Audrey

Hey Guys, 

I've given myself a challenge for my birthday month which

 involves drawing a character a day - Day 13 down and I'm 

going well ^_^ To keep track head over to my fb page! 

https://www.facebook.com/StripedDesigns

Trick or treat?

Yet again I disappoint, I say I'll be updating regularly and disappear for another few months.. ~sigh~ Well I thought I'd come back with a bit of a spooky update. Although like my halloween costume attempts in the past it's neither spooky nor creepy… more just a little bit lame and incredibly un-sexy.

I always liked the idea of dressing up with a group though - The last time I attempted it was with a friend at band camp, we had both forgot costumes for the disco that night so decided to use socks and a bed sheet to become a cow… Cementing my role as the group people pleaser I elected to be the ass and off we went. Well, I don't think I've ever had so much fun in my life - unlike the guy in the illo, I found being the butt of the joke the most liberating experience - like wearing a mask I realized I could kinda do anything, so our costume became "Cow with the craziest behind you've ever seen" I even had my own little dance going on. In fact, that night not only did we win best costume but went on to get second in musical chairs - it's easy to play when you're already half way into a sitting position at all times ^_^ 

Any way - anyone else have a halloween costume they are oddly proud of? 

~Lesley

So what have you been doing?

Just a short one I know; but my mum always said "Short and sweet is best"... that's probably because I talked too much as a kid. I still haven't figured out a way to keep this blog consistently updated but I promise you I'm on the job... in the meantime I thought I would upload a pic from my latest personal project - it's making the rounds at the moment but for those that remain solely faithful to blogging here it is!

You can see more from this project on my new Story Bird account

Hope everyone had an awesome weekend!

~Lesley

Making a comeback

Hey Bloggers!

So this is kind of a cop out post but I want to let you know I'm in the process of cleaning out the cobwebs here and will be back to regular blogging by the end of the month - If all goes to plan I'll be updating at the very least on the first monday of every month, 

In the meantime if you're hankering for regular updates please head over to my Facebook page!

Hope to see you soon :) 

Sydney Supanova 2012

I know I know... it's been waaaay too long - unfortunately I don't have a decent update for you today, just stopped by to let all the Sydneysiders, interstate travelers and visiting out of towers know I will have a table at Sydney Supanova this year! (First time ever) so I'd love for you to come down and say hi!. I'll be selling prints, pins and books as well as doing commissions!

Promise I'll have more for you guys soon! 

In the meantime see some of you this weekend ^_^

My funny Valentine

I thought, as the occasion seems appropriate, 

I would write my first love poem; 

and who better to write it for then you guys :)

A little note from me to you 

To tell you all I think your bute 

The ones who stay to read this through 

Especially those who comment too

It really means the world to me  

That you're all digging what you see 

I hope you hang around for more

As there is heaps I have in store 

So happy V day to you all  

Single, coupled big and small 

I couldn't send you all a pup 

so I hope a card more than makes up :)

Lel 

We are Siamese if you please

I know this isn't much of a post but it's a sneak peek at what I'm working on at the moment - I realize the whole freak show thing has been done but I really like the idea of creating a bunch of characters that look and act uniquely - I'm trying to push my style into a different direction, try and challenge myself by picking a subject matter that isn't outright cutsy - basically I'm going for weird and slightly creepy… people that aren't traditionally beautiful, people that have a story. 

So this is my first attempt at the siamese twins… let mw know what you think of the effects ^_^ 

More to come - I have a bunch of sketches I'll be uploading next week!