munny in progress

hmm.. in recent news
i attended the opening at cpop which was fantastic
i'd never been to an opening before
but i think i'd do it again, free beer, lots of artwork, and people everywhere that looked familiar but i just couldn't place where i knew them. don't you just hate it when that happens?

323 east has agreed to show some of my work and
in about a week and a half i'll have stuff there
pretty exciting i'd say
my first bit as a gallery artist, tee hee

and on to today which i spent time sketching and working on painting my munny
progress shot for you

so, no bad news from here.


tomorrow i drop a couple pieces of in the D for the student show at CCS. I got a pretty fab review and i got a whopping seven pieces in the show (be it some are 5x7 but still, a nice lucky number) so excitement ensues as the semester comes to a close. my summer will be full of painting and outdoor activity and hopefully i'll have some amazing ideas to close out my final semester at CCS

after eight years, its about time i graduate, wouldn't you say?

kittens vomit tee shirt now available:

hello friends
it's very late
i finished a painting tonite
and primed my munny

now
i bid you goodnight
with a link
to my cafe press
where you can now get

a
delicious looking

kittens vomit stars and rainbows original tee shirt design

joy!
tell me what's up

smushbox stuff on cafe press

spiders are invading my home

i seriously killed the most gigantic spider today after grabbing a sub from quiznos. as i was about to walk into my home... there it was, blocking the entrance of my doorway. i stopped in my tracks.... trying to come up with a plan of action, any plan would do. i hesitated, stared into it's eyes.... and he stared right back.

this dude was the size of a quarter in body alone... with the legs he had to be like, two inches. still frozen, i begin to panic... i can't live out in the hallway the rest of my life and i cannot be a pussy and call for help, anyone i know lives 15-20 minutes out of the way to just rush over and kill a spider.

so, finally, in a fit of hunger and fear i booked it back to my vehicle. i fumbled with the key for the trunk, cursing under my breath and my delicious mesquite chicken sub slowly getting colder the longer i'm under attack. throwing things left and right i finally come across the can i was looking for... carburetor cleaner. this should do the trick.

end of story. i ate my sub. it was exquisite. then i painted this:
i call it "dark side of the rainbow"
school tomorrow
goodnight cruel world.

munnies and fun things

Today i went on a journey. Not a horribly far distance, just to Lift in Royal Oak Michigan. I have finally jumped on the bandwagon and procured for myself a MUNNY!

I've been wanting to design one as long as i've known about them. I also got myself a delicious Kozik smoking lighter pictured at the right along side of my mini munny and bear.

this will be exciting. i'll be posting process and finals when its done :D
wish me luck on my first vinyl toy endeavor. On a side note, i've stocked up on 70$ worth of canvas, and i'm working my butt off right now trying to be productive. It is always unfortunate when the productivity has to be forced. I think i intimidated myself a bit this week, but today i'm getting back on track :)

New paintings soon - as soon as i borrow or buy a digital camera. Some larger works are in the process as well as some really fun smaller pieces. Most of those will be (hopefully) taken down to 323 east in royal oak soon. I have my review at CCS first, than freedom.

my condolences ...

so, today, at the age of 86, everyone's favorite sassy golden girl, passed away.

I remember as a child enjoying all the old sitcoms; andy griffith, leave it to beaver, and of course, the golden girls. one of the very few memories i have left of my grandmother (she passed when i was very young) was watching the golden girls together.

so to you bea arthur, i say goodbye.

smushbox.net

So, today and yesterday, besides the usual, i spent most of my day in front of my monitor working on revamping my website to add a certain element of professionalism. important stuff. remaining positive and working hard, doing all i can to keep this going.

smushbox.net --- crystal mielcarek illustration

Painting and watching a bit of mindless television besides just to break the website tedium. sometimes you just need to give the old eyes a break from staring at a screen... by staring at another screen i guess. i really need to get myself a digital camera so i can share some love on this here blog and of course, so i can more easily get digital images of some of my bigger pieces.

Putting together separate scanned images just is not my favorite activity i guess.

Lets get some extra zzzz's tonight, interweb

Attention my loyal followers:

I now have my very own shop hosted at
 cafe press!

Please check it out and let me know what you think!  I'm willing to take requests for different shirts and stuff if there is something you'd love to have that's not represented :)