A few months ago my friend Heidi Beaver and I agreed to read a children’s book together and then illustrate from it.  She chose a childhood favorite from her grandmother’s shelf: Miss Bianca Goes to the Orient, by Margery Sharp.  (Yes, the very same Miss Bianca from Disney’s The Rescuers, and The Rescuers Down […]

As devastated as I was that I missed my deadline for last week’s Illustration Friday, I decided to complete my vision for ‘remedy’ and finish painting it!  I’ve now posted it to They Draw and Cook.  (I’m really getting hungry for some cookies now!)  Hope you enjoy!

This week’s Illustration Friday word is ‘stay.’  After visiting San Diego last year, my husband and I tossed around the idea of visiting the Northwest region like Oregon, Washington, and Northern California.  Before every vacation, I like to imagine what our stay might be like.  Not only do I think about the places we’ll go, […]

It’s Friday again!  That means another concept for Illustration Friday!  I’m sad to say, however, I missed my deadline for the Illustration Friday Website… apparently Friday noon is not when everything is due.  From here on out, I’ll get it posted Thursday night. Regardless, I will share my concept for my Thotful followers!  Here is a black and white comp of my […]

Recently I finished up a very patriotic project that is a lot of fun to see all over town!  I designed this year’s logo for Firecracker 6. The Firecracker 6 is a six mile race held every 4th of July, in downtown Indianapolis.  It was spectacular to be involved with such a great community event, […]

Here you have it!  My first official post for Illustration Friday!  I’m excited to say I actually did it.  Maybe I put too much effort into my first post-(I’m hearing Danielle Duncan’s eyes rolling around in her head)-ok perhaps I put way too much work into it.  I won’t post how long exactly. I’m excited […]

Keeping busy is the name of the game these past few months.  Robert and I have traversed the the midwest, as well as our fair city, and shot some wonderful photos of the botanical gardens here in town.  I love finding pockets of inspiration hidden in unlikely places.  I particularly enjoyed these macro shots of […]

“Don’t take no for an answer, and leave no prisoners behind!” I was in need of a battle cry, and I found one.  These words were written to me yesterday in an email from a friend, probably in jest. However I found myself shocked at the weight that they carried throughout my day. My first […]

In the past few months I’ve been developing the art of concepting, and slowly the time between when I start a project and when it’s completed is begining to shorten. In college I’d start to panic when I narrowed in on 3 days before a project was due. Now there are times I’m given a project […]