Biked today from Rockwood, PA to Meyersdale (and back, of course) with my hubby and two of our friends. The Salisbury Viaduct is a killer for people like me who inherited the fear-of-heights gene. Absolutely beautiful day for a ride!
Road trip to State College
Went to State College today to pick up two pieces I had in the Images 2007 show. One of them won the William D. Davis award in drawing (!). The winners are posted here.
Visual journal
My life as I see it. Since I can’t seem to keep up with writing what’s happening,I decided to start drawing it.
Where’ve I Been?
So if you’ve checked back here at all lately, you’ve probably noticed I haven’t been around. So true. I’ve been (happily) busy working on a book which I finished a couple weeks ago. Amazon has it up for preorder here. I felt like I was grinding my wheels for so long before I got that phone call. But the people …
Illustration Friday: Wired
I was asked to illustrate a story about one tech’s experiences with technologically-challenged people who call in for support, and this is what I came up with. He had dealt with people who thought they had to physically aim the mouse toward the screen, and in one of the calls he took, the caller’s computer wasn’t even plugged in.
Alice & Ruthie
My mother used to tell a story about riding on the handlebars of her sister’s bike, dredging up memories of braking and pavement; the “Aunt Emma incident”. Although not verbatim, this image was inspired by my mother and her sister during the happier seconds before Aunt Emma ever became involved.
Spammers Suck
I’m so sick of spam you have no idea. At the end of January, someone decided it would be a great idea to use my studio domain name to send out spam emails. They didn’t use my actual email address, they made up their own but used my domain name for the rest. I only know this because I have …
Photoshop or Painter?
So I’ve been asked whether Photoshop or Painter is the right call…Well, it really depends on what you want to do. Both have advantages and disadvantages, and to work around these, I actually use both.Photoshop does all the photo stuff great, such as color correcting or dodge and burn, and it can make intricate selections in many useful ways. The …
Illustration Friday: Clear
Okay. So I’m noticing a pattern here. Illustration Friday seems to be the only time I take the time to blog. Maybe after the semester’s over things will calm down a bit. Hoping so!How about this poor little guy? For IF, thinking about how clear a pane of glass can be. If humans would just leave the dirt on the …
Illustration Friday: Smoke
This one was for an article about secondhand smoke and kids. You can see the original article in the paper here (they still have it up!). It’s really hard to tell what’s going on in the smaller version, but if you click on it, you can see it biggie-sized. When it ran originally, it spread across the full six-column format …
Illustration Friday: Wind
How about a weather vane? Even though I grew up on a farm, we never had one. But really, is anyone actually certain of the agricultural value of knowing which direction the wind is blowing anyway? Even so, I still think they’re pretty neat to look at.