Modern Cat Illustration

A little while ago I was contacted by Jennifer Nosek, the Editor and Creative Director of Modern Cat Magazine, to do a full page illustration about cat speech. It had a super fast turn around time, but I'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out.

Special thanks to Kathleen Grimes who snapped a photo of it in the magazine! Thank you!

Today's Parent Magazine: Debate Illustration

Here's the latest debate illustration I did for Today's Parent Magazine. It's debating if you, as a parent, would ever leave your child alone in a car (even for just a moment).  You can read it here.

This was art directed by Nicole Chung, who is always so great to work with.

Mindful Magazine: Issue 7

Mindful Magazinehttp://www.mindful.org/ has just released their 7th issue.  Go and check it out.  Above is the scan of the Mindful/Mindless page with the latest spot illustrations I made.  Like always, it was great to work with the art director, Meg Yoshida!

Arts Market Display

Yay! I'm excited to share some photos of my booth display at Arts Market!  There's two locations in Toronto, and I chose to set up in their Leslieville location (1114 Queen Street East).

I've been really wanting to have my framed illustration prints up in the East end of Toronto for awhile now.  I was very pleased to find out about Arts Market.  Arts Market is different than other shops I've worked with.  They don't do consignment, instead they rent out smallish spaces inside the shop to local artists and creators.  If you live in the Toronto area, you should definitely check it out!

This is the first time I've created the display booth for my art prints.  I've never done a craft sale or seasonal market before ... though I've considered it many times.  I was pleased when I managed to scrounge up a second hand card shelf, and I had a great afternoon creating paper flowers from the most beautiful craft book, Paper to Petal.

I think it all came together pretty nicely.  My stuff will be up for a month ... maybe longer ... depending on how sales go!

Today's Parent: Debate Illustration

The February issue of Today's Parent Magazine is out, and I illustrated the debate page!  This one's about getting a tattoo of your child's name.

This was art directed by Nicole Chung.

Hanna Sandvig Art Print

I wanted to do a quick blog post, not about my own art, but about my friend, Hanna Sandvig's art!  We did a print trade a little while ago and this is the print I got out of the deal.  It's so beautiful with the soft flowing hair and the gorgeous colour scheme!  The quality of the print is just perfect.  You can buy your own print here, in her shop.

You may have also noticed the big bear head guy.  This is a prop my boyfriend, Jesse Yules, created for a music video.  The little hat on top belongs to me ... but I thing the bear looks more friendly when he wears it.

Mindful Magazine: Issue 6

Here's the latest set of Mindful/Mindless illustrations I did for Mindful Magazine!  As usual, these were art directed by Megumi Yoshida, who's always a pleasure to work with.

Winter Holiday

I've been having a great Christmas holiday in Nelson, British Columbia with my family.  I snowshoed for the first time since elementary school, and I really enjoyed it!  It's so great to be out in the woods.  And the trees look so beautiful covered in snow.

I hope everyone is having a cozy, and friendly holiday as well.