Comic: Our Compost Misadventure

* I apologize for the profanity some people may find offensive. I merely was recording events as they happened as accurately as possible.
This happened last spring, just before my roommates and I moved out of our old house...

* I was trying to experiment more with the use of scanned textures ... if anyone was wondering at the abundance of them!

The Challenges of Making a Website

I'm currently trying to make a website, as I wrote in a previous post. I originally elected to create my site from scratch in Dreamweaver, but I find that I am overwhelmed by the complexities of the program and completely lost within the language of html. Had I not the time constraints placed upon me (my site must be up and running by the end of the semester!) I would continue to try learning the program. So now, after stressing uselessly about my site for a couple weeks, I've decided to use 4ormat. IT'S SO MUCH EASIER; it still looks professional, minus all of the headaches of dreamweaver! It's such a relief!

Anyway, this basically sums up my attempts to make a site so far ...

 and saved ...

DOODLE

a cosmic cat cries sugary tears

Exciting News!

Yes, there is a real website in the works! And as of today, I am the proud owner of a domain name! ;)
More to come later!

A little bit of lately: screen printing classes

I'm currently working on a line of screen-printed moleskin sketchbooks and screen-printed canvas tote bags. As I'm new to screen these pieces are all fairly experimental, but fingers crossed they turn out alright!

Oh. Did I mention I'm working with neon pink ink? Awesome.

Thank You!

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to the zine fair yesterday! It was a blast!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/OCAD-Zine-Library/162208732898 

OCAD U ZINE FAIR 2012

 COME OUT IT WILL BE A BLAST! I'm tabling at it this year ;)

Surviving Thesis

My method of surviving numerous all-nighters for thesis: eating! I don't drink coffee or take energy supplements / beverages so I'm constantly hunting for other things to keep me going all hours of the night. These are a few which seem to have worked ;) introducing my thesis-all-nighter-anti-coffee-survival-snacks:

Hermit Cookies

This is actually the first piece I did for thesis - I've only now obtained a digital copy I am satisfied with.

Size: 11" x 14"

Hunter Pie

Another thesis piece!

Size: 9" x 12"

Fight the Mega Quarry

Activism poster done last semester to raise awareness against the Mega Quarry proposed to be built in Melancthon, Ontario. This poster let me experiment with illustrated type. It doesn't read too clearly, but it's a start! I focused on how the ground water will be polluted, toxins being dumped into it, traveling down stream and tainting ponds and rivers, effecting and endangering both wildlife and our drinking water.

There are MANY websites and articles dedicated to the issue, but I would recommend these for a concise outline of what's going on:  http://www.stopthemegaquarry.ca/  (*watch the short info clip on the right of the page, really puts everything into perspective) and here, http://ndact.com/:

Size: 8.5" x 11"

Gaia

Never posted this last semester - it is an activism piece I did for James Lovelock's Gaia Theory, 'Gaia is sick'.
Sweating above: polar ice melting
Drying below: draught and ever-expanding deserts
Air pollution: smoke stacks pop up like boils and warts, disfiguring our planet ...

8.5" x 11"

Sweet Dreams + Morphine

These are two more of my Gladstone show pieces. They were both painted on found pieces of wood - two slots from an antique desk's set of pigeon holes. Each are approx. 9" x 4.5"

Chirophobia

Fear of hands. This is one of my pieces that was featured in the Gladstone show last month (so sorry for the delay in posting - I've been bad about updating lately!)

Size: 24" x 36"

Custom Business Cards

Here's a client who was super fun to work with :)

Laura also suggested that I do wedding cards (invitations, characters of the bride/groom) like this ... perhaps I will have to give it a try!

Morphine Dreams wallpaper

Avoiding a painting assignment - whipped this up instead! ;)

WET FEET comic

First assignment for my Graphic Novel Illustration class: an autobiographical comic based on something that had happened to us that week. This incident actually happened as I was walking this very class. I arrived soaked :s gross

*Sorry for the language, merely recording the event in all its accuracy.

February!

February is upon us! I'm excited to say that later this month I will be taking screen printing classes - I'm so excited! I've recently become really interested in the surface design field of illustration (textile design, stationary and paper goods, wall paper design, illustrated housewares, etc) and can't wait to try my hand at it!
Maybe closer to the end of this month you will be seeing some screen printed tote bags, towels, yards of fabric, moleskin covers, note cards, posters, plush toys..............................the possibilities are limitless!!

Can't wait!

Toronto Laser Services

Bunhead write up on Toronto Laser Service's website: http://www.torontolaserservices.com/laser-cutting-projects/bunhead-pins-by-local-artist-emily-taylor/

This is the company that helped me to create my pins. They are amazing to work with! They are so friendly, and so prompt and attentive in their communication with you; only a handful of companies I've ever worked with have had this level of professionalism. And they're local (bonus!). Seriously though, the people at this company are amazing, with one-on-one help and quick to answer any questions I had, and ready to give advice where it was needed, and very accommodating with my rush order! They updated me every step of the way (file creation, material selection, starting cutting, etching, and the final result). I HIGHLY recommend them to anyone interested in having anything laser cut. I do not have enough good things to say about them! 

First Weekend Back to School - Avoiding Homework

Serious procrastination today ... finished my magnets instead (complete with itty-bitty bunhead image transfers)! And here are some plush owls I've been working on (experimenting with hand-embroidery and the use of vintage fabrics); my mum and gram helped me stuff them and sew them shut over the holidays. Huge thanks to them both! ;)