Better Than Coffee

A silly roommate moment from the recent past...

Seriously though, cute animals = the best way to start off the day.

"Black Christmas" Show at QPop

I recently did a couple of pieces for QPop's "Black Christmas" show (open to the public tomorrow, 12/15).
Here is a scan of some deep-sea mermaids I painted:

5x7" gouache and ink

Here are my two pieces in their frames:

Forgot to scan this one, but here is a poorly lit photo of it:

 

Many amazing artists are participating in this horror-themed show, so please check it out! More info on the show's flyer below, featuring artwork by the talented Stephanie Ramirez:

Some Zoodles

I went on a brief zoo sketching trip a few weeks ago with a couple of talented dudes. and I finally scanned a couple of the drawings last night. I still have a lot more sketchbook pages to scan, so more doodles to come soon...

Peccaries!:

We realized that the male gerenuk has it made:

 Le, Justin and I on our way out of the zoo....

And my favorite photo of the day:

Jack Frost

I hope you all have a fantastic Turkey-day weekend! Also, be sure to see Rise of the Guardians, which is out today!! I didn't work on this, but a lot of my incredibly talented friends and peers did an amazing job on this movie, so please check it out!!

Being Sick this Weekend and Encountering the Taylor Swift Guy...

I ended up being at CTN-X this weekend for a total of maybe 3 hours. Much of that time was spent sitting at a table at the bar, nursing a mug of tea in a near catatonic state. Basically I came down with some cold or flu almost immediately after I arrived on Saturday afternoon, and when I woke up Sunday morning I was feeling too terrible to go back. I'm still really bummed out that I didn't get a chance to meet a lot of you guys, especially those of you who came such a long way to be at the convention!

But alas, this was me on Sunday morning, feverish, wishing I could have been there:

 After sleeping away most of the day, I ventured out to the market seeking ingredients for chicken soup. While I was there, I witnessed something kind of amazing:

You can't make this kind of dialogue up. Ran into these two in the cereal aisle sometime later, before the song was finished playing...the guy seriously knew every. Single. Lyric. I almost wish that damned "Call Me Maybe" song had come on immediately afterward just so I could see the other guy in his element.