For Shan:

 Since you love J.Lithgow so much and his pub.serv. announcement about saving manatees.

Supa Bowl

Last night was the superbowl, something I usually don't really care about, but this year being in a new city I wanted to do something fun for it. So I offered up our place as the place to watch the game- mostly because our TV is the king of TV's thanks to my roommate Ashley. We made use of our domestic skills and whipped up some delish treats that our guests were proud of, and by guests a collection of my "new" friends (I'm such a nerd) and our buddy Phil from school. I think a good time was had by all, the game was alright and the "mershies" (commercials for those of you who don't speack truncation) were entertaining too. The favorite was probably the cash for gold commercials, "yea...it's gold". The worst point was def when Springsteen came out and was way to energetic for his old self. Especially when he slid on stage and knocked into the camera/camera man with his crotch. A sight none of us wanted to see. 

I have a problem or two...

So above are all random peices of newspaper images I found in my notebook I bring to work. From time to time I have cut out some of these from the redeye and the reader and have drawn on them. I'm not sure what the appeal of this is to me, I guess I just love the feeling of ballpoint pen on newsprint and also the chance to draw on a nice clean untouched face in the paper. Whatever it is I had all of these loose in my notebook so I thought I'd scan them in. Random, but kinda cool. 

PubTrans pt.2

So I often take pictures of funny things I see on the train, and this one fits in quite nicely. Thank God for my iphone right? People can just assume I'm texting instead of pointing my little lens at them. This one below was from last week. This dude across from me was reading a how-to-guide on "The Art of Surfing", and it was thick too. How much information can be in there... I've been surfing, I got up... and I didn't read a manual. I can only hope he's preparing for a vacation in Hawaii and hoping to get some insane big waves that may kill you, so he's reading up on Ch. 4 "How not to die". Also the fact that it was probably a high of 11 degrees made this seem a tad bit absurd as well. Oh pub tran. 

(I also love his creepy stare!)

Advice

 (oh and this one was added later) ...

k... So I am making some band posters for some friends' band, and I did these today at work. Before I email them to the guys I just wanted to get some random opinions. I did them pretty quick, they aren't really done and I'm doing other versions...but so far...are these "cool"/"awful"/"ok"/"erin you are a terrible designer"? Let me know. :) 

Oh and for the one on the far right I am illustrating Ms. Dietrich for another version when I get home.

oh em gee awesome

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The Beat Foisters

So a little while ago, some co-workers posed a question "If you were making a boy-band, what would it consist of?" and left it on a white board to get responses. Below is the picture of the white board with suggestions from people we work with. Since the board was filled  with so many great suggestions, we wrote them down and I chose a select few to illustrate, and thus "The Beat Foisters" were born. haha. I emailed this drawing to some people this morning, the loved it. 

things look much cooler this way

PS...

just a screenshot of what i did at work yesterday: 

I didn't know I had the creepiness in me...

B-b-b-b-b-bicycle

honest abe

have I already posted this before? Can't remember.

Morton Grove's finest....

So I have been riding the Metra to work for 4 months now and I JUST noticed the little shelf in the train station with a sign on it saying "Morton Grove Library". So I checked out what books they had on this shelf that someone purposely picked from the MG library. UM WOW... I only took a photo of three of these great novels, but I assure you there were two shelves worth of all books like this:

Maybe Ill let "Colton's Folly" help the time pass while waiting for the train this afternoon. haha. These are great. 

For the Southerners...

Many of you know that this week has gotten into crazy cold temperatures. It's been a typical cold chicago winter so far, which I haven't minded all that much since it is new to me, but this week has been vicious. Today there is a high of -1 and a low of ...oh something like -14. It is supposed to get back to mid 20's this weekend, and right now that sounds so warm because it is just stinging cold out. It makes it much worse when you have to wait for the trains that are later and more off schedule the colder it is. I think they plan it.  Just a few pics I took with my phone to show you all still in SC what it looks like here right now, and how I dress like an eskimo everyday and it's totally normal. This weather sucks but it's still better than SC :) 

1, 2, & 3

Below are some recent sketches from the good ol' moleskin that I just have never scanned in. enjoy.

happy birthday V!

FOR REAL!? I LOVE MY JOB

This is what I did at work today, and NO I wasn't wasting time and thought a drawing of a kitty dressed like a ninja would be funny. I was asked to do this! Someone needed this for a concept of a book about....karate....kitties? I am not sure, but so glad I got to do this. Best thing I have worked on yet! haha.

Small world...

I went to the upper deck of the metra car this morning on my way to work like any other morning, but when I sat down and looked  ahead, I found this little gem! How weird to find a "My Carolina" Alumni sticker on a Chicago Metra train.... Small world. GO COCKS.