A Brief Digital Illustration Tutorial
As promised, today I am posting a tutorial on the creation of my newest print, A Crispness In The Air.  I get a lot of questions about my method and although I won't spell out every single detail here, this will give you a general idea of how I work.  I've come upon my particular style from a couple of years of tinkering around with Photoshop and Illustrator, just figuring out how things work and learning bits and pieces from other tutorials or books.  So here we go:

A Crispness In The Air
Oh thank goodness it's Friday!  What a busy, busy, exciting, fun week this has been!  Exciting things are brewing around here, that's for sure :)  For right now, I have a new print to introduce.  The Boo Crew was such a popular limited edition print, that I've decided to create a series from it.  Each month I will release a new print featuring a darling group of kids.  The print will be a limited edition available for two months, through the last day of the month following its release.  Then after all 12 prints have been released, I will release the entire set at the end of

I'm Doing An Etsy Virtual Labs Lecture This Month!
Well, I'm a bit nervous about the idea of virtually speaking in front of people, but I'm doing an Etsy Virtual Labs class on November 19th at 4pm EST.  There are actually a lot of great workshops going on this month and next that really focus on dealing with the holiday rush.  You can see the full list of classes here.My workshop is Customer Service for Your Handmade Business and sort of follows this article I wrote for

Setting Goals and Making Lists
Anyone who knows me, knows that I like to make lists.  Like probably isn't even a strong enough word because it's almost a compulsion.  I make lists for everything:  groceries, home improvement projects, music downloads, books to read, business goals, new art/product ideas, marketing strategies.  You get the point.  There's just something very tangible about making a list.  When I feel too overwhelmed with work, I take a break to make a list of everything I need to finish and then suddenly once it's down on paper and I cross things off as they are finished, I feel less crazy, less likely to cry at any given moment.  The problem with making so many

What I Wore Today
There's a fantastically fun group on Flickr right now where you post drawings of what you are wearing today.  How fun, right?  I did my first one today and it's just a fun warm-up exercise for a big day of illustrating and being creative:   I'd love to say that I'll be doing one of these every day, but it's probably more realistic for me to shoot for once a week or so :)  Have a good week!