Mermaid

Always my go-to when I can't think of what to draw!

Candy Corn Witch!

If it's one thing I LOOOVE about this time of year, it'd Candy Corn!

Illustration Friday: Sky

Guardian

Inari Ōkami

Playing around with fox masks for an art piece!

Diana

Dandelion

Inspired by episode one of Fringe this season... : )

VS: A Show of Opposites THIS SATURDAY

I can't believe I haven't posted this earlier; I've been so busy promoting it everywhere else, I forgot my dear little blog!!!!

ANYWAY, this Saturday, Feb 4th in San Francisco, I'm co-hosting VS: A Show of Opposites with Mission Comics and Art! Leef Smith, (who, btw, is an AMAZING retail/gallery owner!) has been truly wonderful to work with; after the Girls Drawin Girls book signing back in August, I spoke to him about curating an art show of all my amazingly talented friends.

Well, my dreams have come true! I've gathered 19 great artists friends to present "VS: A Show of Opposites," themed around work having to do with contrasts, opposites, and resolution. I am SO SO excited about the work that's been coming in, and been having tons of fun working on my own pieces.

It's been a joy to oversee a show that wasn't pin-up themed, or restricted to female artists. The hardest part was trying to figure out how many artists I could include. Believe me, I would have invited all my friends if I could! I'm hoping if this opening goes well, this is the first of many (larger!) group shows I help to organize, where many more people participate.

My friend Maggie asked me what made me want to curate; I figured out that curating art shows combines both my love of promoting art, promoting my friends, and creating fun and enjoyable events/parties! I also take great inspiration from Ally of swoon gallery, and all the incredible group shows she oversees and curates; definitely a special skill set managing that many artists!!!

Without further ado, here are sneak peeks of my two pieces, as well as the flyer and all the info!!

http://www.facebook.com/events/323808197653300/

Group Exhibition: “VS: A Show of Opposites”

New Works by SF and LA Artists

February 4, 2012 through March 3, 2012

Opening Reception 2/4/12

7pm-10pm

Anand Duncan 

Emma Sancartier

Alina Chau

Liana Hee

Ashley Fisher 

Karen Krajenbrink

Bill Robinson 

Ryan Hungerford

Cat Maske 

Shiu Pei Luu

Chris Vear 

Sho Murase

Daisy Church 

Sherry Delorme

Denise "Dee" Chavez 

Steph Laberis

Erin Leong 

Wednesday Kirwan

Katherine Waddell

Mission Comics and Art is pleased to announce “VS: A Show of Opposites”, curated by Daisy Church. The show will feature new art and illustrations from over 18 different San Francisco and Los Angeles area artists. The theme of the show is "versus," and features artwork exploring the ideas of contrasts and opposites.

The opening reception will be held at Mission Comics and Art on Saturday, February 4th from 7-10 pm. Hor d'oeuvres and complimentary drinks will be served (wine will be available to our 21+ guests). The exhibition will be on display through March 3, 2012 and is free and open to the public.

Mission Comics is a fantastic retail and gallery space run by SF local Leef Smith, who combined a comic book shop with an art gallery in a fresh, exciting way while drawing on the unique strengths of the Mission District. The gallery and retail space also helps facilitate a greater cross-pollution between the worlds of fine art and commercially produced sequential art. Hours of operation are Tuesday thru Sunday, 12pm-8pm, or anytime online at www.missioncomicsandart.com.

When:

Opening Reception: Saturday, February 4th, 2012 7-10 PM, 

Multiple artists will be in attendance.

Where: 

Mission Comics and Art

3520 20th St. Suite B 

San Francisco, CA 94110 

Ph. # 415-695-1545

2012 Drawings (FINALLY!)

Day one and two of 2012.... ta da! And with that, I am OFFICIALLY caught up on scanning in my sketchbook. Here I come, 2012!

Crows and Ribbons.

1/1/12

Rocket and Inky like to hang out in the bathroom a lot with me.

1/2/12

Holiday Drawings

Ice Skatin'

Snowglobe

Reindeer (unfinished)

Family Photos

Halloween Costume; Morticia and Gomez Addams

Three year anniversary! Sort of a prototype for my holiday card, I suppose.

Rocket and Inky study

Halloween Lovelies

Yup. These are from October. Enjoy!

Un-Colored (but Inked) Stuff

I meant to ink this all in, but never got around to it. Annnd, hence the backlog of drawings being scanned in... maybe I'll digitally ink them at some point?

Anyway, drawings! lots of them!

Study for Monsters and Dame piece

Day of the Dead mermaid

Vain Medusa

Cleopatra and Asp

another take at The Always Broken Goddess

Day of the Dead Steve Jobs

Halloween Witch Pin-up

Prince Rocket

And the court jester Inky

Walrus Girl

Like how this turned out; would like to do a more finished version. Think I've been influenced by reading too many Golden Compass books!

iPad drawing

I got an iPad 2 for Xmas; been having tons of fun playing with the camera, scanning apps and art apps. Here's a piece from my sketchbook that I scanned, cleaned up and colored in all on the iPad!

Crowned

Duchess of Rings: Sonic Generation Art Show

My piece for the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 20th Anniversary tribute show held at BRAVE NEW WORLDS in Philadelphia, PA!

The show runs Dec. 2nd until the end of December.

sonicgenerationart.com 

(Check back for more uploaded samples)

 I am SOO thrilled to be a part of it! : D

Monsters and Mermaids

My submission for Emerald City's Dames and Monsters 2012 book.  I'm really happy with how it turned out! : D Hopefully it'll make the cut...

Tea Maiden