Tom Waits and Franz Kline are an odd but compatible couple. Photo does not convey how much ink and paint is caked onto this poor piece of paper. Not as much as a Kline painting, but more than what I usually do. This is #24. I'm almost done with a series of characters from his song "Circus", and realized I hadn't actually just drawn the actual man in a while. Thus: this.

His words, when inducted into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame. I just realized I forgot to dot the end of the sentence. Will fix soon.

Tom Waits #9. And I'm not done yet.

Yessss, it's Fun-A-Day again, because nothing lights a fire under my artisty ass than Fun-A-Day. My project this year: Tom-Waits-a-Day. I made a run of 10 of these patches, and another run of 10 in a different color.

Last year I failed and didn't make all 31 pieces for each day of January. This year I'm determined! 31 in '13! Happy New Year!

Oh and lo, something's happeniiiiinng... I've been picking at this and picking at this all week. Carving on actual linoleum is soooo much better than that "cuts like butter" garbage. Um, I forgot to flip the image. So it's opposite will be the finished print. Oh well. Good thing there's no lettering!

My latest chalkboard. I don't usually do anything too elaborate, but I was inspired by Jeff Rogers. If he can paint letters for McDonalds, then I can letter for Whole Foods Market.

It's been like a million years since I updated. Sorry! Did I work on relief printing like I said I would? Uh... no not really. But I did knit a pink penguin with a mohawk.

This is Knitty's Pasha pattern again, but anytime I got close to knitting the middle of his back I'd make a few drop-loop stitches. He's much too cute to be contained. Kinda prehistoric, don't you think? Here he is, checking the ground for any sea lions...

He made a break for it out the back door. Where's he going? My guess is to Chautauqua, NY. Specifically to St. Elmo's Fiber, my favorite Little Yarn Shop. It's my favorite because it's my mom's!

Made some color separations in Photoshop. Holy eff, I was NOT expecting it to be a three-color print. Much much tedium. But it looks the best this way so far. So, now to get carvin'.

My house is filling with knit birds again, but that's okay.

The two penguins are for my friend, but the little ones I tend to knit compulsively. The penguins are Pasha from Knitty (and I have longed for an excuse and enough materials to knit that pattern for years!) and the little ones are the aptly named Little Birds by Duo Fiberworks. Free patterns!

Purple penguin, with a better look at her flippers.

It's Spring in the woods, and Srom and Mona are finaly friends.

My bread&buttah job has been crazy, so no finished work lately. However, I've gotten in the habit of getting up and going straight to the desk so I can draw and pick at projects for ten minutes or so before I get ready to work. This sketch was being knit in my brain-womb for months, and now it's ready to go!