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Road trip greeting card
One of my fellow volunteers at God’s Love We Deliver, Jicky, has been planning to leave on a year-long, cross-country road trip this month and another fellow volunteer asked if I would create a custom card for her send-off party that the rest of the volunteers could sign. Luckily, Jicky had already e-mailed me a…
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I’ve been forced into a transition of sorts, my day-job/perma-lance gig has cut back on the amount of hours they need me to be on schedule each month, which is really hurting my income. Of course, I am glad to still have some kind of income but it definitely makes me nervous, knowing I will…
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Park Slope Reader ad
Every few months, I have a couple of restaurant review illustrations in the Park Slope Reader, a free, local publication available in my neighborhood in Brooklyn. In lieu of payment for my most recent work for them I asked for ad space for The Nancydraws Shop in the Winter/Holiday issue. That issue hit the streets…
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Link to more from the collage workshop
Here is the link to more pictures of the collages created during the workshop with Hanoch Piven on 11/10/09:http://www.drawger.com/piven/
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My creation from the workshop with Hanoch Piven at the Society of Illustrators 11.10.09
I was lucky enough to attend a workshop given by illustrator, Hanoch Piven, (www.pivenworld.com) last Tuesday, at the Society of Illustrators in New York. Mr. Piven creates striking yet simple images with objects and is well-known for his celebrity and pop culture caricatures. The evening began with a brief slide show of his portfolio examples,…
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Here’s another Halloween costume photo that I found. I believe this was senior or junior year of high school? I don’t think I had a name for this one but I know that I really wanted the white make-up on half of my face to be in the shape of a quarter moon! This was…
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Hooray, Halloween!
I was thinking last night, about how inspiring Halloween is to me. I often come up with an idea early, maybe in mid-August. This year inspiration didn’t hit until a few of weeks ago and I’m finally going to take action this weekend to get started on gathering the supplies that I need. Elaine and…
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Great News! Prints for sale on Etsy.com!
Hooray! I goal I set for myself in May has now come to fruition! I have an Etsy.com store to sell prints of my illustrations, and whatever other handmade things I might create in the future. I just finished posting all of my current items for sale. Thanks to Mom & Dad for helping out…
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How does my garden grow?
I was visiting my friend, B, on Sunday and helping out in her large vegetable and flower garden in Westchester County. B’s brother has quite a bit of land around his home (especially compared to what this city mouse is used to!) and he knew she was interested in learning more about farming, so they…
Art, Design, Writing, and Marketing by Nancy C. Sampson
