1. Nice to meet you, Los Angeles! I was on vacation at the beginning of the month to visit a best friend and explore the west coast for the first time. We had a fantastic time together and it was just the break I needed, I returned with tons of photos and new memories. I was a bad artist though and didn’t sketch during my traveling. So I’m back to regular life now and trying to get into a good creative routine again. Hope we meet again soon, California.

     

  2. Quickie doodle. This guy’s just a little bit lost.

     

  3. A quick little Totoro doodle for the night.

     

  4. Warmer weather makes me thirsty for fruity drinks on sunny patios. 

     

  5. Some lil’ chicks hangin’ out.

     

  6. Taco-saurus. From the Late Fiesta-ceous Period. 

     

  7. Here’s a card I illustrated for the (really fantastic) justWink line from American Greetings. Available now wherever justWink cards are sold or send FREE via the justWink app in the baby congrats category.

    Because I work in the innovation department with confidential projects, I seldom can share my work. But occasionally get to do fun freelance for other card lines like this!  UPDATE 5/15: I’m changing teams at work and will get to illustrate plenty more awesome cards for justWink (and more)! Stay tuned.

     

  8. Go’n bananas. Sometimes I just feel that way.

     

  9. Fox grocery shops.

    The start of a new personal goal to draw a daily character — animal, vegetable, original, fan art, whatever. I’ll post my favorites. I’ve been neglecting my personal work and it’s time to get back into illustrating every single day.

     

  10. Early bird gets the worm? A little illustration participating in another Ten Paces and Draw artist swap (based off a sketch by Melanie Demmer). View the other pieces in this swap on Ten Paces’ “Folk Art” swap page.

     

  11. I participated in a snail-mail Valentine exchange two weeks ago, here’s the little print I mailed out (printed with gold and pink ink via my Gocco machine — definitely want to start creating more goodies with it again). 

     

  12. I’ve been a little neglectful in regularly posting again but I’ve been caught up in some big changes in recent weeks. First, I was promoted to a full-time salary position at American Greetings (continuing in the innovation department). And secondly, my husband and I adopted a retired greyhound from Greyhound Adoption of Ohio who we’ve named Chai. We’re so happy to finally bring a furry friend into our lives and for all these positive changes this new year has brought so far! Now that things are settling down, I’m getting back into the habit of making time for personal work (and no doubt lots of greyhound sketches will be a part of that).