Drink Me!

I just found out you can do this awesome thing with the pen tool in Photoshop!! I am gonna have so much fun. I think this is just the kind of pick-me-up I've been needing.

Hopefully future hiccups won't set me back too much and detract from this is a great discovery.

Above is the most recent edition of this image. It has gone through several different phases. Here are some of them:

I was trying to prepare this image for submission into the SOI's Illustrators 54 Annual, but the payment form isn't working for me! :( I'll have to work something out (the deadline is tomorrow)!

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SPACE..uh..thing

I was just tryin' to save a thing and I ended up with this!

IMPROVISATION!

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PS: WHERE IS HER SPACE HELMET??!

Yo!

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Ode Lor Ips

I am feeling a lot of things right now.. Many of them in the anxiety/doubt sort of arena and the only cure is the one thing I feel I am ill-equipped for at the moment. Conundrum!

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In justo neque, posuere vitae lobortis sit amet, dictum non elit... blah blah etcetera!

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Comfy Brown Sweater

I like her clothes.

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Rain Creature

maybe he died out with the dinosaurs

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Migration

My first alma mater had a bookmark contest with the theme 'migration'. I was only able to do this at the last minute but, as simple as it is, I had fun with it.
It is an oddly relevant theme for me at this particular point in time.

edit: I got second place :)

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Pugs to Pluto

Speaking of categorisation, does anyone else hate the word "artist" ?

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A New Illustration Industry

Ben the Illustrator has this great idea for A New Illustration Industry. And he has a good plan to make it happen. Illustrators, do yourselves and your industry a favour.

(above work by Ben the Illustrator)

Just as a rule of thumb, people should not expect illustrators to work for free. Yes, there are certain circumstances where illustrators might work for free (unpaid internship/work experience, uni, charity work, work for friends) and it's one thing if they choose to (presumably, they're getting something out of that deal that they're pleased with - maybe it is 'exposure', maybe it's just kicks), but no one should ever expect illustrators to work for free.

Why? Because the arts are worth something. They have a value. And that value should be respected.

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Gonna need to see some...

Cheese it!

I think I may do a project looking into my schizophrenic style. Definitely some strong influences there, but it just sorta does what it wants :/

Goodbye, August. I love you, best month everrr!

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