Cassandra Illustrates

It's been so long!

2011-05-27T09:34:00.001-04:00

Because I have mooooved on. To Tumblr! So easy to post to, and really fun to use.

Follow me there!

http://cassandrathegrouch.tumblr.com/

Lovely Blue Dog

2011-02-20T00:45:00.002-05:00

A little early Valentine...

2011-02-08T21:12:00.004-05:00

From a dog named Valentine!

Yep... She totally does.

2011-01-04T21:43:00.002-05:00

I think she "likes" him...

2011-01-04T21:42:00.002-05:00

Wedding Invitations

2010-08-07T10:24:00.006-04:00

I had the great fun of designing the wedding invites of a co-worker recently. She wanted something cool and fun and we had a create time coming up with ideas. These were so fun to do because they are so non traditional. I heard good reviews from people who received them! :)

super quick

2010-06-24T21:06:00.002-04:00

Super quick Rockwell sketch. Just cause.

Yellow.

2010-05-16T20:52:00.003-04:00

I am loving yellow right now... apparently. As I put the new duvet cover on I realized the nail polish I bought yesterday matched it exactly. Hmm, it looks paler in this picture than the post below... whatever, you get the idea. Yea summer!

finally frames!

2010-05-16T19:19:00.004-04:00

I finally got some frames for art that's been hanging around. And two new pieces that were from my friends (we did an art swap!) Ahh, feels good to finally frame this stuff. And on my new yellow duvet cover nonetheless!

The fab grendel print is from my friend Steph. The adorable bunny on the hill is from my friend Amy.

The bear family is super sweet and even nicer looking in person.

I actually won the animal photo prints on etsy! Wee!

FACT.

2010-03-28T10:40:00.003-04:00

"A pigeon produces its weight in droppings every eight days."

This fact is so random. A couple ways of going about illustrating this passed through my mind when I read it, but I decided to just go with a funny silly way instead of a potentially gross (haha) way. I hope he's got something to read!

It's a Fact!

2010-03-20T21:09:00.002-04:00

"The "M" on M&M's candies were stenciled by hand until WWII labor shortages forced the confectioner to automate the process."
The idea that the M was being hand applied is just so crazy! So I thought, what if someone decided to really take pride in their M one day, and just make it super fancy?

Me and my fellow illustrator friends decided to challenge ourselves with illustrating one random fun fact a week. Check out Amy's, and Steph's.

(From the comments I've read on Factopolis regarding their facts, it seems as if some of them don't have a lot of proof backing them up. But who cares?! The imagery is so much fun!)

butterflies flutter by...

2010-03-16T20:17:00.002-04:00

Movie Staaa!

2010-03-14T15:30:00.003-04:00

Come on, Sean could totally be on a movie poster, right? :)

I love Photoshop.

Rocky Rocks

2010-03-14T15:24:00.002-04:00

Here's a pencil drawing of my sweet lil' guy, all curled up like. What a sweetie!

Beach

2010-03-09T09:25:00.004-05:00

We went on a mini vacation to Captiva Island in Flordia. I got some great pictures! Sean took this one of me that I thought summed up the vaca pretty well-- "look, sun! Breeze!" So that picture made me think of old travel images, so I made this. :)

Arctic III

2010-02-06T20:21:00.001-05:00

Another installment of this series, or whatever it is I'm making.

Scream (Arctic II)

2010-02-01T23:16:00.003-05:00

I felt like exploring a little more of the world I made in my earlier post. Something about it feels eerie... In a good way. I think I may keep going, and see what happens.

Arctic

2010-02-01T07:52:00.004-05:00

This is loosely based on a strange dream I had. I dont really know whats going on.

IF: Focused

2010-01-31T19:06:00.002-05:00

I haven't done Illustration Friday in a long time. This is weird... but I like it.

Hoarders

2010-01-25T23:39:00.003-05:00

I just watched that show Hoarders on A&E. Very fascinating. One woman said she felt like she was being swallowed by all the clutter.

JEEZ

2010-01-18T17:19:00.003-05:00

I havent posted anything in ages. So here are some things-- collage and some lay out with my drawings.

new life drawings

2009-11-04T10:17:00.011-05:00

Here are some recent model drawings. Again, very quick and messy. The way I like it!

Rockwell... again!!

2009-10-30T10:40:00.002-04:00

So my computer died. A while ago. Then I got a new one! Yay! I'm just gonna say that's why I havent posted anything since July. Anyway, here's Rockwell again! This is still in progress... I just wanted to make a cute cartoony version of my little fatty. :)
He is my muse!! I'll update even MORE when I plug my scanner in.... haha

Rockwell!

2009-06-04T22:29:00.006-04:00

For those of you that don't know, I recently adopted a dog. We named him Rockwell. He is awesome. I've taken tons of pictures but figured I'd do a little drawing of him too. I'm planning on doing more but this is all I could squeeze out at the moment. Oh, and here's a random picture so you can see what he looks like :)

sad lil' bear...

2009-05-07T00:22:00.001-04:00

I don't know why he's sad.....

mural!

2009-04-25T18:12:00.005-04:00

Last weekend I went back home to Massachusetts and painted a mural for my little brother. He had requested animals, cars, sports and a city. And a list of specific animals. So this is what I came up with. He's a tough critic-- very honest "that moose doesn't any eyes! That steering wheel is too dark, I cant see it!" But in the end he said he thought it was "Beautiful" so thats a big complement. (He's three and a half by the way.) Anyway it was really fun to paint something huge.

Oldie but Goodie

2009-04-06T00:13:00.004-04:00

I just found this illustration I did a year or so ago. It was part of a project about trade... about human interaction with products in big industry... or something heady like that I cant really remember right now because its 12:15 and past my bedtime. But I just found it and I really like it. That's all.

just cause....

2009-04-02T23:03:00.005-04:00

I felt like doing some more quick abstract thingy's. (ps. yes I do reuse watercolor doodles if youre looking at my title banner heehee)

Creative Blogging!

2009-03-29T21:08:00.004-04:00

I'm so happy! My pal Amy Marie just passed along this Creative Blogger award to me. Her stuff is amazing and she's been doing this a lot longer than I, so I'm flattered that she thought of me and my tiny blog. I guess I have to post seven things I love and then pass along the award to someone else. Yay!

So I'm going to pass this on to a friend who has a great blog. It features her art which is both beautiful and sophisticated:
Laura ( http://lauramccabeart.blogspot.com/)

I effin love watercolor.

2009-03-26T22:02:00.002-04:00

I love doodling around with watercolors on big pieces of paper and seeing what happens. Then once I scan it all in I just friggin love messing around with all the splotches in photoshop. So this stuff is just kind playing with scale and color. I like doing stuff with the thumbnail mentality when Im just playing around.

IF: Subtract

2009-03-21T19:03:00.000-04:00

Decided to go very graphic this time.

Illustration Friday: Legendary

2009-03-16T22:26:00.000-04:00

My sister ate so many carrots that she turned orange.

I know there are many disbelievers of this "myth" but I guarantee you-- it can happen.

She is a legend.

Illustration Friday: Intricate

2009-03-08T23:01:00.000-04:00

What if we could see our dreams again, once awake? That would be nice.

More Life Drawings

2009-03-04T23:45:00.000-05:00

Here are some more life drawings. Again, all very quick, and this time very messy. I actually like how messy and crazy everything looks this time... kind of adds some texture. Also the paper is so thin you can see through to other drawings--which I actually like. Ah, happy accidents.

Illustration Friday: Breezy

2009-03-01T21:43:00.000-05:00

The breeze blew the monsters right out of her hair....

She seems ok with it.

Life Drawings

2009-02-18T22:09:00.000-05:00

Here are some recent quick life drawings I've done. Most were only a minute or so... such a good work out! I feel that drawing like this is like yoga for your mind-- its so real, just paper, ink, and a model. No computer bull, no one telling you if its "good enough". It's so freeing!

Illustration Friday: Celebrate

2009-02-15T23:38:00.000-05:00

Celebrate the end of winter and the return of spring!!

Prospect Park

2009-02-11T23:15:00.000-05:00

We went to the park the other weekend and took some photos. These were by the boat house, I liked how the trees reflection in the water was so clear.

Illustration Friday: Time

2009-02-11T22:36:00.000-05:00

"Time... On My Hands" I went kind of abstract with the "time" but I think it kind of works. I couldn't decide on which version I liked more, the more stylized hands or the more realistic... so I put them both up.

pastel fun

2009-02-09T23:10:00.000-05:00

I tried to do a self portrait. Was unsuccessful. I'll try to blame it on the fact that I only had my compact mirror so I couldn't really see myself.... but it could just be that I suck.

Either way, I decided to just mess around with it in the computer because I do like the actual pastel-ness of it.

Flight of the Conchords

2009-01-31T17:00:00.000-05:00

My submission for the Flight of the Conchords arty poster contest. I wanted to do something inspired by the Beatles Revolver album cover, but then there was a lot of extra space so I just kind of went with it.

Here's the link.

Illustration Friday: Climbing

2009-01-24T21:01:00.001-05:00

Is he gonna make it??!!

Robots!

2009-01-21T21:10:00.000-05:00

So I figured it was time for some portraits of Sean and I.

I'm the one on the right (obviously).
And yes, that is Dog the Bounty Hunter on the TV in picture 2. There's nothing wrong with that.

Illustration Friday: Pale

2009-01-18T18:18:00.000-05:00

The flower was too pale for the pig.

Illustration Friday: Contained

2009-01-12T21:57:00.000-05:00

My first entry!

Just for funsies

2009-01-08T22:12:00.000-05:00

Hand

2009-01-04T17:48:00.000-05:00

Just because.

Dinner

2009-01-03T20:50:00.000-05:00

Quickie drawing of Sean making dinner for us. What a sweetie.

Moon

2009-01-01T23:29:00.001-05:00

I read this poem earlier today and found it pretty inspirational. The imagery is just really pretty so I thought I'd give it a shot. I'm not totally happy with it but I really like the idea.

Nesting Dolls

2008-12-30T17:46:00.000-05:00

I made these for my little brother's birthday last year and forgot to take some pictures before I sent them. Over Christmas I finally got around to taking some pictures but unfortunately the smallest one (a little bunny) has been misplaced. It's ok, the set still looks cute with out it!

Just one more before I leave...

2008-12-24T13:09:00.000-05:00

I'm off to Massachusetts for Christmas! Here's one last post before I'm not at my computer for 5 days...

This is a thumbnail I did a while ago. It's kind of abstracting the way Massachusetts feels.

Happy Holidays!

and even MORE!

2008-12-24T11:50:00.001-05:00

I just feel like putting a bunch of stuff up. Get over it.

These are all sketchbook pages.

I think this one is me... Angry? Or pensive?

Some more stuff...

2008-12-24T11:39:00.001-05:00

I just found the plug for my scanner so I actual scanned a bunch of things last night, FINALLY.

These are just some watercolor and pastel studies.

Foxy

2008-12-23T22:24:00.000-05:00

I've had a sort of fascination with foxes for quite a while now. I wrote a childrens book last year that was about a fox but my computer crashed and I lost all the files. This is one of many illustrations of a fox on a hill that I've done. It's just a really sweet image to me that I find myself recreating over and over in different mediums.

is this thing on?

2008-12-23T21:53:00.000-05:00

Here's something I made recently with Photoshop. I don't do that much illustration on the computer despite the fact that my job is all Photoshop, so I figured I'd try something out on my own.

A blog seems to be easier to maintain than a website, especially because I'm completely inept at using html.

So, here goes nothin'!