Stephanie, Stephanie, Stephanie!

I'm lucky enough to work with a woman who deserves the title "Super-Awesome-Cool/Neato." I wanted to do a portrait of her for a while, and had the opportunity when she gave me the head's up about an art contest entitled "Small Spaces."

The requirement for the contest was only that the piece had to be 2.5" x 3.5". Can do! Hence, the quality of the image is only so-so; it's much easier to shrink something down and make it look great than it is to blow it up to reveal all of the minute flaws. So there. Stephanie was a sweetheart about it, and I'm very glad I had the opportunity to do a piece for her.
 

Gouache on illustration board, 2.5" x 3.5"

Happy Father's Day!

I got him a tie. Well, his favorite chihuahua wearing a tie.

 

Lindsay Lohan

I really don't know why I did this. I guess I've always felt for Lindsay a bit because I grew up watching her in Disney movies, and since she's around the same age as me I really saw her decline as I've aged. It's strange, because it seems in every picture she has a different face, like things are sliding around and getting taped up or puffed up or painted on. 

But what I really like about her is how she keeps going despite all her apparent misery. She really embodies the sadness and emptiness of the celebrity lifestyle, and it shows in her face. 

 

UPDATE: The night I posted this I had a dream that Lindsay showed up at a party where this painting was. I apologized, but found once she left she took it with her. When I made to leave I realized she had stolen my car too, filed a police report but the cops were too scared of her craziness. 

Jon Hamm...Slab Man?

Jon Hamm gives me Fred Flintstone vibes. I know I can't be the only one.

 

Excuse The Undertaker's Beauty

I can't help but be preoccupied whenever watching The Undertaker rassle on WWE. Don't get me wrong, he's a great wrestler, but apparently he's also a promising talent in makeup artistry.

Self Portrait

This is always an awkward thing to do, because you sort of want to make yourself look good but then feel like you should be modest enough to make it look realistically like yourself. Besides, I don't have any plans to become a dictator of a nation so I don't exactly need to add broad shoulders or be riding a virile stallion.

Anyway, I haven't done one of these in a while so I sketched up a self portrait.

 

A Little Me and A Little Cupcake

Here are a couple of things I've been up to. I dug up an old picture of myself that used to hang in my (all pink) bedroom as a kid and did a little acrylic painting of it. Also a sketch of a photo of one of my parents' chihuahuas, who some might call my favorite (but who could blame me when she's got that kind of adorableness?).