Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Two years, "where's my two dollars?"

Sooooooooooooo.................
This place of randomness is two years old two day. Whoop de doo. I've been entertaining the thought of not posting anymore, but it doesn't really matter either way what happens. Things have been getting strangely busy lately, but good I think. I, I, I, I hate typing I. Self centered...stupid.... it's time not to worry about this place anymore, and focus on other things. This place was mostly meant for friends and family miles away to see what trouble I was getting into, what stupid thing I drew today, what dumb thing I found on the internet. And kitty videos, lots of kitty videos. It's mostly mutated into some sorta sketch/art blog. For most obsessively compulsive artists, it is probably bound to happen, but I like looking at everyone else's inspirations, how they interpret their day to day lives. Sadly, there is so much stuff out there, it is impossible to keep up with all of it.
I think I'll update sporadically.
I'm supposed to be working on my very own kid's book, 2nd draft is almost done, thumbnails, designs, page count, so hopefully it won't be too awful. There is also full time work, freelance, hygeine, being outside, living life, traveling, there is alot to do.
So here's some stuff, that may or may not end up being t-shirts.



Got to watch "The Last Unicorn", with some friends last night. The Red Bull joke is Valerie's. Watching this movie with a bunch of mid-late 20 yr old females is a fairly strange and hilarious experience, especially since we know all the lines.


...and for good measure, kittens in a kleenex box.

Saw "Hot Fuzz" tonight. Heelareee us.

33 comments:

Percy Bysshe said...

Happy blogaversary! Wonderful images as always - everythings flying! Storybooks - kewl! that's got to be amazing - Is is about spy cats? For some reason I hope it's about spy cats or a that cool fantasy/mythological universe that you do ... it's so..uh.. fantastical and uh.. mythological...ulxuk!

Chris Battle said...

Naw, you gotta keep up with the blogging. You can always let the personal hygeine thing slip.

MARILLA said...

oh...super nerd drawing. looks just awesome..!!!
you should make t-shirts... with!
I am just kidding..
I am talking about the drawings with cats and bunnies!
thank you for your comment for my drawing!!
I am painting now!!

Kt Shy said...

Cooool! Congrats on the children's book! (That's definetly an area I'd like to get into in a couple years.)
Lovely illustrations as always! Aaaand... enjoy living life and being happy this summer!!! (blogging tends to be a stuck-indoor winter kinda thing anways) ;) Cheers to warm weather!

Oliver Akuin said...

Yay, happy birthday to your blog!

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Unknown said...

i agree with chris battle..:)
congrats on the book!

Michelle said...

Happy Two Year Blogiversary!! I think lots of people will be sad if you don't post as much! I really like your work, and find it pretty motivating and inspiring!

Best of luck with your 2nd book, that sounds so exciting!

Unknown said...

hahah... I adore that movie so much. love your drawings, they really pull out the personality.

also. love. cats.

(and potatoes)

(this is Aimee)

Antua said...

Yeah, your blog/art rocks. Congrats on the 2nd year and the children's book. I bet it will be awesome!

Katie said...

Beautiful drawings!! I love the Last Unicorn. That whole page is so nice. And Nana is there too! Are you an Ai Yazawa fan?

I understand the poopy "blaaaaaah" feeling you get when you've been blogging a while! I have it too...but a lot of artists would be missing out if you stopped posting drawings!

PotatoFarmGirl said...

Skylark-Sadly, the book doesn't involve cats. But I'll try to sneak one in there somewhere for you.

Battle-Hygiene is #1. Has Comic con taught you nothing?!

Marilla-YES! Paint like the winds! More monkeys and bunnies destroying cities!

Kt- thank you! I like shrub monkeys, it is teh funnae!

Oliver- You need more toys in your cube.

Aimee- Yay! I am glad your Japan trip book will be out, I will let everyone know, 'cause it's going to be super cool! and in color?!

Katie- I agree blogs are very good for information and inspiration, I'm just tired of repeating myself, so I'm just going to try to be pickier about what goes up. We'll see how long that lasts until I find something really stupid that has to go up. I've only read Yazawa's "Nana" so far, I found some episodes the other day too. I want to find time to get into "Paradise Kiss" since you had recommended it, I just now realized it's the same lady!
And something really funny, the top three search words that lead people here are "girl", "farm", and.... "Midna". Silly people.

Katie said...

Ha ha ha, how did you find out what keywords lead people to your site? I want to know what mine are! Probably "retarded" and "boobies" or something.

Anyhow, I liked Paradise Kiss and Nana...but when I was a little girl, I discovered one of Ai's earlier comics, "Gokinjo Monogatari." Everyone I know now hates it, but when I was younger it had the same impact on me as The Last Unicorn and Ren and Stimpy. It's similar to her recent comics, only more cartoony and goofy looking. It's not translated though, and kind of hard to find. I don't have a scanner right now, but if I get one set up I'll send some you some funny pages!

PotatoFarmGirl said...

Katie- I've used http://extremetracking.com/ for years, it's free, but they make you put this ugly planet on the page you want to track. It used to be resizable, but they wised up. So now it is big and ugly. Be amazed at what weird things people search for.
It's funny how Ai draws people annoyed and flabbergasted, I wish people made that face in real life. They almost look like they're smiling.

Alicia "Kaden" Guy said...

congrats on that! woohoo 2 years! and awesome artworks!

Forbes Browne said...

I love them swirly kittens! Here's something you may like...Lego Super Mario Bros

Unknown said...

Good to see you at the studio again! Keep blogging please! Being outdoors is overrated:)

Alexei Martins said...

Cool drawings!!!I love your art!!!
Happy blog birthday!!!!

Unknown said...

beautiful!! Love the flow and movement in your illos!!

Hesbell said...

AH! i know that movie! it called ummmmm oh yah! the last uniecorn! awsooooome

Percy Bysshe said...

Thanky! I'm so ordering a copy - yfmup!

And I got my cats and my carpets
And my fish in my brain
I got the walls around me
They never change

burgerlog said...

i love those kitties! so swirliee!

David Germain said...

These pictures are great.

Definitely don't quit blogging. We need more artists representing themselves, much like I've done with my latest Censor Monkeys adventure.

Jay D Smith said...

hey, you didnt draw the red skeleton! he was my fav!

"but i rememberrrrrrrr!!!!"

Nicolette Davenport said...

Cool designs, tater girl! I hope they do get made.

Puga Vida said...

Amazing work, Love the colors and designs, you inspire me to draw more. thanks

Scott Tolleson said...

Beautiful stuff as always. Thanks for sharing!

Zorilita - Mary Bellamy said...

That cat one is just awesome. I love how they just flow into each other. Great work and plus the Last Unicorn rocks!

Ken said...

beautiful drawings. love the cats

Tom Dougherty said...

Well, we don't know each other personally, but being able to check in on your blog has convinced me that I'd like you if I ever did meet you.

I hope you don't stop, but if you do, I'd certainly understand. I'm also working on a kids' book, so my blogging has to let up a little too.

JustMe said...

I LOVED that movie as a kid. As a little, artistic, gay boy growing up in the South, that movie was such an escape for me. I used to draw unicorns ALL the time after I saw that. (gosh...how embarrasing!) It's amazing I didn't get beat up more...

...anyway, I turned 31 recently, and a friend gave me that movie on dvd. It was such a great gift. I've been revisiting it too! Loved that scary old woman with the Harpy!

Also, I love your style. The cats...they are so fluid. I love seeing artists with such a fluid line.

axel#13 said...

Great pieces!

gm said...

yay


again you win