It’s kind of ironic that as an artist/illustrator, I actually don’t draw that much at all.  I used to draw all the time, mostly out of boredom… and to waste time during high school classes (haha), but after I got into art school, I drew less and less in my spare time. When I was moving and packing up all my old artwork, I was astounded at my old sketchbooks. The one from freshman year was packed. The one from sophomore year was only half full, leaving the rest of the pages blank. After junior year, I barely kept a sketchbook. I’d stopped sketching completely and would dive right into drawings on the computer. A very bad habit.

I read somewhere that school (maybe art school in particular) takes what you love and sucks all the passion out of it. It may not be true for everyone, but I feel like it’s true for me. I hope now that I’ve graduated, I can spend more time drawing and rekindling that passion.

So of course, I started by drawing cats. ;) Of course, my cat chose that exact same moment to decide she wasn’t getting enough attention and took a nap directly between me and the sketchbook. So I just drew her instead.

New Flickr photoset! A peek into my sketchbook… Ooh, la la! Secrets, secrets. ;)

Animal blobs I created on one insomia-filled night. There are a lot more, but they’re still living in my sketchbook for now.

I drew these four to make into phone charms! I can’t wait until they’re produced and mailed to me. :3 Also, I received the four Milkbunnie prints today… They look GREAT! I am so happy with them.

Here is #4 — “Butter” with Milkbunnie as a pat of butter on some waffles!

Here is #3 — “Whipped Cream” with Milkbunnie as the topping to a delicious strawberry smoothie.

(This one is my favorite, bahahaha!)

I finished the Milkbunnie Dairy Products series! It has been an intense few days of drawing… I am about to ordering a bunch of 8.5x11 prints for the art fair in August. I wish I could order more though… But prints are so expensive to make!

The first in the series is the bunny in a glass of milk from a few posts down.

Here is #2 — “Sour Cream” with Milkbunnie on a taco!

(I wish you could put more than one picture in a post without it turning into that annoying slideshow thing.)

Milkbunnie Version 2.0!

I’ve been wanting to revamp the whole Milkbunnie concept for a while. I liked the idea of a bunny shaped like a milk carton, but over time, it became really static. I couldn’t really do much with it. After all, a box, with no limbs or anything, was hard to place in different environments without looking… just awkward. I tried to re-draw it many times, but never came up with anything interesting.

So, back when I first came up with milkbunnies, I was having trouble deciding between two ideas. One was the bunny-as-milk-carton thing, which I ended up going with. But the other was the idea of a bunny made of milk, who was still bunny-shaped. I tried to expand on that idea last night in my sketchbook. I’m very happy with the results!

I think I want to make a mini-series of the bunny incorporated into different foods. Like tacos (a la sour cream, haha!) and hamburgers (a la mayonnaise).

Now I just want to re-design my website… I’ve been planning to for a while, but this bunny redesign makes me exceptionally motivated!

Wow, I’m really productive today.

This is a portrait of my boyfriend, Nick, and I. It says “(954) Days of Any.”

“Any” is “Nick” and “Amy” combined! We came up with it when we were played Mario Kart and had to enter both our names into the winners list in three letters. It’s not as cool as Brangelina, but then again, neither are we. :(

Oh, and also, I like the movie (500) Days of Summer.

Second postcard in the Bridgehouse Museum series. This is a Common Goldeneye, which is a duck that chills out in the Chicago River. It kind of looks like a pigeon… So I also made a version with a greener head… which kind of looks like a mallard. SIGH. I just can’t win.

I like his clouds.

I’ve been locking myself up in my office forcing myself to make art. Or just draw. Or just be productive somehow. I have surrounded myself in cute, inspirational things. Like a fort of cuteness. It’s been going pretty well so far.

Here is a postcard of a beaver I have been working on. It’s the only thing I’ve drawn lately that I’ve actually liked. It’s a part of a series of postcards I’m working on with a former boss of mine for the McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum. I hope people like them… Mr. Beaver will probably be making an appearance at the Gold Coast Art Fair this August as well.

I’ve been being pretty indecisive with his tail… but I think I’ve got it pretty much how I want it to look. :3 I’m open to all feedback! <3

See? I haven’t been wasting my ENTIRE summer away. :)

EDIT: I learned how to add a comment box to my Tumblr. Heeheehee. Go me.