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Biology Class Readying for Designer Con

Designer Con is just around the corner and I’m busy at work preserving and jarring specimens. This year I have Unicorn Fetuses. Unicorns like Rhinos aren’t born with a horn. They have a shaped patch where a horn will eventually grow.

Many specimens are being jarred up. I have dinosaurs, amphibians, fish, lizards and more.

Also, it is hoped that I will have ceramic specimens. This is still in-a-work in progress stage so, they may only come available after Designer Con. More will be known in the following weeks.

For now, if you want a specimen accessory for Halloween check out my etsy shop. I posted a couple necklaces, a set of earrings and a few specimens.

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Happy Halloween!

Working on Frankenstein

In the background of my life I am drawing and scribbling and making puddles of watercolors and testing foggy washes and drawing messy ink lines on top.

As I can’t realistically work full time as an illustrator for more than minimal projects, I am playing. Discovering new elements to myself since I have changed with the addition of a daughter to my family. In some ways I finally feel my full self. It’s hard coming to a career when you know you also want to be a mother. I knew I wanted to have kids when I was a teen but, that didn’t mean I didn’t also want to follow my career dreams. In my life art and motherhood go hand in hand. I can’t have one without the other. Everyday is a matter of finding the balance between the two.

It can be done. Sometimes the art has to be put on hold but, that doesn’t mean I’m not thinking about what I want to do the next time I sit down at my desk.

Currently at my desk is this:

Yes his head is cropped out but, I haven’t found the one I like. This is Frankenstein his head is interchangeable. I hope to finish it by next week in time for Halloween! However, giving how much I am testing out, I may only have more work in progress for you.