Bunnyball!

Bunnyball was born in some doodles during a sprint planning meeting last week, and I felt compelled to finish him. I think I still like him a little better in doodle form though:

Bopping Around the 'Hood

 Cuteness sprawled out on 12th ave!

 Ready for war on the upper west side.

The bike shop on 9th ave

 Falling asleep on the job {poor little guy}

 ducks in a row

 Music Box's color-coordinated ladders

 Theatre district: packing up and moving on

 I thought this tree looked really lovely with this stonework

 SO CUTEEE. More of the perpetual theatre district comings and goings.

 Striking light on a nondescript side door

YES, cute graffiti swirly! 

Papercut & Watercolor Adventures

It's been a while since my last papercut funtimes. I was missing it, so I busted out my trusty knife and made this pretty hole. The next hole I make will probably not have all those swirly things, because I discovered on the first one that the inner curve on those suckers is pretty much the most difficult knife maneuver there is. At that point it was too late to alter the design, and there were a million of 'em left to go! I was sure I was going to slip and hack one off, but much to my surprise, it came out alright. After the hole was complete, I dusted off my elementary school watercolor skills {you just can't beat the old salt shaker trick for some lovely texture} to make the color it's mounted on.

From the side, so you can get an idea of the depth:

top down:

bottom up:

My studio assistant, assessing the work:

Dumpling Time!

I have been into birthday cards lately.
Soupy is partying it up because I enjoy Susana, and I also enjoy that Susana introduced me to the glorious world of eating in Chinatown + my BFF {best food friend}, soup dumplings.

Where Magic Grows

I wandered back to digital work for this piece at the Wheelhouse. This one was subject to quite a bit of experimenting with process, inspired by my last few forays in colored pencil. By finally figuring out here how to successfully switch from overlaying the color on the texture to overlaying the texture on the color, I gained a significant capacity to manipulate the actual structure of the piece while in color, which I had been wanting for a long time. I also was hoping to find a line quality capable of more nuance. I certainly did—by switching to pencil—but at too great a cost to the boldness/cuteness for my liking. In the future I am hoping to discover if there is a marker/pencil combo that will hit the sweet spot. The change in line technique forced me to apply the color differently, and if you were to rummage around in the file and look at the layers, they look way more like the process of painting and less like a hyper-mechanical robot-like technique. This makes me nervous—I hate messy files and I hate painting—but it opens up a lot of potential for the work to look less digital. I'm not sure what I think about the actual product here, but I was pleased with how much I learned from it.

Kitties Meet Spiderman!

This past week my apartment was used as a green room by the cast of spiderman whilst they shot a stunt scene in our courtyard, and I got the very sweet deal of getting paid not to be there! My cats, on the other hand...

You've come a long way from running the streets of the Bronx, kitties. Try not to let it get to your fuzzy little heads.