pen, ink and skin

So yeah, got my first tattoo last weekend!! I thought it would be cool to show my drawing too, and the translation of it to skin. I have always wanted one and never could figure out what I would be okay with for forever, until now. I had to wait for it to heal a bit to share.
Basically, I drew this crane to remind me to have fun and live my life, like the skydive event. It reminds me not to fear the little things, that I jumped out of an airplane, so nothing can be that scary. The drawing is sort of how felt too-like I was flying and it felt very epic. But man, getting a tattoo on your back hurts like hell!! I have never gotten hurt really bad, so I had never experienced that level of pain- but it was totally worth it. Scott has a full sleeve, so he got a kick out of watching me go through it for the first time.

Mr. Muns

This is a piece I did for the "In Honor of Kidrobot" show at Clothesline Gallery in Sarasota last week. The theme was to create art based around Kidrobot designer toys. I thought this was a good way to smush it into my world. For any of you that have driven down some good country roads and suddenly needed some vehicular service, you may have met this nice fella before. Great job on putting the show together Sandra! I'm sure it was rad!

Also, thanks for the comments on my recent skydive adventure, it was an awesome experience. I'm back to earth now I suppose. I will go again though haha.

pure.bliss.

Here are a few pics from my trip skydiving with Scoot. I will post the video recording of the event as soon as I can figure out how to compress random gibberish files into a quick time file.


So, this was the most unbelievable thing to do ever. This first pic I had to post because when you walk up to the loud plane with all your gear on and the crew, it definitely feels like you're in a badass aviator flick or Armageddon or something. Scott is to the left of me in the blue suit, calm and serene, being awesome as usual. The hat I'm wearing was optional but I insisted on looking like the red baron.



The jump......OH MAN, the best part, although the worst feared.



The clearest my mind has been in pure happiness-the free fall, I dropped 9,000 feet in under a minute. wow



I guess from the ground people could here me yelling coming from the sky "I'm flyingggg!!" The parachute part was a nice, calm, bewildering feeling-when you get yo really see what is happening. The parachute we used was called "The Black Beauty" very fitting, sounds like a potential illustration.


Thanks Scott, you are incredibly inspiring.

Sky Diving

As some of you may know, my fiance is insane. He has convinced me to go skydiving this Saturday. If I don't make it, I had a great time, and you guys are awesome. If I do make it, I am hoping for some truly uplifting, life-changing inspiration. I have felt pretty dead brained lately, I am hoping to "wake up" so to speak. I trust Scott and I believe in his life theory more than anyone I know. So I am in on this with him.

Life is not just about making art and doing your best, it's also about jumping out of airplanes.

Haha, I think I am going to pee my pants.

interview with Blanket Mag

I submitted my "Snake Queen" piece to the Re_action project for Blanket Magazine, and they did a little interview with me about the piece and other things. The piece is also in the magazine, which is an online downloadable issue. There are some great artists in there, along with some really cool articles to read. Go check it out!