Angler Fish Holding a Paper Lantern With Fish Confetti

Angler fish know how to have a good time.

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Get Kraken Octopus Zentangle With Paper Boat Greeting Card

I saw a wonderful old vintage image of the Kraken attacking a ship and thought it would be funny if it were a paper boat. I'm not certain where the Zentangle came from; some days my sketch book is an odd place to be.

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The Monster at The Top Of The Stairs Halloween Greeting Card

My what big teeth you have.

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Monster Peering Through Window Blinds Halloween Greeting Card

Is the creepy monster peering out or in? What a nice way to let someone know you are thinking of them.

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Monster Under The Bed Halloween Greeting Card

I used to have many elaborate rules about the monster under the bed. You were safe as long as nothing dangled over the edge since fingers were especially tasty and blankets could ward off any attack. OK, I still don't have dangling bits but I know better now...

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Happy Halloween Greeting Cards Made From Original Paintings

I was cleaning up the studio last night and rediscovered two Halloween paintings so I took the image and made them into greeting cards which are available on Etsy.

I opened a new shop awhile back where people can download digital copies so they can print them for their own use.

Stargate Inspired Paper Pyramid With Glyphs For Earth, Pisces, Aquarius and Gemini

I made a paper pyramid and had been stumped by what to put on it and this morning it struck me, Stargate symbols.

I used the Stargate symbols that correspond to our zodiac and Earth. Despite what my kids  occasionally think, Earth is my home planet. You're welcome to click on the template to make the image larger.

September Calendar To Do Page

The illustration shows my day in a mandala format.

The center is a goat cheese pizza. Many of the shapes are from a painted tote bag. The tote bag has a Star Trek insignia from Star Trek Into Darkness. The blue coffee cup is the cappuccino cup my daughter made me that I use daily.

August Calendar Illustration of Corn Popping in the Field

The ironic part is this is actually probably the coolest August I've ever experienced. I should probably have put scarves and ear muffs on the corn cobs.

How To Change CMYK To Pantone In Illustrator

There's a few reasons for changing CMYK colors to Pantone. Sometimes you are given a color and need to know the Pantone equivalent or you want to make a tint of a color without losing opacity.

You select the object that you want to change.
Go to Edit > Edit Colors > Recolor Artwork

Click on the box underneath the check mark for None in the photo. This limits the color groups to colors in the color swatch library.

Color Books > Pantone solid uncoated. You can choose any Pantone library you like, I prefer solid uncoated.

 Click OK

You can now find the Pantone color in your Swatches panel.

To make a tint of the color, move the slider underneath the color bar (small triangle) or change the percentage.

Now you have a simple tint and if this is being sent off to a printer, it would be a one color job.

You also change the tinted areas back to CMYK for home printing by selecting the image and going to

Edit > Edit Colors > Convert to CMYK.

Free High Resolution Downloads From the Rijks Museum

You can download high resolution art from the Rijks Studio for your own personal use and commercial use is negotiable. I had to take the service for a spin. The resolution of the Rembrandt self portrait download is 7.3 x 8.3 inches at 300 pixels per inch. Cool, no wonder Rembrandt looks so surprised, or it could be the hipster eye glasses.

July Checklist Calendar Illustration in Illustrator Watermelon Flowers

Botanical crossbreeding. This is what happens when watermelon and sunflowers are planted in the same field.

Fry Cook On Venus Ferris Bueller Retro Space Age Poster

Now this would be a fun career day; Saturn off in the distance while a space ship rockets over the Venus diner.

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Mice Snuggling On A Mushroom Under A Full Moon Poster

If you live to be a 100, I want to live to be a 100 minus 1 day so I never have to live without you. Winnie the Pooh quote.

The illustration is a vintage image from the Graphic Fairy that I live traced and colored in Illustrator.

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Bubbly Bubble Poster

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Only Boring People Are Bored Print with Dancing Dogs, Monkeys and a Cat

This wonderful vintage illustration came from the Graphics Fairy.

It was black and white so I did a live trace in Illustrator and colored it with the the blob brush.

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Anime in Illustrator

My daughter received an anime style pencil sketch of herself from a friend. I redid the drawing for her in Illustrator. I used the pen tool for the line work and converted the lines to tapered brush strokes. The coloring was done using the Blob Brush. The blob brush turns the color into an editable mass instead of lots of brush strokes.

Never Miss An Opportunity To See Something Beautiful Poster

Some days it's really grand to be an early riser.

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I'll Meet You Here Lomo Style Photography Poster

I took my digital photo from Huatulco, Mexico and applied Photoshop filters to make it resemble Lomography. I did a tutorial on my other blog 365 Projects if you want to play along at home.


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Let's Go Anywhere Photographic Poster

I have been very fortunate about getting window seats on planes; it saves me from having to arm wrestle passengers for their seat. There's a few places I don't care to visit since I want to travel safely but I'll pretty much go anywhere, anytime.

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