Fuzzy Grapefruit on NMTR Artist Spotlight

Check out the awesome spotlight on Fuzzy Grapefruit, put together by the very talented Riaz Khan via Never Mind the RizzRazz:

Challenge #2: Anthropomorphic Chinese Food

Challenge #1: Structure with 'Legs'

For the month of January, my sister Erika and I are challenging each other to complete a drawing every day... well, every other day (since we're alternating days). More about the challenge at our joint art blog, Arting Through Limbo

Challenge #1: Structure with 'Legs'

Temple: A Strategy Board Game

A few months ago, my friend Joe asked me if I was interested in designing the graphics for a board game he had created. A board game!? Me!?? Design!??? Heck, yes! So anyway, I think the design turned out really well, the game itself is fun to play (thanks to the genius of Joe), and well, I'm pretty excited about it. For more info about the creation of the game, the concept behind it, and how you can order your very own copy, check out the official company site, Gameful Enjoyment or the Game Crafter!

Obsessed With: Treehouse Point

...Tell me this image doesn't make you swoon. I stumbled onto Treehouse Point (located twenty two miles outside of Seattle, Washington) through one of my favorite blogs, "A Cup of Jo" and now I am totally obsessed. The idea of living in trees has always been really appealing to me. In middle school, I got to move into my older sister's room when she went off to college. The room was at the end of the house on the top floor, and next to the bed were windows that looked out onto our backyard. The trees that had been growing there were quite old, their statuesque figures branching close to the house. In the summer, I would stay up late at night and open the windows, imagining I was living in some sort of treehouse bungalow.

It reminds me of the "Tree World" in Myst or Endor. Totally crunchy and totally romantic :)

[Photo: jasfitz]

Obsessed With: Winter Ice Lanterns

...I'm totally obsessed with this fantastic idea from the DIY section of Design*Sponge. Now, if only I was classy enough to have dinner parties and my own outdoor patio...

[Photo: Studio Dreyer Hensley]

January

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Creature Discomfort

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Arting Through Limbo

So let's discuss a rather touchy subject, shall we?

I am currently (dun dun dunnnn) unemployed. Ugh it sounds like such a dirty word, on the same level as "contagious" or "moist" or "meaty". But it's true nonetheless. And it has been for quite some time now. So why is it that I still feel a sense of shame regarding the matter? Like maybe I should be good enough, smart enough, and gosh-darn-it have people like me enough to get through this little hiccup. But then I have to remind myself that there are greater things at work here. I cannot simply be talented and qualified and **poof** suddenly have an awesome job sitting in my lap, heck a CRAPPY job sitting in my lap.

So in the meantime, my sister and I are starting an art blog. It will have a few purposes: 1. To provide a supportive, therapeutic environment for those suffering from the symptoms associated with unemployment. 2. To encourage the consistent production of creative work (and therefore, to prevent our minds from getting too gooey). 3. To expose our FREAKIN' AWESOME TALENT TO THE WORLD!!!!! 4. Possible world-domination.

So yeah, read it: Arting Through Limbo