Business Card in the Front; Party in the Back

Posted on June 5, 2010 by andrea

My business cards from the awesome moo arrived! My experience with moo was great. Uploading and setting up the cards was very easy and straightforward. Production and shipping was relatively speedy; I got these in 11 actual days from the day I placed the order. I had them printed on their “Moo Classic” stock, as opposed to their “Moo Green.” I like the feel of the card. It’s matte and feels a little slick. The color is amazing, and just as I expected. The text is a little soft-looking to me, though. But, overall, I’m very pleased with them.

Three Monsters For You

Posted on May 23, 2010 by andrea

These guys have formed a complex barter system, based upon chocolate chip cookies, ice cream, and massages.

Pencil on paper; texture and color added in Photoshop.

Sunday Morning Pattern Remix

Posted on March 28, 2010 by andrea

Sunday morning: laundry, Comedy Death Ray radio, Frosted Mini-Wheats (blueberry muffin flavor), tea, and PATTERN REMIX.

All done in Photoshop, using art from the awesome Clipart ETC and Briar Press.

Incredibly Terrifying Monsters

Posted on March 13, 2010 by andrea

Monsters Doing Stuff

Posted on January 18, 2010 by andrea

Some monster doodles I did while taking a little break at work this week.

Done with pencil on paper; color and texture added in Photoshop.

Thanks, Guys.

Posted on January 12, 2010 by andrea

I made a thank you card for the people who gave me stuff for Christmas.

I like hexagon patterns. The big white hexagon on the back is for writing my thank yous with a brown gel pen.

I did everything in Illustrator. The typeface is the awesome Museo. Three weights of the family are free at myfonts.

Moving Pictures List-o-rama, 2009.

Posted on January 10, 2010 by andrea

I spent some quality time this weekend making my best/worst movies lists of 2009. I saw 39 new releases in 2009, which isn’t as many as I’d like, of course, but not too shabby for a lady who has a lot of business to take care of. Without further ado…the Best and Worst Movies (I’ve Seen) of 2009!

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. A Serious Man
3. Up
4. The Hurt Locker
5. The Road
6. Star Trek
7. Surveillance
8. Fantastic Mr. Fox
9. Julia
10. Humpday

There are a few (presumably) mighty excellent movies that I haven’t seen yet, but plan on seeing. Any of these could easily knock out some of my current top 10. These are in order of how much I think I’ll like them.

Movies I Think May Be Good That I Haven’t Seen:

1. A Single Man
2. The White Ribbon
3. Moon
4. Big Fan
5. The Informant!
6. Precious
7. Good Hair

1. Adventureland
2. Adventureland
3. Adventureland
4. Adventureland
5. Old Dogs

Oh my goodness, I hated Adventureland with every fiber of my being. I’m not usually one for insisting on sympathetic characters; however the main character struck me as so pathetic, despicable, detestable, melodramatic, self-serving, selfish and self-righteous. And I think the intention was to have him be at least a little sympathetic. I was not rooting for him in the least; in fact, I kept hoping that the movie would end with him, fast-forward 40 years, surrounded by cats in his hovel apartment in New Jersey, eating cat food out of a tin and babbling to his only friends, “Hey, Fluffy, let me tell you about the best summer of my life…” Damn it, I hated that movie.

Movies I Think May Be Bad That I Haven’t Seen:

Bride Wars
He’s Just Not That Into You
Avatar
Crazy Heart
Everybody’s Fine
Brothers
The Blind Side
The Box
Paranormal Activity
Jennifer’s Body
The Time Traveler’s Wife
I Love You, Beth Cooper
My Sister’s Keeper
The Ugly Truth
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
The Soloist
Confessions of a Shopaholic

These all looked horrible, but it’s not as if I’m gonna force myself to see them just so I can put them on my worst of list. Also, I’m not listening to you, everybody, Avatar looks like sentimental crap.

Okay, Movies of 2010, you’re on notice!

Dog Walkers

Posted on January 9, 2010 by andrea

I did some hard drive excavating today and found these cuties, a few dog walkers I did a couple years ago.

They were all done with pencil on paper, gone over with ink.

Merry Christmas. Time for Crafts!

Posted on December 24, 2009 by andrea

Merry Christmas Eve, everybody. My family does a Secret Santa gift exchange and I wrapped my presents this morning. I used brown Kraft paper to wrap, then I freehanded a design in pencil on the smaller gift. Then I colored in the lines with a silver gel pen (purchased from JetPens.com) and a thin-tipped Sharpie. Start:

Finish:

I taped this awesome textured red-and-black origami paper on top of the larger box on the bottom and then stacked the smaller gift on top.

Gotta go make some pierogi and drink some egg nog. Have a great day, everyone!

The Moles – Layout for Printing Your Own Mini-Comic on One Sheet of Paper

Posted on December 21, 2009 by andrea

As promised, I’m including here a layout of The Moles so that you can print it out on your home printer and make your own mini book out of one sheet of paper to carry around in your purse, backpack, or satchel. Click on this image to download a pdf of the layout:

Check out the individual panels in my previous post, The Moles – All Done!

And here are the instructions for making your own The Moles 8-panel book from an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper:

Step 1: Print on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper

I printed on my home inkjet printer, using some semi-nice matte paper. Don’t use anything too heavyweight, otherwise the book won’t fold well. The pdf is 8.5 x 11, so print at 100%. Your finished mini book will be 3.25″ x 2.5″.

Step 2: Trim