What? You think I can only do cute stuff?
Frankly, I get tired of doing cutesy stuff all the time. So every once in a while I do something un-cute (although squirrel itself is a cutie, in a furry I-hope-he-doesn’t-have-rabies way) to shock the lead off my pencil.
As an artist, I’m still very much finding my own style. I don’t think I have a very definite style just yet. Currently my illustrations are a hodgepodge mix (see squirrel above then compare with… I dunno, the Cupcake Bears). That actually might be good for my short attention span as I have a tendency to get bored easily (ADD?). But I’m definitely hoping for a more cohesive style to tie my illustrations together. Let’s see how my illustration work unfolds over the rest of the year. I’ve a couple of projects lined up the next few weeks and I’ve also done some work over the past few months that I’m waiting for permission to upload.
In the meantime, indulge the squirrel as he has his own to do list on my Etsy shop!
Irreverent Squirrel To Do List ($4.50)
More good things to come for this squirrel– notebook, tumbler, and button pin. We just bought a button press to make our own buttons and it’s fantastic! But that’s another blog entry.
The squirrel drawing is based off a photo by photographer Nicko Margolies (with permission). Thank you, Nicko!
Check it out– I was invited to write a guest blog post over at my Hawaii-based cousin Monica’s blog, A Successful Woman. I talked about how I resigned from my financially-rewarding and stable job TV job to be able to sleep in ’til 11 am to pursue what I really want to do.
How I Quit My Job to Follow My Dream by Reg Silva
It’s not about Etsy per se but having the freedom to be my own boss, be happy doing the things I love doing, and being responsible for my own future instead of working senseless for The Man. Thank you to my cousin Monica for the guest post invitation!
Good news for fellow Pinoys inquiring about our illustrated paper goods– the first batch of our handmade notebooks and memo pads are now available for sale at The Fundamentals Multiply shop!
http://thefundamentals.multiply.com
They are currently our ONLY local authorized reseller (huwaw sounds so professional). Aside from our notebooks, they sell adorable bag hooks and Old Navy clothing (and I believe they’ll have more to come) so add them up as your Multiply contact!
We’re still keeping our Notebooks, Etc. Multiply account (http://NotebooksEtc.multiply.com) for general announcements/news, upcoming bazaars (we signed up for one in September but we’re still looking to finalize all details), promos and sales, and some items to be made available only there!
But in the meantime, you can get your paper goods fix at The Fundamentals:
http://thefundamentals.multiply.com/photos/album/20/Notebooks_Etc.
(And for orders outside of the Philippines, there’s always my Etsy shop)
My Cupcake Bears are a fusion of two of my favorite things: cupcakes, and bears. Cupcakes made a boom here locally about two or three years ago and are still going strong. My favorite cupcake place is Sonja’s Cupcakes in Serendra where I get my favorite Valrhona Chocolate cupcakes. Nom nom!
Anyway, this is a design I’ve had sitting around in some forgotten folder on my hard drive when I remembered I had it about a month ago. I took it out for a spin and reworked this illustration until I got what you see now in the picture above. I’ve since put these cupcake bears on various products on my Etsy shop and reception has been great.
I have memo pads, stickers (a best-seller), tumblers, and notebooks. Find them here on my shop.
And if you’re craving for real cupcakes, check out the cupcake mint on Etsy. It’s too bad I am overseas so they can’t ship to me but I’ll be content with staring at their cupcake pictures.
Photo by the cupcake mint
Please wipe the drool off the floor before you leave, please. http://thecupcakemint.etsy.com.
(And hint: If you check out my downloads section you’ll find another Cupcake Bear waiting for you)
I came across some inexpensive medium density fiberboard or MDF recently. I’ve never heard of them before but I’ve been wanting to try painting on surfaces other than paper, so I gave MDF a whirl. I painted my cow character above directly on the board with poster paints and colored pencils. Not bad for a test painting, I think. I’ve already gessoed my other MDF boards (so I don’t paint directly on the surface and cause warping) and bought gouache paints which I’m experimenting with. I’m looking to offer mini paintings like this on the shop as well, but it’s not a priority at the moment. I have 52,104 ideas for the shop I can’t wait to execute but I’m concentrating on paper goods first, which is our main offering. One step at a time…
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