This song really struck a cord with me today, so I thought I'd share it. Enjoy!
Finishing up 2011...
Hey everyone,
I just wanted to drop a little update of what I've been up to. I am evaluating what I did and didn't accomplish in 2011, and figuring out how to make some improvements in the future. This year I accomplished many things but most importantly 2011 taught me I have a lot to more to learn.
Right now, I am working on a bunch of new pieces to be posted ASAP and I'm trying to figure out what the grand plans of 2012 will be. I am pretty excited about next year and will be working on getting my work in magazine and books. I'll be focusing more on editorial illustration and storytelling...but more on that later.
So, until my grand New Years resolution post...here is a lovely new video by Featherbeard & Lavender Lee. Isn't it fun? I love all the creativity(and happy darkness) that went into making it. It is kind of inspiring to me for the new year.
I just wanted to drop a little update of what I've been up to. I am evaluating what I did and didn't accomplish in 2011, and figuring out how to make some improvements in the future. This year I accomplished many things but most importantly 2011 taught me I have a lot to more to learn.
Right now, I am working on a bunch of new pieces to be posted ASAP and I'm trying to figure out what the grand plans of 2012 will be. I am pretty excited about next year and will be working on getting my work in magazine and books. I'll be focusing more on editorial illustration and storytelling...but more on that later.
So, until my grand New Years resolution post...here is a lovely new video by Featherbeard & Lavender Lee. Isn't it fun? I love all the creativity(and happy darkness) that went into making it. It is kind of inspiring to me for the new year.
What are you doing to finish off your year? Are you excited as I am about having a clean slate? Here's to whatever is next!
Mid-week music
Here's a little something to get your feet tapping this evening...
Louise Attaque - Du monde tout autour from ChezEddy on Vimeo.
Oh...and I am working on my new Etsy page...just click on the link to the right to check it out.
Louise Attaque - Du monde tout autour from ChezEddy on Vimeo.
Oh...and I am working on my new Etsy page...just click on the link to the right to check it out.
mid-week music break...Kate Bush
Ok, here is the song that I would love shout from my rooftop. What a voice she possesses. Listening to it always makes me feel powerful for some reason. It's like she figured out her whole world now she is off to conquer it.
It's is a oldie but goodie...
It's is a oldie but goodie...
What songs make you feel powerful?
mid-week music...
I randomly found this video on line and it just floored me. It is done by the incredibly talented duo Alasdair Brotherston and Jock Mooney. I love all the drawings and layers of so many things going on at once. It must have been so hard to get this going just right. I imagine many takes, and a lot of frustration. But it is beautifully. Good work guys.
Check out more of their work at AlasdairandJock.com.
Tom Fun Orchestra - Throw Me To The Rats from Alasdair & Jock on Vimeo.
ok...here is another really cute one.
Check out more of their work at AlasdairandJock.com.
Tom Fun Orchestra - Throw Me To The Rats from Alasdair & Jock on Vimeo.
ok...here is another really cute one.
Clinic - Bubblegum from Alasdair & Jock on Vimeo.
Ain't they fun?
midweek music break-Pixies
Getting to work on a bunch of new illustrations...Yay! Here is a little bit of music that keeps me happy while I draw...Isn't it amazing what a little change in sound can do to your energy levels?
The Pixies always make my mood change for the better. You can't help but be in a bouncier head space after cranking these songs up. Yes, I think it is impossible.
Can you tell I went to art school in Boston in the 1990's.
What are your favorite songs/bands that get you motivated to get work DONE?
The Pixies always make my mood change for the better. You can't help but be in a bouncier head space after cranking these songs up. Yes, I think it is impossible.
Can you tell I went to art school in Boston in the 1990's.
What are your favorite songs/bands that get you motivated to get work DONE?
Mid-week music break...Emilie & Edith
I love soft dreamy melodies playing when I work. This is a beautiful one by Emilie Simon(who is new to me). I just love the sweetness of the video.
And here is another by one of my old favorites, Edith Piaf. She still and always will give me goosebumps when she sings. Love her...Enjoy.
And here is another by one of my old favorites, Edith Piaf. She still and always will give me goosebumps when she sings. Love her...Enjoy.
little happy dance...
No real reason except...time for a little dance break. Enjoy this oldie from Les 5 Gentlemen. Don't you wanna be in this crowd? Yes, I'm a big dork.
Listening to...Charlotte Gainsbourg
Charlotte Gainsbourg. She is so talented and I love her music. She is definitely someone I listen to when I'm painting and getting into the groove of things. She is just so cool, maybe I'm developing a girl crush.
I love this song...
I love this song...
This makes me happy...
The new video by MGMT. So creative and strange.
This band gives me some hope for the future of music. Who's creating your favorite new music? Anything you would recommend?
This band gives me some hope for the future of music. Who's creating your favorite new music? Anything you would recommend?
A Little Mellow Darkness with Tom Waits
In my perfect world, I would walk down a tiny alley to a candle lit bar with my honey and listen to Tom Waits sing. I love every bit of his grumbling voice and the way his songs always transport me to this other world where everything is darker, richer and more pungent. Here he is in 1977 singing one of my favorites, "Waltzing Matilda" AKA "Tom Traubert's Blues". Enjoy!
Ok, I couldn't help it, I needed to add another one. Here is "Come on Up to the House" which is pretty uplifting and gives me goosebumps. The video by Andres Lovgren is pretty cool too.
Ok, I couldn't help it, I needed to add another one. Here is "Come on Up to the House" which is pretty uplifting and gives me goosebumps. The video by Andres Lovgren is pretty cool too.