Entries from January 2009

January 26, 2009

Doodle dump

I am very, very bad at filling sketchbooks. Even worse than notebooks/journals. I can never continuously make art I like bound between two covers, as much as I like the idea. I mostly doodle on random different pieces of paper, which get left around in different places and I lose them. 
Which is very sad, because [...]

January 23, 2009

Quick Link: Artist-designers

(the work of artist/designer Kime Buzelli)
This is not really so much of a real post as a link to a cool article  from Refinery29 I just read:
http://pipeline.refinery29.com/trend_spotting/art_for_sale_the_latest_genera.php
I love both visual art and fashion, and dabble in both, and this feature on a bunch of creative folks who do both professionally was super inspiring.
Have a good [...]

January 22, 2009

More feet…

Though I did these a while back, I just scanned some more of my series on feet– the top one is again inspired by The Cherry Blossom Girl and the second one is of me, wearing my spray-paint boots.

January 18, 2009

Childhood nostalgia

For my 8th birthday, my parents got me a 72-pencil set of Derwent Watercolour Pencil Crayons. I still use most of them to this day, though I’ve had to replace the black, some of the browns and the flesh tones several times. While digging through my old portfolio, I found piles of drawings that I [...]

January 12, 2009

Resolutions?

Hey there again. I’m back from sun to the bleak cold grey. With dirty slush snow. Fun times.
I actually never make new year’s resolutions. Not quite sure why, but I think it has to do with the fact that I’m not particularly driven or goal-oriented. Also, I’m a huge believer in spontaneity. It’s way cooler [...]