In Case

While I'm covering my crushes I of course have to mention the incredible Neko Case. I find her music so amazing and beautiful that it makes me fell all warm inside. I was lucky enough to see her live a couple years ago and I remember thinking that if I wasn't feet from her I could swear she was lip syncing because her voice was too amazing to be live.

Go Wilde

Continuing the crush countdown I would be bereft if I left out the lovely Olivia Wilde otherwise known as "13" on House. Man, there is just something about this lady that does it for me, I've often said that I would pay to watch her read the newspaper, she is that mesmerizing to me. Loved her in Tron and her lack of bra in Cowboys and Aliens was by far the best part of the film. And another good case of someone who looks way better as a brunette than they do as a blonde. I hope I can meet her someday to pitch her the "Olivia Wilde reads a newspaper show", it would be a hit I'm sure.

Just for laughs

Since I first saw the Comedians of Comedy movie a couple years ago I've been a fan of the comedy of Maria Bamford and I subsequently developed a huge crush on her, funny ladies just do it for me. I've been listening to a lot of podcasts with her while at work and I couldn't help but notice the similarities between the life of a stand up comic and that of a freelance illustrator especially when it comes to self promotion and sporadic work and it's given me a couple ideas on how to improve my business. Anyway I've had her on my mind the past couple days so I thought I would make the subject of today's sketch.

Clouds are at war

Experimenting with some different brush strokes. Trying to get a more natural media feel. It's fun to try a couple new things.

Cherry 2000

I gotta draw more, just haven't been drawing enough stuff. Gonna try to get something up everyday to stay loose. We'll see how it goes. Gotta give it a try.

Illustration Wars

As the picture says, I love illustration. When I was in school I remember constantly hearing the old adage that if you can find a job doing what you love then you will never work a day in your life. The only problem with that saying is the finding the job part. Working as a freelance illustrator is something that I love beyond words. It fills me with outrageous joy to get an assignment, but time flies all too quickly before I reach the deadline and I'm done. Unfortunately jobs come to infrequently and I just can't support myself on freelance alone. But that will always remain the dream, to be able to live off of my love. In another attempt to remind art directors that I'm still alive and available I drew a new promotional piece, hope it gets me some work.

Attention Detention

This is a piece I did for Charlotte Magazine last month. It was for an article about over diagnosing ADHD in kids. They were super fun to work with and I really like how the final illustration turned out. I used my nephew miles for reference, he’s such a trooper. Check out the article here.