bizarro-world theory

i was going to write a comic about bizarro world, maybe do myself and friends or family as bizarro-world versions of ourselves. but then i started thinking about it and i couldn't decide whether to make everyone the opposite of what they are now or take their negative qualities and push them to the extreme. if i did the former, would they just look opposite on the outside but still contain the essence of their real world versions or would they look the same but be complete opposites within? if i did the latter, how truly evil would the people become? would they be that much different from how i perceive them already? or would it be comical the way the people i know and love exhibit their own traits MULTIPLIED EXPONENTIALLY? what does that even mean? does bizzaro-tim fart exponentially more in bizarro world? or do his bizarro-farts, although same in quantity as regular-world farts, smell exponentially worse than in the real world? are some of the people i know in real life and can't stand being around even more intolerable, or will they be a pleasure to interact with? how does my perception of bizarro-world affect the grand scale of things? does each individual have his or her own perception of bizarro-world based on how well he or she knows him/herself and others around him/her? does each individual have his or her own personal bizarro-world, or does everyone perceive what goes on in bizarro-world on an individual basis? how similar would another person's perception of my bizarro-world self be from my own? how different would it be between a person that knows me and a person that does not? how would those perceptions affect my perception of myself?

i'm batman.

you get the idea

i made this baby book

god these pictures are terrible. cassandra taught me how to make books. she taught me 75% of the steps before it was time to go get drinks. this is the first one i made solo. it is 75% good.

illustrious paper people

i read Everything Is Illuminated this summer and watched the movie and all that junk. so so great. i made these paper dolls based on the characters from the movie. i'd like to make a short film with them one day. all the joints are moveable woohoo! great job! Jake and Abby made some paper dolls, too:

Jake made a ninja/i made it for him and Abby threw hers away.

UKE BETTER BELIEVE IT!!

I just got a ukelele this week and I'm goin caaaararazy with it!!! Oh, how I love to jam out 90's breakup songs on this sweet precious little baby. (This is the only video of me playing it I will post ever, I promise. I'm not tryin to be that girl.)

same ol', same ol'...

chomp chomp

patchy's letter

choose your side to battle

me and bryan

me and Jake again

me and Alex again

 

 

 

 

 

me and Jake again (again)

i can't validate that

drinkin beers

the saddest glass in history

collaboration station

here's some things cassander and i did together. each person had 2 minutes to draw, then we switched journals. hopefully she will post the ones from her journal, too HINT HINT WINK WINK NOD NOD

battle drawings

me and alex

me and jake (7 yr old)

yarnbike: yarn on a bike

so i can knit while i ride

sorry for the delay, dear readers.

these are both very kochalka-like i think. i can't really tell anymore if i am emanating his style or if i'm just using his layout as a jumping off point and evolving on my own. i'm ok with either option. in a way, its nice to having an artist you can admire and appreciate so much that it affects your own artwork. i think having a mentor is really helpful; it pushes me to create! mainly because i know i'm capable and partially because squiggly style is so beautiful and appealing to me. i have a lot of artists like that in my life. jess, cassander, laura, christian....
i've been a little busy lately: datin boys and then not datin boys, babysitting a lot, jammin out, gardening, having pity parties for stupid reasons... but i'm back now! i have been playing around with miniature things and scenes of things. i'll try to post some pictures up once i get stuff a little more figured out. i'm also working on a pinata for ricky bamboo's birthday party in a couple weeks and there will DEFINITELY be posts about that so look out!
special thanks to daniel for encouraging me to post some more things. thanks for stalking daniel! love you

potrait of the plant party

look at us. we look great. be on the lookout for a new blog by the two of us, she & i, concerning a collaborative art project.

snot that bad, actually

new haircut

just do something crazy!!

 the craziest thing we can think of

 astroboy

holga

(foto by ash taylor)

(foto by Ash Taylor)

i'm supremely proud of these fotos. many many thanks to ash for turning me on to holga and also for letting me use her camera. we did some great stuff ashie!!