Crab King,

Happy Mon.. er Tuesday!  I've been busy trying to move and set up an actual work space, I'll have pictures after I get it all set up, in the mean time, NEW SHIRT DESIGN! yay! Just in time for a rainy winter. I call this one the Crab King, just cause I have a thing for things grand and mythical.
   

If you are wondering how I pick designs, they usually come from a doodle of an idea I liked in one of my sketchbooks. I wanted to do another design similar to the Elephant King, this drawing is about 3 inches tall, they always start small.

"I wanted it to be in the shape of a crown"

I then draw it, with ink and brushes, pens, and whatever, maybe even twigs. When I'm done the drawing, it gets scanned and some touch ups and alterations are done. After that, it's off to the studio to get the screen done and to print it.

"I changed the back legs after scanning it into the computer"

"washing out the screen"

Then after some printing and drying you have a fresh wearable shirt! You can now buy it @ 1%talent and if you are one of the first few online orders, I'll include a folded poster of the same print.

" You can now buy it @ 1%talent "

"details, details"

Late, Late Post!

Happy Wednesday! I'm bringing you a late, late post cause I've been sick on and off for the passed few weeks. So many things have happened, I'm not even sure where to start! Most of December, I was busy moving, checking out craft fairs and prepping for City Of Craft. So this is pretty much the City Of Craft post. First I'd like to thank everyone who came out to support handmade. I forgot my camera on both days so I'll be using the communal photos taken by the talented Celine Kim, most of the photos in this post (all but one, the square one) is by her.

"The Theatre Centre was much more lively this year, but I was in Thrush Holmes Empire"

"Thrush Holmes Empire was also a great space"

"I didn't get a shot of my whole table heres a shot of the top of it."

I don't have it up yet, but I finished a new design just in time for the fair, It may be called "The Crab King". I also hope to get my greeting cards up on Etsy sometime soon. Heres a little snap shot of the new design being printed.

"Crushing mountains, that's what kings do"

Following are some other cool people and some cool photos from the show. First, one of my neighbors was Raymond E. Biesinger, a super chill dude with super art.

"http://fifteen.ca"

Dead Weight is a fav of mine, I always like seeing what shes up to, and i see her at many shows so its not too hard.

" http://deadweight.ca"

Some of you may already have heard of morico on this blog before. They sometime travel me from time to time.

"http://hellomorico.blogspot.com"

I always had a thing for airmail envelopes, but these ones contain a secret, I wonder what it is. Maybe you can find out at Sweetie Pie Press.

"http://sweetiepiepress.com"

The rest of the photos can be seen here City of Craft 2011 on Flickr or you can also check out other vendors here. Happy New Year and hope everyone gets a good start.