make/shift magazine, the rainbow, and the coast... OH MY!

my image was asked to be in the make/shift magazine
it's a small feminist publication and i am ecstatic that i was even considered for this!
hopefully this will be the push i need to start advertising my work more.
you can find out more about the publication at




in other news:

"you gotta have rain... to make a rainbow"

I sometimes forget that there's always a brighter side to life.
that was the first time i've ever seen a full arc of a rainbow.
the nice man on the bike (pictured on the lower right) waved me down as i was biking over a bridge
i could have just rode right by it and never even noticed.
it's moments like that where i truly appreciate humanity and kindness of strangers.





i went to the oregon coast for the first time!
It was the Tillamook (yes, the cheese is made there as well) coast and i went with two classmates in order to document for a science project.

sometimes, art school isn't a drag :]

summer in the city means...

portland,oregon has been awfully nice to me lately.
i have been only making lists of actual pieces not in a sketchbook..
but alas, i carry my sketchbook around more then a 18x24 sheet
so please be patient as i crank some out...
being an "artist" has blossomed into something more then just visual drawings this summer

it has become, to me,:
words
thoughts
poems
diagrams
research
rest
concepts>drawings
astronauts
psychology
coffee
movies in the park for free

be expecting in the following months:
1. actual posts
2. lists of projects (that i WILL complete)
3. blogging style more so then an "art" blogging style
4. pieces of the wazoo [school is starting up again and it is THESIS time for me]
5. collaborations (i hope)
6. pictures
7. book recommendations
8. hopefully more followers
9. tentative website
10. ___________________



ps) would anyone be interested in a tshirt that has the image of the astronaut for my first drawing??? start the poll ;]