CRUISIN'

YETI DID IT

Hello. This is Yeti blogging on behalf of my dear friend and roommate, Nicole. She is having a little car trouble and needs our help. Her exhaust is leaking and she's too stubborn to go get it checked out, so she's been talking about trading illustration and graphic design work for a new(ish.. or older) truck or car that can pull our home (the 1965 Aristocrat Lo-Liner travel trailer that we live in). I made this video to tell you all about it... Give it a watch and pass it on if you know someone that might need her services. Thanks, bye!

january 28, 2011 // channeling henson

Last night I made a puppet. I don't know what possessed me. Maybe it's allowing myself to relax enough to let the creative energy flow. Maybe it's all the 80's kid's movies I've been revisiting on Netflix Instant Play. Whatever the reason, I was compelled to drive over to Joanne's Fabrics last night to purchase a yard of white faux fur, some foam rubber and a little fleece. The result? A "fur" real version of the yeti from the children's book! I think I'll make this sort of thing a part of my "Neckache of the Month" project. Since Jim Henson was January's NotM it seems appropriate that I tried to channel him creatively by making a puppet of my very own. I'll try to do something in the creative mind frame of every month's NotM from now on. I'm excited for who I'll be highlighting in February because he's AWESOME. Can't wait to share in a few days! Until then.. here's a little video Yeti and I made. He loves to sing.. here are a few words about his video from the mythical man himself...

hi. thank you for look me video. i happy you see it. i think you like me sing for you. i think me like you. i think me like coffee too. bye.

january 26, 2011 // the yeti abides.

I'm deep in children's book mode.. I've been in Montana for twelve days, making it almost the halfway point of my quest to author-hood. I've been writing, illustrating, writing some more.. So far, I've illustrated a picture only alphabet book and some designs for a t-shirt company that I'm hoping to work for.

I have fifteen days to finish this project. It's time to become one with the yeti. That's right, my "feature" book (feature meaning the book that I came here primarily to write ) is about a yeti. I'm super excited about this project. What better place to write about a yeti than in the blustery winter weather of Montana?!