"No Place Like Home"

all the possible captions I came up with (I couldn't choose):
"Take Risks! Be Brave! Try New Things! ... all from the comfort of your own home."
"Don't be a chicken."
"Afraid to get your feet wet?"
"Why stop at wings? Water wings are where it's at!"

I think its almost here!!

Don't forget to have a ball this Christmas.  :D

Whats that fowl smell?

 

Today I decided to have some fun and make an illustration based on those kindergarten appropriate jokes, "what do you get when you cross...?" The first one I found did the trick, and was oh-so-fun to illustrate!

Question: "what do you get when you cross a chicken and a skunk?"

answer: "a fowl smell."

What do you think? Anyone have more good suggestions that I should try?

Moustachio?

Lately I've been eating a lot of pistachios because they're delicious and I can eat them in spite of my Naturopath diet. Not that this has much to do with my post, but I've taken to calling them "mustachios" just because its more fun, and once I started I couldn't stop.

The connection is this: I'm working on some concepts for an upcoming magazine that has to do with laughter, and I wanted to create a vector of a laughing "moustache."

I got started and quickly realized it was going to be harder than I thought. The thing about moustaches is that, depending on the size, they can totally obstruct one's view of the laughing face. So I did some visual research via "the internet" and got on the right track! So here is the evolution of a laughing moustache. If it ever ends up in a final design I'll be sure to post it!

sweet sappy love :)

Yup, not much else on my mind lately. I'm getting married in 20 days!! I saw a cute little illustration today and ran with the idea to try and lighten my design mood. Lately I've been getting pretty drained at work, and it helps to have 5 minutes of fun! And I just love my soon-to-be hubby!!

Ship Ahoy

Sometimes great ideas abound, and sometimes they don't. When they do, it usually means I have left-overs! Here is an illustration concept that got rejected (by me) today. I was going for an "art deco" feel but also inspired by some more modern trends...anyways, I enjoyed the result and thought I'd share! 

little birdies

Just for fun, a little illustration. I guess its a sneak peak of my latest painting project, which follows the same "little birdie" look. Maybe someday I'll make a series of cards.

Oh. and by the way...4 months, 16 days till i get MARRIED!!!

Illustration Happiness :)

Yesterday was a good day. You know why? I've been illustrating. I'm working on another piece for Insights Magazine and as usual its been a wonderful blur of a few hours creating a new piece. Its funny...I never set out to illustrate, but I'm finding that I enjoy it more than anything else I get to do at my job! Almost more than using my new work camera. ALMOST. So here are a few screen shots of what I'm working on. Keep your eyes peeled for the finished digital issue, or sign up to get it in print (for FREE!!) once a month. Not just to see the work I do, but to get a good dose of solid biblical teaching in an engaging format.