Unfortunately, I did not win a place in the Museum's holiday card competition, as mentioned in a previous post. Sigh. I've been stuffing my face with a lot of dark chocolate to make myself feel better. (Not a good coping technique, hahaha.) I'm more sad about not being able to offer the cards at the art sale than I am about not winning, though. I really, really, really loved those cards and would have liked to sell them, but.. oh well.
On the bright side, that means my card designs can now be made available to everyone, which finally pushed me over the edge to open my new ETSY STORE! Yes, after months (maybe even years?) of contemplating an Etsy store, it has finally happened.
I only have a couple things up right now, but will be slowly and steadily adding things over the next few weeks. I dug up some leftover prints from last Spring and the 2008 Holiday art sales too, so those will be appearing in the store eventually!
You can check out the store here: http://milkbunnie.etsy.com
There is also a link and some samples on the right side there. --->
In other news, I've been insanely busy with final projects for school, so I haven't been able to make much artwork outside of class lately. *tear* I already have some ideas brewing though, so as soon as the semester wraps up, I'll be on it! <3
Thank you everyone!
I'm not sure how many people actually read this blog (probably no one, haha), but I just wanted to thank everyone that came to the Holiday Art Sale this weekend and visited my table. I really appreciate it, even if you didn't buy anything! (Although if you did buy something, I love you this much extra!)
I honestly think the best part about sitting at the table was seeing people approaching with serious or grumpy faces, then they see the stuff I'm displaying – and they smile. :)
Anyhow, I just wanted to put up some more pictures of greeting cards I'd made for the sale, for those that didn't get the chance to see them. I'm going to be putting these up in the Etsy store in upcoming weeks, I think. Though I think I might just sell them as really small prints, instead of cards, after speaking to some people that came to my table. A lot of people said they wanted to frame them, and one person said she didn't want to give them to other people in case they recycle their holiday cards! I don't want these to be thrown away, like CVS 99 cent cards!
I honestly think the best part about sitting at the table was seeing people approaching with serious or grumpy faces, then they see the stuff I'm displaying – and they smile. :)
Anyhow, I just wanted to put up some more pictures of greeting cards I'd made for the sale, for those that didn't get the chance to see them. I'm going to be putting these up in the Etsy store in upcoming weeks, I think. Though I think I might just sell them as really small prints, instead of cards, after speaking to some people that came to my table. A lot of people said they wanted to frame them, and one person said she didn't want to give them to other people in case they recycle their holiday cards! I don't want these to be thrown away, like CVS 99 cent cards!
Boston Terrier
Kitty Cat!
Piggywiggles!
Scottish Terrier
Ye Olde English Sheepdog (my dream puppy!)
Big Fat Walrus.
I loved making these, and I'm definitely looking forward to drawing up some more. I'd like to do a lot more dog breeds!
I'm also open to requests, commissions, the custom work as well!
Screenprint peeking!
Art sale is coming up later this week! This is the first semester I haven't been freaking out at the last minute, trying to make as much as I can in time for the sale. I mean, I had to give up on a couple projects I'd been planning for the sale, from lack of time, money, supplies, etc. But it hasn't really upset me too much. I'm pretty happy with what I have! :)
Anyway! I finally got around to taking pictures of the screenprints I've made so far. I might be able to make one more on Wednesday, but we'll see... Here are some sneak peeks!
I also have some greeting card designs I'm making... Maybe I'll grab some pictures of those for another post. I'm also thinking of offering these cards for sale in my [currently empty] Etsy shop. :)
Anyway! I finally got around to taking pictures of the screenprints I've made so far. I might be able to make one more on Wednesday, but we'll see... Here are some sneak peeks!
I also have some greeting card designs I'm making... Maybe I'll grab some pictures of those for another post. I'm also thinking of offering these cards for sale in my [currently empty] Etsy shop. :)
Holiday card designs
The museum shop at Art Institute of Chicago is having a call for entries for holiday card designs. This past few weeks, I've been working on some illustrations, and I finally finished all three of them today! I'm really excited about these. They're some of my favorite work I've done to date, or maybe I'm just too obsessively in love with them at the moment. Who knows?
I got them printed on the Service Bureau inkjet printers tonight, and they look AMAZING. (Michael's awesome!) They look so much better printed than they do on screen. Inkjet is officially my new favorite thing. Can't wait until I have the money to buy own little printer! Anyway, I'm mailing the prints out to the museum tomorrow morning, along with a CD with all the digital files in case they need them.
I really hope they get chosen! Each chosen design receives a flat fee of $1000! That's more than I could ever make screenprinting them... (And much less work, might I add.) I guess even if they don't choose any of my designs, I'd be fine with just inkjet printing them and selling them as greeting cards in the Holiday Art Sale. Still, please wish me the best of luck!
This is what you've really been waiting for: PICTURES!
I got them printed on the Service Bureau inkjet printers tonight, and they look AMAZING. (Michael's awesome!) They look so much better printed than they do on screen. Inkjet is officially my new favorite thing. Can't wait until I have the money to buy own little printer! Anyway, I'm mailing the prints out to the museum tomorrow morning, along with a CD with all the digital files in case they need them.
I really hope they get chosen! Each chosen design receives a flat fee of $1000! That's more than I could ever make screenprinting them... (And much less work, might I add.) I guess even if they don't choose any of my designs, I'd be fine with just inkjet printing them and selling them as greeting cards in the Holiday Art Sale. Still, please wish me the best of luck!
This is what you've really been waiting for: PICTURES!
Bat inspiration...
So, after the tiger and the narwhal prints, land and sea mammals respectively, I was thinking of printing an "air" mammal, if that makes any sense. What else but bats, right? I've been thinking about how I want to draw the bat for my next print... And I think I've just found my inspiration!
These are called Honduran White Bats. I'm not sure if I've ever seen anything so cute!
Look at those little faces! BAWWWW!
These are called Honduran White Bats. I'm not sure if I've ever seen anything so cute!
Look at those little faces! BAWWWW!
New website, new blog, new everything!
So I finally finished the Flash version of the Milkbunnie website that I've been slaving over all summer long, and it's gone live! :D I've added some of the work I've been doing this past year, and took out some I didn't feel was all that great. There's definitely more art coming, though. I have a lot of screenprinting to do in the next two months, and a lot of pictures to take of the ones I've already finished!
Holiday Art Sale is coming up... I'm excited, but nervous. I never seem to have enough time to churn out all the stuff I want to have for the sale. I always plan all this stuff to make, and only end up finishing half of them. Sigh. But here's a sneak peek at the latest print I finished. It's a terrible photo from my cell phone, sorry!
The photo really does it no justice. The colors are super vibrant and fun. I can't wait to show it off in person! It's actually not really finished. I was planning to make one more layer, but we'll see whether or not I actually do...
Anyway, I'm very proud of and excited about the new website. I'm hoping to keep it better up-to-date, instead of just adding artwork once a year, like I'd been doing, hehe. But I figured this blog would be a good way to keep everyone posted on what I'm working on, what inspires me, and so on. I'm a pretty lazy blogger though, so let's hope I can keep it up.
I need to finish setting up an Etsy shop now... I'd really like to be able to sell some prints online throughout the year instead of only during the school art sales. (Also, I'm graduating soon, so I won't be able to do art sales here anymore! Tear!) I also want to offer giclée prints of my work, instead of only screenprints. As much as I love screenprints, I'm just not as prolific as I'd like to be. (Maybe someday when I get my own printing studio... Sigh, a girl can dream!)
Well, time to haul myself downtown and get busy screenprinting. I'm working on a narwhal this weekend! I can't wait to finish printing him. He's probably my favorite print I've done of all time! Giddy!
Holiday Art Sale is coming up... I'm excited, but nervous. I never seem to have enough time to churn out all the stuff I want to have for the sale. I always plan all this stuff to make, and only end up finishing half of them. Sigh. But here's a sneak peek at the latest print I finished. It's a terrible photo from my cell phone, sorry!
The photo really does it no justice. The colors are super vibrant and fun. I can't wait to show it off in person! It's actually not really finished. I was planning to make one more layer, but we'll see whether or not I actually do...
Anyway, I'm very proud of and excited about the new website. I'm hoping to keep it better up-to-date, instead of just adding artwork once a year, like I'd been doing, hehe. But I figured this blog would be a good way to keep everyone posted on what I'm working on, what inspires me, and so on. I'm a pretty lazy blogger though, so let's hope I can keep it up.
I need to finish setting up an Etsy shop now... I'd really like to be able to sell some prints online throughout the year instead of only during the school art sales. (Also, I'm graduating soon, so I won't be able to do art sales here anymore! Tear!) I also want to offer giclée prints of my work, instead of only screenprints. As much as I love screenprints, I'm just not as prolific as I'd like to be. (Maybe someday when I get my own printing studio... Sigh, a girl can dream!)
Well, time to haul myself downtown and get busy screenprinting. I'm working on a narwhal this weekend! I can't wait to finish printing him. He's probably my favorite print I've done of all time! Giddy!
