As promised, here is D for Dirty! Today was really dark, rainy, cold and slushy. I had to really do a lot of tweaking with my camera and Photoshop to take a decent picture. Enjoy, and if you know somebody who would love a dirty robot, go check it out the shop!
Letter A is now up in the shop. This was one of the first, if not THE first, letter I tackled in my Robot Alphabet project. In the beginning I thought every letter was going to be really robot-y, and the first few letters are (i.e. a for antenna, b for buttons, c for cables). But some of the words I came up with were a bit of a stretch, not to mention difficult to illustrate. So my rule became that the robot had to either BE the word, or BE DESCRIBED BY the word. So D became Dirty, for a dirty robot. (Maybe I'll share that one tomorrow.) And I went on from there.
For those loyal enough to be checking up on my long-neglected blog, I'd like to share some new additions to the Etsy shop: Robot Alphabet prints! This is a project I began last July and finished up around October, taking breaks here and there for freelance work. I hope you all like them as much as I do. Happy 2011!
I'm between freelance assignments. Our taxes are filed. Penny's birthday party is done. For once I can focus on nothing but myself and the family. I've been cooking a lot, hitting the playground with Penny, playing accordion, doing lots and lots of shopping, having some fun nights out with my mom friends, going to yoga, and basically doing whatever feels good.
Penny turned one year old yesterday. I threw a robot-themed party for her and 15 of her closest baby buddies (and their moms). Making a robot cake was really hard! I have newfound respect for the bakers on Ace of Cakes. I used to think that seemed like a fun job, but now I don't want to look at another cake till Penny's second birthday. Still, it felt good to be creative in a new medium. I need to find more time for my artwork...
