Post-Hurricane Awesome

I think nature is trying to apologize for being such a jerk to us, you guys. Lookit how pretty it is outside my window today!

Also, in addition to being Halloween, today is excellent because it is my friend Darbie's birthday; I made this picture for her:

It's Pumpkin Painting Season!

I started things off with this year with this happy little set of round guys for my fellow teammates at work. We're the games product development team, internally named "Team 1UP," and we use the little power-up mushroom as our mascot. You can't see it in this photo, but each little 'shroom is exclaiming the name of one of my colleagues.

I couldn't make one for our page developer {he works in Canada}, so I drew him a pumpkin and e-mailed it to him instead. :)

Our VP of design had a birthday in Oct, so I painted this pumpkin and the whole team signed it for her.

It wouldn't be pumpkin time without my good old friends polka-dotted octopus and happy candy corn {excellent for drawing, but not for eating}.

And my personal seasonal favorite, cute little boo ghost.

His adorableness made multiple appearances. Here he is happily haunting Phoebe's pumpkin.

The other side, dedicated to Phoebe's roommate Abby.

I love me some snails!

And let's not forget jellyfish!

Laundry Day!

Last week's post for the Wheelhouse continues Adventures in Amanda-land: dressing like a radioactive crayon box can make one quite conspicuous at a Manhattan laundromat. My neighborhood is stuffed with business people who dress pretty somberly, so my rainbow-fest of a wardrobe really does happily stick out sometimes. Or, as my friend Juliet quipped, "NYC is full of colorful people in black clothing. And then there's Amanda..."
:)

Ding Dong...

Last Friday's illustration for the Wheelhouse was the second installment of my current series, Adventures in Amanda-Land. No thank you, Sad Times, I do not want to hang out today.

Summer Storm

Last week's piece for the Wheelhouse Review begins a new series—Adventures in Amanda-land! This one is about how much I love summer storms in the city; I found it in my head whilst strolling home in a torrential downpour back in July.