DinosaurBaby!!

I printed some baby outfits for a friend as a gift for another friend with my dinosaur images - and they look super cute!!! I think that there is definitely something there to explore in the future....

Bad lighting for the photos (it was night, the lights were yellow...)

So, if anyone wants any dino prints or any of my other photographic screens let me know, because I'm going to be stripping them in June, it's time to start afresh, or it will be.

Instantaneous exhibition and auction

Previously.....

I did a zine, I sold it in my comic store, I got invited to be in a show, I did a particularly poignant piece of cross species post apocalyptic love (Dead Dinosaur Love Story) I got invited back again (even though I haven't quite finished my next zine.....)

End of recap!

This is the drawing I ended up doing:

G.I.A.R (Girl In A Robot)

I didn't have much time as I was juggling other things, and then when I had the time, I couldn't think of 'an original or parody comic book cover'. But finally inspiration struck! With Robot arms and a pocket furnace!!!

So it's not as detailed as I'd like it too be, but I feel I made up for it with silver ink - everywhere. I wish I'd had time to tint the background a blue gray, but the inks were at the other studio and I was at home....

I'm not actually that big a fan of drawing for drawing's sake, but I'd like to get over that big whole 'white fright' and all the angst that comes with it. And I do like doing pictures like this, and I have got two little comic zines in the works, so hopefully after the muesum they'll see the light of day!

The exhibition details are here at Pulp Fiction Comics. It's an exhibition and charity auction, so I'm really happy to be a part of it. We caught the exhibition last year, but missed the auction, because I was tired, pregnant and hungry, and now this year we have the results of that, but we might drag him along anyway!

Baby Days

I originally thought that this blog would just be about things I've been doing and making, but have realised that I can't really remove what I'm doing from what I'm doing with my son Xi, as I'm generally doing things with him (or around him, or carting him off to places with me), so I thought I'd show some of the things we've been getting up to lately.

He's been getting put to work weeding, and is learning to tell the difference between plants we like, and plants to put in the bucket.

We've been doing gardening in the mornings as he likes to look at the sky, listen to the birds, and sample the dirt. I still haven't built my path (think I need more time and helpers) but we've cleared the space in between the paths and have since sown all our old seed in the area.

He's been eating lots, and getting quite a wagayu build happening. I just liked this picture and wanted to put Tom in.

I turned 30 and had a lovely party at DCBS's, but this is the only picture I took... the balloons were a big hit with the bub.

And we all learnt (and remembered) how to play mahjong which is my new favourite game to whip people's patooties in! (well....attempt to)

And I was experimenting with the layout, and it went blah and didn't want to go back! Apologies for the mess (and all the underlining...)

Behind the Scenes!

The fun bit of the museum project finally has started!!

Looking behind the scenes at their collections, meeting the curators and hearing the stories has been fantastic. It's amazing that there is so many creatures there that are being studied and sad that they are all dead. But then mind blowing again when you look at all the patterns and weird and wonderful stuff that nature has produced, and the extremes that some animals have gone to in response to environment (and food chain survival and looking good for the ladies/gents and keeping up with the smiths).

So far we've met with Mr Marine Invertebrates, and Mr Reptile. My collaborators are off tomorrow to meet with the Mammal and Mineral people!