Sunday, April 24, 2011

Housing Project 108-114, and the giveaway continues!

365 houses in 365 days















#108- Waffle house (brought to mind by Biddy's suggestion of "sunny side down house", which makes me think of a sad diner.)
I was inspired by my talented friend Derrick Dent to try messing around with gouache again.






















#109- Orange peel house (suggested by Two Sheds)






















#110- Opossum house (more gouache)






















#111- Faux woodblock print house. Randomly happened across this little demo and thought I'd try it out.

















#112- Ice house (suggested by Digital Misfit)
















#113- Lonely houseboat





















#114- Fruit house.
Because nothing says "Easter" like a cantaloupe infested by chenille chickens.


Giveaway!
To celebrate making it to house #100, I'm giving away this mounted print!





















All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this blog, flickr set, or Facebook fan page saying you want to enter. Also, to make it extra fun, give me a housing assignment! Name a thing/things/concept/theme you want to see me try to make a house out of. For example, this was the result of someone suggesting I try to make a house using a box, popsicle stick, and shoestring. The contest will be open for three weeks, on May 1st I'll randomly select a winner. Have fun!

Thanks to everyone who has entered and left suggestions so far!
:D

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Housing Project 101-107, and a giveaway!

One house everyday for a year!






















#101- Hairfire house ("hair and twigs" as suggested by voice1)













#102- Broken bowl house (as suggested by my clumsy hands)






















#103- Bird house (hair and twigs again)






















#104- House party
















#105- Ant opera house ("opera house" suggested by Christiana)






















#106- Haunted house


















#107- Spring bouquet house

Giveaway!
To celebrate making it to house #100, I'm giving away this mounted print!





















All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this blog, flickr set, or Facebook fan page saying you want to enter. Also, to make it extra fun, give me a housing assignment! Name a thing/things/concept/theme you want to see me try to make a house out of. For example, this was the result of someone suggesting I try to make a house using a box, popsicle stick, and shoestring. The contest will be open for three weeks, on May 1st I'll randomly select a winner. Have fun!

Also, I'm considering moving the houses to their own blog, and a friend suggested I use Tumblr. I'm really not sure what the difference is between Tumblr and a blog, anyone have any thoughts on that?

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Housing Project 94-100, and a giveaway!

365 houses in 365 days!






















#94- Newt house




















#95- Spring house






















#96- Root house
















#97- Root house no.2






















#98- High-rise apartment house






















#99- Mystery rock formation house






















#100- Find your happy place house

To celebrate making it to house #100, I'm giving away this mounted print!





















All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this blog, flickr set, or Facebook fan page saying you want to enter. Also, to make it extra fun, give me a housing assignment! Name a thing/things/concept/theme you want to see me try to make a house out of. For example, this was the result of someone suggesting I try to make a house using a box, popsicle stick, and shoestring. The contest will be open for three weeks, on May 1st I'll randomly select a winner. Have fun!

Wednesday, April 06, 2011

"The Ghost in the Courthouse Statue" serialized story






















"The Ghost in the Courthouse Statue", a story written by Bill Bailey, is being serialized in the Commercial Appeal accompanied by my illustrations. There is a new chapter every Sunday and Wednesday through May 11. The author will be speaking at a free event at the Memphis Central library April 28 from 6:00 to 7:00 pm, I'll also be there to show some of my original paintings from the series and meet folks. Come on by and say hi!

Sunday, April 03, 2011

Housing Project 87-93

365 houses in 365 days

#87- Dragon house no.2

#87- Dragon house no.2

#88- Paper mache house phase 3

#88- Paper mache house phase 3

#89- Bike tube house

#89- Bike tube house

#90- House boat no.2, maritime disaster

#90- House boat no.2, maritime disaster

#91- Front porch bird house

#91- Front porch bird house

#92- Suede scrap house

#92- Suede scrap house

#93- Elephant pays a visit to Mouse's house

#93- Elephant pays a visit to Mouse's house

To see all of them so far, click the "houses" label, or visit my shiny new Flickr account!