Wallpapers

So I was bored (or maybe just procrastinating other work), but lately, I've been approached by several people who say they've set my illustrations as their desktop wallpaper. In a stroke of genius, I decided to make wallpaper versions of the chickadee and bear!

They are 1280x960 resolution. I wasn't sure what the standard was, and was too lazy to make 10 different versions, so sorry if it fits weirdly!

Click for full-size versions. :)

I couldn't resist and set my own wallpaper as the bear already. I just love his little face!

Two new illustrations!

Unforeseen circumstances are forcing me to offer the five prints I introduced in the previous post as digital prints instead of Gocco prints. I will definitely be putting my Gocco to good use soon — just not right now.

In other news, I've been very busy this weekend. I've whipped up two more pieces that I just sent off to print. Here's hoping they'll arrive in time for me to package them and offer them at the art sale! I'm very excited about them and I hope to see everyone at the SAIC Ballroom in two weeks!

Here's what I've been up to:

Little Miss Chickadee

Frownybear (with vacant stare)

I'm pretty happy with this drawing kick I've been on lately. I hope to produce a lot more work that I can offer in my Etsy store, even after the sale is over.

I heart Gocco!

Hey all! I know I've been pretty quiet lately. I've been working on a lot of freelance jobs and all that. It's pretty a little difficult to concentrate on my own work. I can't believe I'm already halfway through my final semester in school! I am so excited to graduate and be a real adult, haha.

I purchased a lovely little Gocco printing machine on eBay back in December. If you don't know what a Gocco machine is, it is a little Japanese contained screenprinting system developed in the 70's. Kind of like.. a hybrid of screenprinting and stamping. It's very cute! Here is a link that describes it much better than I can. (It even includes a video!) The machine you see there is a little different than the one I have. I have a PG-10 Super.

I was first introduced to Gocco in one of my classes in two years ago. I fell in love with it, and have dreamed of owning my own Gocco ever since. Two long years later, I found a great deal on eBay and bought it!

Unfortunately, the company that produces Gocco, Riso, has stopped production of the machines and all the supplies. Sigh! I've known this ever since I was introduced to the Gocco two years ago, and it has definitely played a part as to why I waited so long in buying my own. I wasn't sure if it was worth it if all the supplies were disappearing so quickly. Supplies really are dwindling and prices are going through the roof, but I am still excited about using my Gocco as long as I can. The Gocco community is slowly developing alternative methods for printing, so hopefully I can put my Gocco to good use for a long time...

Anyway, sorry for the long ramble. I just wanted to show off some of the designs for the Gocco I've been working on lately in preparation for the upcoming art sale:

Sorry for the watermarks. The internet is a scary place to share art...! These are just computer mock-ups, so the actual prints will be slightly different, with no watermark, of course. :)

Hehe, they are all pretty silly... but I love them! I was going for a more retro look and limiting my color palette. These are among some of the favorite things I've ever produced, so I'm really excited to print them on the Gocco this week! They are going to be printed as 5x7 greeting cards for sale individually or as a set of 5.

I also want to thank my friend Jen for sitting on iChat with me pretty much the entire weekend, telling me what animals I should draw next. 3 out of the 5 are suggestions from her! <3