Doom of Love in Small Spaces

I can't believe I never posted this... I did this illustration over the winter for Realms of Fantasy Magazine. It was for a really interesting, allegorical story called "The Doom of Love in Small Spaces" by Ken Scholes. It was in the May issue.. unfortunately, a quick google search did not reveal any online versions of the story.

View from Santa Monica Beach

To kick off our 4th of July weekend o' fun, Rachel and I hit the beach after our half day of work last Thursday. I sketched our office building, 100 Wilshire (the tall one), and the condos and other building along Ocean Ave, while soaking up the sun.

I got very sunburned while drawing this.

tagged!

I was tagged by Miss Shey on her blog, One Eye Open. Thanks Shey!

1. What did you do 10 years ago?
Summer of ‘98 I was between my junior and senior year of high school, working at Target, going to lots of concerts, hanging out at the park with my friends – you know, living the dream!

2. Five items on your to-do list today:
design a couple of brochures, finish the palm tree drawing on lunch break (I didn’t – see the half finished drawing below), pack for my rafting trip, dinner & drinks with my roommates, post on my blog

3. Snacks that you enjoy
cheez-its, grapes, 365 brand real-fruit Caribbean flavored popsicles, pita chips & hummus, trail mix

4. What would you do if you were a billionaire?
Wow, my brain hurts thinking of the possibilities. One thing would be to take my whole family on a cruise. A big fancy one.

5. Places that you would live:
Saratoga Springs, NY; Louisville, KY; Middlebury, VT; San Francisco, CA; Chicago, IL

6. Bloggers to whom you are passing the challenge:

• Katy Abramson
• Angela Dominguez
• Sarah Fox
• Megan Resch
• Chris Pike

Reinventing Louisville

I did this illustration for the May issue of Louisville Magazine. It is for an article called "Reinventing Louisville" by John Gilderbloom & Matt Hanka. The article throws out some ideas to make Louisville a bustling, thriving downtown. The whole issue is about downtown Louisville - plans for the future, what it's like to live downtown, etc. It's a fantastic issue - I encourage any fans of Louisville to purchase a back issue.

Bohannon Vanilla Creme beer

When I visited Nashville, my boyfriend's dad had 2 Bohannon Vanilla Creme beers stashed away in his fridge. I was lucky enough to try this delicious beer (which has since been discontinued). It tastes like cream soda. Mmmmmm.

Katy reading Metromix

A quick sketch on my lunch break. Me & my girlfriends take a quilt out onto the grass in front of the building... which is oceanside. It's like a mini beach day in the middle of the work day.

This drawing is of Katy. See her photography & other creative work at her blog, Katy Creative.

IPA's

A few new beers for the 99 paintings of beer blog.

Long time, no blog.

I took a bit of a hiatus. no excuses. I just got back into drawing. here are a few things. I hope to keep this up.

Holiday Season on the Promenade

A lovely night scene of the famous Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade. It's quite festive. This is mostly gouache (I started with a base of watercolor) on some random illustration board I had laying around the house.

Buy prints of this piece here!

Birds of Marina del Rey

Birds of Marina del Rey, 5" x 7", pen + watercolor

When you take a sailboat out of Marina del Rey, you happen upon a "breaker" of sorts (forgive me for not knowing proper jargon, I'm not a sea-person). This breaker is a mound of rocks COVERED in birds. It's quite a spectacle. So I drew it.

Buy prints of this piece here!