I made a papier mache bird to watch over me while I sleep, and after I finished, I decided his name is Felipe. I finished him a few weeks ago and hung him from the ceiling. His wingspan is probably about four feet and his body is maybe 16″ long. Here’s a progress shot: I started by forming a skeleton …
This summer, my sister and I had a bad run in with some small flying bugs. We still haven’t completely gotten rid of all of them, but their numbers seem to be dwindling. Fruit flies, most of you are familiar with, especially if you were once a college student. Typically fruit flies will follow you into the house via …
Have you been dumped recently? Had things go sour with a budding romance? If this has happened on a small, cloistered college campus, you are already too aware of the fact that you will be running into this person again and again. However, even in large cities where anonymity is treasured, flocks of single young people tend …
Went to Spudnik Press‘ bi-monthly Drink and Draw event Wednesday with my friend Devon. Much silliness ensued, this drawing being a good example (Devon and I picked one noun, verb and adjective: in this case they were animal, sparkly and sitting). Later everyone there tried to draw the continental United States from memory- it was …
I haven’t been feeling very funny lately, hence the lack of comics. Continuing to draw until the humor comes back!
Back in 2009, I stumbled on PARK(ing) Day, an international public space event. I’ve always loved the idea, which is to take over a city parking spot for a day and create a mini park there (any kind of park! a rose garden, a skate park, a cafe) where people can hang out and enjoy …
I’ve been interested in some recent articles reexamining the ‘creative class’ as defined by Richard Florida a decade ago. More specifically, I’m interested in articles that discuss cities and the artists/ creatives/ funemployed who live in them. As someone who fits into this category, I love where I live but simultaneously don’t feel supported or …
These drawings, by the way, are done in a tiny notebook about the size of an index card. He got up too quickly- I didn’t get very far.