dinara likes smudgy!

here is a blurry smudgy after my own heart! this was created by dinara mirtalipova...here is a link to more of her great AWESOME work. thanks, dinara!

branden vondrak likes smudgy!

branden vondrak turned blurry smudgy into an angry cloud! he just recently graduated and is such an incredible talent already...check out blog "vonblog" and his website "brandenvondrak" . he even made a blog for his awesome cat...(here).

more smudgy

nice weather here in cleveland for a nice long holiday weekend...

deborah edwards likes smudgy!

LOVE this blurry smudgy creation by deborah edwards...check out her site "modern boom" and you'll see more of her awesome modern style.

caterpillar

I think I might try to animate this one....as in "nate, will you help me animate this?"

michael robertson likes blurry smudgy!

I know...brilliant, right? this is from michael robertson (he is a rock star in bloggerland + so creative + funny I can't stand it) ... check out his blog "samba for rats" ...

alex savakis likes smudgy too!

blurry smudgy is taking over the world!!! this creation is from alex savakis ... check out his sites ...

www.agsavakis.com albee.etsy.com

Lettercult "G"

"Lettercult" has all of the letter "G" postings up...I submitted two cuz I'm lousy at self editing...I let Brian pick which one to feature...

more smudgy art!

nate likes to play with blurry smudgy too!!!! his is G R E A T ... !!!!! anyone else want to play? just send me your e-mail and I'll send you the bitmap tiff and you can e-mail me back a jpg. or png. of your image and I will post + link to your blog. FUN!

they draw and cook

my latest posting on "theydrawandcook" ... I must say, it is VERY easy + VERY tasty ... I have also added apple pieces + used red pepper flakes instead of jalapeno.

one year!

what!!! I just realized that TODAY is the one year anniversary of my first blog posting! thank you thank you thank you to all of you that visit the blog + follow the manic expresssive. and thanks for taking the time to leave comments. (and i should also thank my family cuz i often forget about that thing known as dinner when i get all mesmerized by the digital world)...hmmm.

illustration friday topic-"early"

those baby birds outside our bedroom window sure get up awfully early...c'mon mama bird, feed 'em already! please.

flowers

still intrigued by this blurry smudge...

queen bee

another use of the blurry smudge tiff. great. now i'm addicted to a blurry smudge bitmap.

blurry smudge

I scanned this black blurry puffball smudge-y texture then proceeded to spend 10 minutes turning it into other things...just a fun, quick little exercise...

illustration friday topic-"equipment"

it sure takes a lot of equipment to make a good cookie...

summer fun

a series of summer notecards that never quite went anywhere...

recipe

I spruced up the art for this recipe that I posted awhile ago and added it to www.theydrawandcook....

nyc

back from nyc...73 + sunny all weekend. surtex/stationary was great. met helen dardik!!! saw so many awesome exhibits in the chelsea galleries. plus, anthro has the new maira kalman book out.

Fun in NYC with Nate

nyc

rushing to the airport ... headed to nyc for the surtex/stationary show ... YAY! and unlike my little lady in the "fearless" posting I wear less elevated shoes for running around. and I am happy to have found this brand, "alegria". lots of crazy colors and patterns. someday I'm gonna buy the yellow boots...

illustration friday topic-"fearless"

...some women are fearless in their shoe choice...(and I fearlessly spent 8 1/2 minutes creating this)

tween

I'm re-visiting and re-coloring stuff I did awhile back...

lettercult "F"

lettercult has the "F" postings up...some really great ones.

butterflies

leftovers

some leftover patterns from a project i blasted thru this weekend...ai-yi-yii!

moms day!

happy mother's day to moms everywhere!

upcoming stationary/surtex show in nyc

next weekend is the stationary/surtex show in nyc...nate + I are most certainly going cuz this was us two years ago having waaaaaaaay lots of fun there. (I think we scooted over to the international contemporary furniture show cuz they were serving beer and playing dance music)...we work so hard. really we do.

paint

I've been finding all of these random images in this folder labeled "misc." ... I think the real versions are somewhere in my studio ... in a box ... in a cupboard ... behind cans of spray mount + gel medium ...

more wall decor

I never met a Paper Magic assignment I didn't like! more wall decor in Target. I luv the cheesy rainbow gradient!!!

wall decor

I just found out that my alphabet wall decor is selling in Target! I loved this project...thanks Paper Magic for asking me to play. I'll post the other one I designed tomorrow...

watercolors

I'm finding all these watercolors I did once upon a time...and if I'm remembering correctly I did sell them.

olives

found this little sketch in a folder labeled "misc." ... that's about as organized as I get!

floral pattern

I created this pattern a few years ago and no matter how many variations I made no one ever wanted it! hA! moving on ... I've got at least 25 files started of new ideas, patterns + images. my computer desktop is not a pretty site. neither is my studio...but it is inspiring in it's messiness.

new web postings

nate + I posted new things on our website for the month of May...some you've already seen here on the blog...but some are brand new....and how can it be May already???