Good Karma

I donate a lot of artwork (All of the following work). I hope that it helps whatever cause it is going towards, such as helping a homeless pet find a home, for a Rescue to sell and use the money to keep saving lives, for a 501(c)3 to auction off and for me to create a personalized gift for whoever bid the highest. Sometimes its for my mom and for my town. I hope that all this "free work" brings me some good luck... I feel as though I am just skating on thin ice right now. I am just making enough to survive in NYC right now, so much money goes towards rent and food I wonder if staying at home for a year might have been a good idea.. I know I would never have gotten the chance to work at Little Airplane Productions, to meet some of the people I've met, to have the experiences I've had.. I just always pictured "making it big" a year after college, which is probably unrealistic, but I wish there was just a road map to how to get a children's book published, how to work for groups Bad Rap, Stubby Dog, No Kill Advocacy Center, etc.


For now I will keep doing what I am doing and working on my portfolio, I do need to work harder and longer, I just need to find the strength, the motivation, and a stronger coffee.

Donated Work

It has not been an easy transition from a full-time job to now making my own schedule again. However, now that I know what it is like to work really hard for 8 hours a day on artwork I am finding it much easier to get things done without a "boss" telling me to do so. Before I moved to NYC I kept having that "Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow" mentality. It hasn't been ideal lately, with a lot of freelance work falling through... a lot of people not answering e-mails after I have done extensive amounts of work for them.. Others promising feedback and then never following up on it. I am slightly disappointed in myself for trusting too many people and not writing up enough contracts and invoices- a mistake I do not think I will make again. For now I have a few donated pieces I did for very honest and grateful people. :)

October 2012 work thus far...

I held a "biggest smile" competition on Facebook page, and little Stella here won. I picked her partly because she does have a great smile, and also because she needs a home!! Check her out here: http://www.facebook.com/SavingStella?fref=ts

This was a fun commission. As soon as I heard 'disney- like Wolf and deer' I was in!

Dog Gone Cute

This is my second commission for a "Facebook Cover Photo". Maybe I can make a living off of Facebook... Haha. Anyway, this pit bull lover makes these adorable collars and she needed a vibrant cover photo for her facebook page. I havent heard back from her on the final yet, I am hoping she loves it, because I'm pretty happy with it.

Sketches of Pibble Portraits before Finish

These are two commissions I recently received! I do a sketch first so that the client isnt surprised or I forgot any important features to their doggie! I think sketches are cool in of themselves and sometimes capture the personality even better than a full-color.

Daisy The Pibble Portrait

Pet Portrait Pibble!

Monday & Weeble Strip #1

Adopt NY - Logo Idea

I have offered my services to many No Kill organizations. Adopt NY http://www.facebook.com/adoptny is a fantastic group and they are working on making T-shirts and such, so I  offered to work on some ideas for them. This image is not associated with their organization at this time, but if they choose it, they will be free to do with it as they please! It'd be great if they liked it and wanted to use it, but if not I enjoyed making this! (Note: if you are a part of a 501(c)3, and are No Kill, or trying your best to get there, contact me for some work!)

P is for Patriotic Pit Bull

Fun Fact: Pit Bulls were the Poster Dog for WWII. Before their undeserved bad reputation they were thought of as American Heroes and wonderful companions- which is very true and a much more accurate description of the breed. See the Propaganda poster below- (I cannot find the artist's name unfortunately)