Soooooo.....

So,
I have been working on new ideas and illustrations that reflect the need to laugh now a days. Alot of other artists have asked why even try to submit your art with economy so low... My reply is simply this "when people are down or the economy is low what do they normally turn to? ART or ENTERTAINMENT." Really think about this, Think of all the great artists and what was happening in there society at the time when they made there mark. For instance Picasso he came out of the French revolution and started a movement. I mean come on when people are down they need to laugh :) they need to smile :) they need to think about the positive (as cheesy as that sounds). We are all creative and talented that what keeps us around and when your time comes it comes and when it knocks it knocks! So darn you stop making excuses and get off your duff and make things happen. It is a rare occasion when someone comes up to you and says hey I have a million dollars do you want it?!?! No people don't usually do that they go off and say oh well maybe or not now or things are hard all over. Truly that is a bad idea keep up your good hard work and someday just someday it WILL pay off. This goes for all people even if your not an artist. So make good of bad situations and drive forward keep moving and keep thinking EVEN if your down!
Stay good and stay true
-me

They like me they really like me

So today I had summited to Northern sun. They are a really cool place for neat products about womens rights and being an American. I had summited this pic to your left this morning at like 10am they had emailed me back the nicest letter that really made me feel like YES I CAN! They loved the work and they are thinking how and where to use the image! I am so happy that I could burst. It shows you that you can do anything that you put your mind to. I am grateful that hard work shows and pays off. Please keep your fingers crossed that they put me in :)

Create Create Create

So with Christmas coming up I have been a busy girl uploading new designs and updating the good 'ol website for people to use. I have also been letting people know that I am on imagekind.com and just got into cafepress.com. I am really excited to get the new designs off the ground and have the world look at them.

I also have been tyring to write my goals for next year when I finish I will post them like the good person I am.

I am on Imagekind.com

Hello space,
I am on imagekind.com now
http://imagekind.com/MemberProfile.aspx?MID=3cb4a339-867f-40e2-8c61-159ea1b4b648
Check out my link to all my new artwork that I am uploading. The prints are great as well as gifts and greeting cards that you can put my image on. Have a great time and check out the new work.
Thanks

To print or not to print that is the question

So I had a talk with my mother who is a very fine artist. By no means an illustrator. I thought it would be a good idea for her to have some prints made of her work to sell for cheaper than the originals. She had asked me an interesting question.... It is as follows - "If I make prints does that depreciate the value of the original?" I had no idea what to say. Some part of me said yes and other parts of me said no. What do you think?

The Book

Hello there. I just got a deal to illustrate a book for children. I am very excited to make the little finch in it come alive. I have been having a lot of issues with my purpose in life. sometimes I feel like I am on the right track and it is going to be long and other times I feel like I have no idea what I am doing and how I am going to get this done. I geuss that is the struggle of an artist. I know someday I will no longer be a graphic designer and I will be able to be a full time illustrator. I just hope it happens soon because I have no idea how much more of this I can take.

A dream has been born then crushed

With all that is going on in the world today. I have finally found that I have dream that really can come true. This is my first intro and I promise to be bare naked in all of my glory and self.

So here it goes.

I got a phone call yesterday and found myself really irritated with the person on the other end of the phone. I was telling them that I just got a call from a friend of mine who said this bar wants more of my paintings. When that was said the other person had told me that it is prob. not the bar that wanted my work but the person who had called. Either way I don't care but I do care when people think I am going to just give my art out for free. I am at a point in my career that I hate people who think that just because they are giving me leads that I owe them money or even a drink at the bar. Don't get me wrong it is not that I am ungrateful but I am not stupid either. I have not gotten this far in my career to be stupid.

People have been so hungryfor money that I just want to stop painting and drawing all together cause there is ZERO support out there from people who don't even paint. I live in a town where I don't even go out because I have no interest to be fake or deeper than what I really am.

Okay I amdone venting my issues. As if you have not already seen I am a very random writer. Thats why I usually don't.

Thanks love

Crystal