It is Patrick!

After weeks of practice, my son's school talent show has arrived. He is doing the Sponge Bob Squarepants theme with two of his other friends. It was decided weeks ago that he was going to play the part of the pirate in the beginning song:

Are ya ready kids? Aye, aye captain!

So on Tuesday, Billy and his dad went to shop for said pirate costume. Billy some how convinced his dad that he REALLY wanted to be Patrick. There were no Patrick costumes available in the store! Or anywhere else! Needless to say, they did not purchase the pirate costume.

When they returned home empty handed, I was not a happy camper. Where the heck was I gonna get a Patrick costume on such short notice?! (The talent show was on Friday.)

After calming down and thinking things out, I came up with an idea - I would make the costume! (I majored in Art during college after all!)

The costume was due in three days. Could I do it? In the famous words of Barney from "How I Met Your Mother," "CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!"

So I got to work. Collecting cardboard, lots of pink paint and an IV drip of coffee, I was ready to go.

Here's my inspiration:


I found this picture at Coolest Homemade Costumes. I decided I was going to change a few things around, such as making Patrick's mouth the hole he would see out of and keeping the eyes intact.

This project was really easy to do and I had it finished in 1 day. (I work extremely well under pressure.)

Here is the basic shape of the head.

Painting Patrick in Pepto-Bismol pink.

Here is the final result:

I just had to try it on and dance around!

I love him!!

Bring on the talent show!

Recent invitation project

Today my son is sick (he has a temp and a nasty cough.) So I chose to keep him home from school. That leaves me to to either:

A. Watch Sponge Bob Square Pant and Star Wars Clone Wars - over and over and over.

or

B. Blog

Since I have already done A, here I am. Check out what came in the mail a week ago. (Yeah I know - I should posted this earlier!)

My order from Vistaprint!

I love, love, L-O-V-E Vistaprint. As a designer, they make it so easy for me to upload my original artwork and then they handle the printing. The quality is amazing! The prices are even better!

These are invitations that I created for my son's 1st Communion in May. I blurred out some info - sorry guys, I can't invite EVERYONE! (But I will take pictures.)

Sharing my art for the day

I am feeling like spring today, aside from the fact it is FREEZING out. At least it is sunny outside! Enjoy the artwork I created today! It make me happy (and I hope it will make you feel that way too!)

Butterflies and Illustrator

Check out what I made!

I have been trying to better myself in the Adobe Illustrator Sector. I usually work with the Adobe In-Design and Photoshop programs and I felt I needed to expand my horizons. If you want to try it, check Vector Tut's "How to Make an Attractive Butterfly."

I think that the only thing I may change/play around with is the font. Hmmmmm.....

Good luck!!