New drawings

So all of my work starts as a black and white drawing, and I often just want to leave it at that.  The show I had last year had some black and white work in it, which seemed to go over better with the crowd than the paintings.  I suppose it is just preference.   Anyway, here are some recent drawings I did for myself for fun.  Also, hope you enjoyed the website update from the other day, and Scott's kick ass photos.

Food Trucks, new website updates

Finally! Scott and I were on the same time schedule yesterday where he could photograph my Food Trucks while it was still daylight.  We wanted to use natural light with a touch of his other lighting. 

He did a beautiful job, and I now have him promised to take photos of other things that I have coming to my website, haha.  I will definitely take advantage of being with a photographer.

About the Food Trucks:  I was commissioned by Teenspeed Press, an imprint of Random House, to illustrate the maps for this book.  This was by far the most challenging project I have had, and very rewarding.  I was given google maps, photos, and other info, and from that I basically created scenes that we did not have photos of, and did the lettering which I always love.  It was really cool to see them come together.  The ones that were just arial view maps weren't as tough.  This was really neat and now I can draw any kind of Food Truck from memory, haha.  I think I counted on my computer that originally there were around 40 mini truck drawings done, but they were edited out for space sake.  

Betsy Stromberg was the designer/art director.  And Heather Shouse wrote it.  The photos were mostly taken from Heather's adventures compiling this book together.  I hope she makes a second one.  It was so neat because when I went to Austin I went to one of the trucks in this book. 

Well anyway, if you would like to buy this book you can find it on the Random House site, Amazon, and they are also in major bookstores and some Urban Outfitters.  My friend found a display of them at UO in Manhattan.  

Betsy added color to the images to tie it together with the color palette.  I think it looks really cool.

And I just wanted to share this picture Scott took of The Tilting House book and the pic for the front page to my website.  I updated a few sections on my site with new pics.  There are some in the book section, the wedding section, and pattern.  I 'm really happy with them, thanks Scoot:D

Photo courtesies: Scott Cormack

Timber and Leaf teaser

Here is a little teaser of my fabric collection named Timber&Leaf that will be coming out Spring 2012 through Blend Fabrics, a new company launching this fall by Anna Griffin.  My next collection I think is going to be a creepy one.  But one step at a time Sarah, haha.  Anyway, in October we will be making a grand appearance at the International Quilt Market.  Quilting is a division of sewing that I have not tried yet.  It just might be my winter hobby this year.  Last year and the year before it was knitting.  Knitting to metal music and drinking peppermint coffee.  That's how I roll, and will continue that until I'm elderly.

Attack zombie cats? and other news

Found this little gem in my computer today and thought I would share it.  I think I was working on this for halloween last year and never finished it.  When I find things like this in my computer, I sometimes wonder what is going on in my head, haha.

The past two weeks have been a whirlwind of excitement and strange things happening.  I have had the honor of working with two new clients, American Greetings and Penguin UK.  I can't share what I did for American Greetings until next year, and for Penguin I'm not quite sure when I can share that.  Very exciting things!  A thank you to my friend Emily Dove who put me in contact with the nice people at AG.  I also learned last week that my Feather and Stitch fabric collection will be turned into a line of stationery products for Blend.  I can't wait for the company's launch in October.

My internet went out for 4 days in the height of deadline time this week.  I am so grateful that it's back, since Iphone file sending is not my favorite cup of tea, haha.  I feel like now that I am full time freelance, that is similar to my car breaking down as a delivery driver.  It's like, crap!  I guess I will have to borrow a bike or something.