Business Cards 2011!

I have ordered 1000 business cards. They should be here in 14 days. I'm so excited about how everything is finally coming together!

I ordered from Vistaprints... back and forth on how I feel about them though. In the end they are cheaper then staples and a lot of the other major brands. That said, I think most of my savings was because it was my first order with them. They do tend to hit you with some high shipping and extra little fees. Such as, uploading your own images cost an extra few bucks in each instance. They offered free post it notes, but then it's an extra 7 dollars to add your own images. 7 dollars for one custom pad? Not a good deal.
The basic shipping is 21 days! Then they move down to 14, 7 and 2 and the prices jump up!

Maybe I'm just an impatient person, but I can't stand waiting sooo long especially considering the price to ship.

I will let you know when these come in!

Postcards for 2011

I have sent my 2011 postcards to print. These are to showcase my illustration style, so that I can send them out to magazines and publishing houses. They should be in soon and I will certainly post a picture.

  

I'm sooo excited! I can't wait for them to arrive.

DesireeJoy.com is LIVE!

I know it has taken far too long, but lo and behold, I have hunkered down and made myself get to work! DesireeJoy.com is finally live.

It's not as full as I'd like it to be quite yet. Is anything ever really done?  I am working on it though! Expect to see new flash examples to come (as soon as their respective owners get them released) and more illustrations!

If you have any comments or critiques (or suggestions on how to fix that annoying half link active banner) please let me know! I'll be updating it every day or so, so you can also keep checking back.

I also want to show off a piece of art my sister created for me. I love it!!!

Fellow Artists!

This is a post for some of my fellow illustrators. I have a few resources to share!

http://www.posemaniacs.com/  - an excellent tool for gesture drawing. PM uses 3d models twisted in a variety of poses so you can practice getting the gist of an image, and they're timed! Great drawing practice. They also have a hand gesture tool.

http://www.pixelovely.com/gesture/figuredrawing.php - This is similar to PM but it uses real photos. I'm not sure if it has as many poses as PM but it allows for gestures exploring body tone and has some really beautiful photos.

http://www.colourlovers.com/ - A wonderful place to go to be inspired by beautiful color palettes, and if you'd like you can submit your own!

Feel free to share any cool links you know of as well!

Want autographed Tony Diterlizzi goodies for free?

You do!?! Great!

When I joined facebook I immediately went about looking for my favorite Illustrators. Tony D was at the top of the list. Long story short, there was no page to become a 'fan' (it was fan at the time of Mr. D, and so finally I made a page.

I've been updating it for a little while, and now it has a 600 fans and is actually a lot more active then most pages I've liked. Tony D and his wife Angela were silent watchers of the page for a while. However, last Thursday to tell me he appreciated the page, and to ask if he could send me some "swag" to keep and some to giveaway on the fan page!

I wasn't too certain what 'swag' was but I was definitely excited! I mean, how awesome is that, I was just having fun with that page, and bam! Email from Tony DiTerlizzi. I'm sorry, I'm still pretty jazzed about that.

Ok, the point.... (didn't do too well with that long story short bit, but trust me, I could have gone on!)

Sitting on my table next to me is the 'swag' in question. I have two copies of the limited edition WondLa sketchbook (this is the coolest for us artists, I think ),several autographed bookmarks, autographed magic promo cards, Meno stickers, Spider and the Fly bookmarks (very awesome),and some autographed promo brochures for Mr. D.

So if you're interested in winning any of these awesome items.

Go to the page, like the page, and watch for my giveaways.
If enough artists join the page, I might even be able to hold an art competition!

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Check it out!