Mummies, DRY Humor and silly doodles, oh my!

Mike Lowery is super awesome, punny, creative illustrator! 

Never have i found another illustrator who seems to have the same ridiculous mind as me, and when i found Mike's work last year i was super stoked. 

The best part? 

When i took Lilla Roger's "Make Art That Sells" class a couple months ago, Mike was one of the 1st artists that was interviewed. And it was HILARIOUS. I wish i could share it with you! [...but alas i can not]

It's such a blessing to find artists who have similarities to your work because it gives you HOPE. 

And now i have a little more hope that one day, my time will come, and i'll be able to truly say, "oh my job? i'm an illustrator" and mean it 100%.

Have a creative day friends!!

-Jenipher 

Goodbye MATS1, Hello direction!

I can't believe how quickly 5 weeks have gone past! And that the Make Art That Sells course is over! Crazypants! 

Right now i'm trying to discern what i've learned and how my work has transitioned. This is my last piece i made for class, and honestly i really do like it! I think i would totally buy this if it were real! 

That's a good start right? :)

After stressing this morning that i didn't grow 'enough' in my MATS1 class, i feel SO MUCH better when all my work is laying next to each other like this.

I may not have GROWN that much via my style, but this class has been so challenging and i'm SUPER PROUD of myself to completing all the assignments even when i didn't want to. 

The last image was inspired by this class. I took my painting from week four and added it to the back of my new baby card. I love it. :) I never thought of doing that before!

Hooray for class! :D 
Till next time friends,
-Jenipher :)

Motivational Monday....Tuesday....Wednesday!!

I had The BEST morning MONDAY this week!

I'm trying SO HARD to publish blog posts on time, and the funny part is that i finished Thursdays post on Monday, but not Monday's post! 

Anyways... i spent about 4 hours at my FAVORITE cafe, drinking way TOO MUCH tea, and drawing/brain storming for Lilla's class! It was the perfect ME day!

Today also ties in PERFECTLY with last week's 'Declaration Of You' topic; Self Care! 

Along with days like this morning i decided i really need to

* color more silly doodles, often!
* Make sure to see friends more.
* Paint my nails once a week. 
  [lets see if THAT actually happens!]


Well now that I'm posting this on Wednesday, i guess you'll get two for the price of one tomorrow! :D 
LUCKY YOU! 

Happy Fourth of July friends!
-Jenipher

PS: That whole wheat apple muffin was pretty yummy!

Life...or something like it...

  Oh man... this week has been a crazy whirlwind of wedding 'crap'. For the pasts few days, Boy and I have been making invites like a CRAZY person!

I've also been working as best as i can on Lilla Roger's Make Art That Sells class that I'm taking. [Which is how i was inspired to do the little house pattern above...] I can't wait to order some fabric of it from Spoon Flower!

This is another pattern i made for the class. I ended up changing it around some for the class assignment, but i still think it came out pretty cute.

Are you doing any fun projects this week? I'd love to hear about them! :)

Happy Tuesday friends!

-Jenipher 

Lately I've been....

1. Doing my "Make Art That Sells" homework. 
 

^ {woah the colors look SO different on my blog then oh Facebook/Photoshop] eek!^
 
2. Writing a LOT for my book.

3. Writing a LOT for my book.

4. Did i mention, writing a LOT for my book?

5. And, Planning random wedding stuff...

like THESE amazing shoes! Crossing my FINGERS and toes they fit! 

All of this planning makes me feel like this.

#truestory

What have YOU been up to?
-Jenipher

Pyrex + Mushrooms = HAPPY doodles!

These are some of the doodles i've been working on the last two days for #MakeArtThatSells; the class I'm taking. :D

I've never really drawn mushrooms much nor any pyrex containers before, so this has been pretty fun. I think I'm going to try watercoloring some of them next! 

Have you worked on any fun projects today?

-jenipher

New [?] Computer. New Oppertunities!

Ahh i finally have my computer back! HOORAY! It's was almost two weeks that we have NO computers in our household and it was super hard! 

 

Now that it's back though, i have a TON to catch up on! 

First up though is the start of Lilla Roger's "Make Art That Sells" course. A 5 week intensve online course on licening. Eeek!

It started today and I'm super... nervous... i know excited should be the word, but it's coming and going. I am excited to meet some super talented folk an stretch myself though, so thats good!!

Happy Monday friends!!