Here is the drawing I started based on sketches I did earlier this week. I stayed indoors on a freaking gorgeous Saturday to work on it.
I’m going to make up for it now by prancing in a meadow and drinking sun beams directly from the sun itself.
To be continued!
xo,
Channeling a little Hepburn.
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Maurice Sendak is releasing the first book he both wrote and illustrated in thirty years.
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This illustrated review of Transformers 3 by Brooklyn artist Lisa Hanawalt is pretty hilarious.
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Yeah, it’s wedding season (already been to 2, and have another 2 to go), but this wedding video of blogger Elsie (of a Beautiful Mess) is just TOO GOOD.
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Why is it no surprise that Jake sent this link to me?
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Seventeen Mag’s covers throughout the years – OMG, I totes remember that Leo Dicaprio cover!!
Side note: why do so many American mags have to put tons of ugly call-outs on the cover? Simplicity is beautiful.
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I love to see an artist’s studio, but how about their entire NYC apartment?! LOVE this inside look at Yuko Shimizu’s home.
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And, my favorite find of the week: How To Steal Like an Artist, by Austin Kleon. Endless supply of words to live by.
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Happy Friday!
Posted in From The Desk
Tagged Austin Kleon, Links, Little Wolf, Maryanna Hoggatt, Maurice Sendak, Yuko Shimizu
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Having since learned a lesson from my previous FAIL, I took pains to execute a quick study and rough drawing before moving on to victimize a much larger, and more expensive, piece of paper.
PS – LOOOKY LOOK a new Tumblr!
Posted in Illustration, Process
Tagged Lace Pattern, Little Wolf, Maryanna Hoggatt, Mask, Sketchbook, Study
Here are a few examples of the work on my desk right now – sketches and portraits for an upcoming collaboration. As usual, most of the illustration is done traditionally by hand, with bit of digital tweaking here and there.
Two handsome devils, huh?
Posted in Illustration, Portrait, Process
Tagged Little Wolf, Maryanna Hoggatt, Pencil, Portrait, Sketchbook, watercolor
Run with me and my new Wolfie mood board on Tumblr. I’ll be placing all my fave pictures here, including those which were taken by friends (above: carey haider) and other morsels from around the web.
Jake’s collection is pretty dang good: http://micronhero.tumblr.com/
Cheeeers!
Note: The Teen Notebook is dead. RIP to my defunct first Tumblr.
Posted in Inspiration, Portrait
Tagged Jake Hollomon, Little Wolf, Maryanna Hoggatt, Tumblr
Here is another take on one of my favorite children’s books, The Secret Garden. I’ve read the story of Miss Mary, Dicken, and Colin many times, about the English moors, bringing a dead garden back to life, and a crippled boy back to health. Also, Mary didn’t put up with no bullshit (QUIT YER CRYIN THERE AIN’T NO LUMP IN YOUR BACK COLIN) – my kinda gal.
The first image is the scanned ink & charcoal drawing, the second is with a bit of digital yellow love.
Posted in Illustration
Tagged Book Cover, Charcoal, Ink, Little Wolf, Maryanna Hoggatt, The Secret Garden
I’m all for a fruitful Goodwill expedition, but sometimes finding that one good-quality vintage dress is worth dropping a few pennies on. I picked up this dainty little number in the Haight neighborhood of San Francisco. The shop, La Rosa Vintage, had so many wonderful hand-selected pieces it was hard to choose just one!
It’s been awhile since the last FTD (sorry if bits of it are old hat for you), so here we go!
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The entirety of Harry Potter summarized in comic form, by Lucy Knisley.
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Jillian Tamaki’s own version of Harry Potter.
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Never one for the mundane, Bjork’s colorful cover for Dazed & Confused.
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Earlier this month, artist Cy Twombly passed at the age of 83 – here is an article from the New Yorker.
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The massive behemoth of a project that is Bjork’s new album sounds insane – an app for every track?!
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Also to pass this month was Betty Ford – and here is an article that is illustrated by the great Vivienne Flesher.
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I love this old-fashioned font by Jessica Hische.
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Why the hell would you put him in a superhero costume, anyway? Disney reverts back to the original Winnie the Pooh.
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I loved this story! “Lost” soul band Penny & The Quarters was discovered again after their song became a hit on Blue Valentine.
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The reason why we have album cover art dies: Alex Steinweiss in the Gothamist.
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I love the collection of artists that Red Cap Cards has gathered, including the great Jon Klassen.
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This baked cake (yes, I’m putting a freaking cake on here) and associated post from Regretsy is AMMMAAAZINGLY awesome. Worth the read.
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One of my fave segments from Mister Rogers: how crayons are made!
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And to top it all off, the absolutely swoon-worthy article about the love letters between Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Steiglitz.
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Have a radical weekend!
One of my favorite books as a kid was Roald Dahl’s Matilda, a story about a wicked-smart bookworm who discovers she has psychokinetic powers and plays pranks on her terrible parents and school’s headmistress.
This is the very cover of the book I must’ve read a dozen times, illustrated by the great Quentin Blake.
I’ve decided, for better or worse, to take the story for my own illustrated spin.
Posted in Illustration, Process
Tagged Ink, Little Wolf, Maryanna Hoggatt, Matilda, Roald Dahl, watercolor
This one may never be revived from the Kill Pile. While I like a lot of individual elements from the drawing, as a whole it’s just pissing me off. Last night I had to read through a few pages of Damn You Auto Correct! to make myself feel better.
Working abstractly presents itself with a whole new set of challenges and forces me to leave the comforts of my Narrative/Figurative world. Let’s see how many spendy sheets of Arches I’ll burn through.
GUHHH
Posted in Illustration, Process
Tagged Abstract, Failure, Ink, Little Wolf, Maryanna Hoggatt
Welcome to our San Fran visit, Eagle & Wolf style! S.F. is a beautiful, condensed city, and it was the perfect backdrop to the celebration of my 30th birthday. Although I’ve been to the city a number of times, it was Jake’s first visit, so we had a lot to cram in the few days we were there. Shall we?
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We booked our stay at Hotel Vertigo, near Union Square. Dressed in tangerine and cream hues, the hotel is styled after the Hitchcock 1958 film Vertigo because it was actually shot on location in S.F. and scenes were filmed at the hotel itself, once called York Hotel.
Uhhhh you know, I actually did feel a little vertigo when I took a look down from the top of the stairwell. This same stairwell was used in the film.
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S.F. is known for its great transit system. We didn’t take a cab once, and there was certainly no need for a rental car, even from the airport. We purchased a 3-day pass which granted us access to the bus, cable cars, and trains.
Public transit is also a good way to see the city and become familiar with the peeps that inhabit it. And dudes, you think people in Portland are weird? SF makes Portland look like a sleepy puppy dog – a very WHITE sleepy puppy dog. There is so much more cultural diversity, foreign tourists, and straight up CRAZY in this town, it actually made me miss the quiet streets of SE Portland.
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But on the other hand, the food. Whatever your flavor, you name it, you can find some hole-in-the-wall joint that has it in good variety. And late at night, too.
I have a friend who was born and raised in SF, and he was happy to give us a list of places to eat and drink. And because he tended bar for many years there, I could go to a place he recommended and say, “Jeremiah sent me”. ::Free drinks dispersed::
One such place was Toronado, a pub that’s been open in SF for 24 years now. We were given a warm welcome and enjoyed delicious beer before noon.
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For my birthday dinner, I dressed up in my new best duds, a Betsey Johnson dress (which I must now wear to every special event ever) and passed on the fancy heels for a good pair of walking shoes (because walking in stiletto heels on those hilly streets would have been a cruel joke). Then we headed to Sodini’s, another recommendation. And OH.MYYYYY.GOD. was that a good suggestion! It was certainly one of the most memorable, affordable Italian dinners I’ve had yet.
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We also enjoyed vintage libations in this unmarked, windowless “speakeasy” style bar, called Bourbon and Branch. We were required to ring a buzzer and provide a password. The menu was a thick binder of drink recipes. Were I to visit again, I would definitely sit at the bar to watch all the drinks being made.
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SF’s vibrant art scene is visible on the sides of buildings throughout the city. We even saw a moving art gallery in the back of a truck. I myself managed a quick ink sketch somewhere in between doing nothing and doing lots of stuff.
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The rest of our time was spent exploring, doing a little shopping in Haight, and visiting with Jake’s brother and his lady, who has spent the last year living in the city.
(Swag)
There was so much to do, by the end we were exhausted. And although our journey back from the foggy city sucked, it was oh so worth it! Thanks to my main man Jake for treating me to such a wonderful birthday celebration. Don’t be surprised if a few SF-inspired drawings pop up here on this very blog.
And to the friends I missed during our stay – we’ll be back again!
xo
Posted in Eagle + Wolf, Inspiration
Tagged Birthday, Eagle + Wolf, Jake Hollomon, Little Wolf, Maryanna Hoggatt, San Francisco, Sketchbook, Travel
