I'm excited...

Just like this little cloud here. If I could poop candy colored sprinkles I would. Colin and I have been operating like a fierce 2 headed art makin' machine the past few weeks and it feels really good. We're a bit pooped but we're sooooo excited to share our art with everybody. Here's another sneak peak at what we'll have at Hallmarket. The girl below is an original painting by myself and the little candy cloud is by Colin. I love this little dude. He just makes me happy.
I'd love to see him animated.

Upcoming Hallmarket Art Fair

This blog should be called Dusty Dusterson......Yes, It's been awhile. A long while. I'm not the most consistent blogger that's for sure. But I'm posting to tell you about HALLMARKET!!!!!!! WHAT!?It's the coolest art fest in Kansas City. At least I think so. I work with some of the most talented folks I know and 90 of them (including my hubs and I) will be selling there art in Hallmark Square. Mr. Walsh and I will be selling our art under the name Petit Reve. In the next few weeks look for some new posts on the new art goodies we'll be selling. We've been really trying to push ourselves into new techniques and trying to stay off the computer as much as possible. In doing that we've found that we love working with gouache and cut paper. Any-hoo, the event takes place September 29, a day before my daughter turns 17. yikes.....Time flies. P.S. This adorable poster was done by our buddy Maura Cluthe.

Monster Draw Rally

Friday night after work we went to an event called Monster Draw Rally here in our beloved Kansas City. Colin and I drew for one hour and then whatever we drew, good or bad :) was auctioned off to support The Sheffield Place. It's an organization that helps abused women and their children. MDR is every year and we were glad to a part of it! A special thanks to Tuesday and Mimi & Spencer Numer.

Lucky Lion

Hi there! How's it going this Saturday morn? Ya know...I like getting up early on weekends sometimes. I feel I get more done. Like posting a bloggity blog post after 3 dusty months of not posting :) Colin and I both got a little burned out from doing so many creative projects during the wedding and from the Hallmarket craft fair. Oh yeah, and Colin moving in. Our daughter sweet 16 Star Wars bash. The holidays. A lot of changes and adjustments. It takes special energy to do those sort of things right.
But...we're getting itchy and wanting to do some fun art stuff.

Some goals we have for this spring Art wise:
1) To be more consistent with listing new product in our etsy store
2) To be more consistent with posting blogs and updates
3) To draw more
4) To work on some projects we've been kicking around, even if it's a little bit at a time

We're going to try our best to stick to our plan. But then life happens!
What are your Art goals or projects you've been wanting to do?

Aepyceros Melampus

Here's the study I mentioned yesterday. We wanted to drop some science so we decided to add the Latin names to the design. It added a fun educational vibe for us and hopefully for whoever buys these. Unless they are geniuses :)

WIP-Tigersheep Alphabet Cards

Hello! Hope all is well on the interwebs. A while back Colin and I decided we wanted to create a set of alphabet cards. It's just too appealing of a project for 2 illustrators who love character design and also have an almost equal passion for typography. Here is WIP of an impala. I just wanted to share the overall style of what some of them are going to look like. I'm excited about adding more line work for texture and of course some cool hand lettering. One of my favorite things about doing this project is the studies I get to do of the animal in my sketchbook. And also getting to learn cool things about the animals. ANIMALS ARE AMAZING!!!!! I'm going to post some of my process sketches and studies later possibly tonight.

Crumpets and UN-Strumpets

Wow. I'm eating crumpets from Trader Joes for the first time and they are blowing my mind. It's hard to impress someone that loves a morning cup of joe and something bread-y but still. They are DELISH! On another note, I wanted to share some sketches I did of some lovely ladies at Dr. Sketchy's. And for the record just because they like to pose half naked and shake their little booby tassles doesn't make them strumpets...:)