Sugar Bones

Soooo, here is a new addition to my Etsy shop.

 

Sugar Bones!

 Its a new set of one inch pins with little bones on them. Its really fun to draw cartoon bones you know...

I had originally drawn this design with realistic bone shapes, but didn't like it and redid it all with the traditional bone shape.

So, doing stuff in my new home of Ottawa, being a tourist, seeing things,  doing stuff...

Driving to nowhere to buy beer.

 Looking in every comic store in existence for Batwoman.

Taking a tour like tourists.

My mom and dad visiting and everyone being colour coordinated by accident. :3 
We saw D.O.A. on the street right after this. (Most Canadian day ever.)

 Taking touristy photos.

Carving new stamps for fabric printing.

Timbits.

Painting a new photo backdrop that will either be awesome or terrible.

So, in general, I spend all my time taking iphone photos of things. heh heh.

shussshhh shusshhh

Sooo...a good thing about moving to Ottawa, I finally got an "when we move to Ottawa present."

AWWW YEAHHHHH.

 

New tablet! 

My old one has a crack in it, is GROSS and the mouse double clicks randomly and doesn't scroll and it is OLD AS HELL and DYING. My new Intuos4 is like, too cool for school next to that 10 year old (at least) thing.

The new one makes a nice marker-like shusssshing sound when you draw. Plus it has programmable keys and all sorts of nibs and its all like black on black on black like Batman's tablet would be. Yes.......

So I am getting used to it. I have never drew things from scratch on my tablet, I scan in pencil drawings or inked stuff and go from there. Might change now.

Want to see some sneak peek stuff?

 

There.

These are works in progress, I am still working on colours and packing ideas and other parts of the projects. You know, just making crap up as I go along.Heh hehhhh.

Oh, and I asked Nathan to take a pic of my in my studio, you know, so I can be current and not be a liar with outdated profile pics on the internet. This is the BEST one!

There must be a deadly herp derp leak in this studio. hahaha.

I moved to Ottawa... It's a big deal.

 So, packing up my old studio (which I was not supposed to do, the movers were supposed to, but no way man!) was kind of sad. I am moving to Ottawa because of my partner being relocated in his government job. Ottawa is the capital of Canada for you non-canucks. But its smaller and more dull than Toronto.

The movers packed (and overpacked) everthing we owned, and we had to squat in our entirely packed house for a night and it was weird.

 Rocko the Cat did NOT like going in the car. Six hours of an insane, freaking out, panting little nightmare. He took it out on my by constantly gouging my flesh when i tried to wrestle him from under the gas pedal.

 We had to squat AGAIN because the movers were delayed a day. It wasn't bad actually, its like camping with a kitchen and no bugs.

Then they delivered all our furniture and we had about one billion too many boxes for our new smaller apartment. UGHHHH.

Rocko the Cat is in a constant state of terror for days. He won't eat or drink or walk normal (slinking around) and he hides constantly and I keep loosing him and thinking he jumped out the window or flushed himself down the toilet.

 

We eventually get ourselves out from under the mountain of stuff we own for some reason, and are playing adult and putting things on shelves.

 My studio is a nice greyish pinky purple. I painted it before the landlord told us not to paint anything because it cost him so much money to paint the whole place beige. (Um, I cannot live in a beige house! CAN NOT.) We may have to fight to the death.

Ok, so now my "Woe is me, I am moving to Ottawa so I can't make bookmarks and stuffed dudes!" period is coming to an end. Back to work in my illicitly purple studio.

P.S.
-Ottawa is small.
-There are crickets and squirrels being noisy all day.
-Kids. Every person has a baby every 5 months here.
-I don't have cable anymore. SUCKS.
-Do people really put up paintings with those Command Adhesive things? NO ONE DOES THAT, LANDLORD. I need wall anchors for my heavy ass art.
-Oh yeah, back to work.

Farm

Visiting the Farm on Canada Day

We've decided its officially a friend tradition to visit this new little farm that my friends are working on building. On Canada Day, we go to meet the new animals and see the new projects. Its super fun, and also really heartwarming to see people living out dreams.

I took over 500 pictures, and most of them are horrible. I take so many because I know that in a year, this little farm will be different.

I made a Flickr gallery of some shots, and if you are interested in how a little farm is born and what it takes to get things going, Tracy's blog, Journey to Casimir is documenting it all.

Wish I would have eaten more roasted marshmallows. :-)

Getting stuff done.

Framed up two of my little paintings, listed 'em on Etsy.

Here is one...

Here is the other...

Annnnd...

Finally listed this little monster that has been laying low in my studio for quite some time. He is so sweet and innocent. Totally. Not evil at all! For some more pics, check out his listing...

Going to the Farm for Canada Day. I will not get a sunburn, I WILL NOT. I will cover myself head to toe in baby bunnies for protection.

Painty Party

Painting little doodles. Trying to remember how I ever painted anything before...I think I forgot how in the months since I have done any new work...

*dabble dabble*

blargh argh!

Good stuff:
-found non-hovel apartment in Ottawa. No raccoon skeletons!
-Its close to the booze store. Important. So, so important.
-"Adventure Time! Come on grab your friends..."
-Not a zombie.
-Have a date with fajitas, and we are going to make out, and its gonna be so great.

Bad Stuff:
-Canada Post strike is crampin' mah style.
-Its muggy. Flop.
-Food tastes too good.
-My cat is loosing his mind and thinks screaming is breathing. Hate his stupid-fat-idiot-cute-face...