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I recently acquired some more fleece for stuffed animals and I'm excited to make things again. The new apartment is awesome; we both have space to work and play which is a new thing. I've been making curtains and pillows, so I'm feeling up to making cute things again.

Last Christmas I made Noel a bat pillow to bring on tour with him. It has wings that wrap around to cover his little bat face and disguise him as a normal non-special fleece pillow.



Currently I'm exploring my options for expanding this collection of shy animal pillows. So far I've done sketches for shy owls, and may even dabble in the realm of flying squirrels. I like the flying animals for this because of the wraparound wing effect, but I'm curious also about fish (mudskippers and catfish to be specific)...

So anyway that's on the horizon.

Also my friends over at NoveltyButtons.com have asked me to make a freakshow character for their next promotional flyer. Specifically a strongman, wolfman, or siamese twins. Here are my reference pictures:



MissionCreep.com has more siamese twin photos!

I have a lot to look at and I'm stoked to work on art again. It's been a while. Last night I found some old sketchbooks of mine out at my parents' house; it's like looking at someone else's artwork. That seems like so long ago. Art used to be a priority in my life, and maybe it should be.

On the agenda for this week: Starting the wedding bouquet, sketches for Novelty Buttons, and producing a shy owl pillow.
I start school next Monday. Ceramics class. So excited!