donny wanted...

...what polly usually wants? i just got over a pretty bad bout of food poisoning, for which i was given chicken soup and saltines. i haven't had those crackers in years, seriously. that's my random train of thought behind putting this doodle up. also, i'm not going to eat any hot genoa salami for a while. a parrot (from a friend's photo) in moleskine.

celebrity chefs, volume 1

when i did have access to cable, the food network would have been a main ingredient in the pie graph that depicted my jelly telly consumption habits. a pound of butter would always help nigella's recipes out, especially the bacon-only ones. and who doesn't like butter? seriously, i love her guacamole recipe. she feasts, she bites, she's a domestic goddess and she can show you how to eat; nigella lawson in moleskine.  

figure drawings

having looked back at these, despite the probably obvious problems with them, i think i should try and use some other media to mix things up. 

kitty

in an effort to challenge myself more, i will sometimes try to work more quickly while drawing from life. evidently i'm not so good with quick renderings. i'm not sure i'm comfortable trying to draw people on the subway and such but i found myself waiting for a haircut on a couch next to a cat. he was passing out and twitching like mad, it was pretty funny. feline figure drawing in moleskine. 

request #1...here it is!

so i went to the bad day issue #3 launch and picked up the mag. true to form, sebastien's ad is in it, complete with my little drawing. a lot of people piled into a relatively small space but it seemed like a success so kudos to the kids running that popsicle stand. the original drawing can be viewed here. 

i'm thinking (and hoping!) that this could be the start of something for me. all along i thought more traditional fine art would've been my preferred route but for the time being, i think i like the way this illustration thing seems and sounds. i was asked to design a logo and flyer for an event (which i'll definitely touch on later) and my experience with that seemed like a mini version of what this stuff might really be like (according to my graphic designer friend). if it doesn't lead anywhere, at least i'll have tried, ha ha. but you never know, right?!?! wish me luck!

1/4 x rilo kiley

i'm probably ignorant or wrong but i think she is among the modern, original (oxymoron??) actress-turned-musicians (think scarlet johansson or zooey deschanel). her solo stuff is more on the country side compared to rilo kiley but her voice is pleasant either way. jenny lewis in moleskine.