URGENT: animal cruelty in fine art! please help end this crime!

if any of you have some kind of compassion for life this will completely throw you off the deep end. PLEASE sign this petition to stop animal cruelty in art!

"on august 16, 2007 Guillermo Vargas Habakkuk has tied up a dog in an art gallery as part of an exhibition. the dog was left to die of hunger and dehydration.

a jury has given him an award, and theref..."

if you have a strong stomach you can see the act of cruelty here:
http://elperritovive.blogspot.com/


if you have any kind of love for animals or life please sign this petition:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/ea6gk/petition.html

these sickos will do anything to call art and make a profit. this just gives you an idea of how the art world is starting to look these days. whats next a human child being tied up and left to die as a exhibition?

xo
miss lindsay

Betty Broadbent at the P.T. Barnum Circus

So for my drawing and mixed media class we had to do an illustrated biography of a person/thing. I chose to do a series of illustrations about Betty Broadbent who was one of the first women tattoo artists. She was also a sideshow act because her whole body was covered in tattoos. This is one of my in progress line drawings of Betty at the circus with a horse. There aren't any tattoos on her body yet because I am still trying to figure out how to work them into the images.

Senior Thesis

No pictures yet for this post.

I have my senior thesis squared away and ready to begin the final touches on it for the first two panels. Just need to figure out the color and do the final compiling on photoshop with layers etc. Each box will be scanned seperately so I can make them really big and focus on the detail when I draw. Everything is sketches out and squared away.

Main inspiration for the strip section of the thesis is Winsor McCay and Chris Ware. Lots of type. The strips will be tricky when I end up printing them.....For the large illustrations, I am just focusing on how I like to create a general image.

I need to go to New York Central Art Supplies to get some really really good quality paper to print on, but that won't be anything to worry about until I print which won't be until the last 5 weeks of the semester (November-December). BFK BFK BFK.

I have a feeling I might have up to 20 pieces + for the show, depending on if I get any of them into it. (wishful thinking). This is me being super ambitious. My life depends on this. I am so ready to kick major ass. Get ready for Podd art times 50. *waves fists*

Mimobot/Vimobot

I assume many of you know about my great summer achievement which was being voted top 3 of the best designs for Mimoco. So, the three winners will have their designs produced into actual toys/USB drives (to either stick into your computer for extra storage or collect some dust on your desktop). Just in case you don't know what exactly the heck Mimoco is well, it is a fantastic little company based out of Boston that creates cute little USB characters and vinyl toys. They have been featured in various magazines like the current issue of Bust. Heres a link to their Myspace and website for furter info:

http://www.mimoco.com
http://www.myspace.com/mimobot

My design was on display at Comicon San Diego about a week ago along with the other 2 winning designs. Heres the promo:



Mine was Zombie Tiki God by heyimlindsayp. The purple and green nightmare on the far left.

So this little guy will be hitting the shevles as well with the other two after the second half of the contest (there will be 3 more winners announced)! Stay tuned for updates about when and where you can buy one, I am pretty sure that Kid Robot, Toy Tokyo, and the MoMa Design store will carry them first.

Here are some better photos of the protoype (I owe it to the boyfriend for fantastic photos!):



The other design I submitted into the contest was Pacific Northwest Totem Pole bot which I was way more in love with than the the actual winning design which is here:



So which one do you think should have won?

First Post

Okay! So, just like every other person on earth, I am going to have a blog. The one on Myspace kind of stinks so all updates and happenings will be posted in here from now on. On that note, sit back and read away!

xo
Lindsay