http://www.neighborhoodgeekgirl.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:41:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sometimes owning an old house has its perks. This weekend Brian happened to find a couple of newspapers stuffed in our ceiling dating back to 1959. After reading through them and having a few laughs we just had to get a picture of one comic strip in particular that practically ... http://www.neighborhoodgeekgirl.com/2008/08/fabulous-50s/ What can I say? I just had an itching to draw Domo Kun. My imagination is an endless mix of memes, trivia, and cats with ties. [singlepic=45,400,309] http://www.neighborhoodgeekgirl.com/2008/08/dance-domo-kun/ Checkout the Cartoons & Comics section for an updated category - Vector-licious. I plan on adding a bunch to this - the newest of the new artwork. My scanner broke a couple of weeks ago, so no more updates to the sketchbook for a while. Which is too bad because ... http://www.neighborhoodgeekgirl.com/2008/07/new-in-cartoons-comics/ My lovely little tuber tree is growing up! http://www.neighborhoodgeekgirl.com/2008/05/new-growth/ About 4 months ago my good friend Dr. Wall and I decided that we would start a book club with a twist. Since we're both comic geeks, and we both have numerous art projects going on at one time, we thought we'd start a Graphic Novel/Show-and-Tell book club. So ... http://www.neighborhoodgeekgirl.com/2008/05/otaku-ink/ This weekend we took a walk up to the plant store at the corner to see what kind of floral life was abound and among the beautiful flowers, the pitcher plants, the cactus, and bonzai trees I found this little fellow... ... and I fell in love with it. I've always liked ... http://www.neighborhoodgeekgirl.com/2008/05/my-little-stubby-tree/ I received our new business cards in the mail today and I think they came out fantastic. I mean, it's not Da Vinci artwork, but it's the small things that make me happy. http://www.neighborhoodgeekgirl.com/2008/05/the-small-joys/ The Conception A few weeks ago Brian shows me this flickr set of a guy who created a gigantic pixelated MegaMan on his wall and says, "We need to do that." Thus the ShyGuy Pixel Project was conceived in all its glorious geek-ness. The Process We began by cutting out LOTS of 2" ... http://www.neighborhoodgeekgirl.com/2008/05/the-shy-guy-pixel-project/ The Twisty Tree is a watercolor/collage combination. I plan on doing another on a much larger scale - this was sort of a preliminary piece. Eventually (as in hopefully today) I will get a frame for it. I think it will keep down some of the looser pieces and make ... http://www.neighborhoodgeekgirl.com/2008/05/the-twisty-tree-project/ I'm not much into spiders but the markings on this little guy were incredible. Check out those blue cheeks! http://www.neighborhoodgeekgirl.com/2008/04/furry-friend/