old stop motion animation (2004)

I was looking through some old files and found this little piece of stop motion from my college days. I totally forgot all about this! I believe I did this in 2004. This puppet currently lives in my parents' basement. Sorry for the low quality of this video! Maybe I can find the original files and render a full resolution one.

Blizzard of 2011!

What a crazy blizzard! I thought I would use this snow day to stay inside and draw, but I actually spent most of the day outside enjoying the snow. So in place of what was supposed to be some snow inspired drawings, here are a few photos. Enjoy!

for more pictures, check out my Snowpocalypse album on Facebook

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girl sketch

drawing at the museum

This month The Art Institute of Chicago is free so we took advantage of it this week. My favorite spot to draw is down in the American galleries. There is a nice little spot full of sculptures right outside the galleries.

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Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas with their friends and family!

Merry Christmas!!!!

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bed head

Here was a quick warm up sketch before working today.

Old Envelopes

These are some old envelopes I found in Wahpeton, ND at an antique store, Mother Hubbard's Cupboard. They are all pretty cool, but the best find is the top one addressed to Geo. E. Ulrich. That's a family name on my mom's side. We're from Illinois, the Joliet area. I'll have her check to see if there's any relation to this Ulrich. :)

Snow Angel

In the middle of the summer, during a horrible heat wave, I was laying in bed unable to sleep and suddenly had an urge to play in the snow. Then I suddenly got obsessed with wanting to build little snow cherubs! So about 5-6 months later, I awoke to the first measurable snowfall and best of all, it was STICKY!!! Yay! Catherine and I ran outside, but didn't have too much time to play in the snow, and managed to build one snow cherub. I hope to build more next time! :)