Friday, November 30, 2007

another body-image rant

OK, I am NOT making this up. There is a new body design for our old pal Barbie® called the "Model Muse®" body (see it here) that is literally grotesquely skeletal. Um, WHAT? A Barbie® with actual thighs was too much? Did they look at this and say "THAT'S what we need to sell to young girls!" ??
(And as my sister-in-law observed, "Ken would be sad.")

I am going to eat a donut now. For Barbie®.
ALSO: I just noticed the Illustration Friday topic for today is excess, which fits for this too! OMG! And I just did a blog search for "model muse Barbie" and came up with this and this. All right, girls!!

Thursday, November 29, 2007

my apologies to dr seuss, and also my husband

he actually got through the whole book, which is better than i would have done.

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

tina pitches her show

also i drew this while holding a large infant.
p.s. jill talley would be perfect!

Friday, November 9, 2007

my children's book

my husband suggested i write a children's book based on my "tina" character.

rain cloud

rejection letter season always seems to follow self-promotion season. lots of completely valid constructive criticism ("keep going!"). but everything comes out cute. i'll never be a lisbeth zwerger. or vince waller (dang). the best i have to hope for is emulating someone who mashed their hands in a waffle iron.

Monday, November 5, 2007

beat poetry for moms

also submitting to illustration friday- hey, there are hats...

Friday, November 2, 2007

HEY EVERYBODY

ugh, i HATE having to look for work. why can't people just magically find me? i'm actually embarrassed that my "serious" portfolio url is my actual name.com, it seems so egomaniacal. sigh.

the horror!