have a few projects in the works and hopefully a whole crazy amount of new work is going to be coming!

I've included a few sketches below and a super secret sneak peek..



Just been having a lot of fun with a new sketchbook, courtesy of my good friend Liz.


I think I'm going to get in trouble for posting this, but I'm gonna anyway. A preview of things to come! Also be on the lookout for a complete site rehaul soon, its in the works!

Much love, catch you cats sooon.

I know my place, but it don't know me

When I, or someone I know, get really overwhelmed at work(or I do something completely dickish), I like to try and cheer them with ridiculousness. Here are a couple things I've made various friends that litter our office space. My goal is to thoroughly permeate the entire room with my...unique...sense of humor/boobs.

I'll post some more of these when I get a chance to rob people's desks and scan them.

That Toddlin' Town

I got a couch and a rug this weekend, so now I have rediscovered my love of sitting on the floor in front of the tv doing work. Here was a quick little painting I made for a friend of mine that just recently moved to the city(THE BEST CITY, I SHOULD ADD). I'm thinking of doing a Chicago Sports Series now.

You can't live in this city without growing some pride, especially not with a Father that kept us all well engrossed in the Bulls during their Jordan heydays.

The skyline was beautiful on fire

Sometimes people ask me why I don't update this or why I am never online/around. Or even why I have no social life. A while ago I did a drawing of why I have become this way. I believe it is pretty accurate and would like to share it with you all. I give you..the life of a Designer at an interactive creative agency!

(yes, those are legos)

The end.

You've got a face with a view

Little paint doodle from last night. One day I'll do some art that isn't naked ladies.

But until then.

Learn to accept the things I am

New Moleskin.

She keeps it secret and safe in there.

I could hear your heartbeat.

This piece I created for Michael Owen's Innovate Love Project, which I was very proud and excited to be a part of. I delayed scanning this one for a while because I couldn't get the colors to turn out right on the computer. I eventually just gave up, I'll upload a picture of the framed piece eventually.

Other than that, more moleskins coming soon, guys! Loves.

Christina Hendricks makes me want to take up smoking

And she also makes me do fast paint doodles like this.

Darling heart, I've loved you from the start

I don't even know how I'm kind of staying on top of this.

page 03. The harvester of hearts.

My heart is in time out.

I'll keep posting them as I finish them. I'm committing this time, guys. I feel like I should maybe actually finish a sketchbook before I officially hit my mid-20s.

..terrible thought that is.

...in the end. if its not ok, its not the end.

I know I've been the worst guys. A lot of life changes and crazy work deadlines. I'm so full of excuses always, but I missed you guys. I just want to come home, so here I am.

I went and splurged on a big moleskin earlier this week and this is the new beginning.

...i also bought way too many colored microns.

Gentleman Caller

I rarely draw boys, so I got kind of excited.

Lets see if I can keep up this sketchbook page trend. You guys should keep me in check.

Starless and Bible Black

It was a bad month for arting but...

..have some sketchbook pages! I know I say it and promise it everytime, but I really will try to be on here more often. Life finally just cleared up a bit.

Apologies, lovies.

P.S. I was to scaredy-cat to enter this year but SUPER CONGRATULATIONS to everyone that got into Spectrum 17! All my illos-friends that I know got in are amazing and definitely deserve it for their amazing talent and hard work!

Tell me you love me, come back and haunt me.

I remember the first time I saw the music video for Coldplay's The Scientist in high school. At the time, it made me cry hysterically and I didn't really understand why. I feel like now, probably 7 or 8 years later, I have a slightly better comprehension as to how it easily snipped my heart strings. I think it was in that time during your teenage years where you really start to realize your choices are going to alter your life from that point on...and it bloody well terrified me.

Enough of that, though! This is a job I finished up a month or so ago, but just never got around to posting for some odd reason. I did 15 illustrations for an online OPTI Magazine, all about a girl who had to complete 14 tasks in time for her holiday fiesta. Here are a few of my favorite tasks:

And just incase you never got a chance to see it:

I am a romance junky.

Its true, I'm the biggest sap-geek I know. I'm sure the majority of girls out there will immediately understand the inspiration for this piece. Depending on how not-lazy I can force myself to be with personal work in 2010, I may be posting a lot more of these.

Just messing around with media in my sketchbook. Mayhaps I got a bit carried away.

Poor Wardrobe Choices Numero Uno

So I've been toying with the idea of doing a daily sketch for a while now. While I can almost guarantee its not going to be daily, I can at least promise it'll be somewhat regular. It will probably eventually segway into something else, just because I don't feel like I can make poor wardrobe choices forever (right, guys?....right?), but I've got fodder enough for more than a few of these.

As for the topic, I make bad choices in dressing myself almost every single day. Be it that I was born and raised in Florida and now live in Chicago, that I can't afford a proper wardrobe, or that I'm simply slow, numerous people have commented on my seeming lack of common sense in something I should've learned how to do when I was 5.

This becomes ESPECIALLY apparent in the winter.

TO COME:

SHOES
HAIR
UNDERWEAR
AND MORE!!!

Sorry I'm stupid, guys. :)