posted: March 9, 2010

The weather outside has turned absolutely gorgeous and springtime- I have a ton of work to get through but couldn't resist a quick ride through the neighborhood.  Nothing like the Brooklyn waterfront neighborhoods in the springtime- beautiful weather, breathtaking views.  Not that I brought a camera- which I'll do later, promise- but today was just about making sure my baby is still running after that long cold winter.  Vroom!!
Yaay riding season!!!!!!! :D

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posted: January 13, 2010

I got a pleasant surprise in the mail yesterday- SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) selected 3 of my illustrations for inclusion in their bi-monthly members' bulletin!


It was fun to work in black and white- I'm currently in the middle of a bunch of b/w chapter books, and it's an entirely different way of thinking than color.  Played around a bit more with Painter too for the washes, although for the life of me I couldn't tell you how I did them.

I submitted 5 book-themed illustrations- here's the other two, just for kicks :)

Thanks SCBWI!  If anyone is interested in more info, it's a great organization for freelance kids book illustrators- lots of resources and stuff. http://www.scbwi.org/

Beautiful cover illustration by Hyewon Yum.

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posted: January 1, 2010

first post of the new decade! happy new year you crazy cats.

posted: December 22, 2009

hey everyone!
sorry i've been totally mia here at the drawger ranch.  big news- i got engaged!

that's right!! i tricked some poor guy into marrying me. his name is cory, he's super rad, we've been inseparable for the past 2 years so we decided to make it formal and throw a big party about it :)

the man:
mr. cory hails from brooklyn/massachusetts, and is a genius computer programmer. currently he works at the website vimeo, programming stats and kicking ass in general. previously he's worked on numerous rock star websites- david bowie, the rolling stones, sting, madonna, etc (an early dating gift was a bowie autographed notebook- neat!!). currently he rides an orange stella, although he's previously been seen on a red vespa, a gray chetak, a red honda hawk, and a red argo.

how we met:
we've been friends for years and years and years.  we met through mutual friends at this wacky internet cafe/community center/flea market/band venue/thingy called the Gogo Surfer in NJ.  a tiny pit of nyc-transplanted culture in the grand state of jersey.  cory was the chief computer fixer upper, and we quickly became pals. this was before i got a laptop, so i'd haul my desktop over on a dolly and use a spare monitor and work on flash projects he'd give me. i don't know if my dad noticed. this was also before i knew about solid state drives. oh well.

we kept in touch over the years, i went to college in upstate ny, cory went back to nyc. i visited him in williamsburg, brooklyn over the years and watched the neighborhood explode from afar.  finally after graduation, i moved out to brooklyn! then cory promptly moved out to massachusetts!
a year later, and he emailed to let me know he was moving back to brooklyn (thank god).

how we got together:
shortly after cory moved back, i bought a pretty pink scooter from some babe off the street in soho.  cory was always an avid scooter rider, and had me looking at vespas for years- so he was the first person i called. he helped me pick it up (in the middle of a street fair no less) and ride it home- our first scooter ride ever over the williamsburg bridge! and it was pretty much history after that.

the scoot needed to be repaired, we needed to hang out, dinners needed to be eaten, eventually movies needed to be watched and dates needed to be gone on. it's easy to fall in love over a couple of vespas in brooklyn, one of the most romantic places on earth! well, with the tastiest restaurants and best scooter ride views anyway. 

weeks turned to months turned into a year, and we decided to move in together- we spent most of our time getting to and from williamsburg & bed stuy to visit each other.  we picked out a little place in greenpoint, set up shop, and have been happy ever after ever since.

the engagement story:
a year later, here we are- a year in greenpoint, 2 years of luff!  so for our anniversary on oct 28th, we set out in the pouring rain and cold for breakfast & Tiffany's. 

talk about a nerve-wracking train ride into the city!  in any case, us and our nerves and our breakfasts made it to Tiffany's flagship store on 5th ave & 59th.  i already knew what ring i wanted- we had picked it out together our first week of dating- but i made a show of looking at all the rings cause you're in tiffany's! this is billions of dollars worth of bling. might as well check it out!


the sales lady was super nice and sweet, and helped me and cory pick out a gorgeous ring- the tiffany classic setting with a round-cut diamond.  she was all smiles, and offered us champagne when we picked out the final ring.  she seated us at the little paperwork counter, and cory proposed officially!  i did have an idea it was coming at that point ;) but at least it was official.  hopefully i wasn't too loud agreeing- lots of hugs and kisses, then on cue the sales lady showed up with the champagne and little tiny petit fours made up like tiffany ring boxes. so cute!!

the ring had to get sized upstairs, so she sent us off with free passes to the moma to kill some time. we saw some neat exhibits (honestly after pancakes and coffee and champagne and cake and nerves my stomach was a little upset, i was glad to just quietly wander around a museum), admired an artsy helicopter, then headed back.  the lady had the ring all ready for us, and cory proposed again!  officially this time, with the ring.  of course i said yes again.

ok! so that's our story! that typed out longer than i thought it would :)  one more last bit- Engagement Honeymoon!!
we had booked a week-long trip to hawaii the previous year on my credit card miles. it happened to coincide with our anniversary- so a week after the proposal, we were off to romantic hawaii for a week-long engagement honeymoon!

what can i say about hawaii that everyone hasn't said already? gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous. we decided to move out there as soon as we can, and almost got married on the spot, but my mom would have killed me.

ok! so when are we getting married? spring 11. why not next year? planning a wedding is intense, man, i can't plan one in 6 mos! (yes i want to be a june bride!)  you try parsing a wedding planning textbook.  destination? brooklyn? hawaii? vegas? who knows. what kind of dress am i getting? white, poofy. that's about as far as we've gotten. hey, we have a whole year to decide :)  (if anyone has any memorable weddings stories/ideas i'd love to hear about them!!)

ok! that's enough rambling on about myself for now. at least y'all know what i've been up to :) now back to your artsy fartsy regularly scheduled programming.

OH - PS - HAPPY HOLIDAYS you crazy art cats! and best of luck for an awesome new year!!

(haha, did anyone make it this far? sorry this was so ungodly long. it was trimmed down already, i swear).

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