Practicing waving, one two three four.

As always, click on it to make big.

Here is the Mother’s Day card & envelope I made for my awesome mom:

Materials used: colored card stock, Komon print Chiyogami paper, Aitoh mesh orgiami paper, white gel pen. Lettering is gel pen over Adobe Garamond Pro. Oh, how I love you, white gel pen! Less than I love my mom, but a lot.

I’m rooting through the dusty trunk in the cobwebby attic of my hard drive and unearthing some more antique drawings to post.

Lollipops, Yum! created October 20, 2006:

Easter Bunny Card created April 2006:

Gossips created March 2007:

A couple old illustrations of cute girl kids. One has a special friend and one is about to meet a friend.

Arm Friend created September 24, 2006:

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Who is There? created December 18, 2006:

Here are three examples of cardigans. If I were a feathery creature with unique taste in headgear, my go-to outfit would be a cardigan and underwear. This costume is not constraining, allowing one to squat and run and lurk in children’s dark closets without impairment. And it is also fashionable but charming, leading all the girl-monsters to believe that while you may shop at American Apparel, at least you’re putting some thought into this whole thing.

Hot air balloons could be way cooler. I would be into the following:

I made a mix for my friend Q’s Birthday (Happy [super-early] Birthday, Q!). This is all InDesign, with lines + ITC Avant Garde Gothic and a big Colonna Q. I like how the red curvilinear Q both matches and contrasts with the lines in the background and foreground. And what is Avant Garde Gothic but a bunch of lines and circles? Yum: Lines and circles. When I think of Q, I think:

• order
• organization
• lists
• red, white, gray, black
• gore
• Arachnia
• Russian literature
• other incredibly important things

Thanks for being so awesome, Q!

Made with delicious brown ink on boring white paper, then a generous dash of Photoshop. I can’t stop drawing these ecosystems!

This is a monster holding the card & envelope I made today. I recommend using white gel pens. No gloomy mood is impervious to the opaque, smooth glide of white ink. You can get them at one of my favorite internet stores: jet pens. I also recommend Bionicles. Oh man, I wish the bionicle were wearing a monocle.

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Welcome to my new website, powered by Wordpress, bloggy stuff, logic and magic. Apparently, I now love pastels! I don’t understand 98% of this blog business, so bear with me and send me an email if things go horribly wrong. Some goals I have:

1. Get some drawings done.
2. Review some movies.
3. Illustrate some movie reviews.
4. Get some of my old drawings back online, maybe a few at a time. This time searchable (evidently?) and TAGGED, leading to ease and things.
5. Maybe talk about some fonts.
6. Post crafty things I’m working on.
7. MORE.

Seriously, let me know if something’s not working.

*N.B.: new url: plinkyplinky.com . mybrotherpierre is no more.

Here’s a drawing for your patience! “Is That Okay?”