Shout-Out for Shout-Out

I get very excited every time I see that myself, my artwork and/or my blog is mentioned on other people's blogs.

This time, I was lucky enough to have one of my pins shared on the blog of the one, the only, Shawn Andrew Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell is a fellow creative writing graduate student with Mark and he will be our future roommate when we relocate to jolly ole Ireland.

I had made a pin for Shawn and the first performance of his comedic/satanic performance group/band: "Really Brutal Death Experience". He proudly displayed his button on his website/blog and I am honored. Here are the two buttons I made for the aforementioned occasion.

 Now owned by Shawn Andrew Mitchell.

 Now owned by Nick Ostdick. (Other half of RBDE.)

And as always, if you feel you cannot live without your own RBDE merchandise, just hit me up. I'm sure we could arrange something...

Self-Promotion: Cloud Button Edition

I have finished the first buttons on my cloud series! Yippee! Wahoo! Hooray!

Here are some images for your viewing pleasure...

If you want to own some or all of these fine buttons, visit my Etsy shop!

Next on the button docket...

Modern Disney Series! Below is a very, very rough beginning to what I think will be a promising series! If you have any ideas of what buttons I should make, leave a comment. I'm always open to suggestions!

Chaplin, Wall-E and RFK...OH MY!

So, as some of you may know, I can get quite crafty when it comes to gift-giving. So, when confronted with the ever-daunting task of finding a present for Mark (aka: Baby, Pidge, Hubster, the Man, my love, etc.) I decided one year to do portraits of two of his favorite figures of all time: Charlie Chaplin and Wall-e. This is what came of it:

Meet Wall-E

Hello Charlie

 Since painting these, Mark has wanted this portrait-creation to be a yearly thing. So, the following year I decided upon two of his favorite great-minds: Robert F. Kennedy and Nikola Tesla. Tesla was and still is nearly impossible to paint because of the low-quality to very few images that exist of him. I have sort of given up on him for a little while, but here is good ole RFK:

 

 Good ole RFK

So why am I telling you all of this? WELL, I just recently decided that (due to brokedom) that I should try to create these portraits per the request of others that would be willing to pay me for my services. And behold! An Etsy Shop is born! So far, I just have these few items posted and "Personalized Portraits" available for request/purchase, but more is on its way. So if you feel like supporting a friend, or a stranger, feel free to contact me about a portrait that you might want!

.End transmission of self-promotion.