Monday, February 27, 2012

Project: Update Portfolio Before Conference!

Sunblock
Updated!

One has to learn to live with the rain if one lives in the Pacific Northwest! And if one has pale sensitive skin, one needs to stay out of the sunshine too. This image was made for my friend, who should wear SPF 150.

Jokes aside, I like the concept of this image and wanted to update the paper collage for my portfolio. I digitally fixed the face and hand and labeled it done.

Sunblock
Original - 2006

Friday, February 24, 2012

Updating Old Stuff

Black Bird Pie
Updated!

Black Bird Pie
Original - 2009

Getting ready for the SCBWI Western Washington conference coming up this April. I'm currently updating some images in my portfolio to show my latest and greatest in the juried exhibit.

I'm behind my own schedule, of course. I tried to be realistic, but since I've been traveling and have had guests over the past two weeks, I haven't been able to carve out creative time like I wanted.

Playing catch up!

Lost Monkey
Updated!

Lost Monkey
Original - 2009

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Inspired by Cupcakes

Last week, a friend and I flew to San Francisco for a get-away. I consider her a connoisseur of cupcakes; she knows all the hot spots. We stopped by Sprinkles in the Stanford Shopping Mall while out shopping. Then, at a pivotal point of our SF "Walking Tour 2012", we took a break at Kara's Cupcakes and indulged in some chocolate therapy. While there, I picked up a couple brochure cards that had pictures of their cupcake creations. I thought my girls would love to cut out the pictures...then I thought, Heck, I'd like to cut out the pictures!

Once home, I wished I had grabbed more from the stack. But the two cards I collected will make about ten cards or so...depending on how many cupcakes I put on each one. Fun cards for all the upcoming birthdays on my calendar!

Happy Day Card

Happy Day Card
detail

Recycled: Kara's Cupcakes brochure