Noel Night 2009

Detroit had its first snow 3 days ago but only for a split second! What a tease! Saturday was Noel Night in downtown Detroit. I love Noel Night so much! I've never seen the city so happy and crowded with Holiday cheer!! Even though there was no snow at least the streets where save for driving!

Chris and I set up a table together along with other students and alums. As soon as noel night officially started the building was packed with tons people! It was fun to talk to so many people that live in Detroit or the surrounding suburbs. I was so busy at my table that I wasn't able to walk around and see my friends tables so that was the only bummer!

Since this wasn't a comic-con it was interesting to see how excited people reacted when stumbling across Chris and Shane's comic Reed Gunther.

I wish I had a photo of our table to show but unfortunately Chris and I still use disposable cameras.Haha!


I sold prints, my book, buttons, and $5 Sketches!


We covered our table with craft paper so when I needed a break I'd sit and doodle the people walking around us.


Here's a doodle of Amy Hojnacki, who also had a table two floors above us! I love her work!

This was the best Noel Night yet! Who knows where I'll be living this time next year since I'll be done with school in May. Hopefully I'll be able to make it back for many more chilly Noel Nights in Detroit.

These boots are made for walking!

This piece was based on a article titled "Language of Men!" for my editorial class!



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The cowboy in the middle is suppose to be cussing up a storm using the words from a funny articular in Esquire Magazine. I decided to photoshop the swear words out since it would be somewhat out of place on this blog.

Shooting the Moon

My Thanksgiving break was great! It was a perfect blend of work and play! Here are some Sketches of famous composers, a young witch and more!





That's the end of this sketch book! Now On to the next!

Lady Gaga

I really wanted to draw Lady Gaga. So here it is...well a more modest version of Lady Gaga. Hmm didn't really capture her so maybe really just inspired by her.

sketch book again!

The Hometown Art Party 2009 was great! I had alot of fun and met alot of cool people!
More sketches! Check it out!

sketch book time!

Since I'm working on alot of projects at one time I don't have many finished pieces to show right now so I thought I'd let you peek inside my sketchbook!
I love having my sketchbook around everywhere i go because you never know when you'll see someone or something that you just HAVE to draw!
This is the cover and back cover. Haha alot of people have been asking what the cover illustration is exactly... Its a raccoon girl in pounce mode! Okay?! :)








more to come very soon!


Tonight I have a table at the Hometown Art Party 2009! Come get a $10 drawing from me and pick up a issue of Reed Gunther from Chris!

On my way!

Tonight I register for my last semester of classes!
This sketch is of me! Except I don't own such a snazzy pair of paints!

Halloween

Hope everyone had a spooOOooky Halloween!!! I know I did!
I drew up a few famous characters who probably loves Halloween just as much as I do!

work in progress...

Corgis are super cute! This is a unfinished piece. I wish I hadn't used that color paper. :P oh well, Back to the drawing board!

Celerbrate good times!

The famous duo Bill and Alisha where married Sept 25th,09! The wedding was great fun and I'm really happy for the two! In fact I drew this because they looked so gosh darn cute during the wedding. Right now they're hanging out in Japan! Wow!


Congratulation Bill & Alisha Murray!

Like a big pizza pie!

I know a lot of people make this claim but MY grandma is the best cook ever! You haven't had cheesecake till you've had one made by Mary Scimemi aka my grandma! Well I wish some of her cooking skills would rub off on me. Instead I cook more like my dad, everything is buttery and fried!

So here is a first illustration of a cooking collection I'll be doing.


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Oh so pretty!

This is a drawing inspired by my favorite comic Reed Gunther! Reed isn't in this drawing just a little cowgirl styling Sterling's fur coat.

If you don't know who Reed Gunther is you should check out the comic at reedgunther.com!

I just finished reading Issue 2, "Reed Gunther in a Stalac-TIGHT Spot!"
Its the best issue yet!

Poison Ivy

Colored!

poison paradise

Here is a Poison Ivy pin-up i did that I'm going to color really soon! Poison Ivy is a pretty cool female villain but Cat Woman is still my favorite.

wedding bells

I think I was inspired to draw this due to all the weddings that have happened this summer! While I was drawing this I looked out the window above my desk and saw a bride and groom riding in a carriage pulled by a horse. haha. :P

It's FOOD FIGHT time!

The Draw Sucka! Draw!'s fierce Food Fight has begun! To fight in this epic battle you must illustrate your own warrior. The warrior must be a food that follows the theme that is decided.

If you have been following my blog for a year you might remember last year around this time my fighter was The Cannoli Sisters! The food theme then was Italian food. This years theme is "bar food"! Well The Cannoli Sisters lost but this year will be different because Nothing can stop The Chili Fry Smasher!:

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BIO: The Chili Fry Smasher might not be the brightest fighter of the bunch but he packs a mean and messy punch! The Chili Fry Smash earned his name because he is made of thick chili and his weapon of choice are the fries that he traps in his bean filled body ready to pull out during a fight. If you find yourself faced against this fighter don't come to close! His huge body is made of toxic chili that will grab and suffocate its competitor. If angered he'll pull out a fry from his body and come at you swinging!

I colored it in Photoshop. Here is the original inked version:



This was alot of fun to draw.
Check out the Draw Sucka! Draw!'s blogspot to see all the greasy competitors!
http://drawsucka.blogspot.com/

I miss cute hats from the 90's.

Making lemonade with Ms.Bunny .

Here is an illustration of a girl and her toy rabbit. I can't wait to relax under the sun and sip on a cold lemonade. I put up some process work too!

Cute Tuesday

Corgis are so gosh darn cute!

cute project!

Happy Monday! This week I'm going to update everyday with drawings of cute stuff! I draw alot more than you see here on my blog but most of the time I post complete illustrations! Well what do I draw in my sketchbook, or doodle on the side of my notes and important documents?! I draw things that are cute and silly! enjoy!

Today: Bunnies!

Cafe Taste

On the main street of East Aurora is a very cute cafe called Taste. I visit Taste during weeknights and set up a drawing station for myself. I like to draw from life allot and I appreciate Taste letting me hang out and sketch their customers.

Taste has live music on the weekends. This drawing was inspired by Heidi from the musical duo; Heidi Maria. Learn more about Heidie Maria at http://heidimariapeach.com/

This was inspired by one of the girls working at Taste but I might have imagined the green slime.

Summer in the City

I never stop drawing so my supplies are getting lower every day! I really need to find a art store! I found some yellow paper and decided to doodle on it a little.

So far its been really fun exploring East Aurora and being inspired!

The Chatter Phone by Fisher Price.

Fisher Price has made countless of memorable toys. My favorite was my Chatter Phone by Fisher Price. I loved my chatter phone! Before working at Fisher Price I imagined that everyone would have a working Chatter Phone on their desk. Haha!

Wow look what I found online! A How to turn your Chatter Phone into a real phone!
Very cool!

Comic Con fun!

I have completed my first week here in NY interning for Fisher Price. So far I'm feeling really confident that I can contribute a lot during my stay here and keep up with the rest of the team! Fisher Price is a great opportunity and everyone is so nice and helpful here.

Anyways I wanted to share some pictures of the Motor City comic con from May. It was Chris and my first convention with a booth and thanks to Tong and Rosemary I actually have pictures! (My camera doesn't ever work)


Here is a commission of a Hula girl! This was a fun request to draw! :D


Wow! Here is Chris showing his roughs of the comic Reed Gunther to a fellow comic con-er!


The comic con was alot of fun!!! I'm so happy we got to sit by our friends and make new friends too! Thanks to all our CCS friends who stopped by.

Wild thing... you make my heart sing!

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak is such an amazing book. It has been cherished by millions of children for many years! Now that its been made into a movie I'm sure people will fall in love with the book all over again.
A tribute site called Terrible Yellow Eyes has been put together by Cory Godbey to recognize Maurice Sendak's amazing masterpiece, Where the Wild Things Are.
Terrible Yellow Eyes has some really talented illustrators contributing amazing work! I was very excited to be invited in all the fun and draw a piece myself! Here is mine:

So give your eyes a real treat and check out Terrible Yellow Eyes!

Katie and Shane's house is the place to be!

Thanks for all the kind words and congratulations from everyone on my facebook and the comments from the post before this!!!! I am very excited to begin my internship at Fisher Price.

If you read the post below you might be wondering how my weekend went at the National Cartoonists Society Reuben awards! The weekend was amazing! I met alot of artist that I have been inspired by for a very long time. I'll post more pictures once I get home! Check out Tom Richmond's blog for more details!

Right now I'm still in LA!! Yay! Shane and Katie were nice enough to let us stay at their house! We're having tons of fun killing Zombies on Left for Dead and going to comic shops! Katie even made Chris and I a delicious dinner!

I dragged along my scanner so I could post while I'm out here in LA! Here is a little drawing of Katie and Shane!


Thursday I'll be in North Carolina, Outer Banks!

Congrats Chris!

This is a drawing of Chris and I dressed for our black tie advent!

Wow I have alot of good news to update!!! Today I flew into LA with Chris Houghton. You may have heard Chris is the winner of the Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship! Chris will be accepting his scholarship during the NCS Annual Reuben Awards weekend and I'm his lucky guest! Yay! This Saturday is also Chris's 21st birthday! Wow what a great birthday! Chris is a great cartoonist and is very hard working! NCS really picked a winner!! Congratulations Chris! <3

We'll be spending a week in California then from there I'll finally be returning home to the Outer Banks of North Carolina! But only for a week because June 8th I'll be in East Aurora New York for the summer.
Now comes my second piece of good news! I have a summer art internship at Fisher Price!!!!
I am very eager to work with everyone at Fisher Price and I'm very grateful for this opportunity! This summer is going to be one of a kind!

I'll post pictures of the award show tomorrow!

Hey Chris and I have a table at the Motor City Comic con! Come by and visit us!!

Oh hello!

Here is the finished piece that I had only giving you a peek of a few post before! Sorry for the delay but I wasn't able to scan it as fast as I had hoped!

I miss Butterscotch!

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I know I've mentioned my cat, Butterscotch, before and I've done many illustrations of him too! Well here is another! >.<

This weekend is going to be sunny and wonderful! I'll be hanging out at Toronto Comic Arts Festival! So if you're there feel free to email me (kass204@gmail.com)! We'll have to meet up to say Hello to each other!

On to my summer adventures!

Here is my Christmas card submission for Ford Field. Its a different style than my cute work but I was trying to focus on Ford Feild and what they wanted. I used Adobe Illustrator for this project. Ford Field was looking for a holiday card that they could send to their employees.
They wanted to be sure that the card was wishing a happy winter break rather then Christmas or Santa or any other holiday. Ford Field's previous cards looked very traditional so I thought I'd submit something more modern. I thought back at the way they advertise and thought I'd match that style. Also the Ford Field's Detroit Lions just announced their new logo so I thought I'd make the logo big and top centered!

Life and Death

My first encounter with death was when my first pet hamster, katie, died. I cried.
I took it pretty hard...then we bought katie II and I was fine.

Wacom Tablet please!

Here is a tiny peek on some projects I'm working on. 

This my first attempt to do a tight illustration piece with my wacom tablet. 

Digital painting is fun but very different! I'll definitely be practicing over the summer!

I'm almost done with this one. Its watercolor/acrylic 24X14!

Okay back to work! C-ya!

What a day!

Here is a quick drawing just for my blog viewers! I'm working on many projects at once right now and I can't wait to show you some of my final work!

Arrrghhh! 2 more weeks of school! I'm really excited for the summers up coming adventures!
First I'll be visiting the Toronto Comic Arts Festival! I'm excited to meet some illustrators who's blogs I've been admiring!
Next, Chris and I are sharing a table at the Motor City Comic Con!
Than I might go to the San Diego Comic con later in the summer!
If your planning on attending any of these feel free to contact me and we'll have to meet!
kass204@gmail.com

Queen Frostine!

This is a drawing of Candy land's Queen Frostine!
I don't think I was ever a huge board game fan as a kid, but then again I had no brothers or sisters to play with! I remember admiring all the illustrations on the Candy Land board! My very favorite was Queen Frostine. I always imagined she would be a cool person to meet.
Here is the version I owned:

I think doing illustrations for a board game like this would be such a fun job!
Happy Easter Weekend!

Zoo Poster

The Detroit Zoo is holding a contest only for the students of College for Creative Studies.
We all only had a week but alot of people managed to enter! I saw alot of great pieces!
Here is mine.