Pray for the Gregory family

As many of you know, I have been a huge fan of Danny Gregory's books. His first book Everyday Matters is about how creativity and journal-keeping got him through a horrible time in his life when his wife, Patti, fell in front of a NY city train, leaving her paralyzed from the waist down. Danny and his wife inspired so many people to begin drawing as a regular part of their daily routine. His first book was so well recieved that he released one of my favorites: Creative License--a book which motivated me to begin drawing again. In 2008, his books had touched so many people that he released An Illustrated life, Drawing Inspiration from the Private Sketchbooks of Artists, Illustrators and Designers. If you haven't read these books, you are seriously missing out on some great stuff.

Tragically, Danny's wife Patti, passed away this weekend at age 50. I won't go into the details. You can read about it here. Please take a moment to pray for Danny, their son, Jack and extended family.

More about Danny, his art, and his books can be found on his website: http://www.dannygregory.com/

Scoot-a-que 13 Design

The Scoot-a-que 12 "Senior Prom" theme was such a hit the club decided to make this year's event prom-themed as well...but this time with zombies. I'm hoping to get these screen printed for this year's event. I'll have to see if we have it in the budget. See it larger here.

More to come...

wood type jackpot!

I received a very nice gift from a friend today: a moving box 3/4 full of random wood type blocks. I plan to clean and sort them to see if there are any complete alphabets. I can't wait to print with them. Thanks Mark!

ALWAYS buy the AppleCare.

40 days left on AppleCare and my 3-year-old iMac started doing some really crazy stuff. I took it in and they replaced almost everything: the screen, power supply, graphics card, and logic board. Within a week after having it back, the computer began exhibiting the same weirdness. I took it back to the Genius Bar and Greg told me there were only two major parts left to replace. Friday evening he called with the bad news: The replacement parts didn't fix the problem. The good news: I was getting a new iMac! SWEET! He also mentioned I could upgrade and pay the difference. So, I decided to go big and make it a workstation that would last me a good long time. I picked up the 27" quad-core iMac. The new wireless keyboard and mouse are amazing! This is the first Apple mouse I will actually use. Applestore Greg is my new hero. He migrated my old system over and set me up with a great computer. I didn't hesitate when he asked if I wanted to add AppleCare.

Caleb cranks on the Vandercook

My 8-year-old son Caleb and I are taking the Intro to Letterpress class at Igloo Letterpress. Going into it, I wasn't sure if he would be up for a 3-hour class, so mom packed his back pack with snacks, comic books, and his sketch book. By the time class was over, he was begging for more. We had a great time. Caleb printed valentines cards with a porcupine on them. Seemed a little random to the rest of us--made total sense to him. We're both excited to go back next week. We'll be learning how to set type and print with photopolymer plates made from our own artwork.

Next week I will try to remember to bring my real camera instead of using my iphone.

More to come...