Ballerina

late night sketch

Merry Christmas!!!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas! I tried posting this on Christmas, but aparently it never went through. Here it is again. I drew this on Sketchbook Pro on a tablet. Not nearly as nice as the Cintiq, but I'll take it. ;) 

Have a great New Years as well!

left: snowflakes in our window looking out at the first big snowfall

center: Catherine, Mom, Dad, me

right: Macy's on State Street

Mearra- Selkie from the Sea on Indiegogo

There are only 7 days left to buy pre-sale ticket bundles for Linda Marie Smith's Live music and multimedia event MEARRA-SELKIE OF THE SEA, coming to the Irish American Heritage Center March 1st 2014! There are different packages which includes prints, cds, dvds, and necklaces. Please check it out!

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mearra-selkie-from-the-sea

Catherine and I have been quite happy to be part of this project. We have created moving illustrations which will be playing behind Linda's band during her concerts. This art will provide dramatic background/mood/ambiance/color to the stage for a unique stage performance!

images from her campaign:

(her words, not mine! ;) )

Again, her words, not mine! (Rob is her husband.)

Tickets available through the indiegogo page and through http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/523813 

Update: 12/27/13:

A big THANKS to everyone who contributed to make this a success!

Blue Mermaid

Drawing very Disneyesque characters is my guilty pleasure! ;)

(Don't worry, I have plumper ones sketched out too, I just happen to be thin myself, so this comes more naturally.)

Medusa

Medusa sketch. 

(Hard not to color a sketch!)

;)

C2E2's Artist Alley, April 2014

Good news! This morning Catherine and I received confirmation that we have been accepted in C2E2's artist alley! We are grateful to be welcomed back for our second year there! We hope to see you in April! Please stop by to say hi! :)

Informing Ape

Catherine and I are quite happy to finally be able to share another project we worked on this past year. We did character design and illustrations for a foodie website called Informing Ape. Another artist did some fun comics on there as well. Please check it out!

Mearra- Selkie from the Sea

Mearra- Selkie from the Sea is a beautiful, unique multimedia performance from musician Linda Marie Smith. Her lovely, heart-felt music tells the Celtic love story of a selkie named Mearra as she falls in love with a lonely fisherman, and discovers love and life on land. Catherine and I have created nearly an hour worth of visuals for this concert. Some of it can be seen in her promo video. (Since then the art direction has taken on a brighter note for readability during the performance.) Please check it out, and consider contributing to this project. Thanks!

Mearra-Selkie From the Sea: album producer reflects from Linda Marie Smith on Vimeo.


Article about the album: http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Chicagos-Linda-Marie-Smith-to-Release-4th-Album-This-February-20131209#

84

The above two limited edition prints are available at 84, a new store in Chicago specializing in toys and sports collectibles from the 80s. Catherine has a limited edition print there as well as a handful of some of our other prints. It's a really cool store in Logan Square with lots of awesome action figures and art! Follow them on Instagram @84Chicago. The store is located at 2507 N. Milwaukee.

Store Hours: By appointment only.

84Chicago@gmail.com

773-759-1807

www.84chicago.com