the big TOMS event way back when

there was a huge TOMS event that i was able to work way back on oct 15, which was super fun! it was at jmr at the gateway mall, and it was kind of a big deal. i couldn't figure out a way to blog it til now, when i caved and got the flikr pro account. (woot!)

as you can tell from those first self-portraits, we got shiny complimentary shoes and official TOMS shirt for working it. they asked us to write biographies and they put them up in front of our stations; i soon discovered i really enjoyed observing people look at the biographies before the event and get excited. i was happy to hear good things about my examples on display.


...aaaand check the commentary.

then, in december, i got to do another event! documentation of that one, and a commission, coming relatively soon. :)

remember that you can contact me to paint on your canvas shoes, too. custom paint job, just $30 (those materials are so dang expensive). i love me some swag.

este-hirsche!

so, i bowed out the estefan film during the summer, only because i started to go a little crazy with everything i had going on. i've hopped back on for just a few projects here and there. this is a portrait of estefan, in an al hirschfeld style. it's not fully approved yet, but we'll see how they like it. it was really fun to branch out into a style i've never tried.

and what did i see...

the other day, i walked into the h-fac and was pleasantly surprised to find this poster, plastered all over the walls:

i was happy because it's my drawing from last year's show. :) i was humbled that this drawing received 1st place last year, and even happier to share the so-called "winners podium" with my amazing friends natalie and nikki, whom i miss!

i'm excited to see the show for this year's competition: this exhibition is always one of my favorites.
i hope you come, too!
[feb 16 - feb 28, byu h-fac]

happy holidays from a legendary family

okay, have you been waiting in suspense?! 

happy late Christmas and new years! 

i took each of my siblings and made us all famous statues (though no actual body parts were photoshopped, with the exception of my arms  (or lack thereof). it took...some doing. at least, i was up all night Christmas eve and jonny (atlas) stayed up with me. so it's kind of our sibling Christmas card.

it's not the most thorough photoshop job, but it gets the point across. 

points to who can name the statues all correctly!

maybe i'll make a bitty (but rad) piece of art for the winner..... 

:)