With the holidays approaching, I'd like to post and oldie but a goody that never made its way onto here. An illustrated recipe of my grandmother's macaroni and cheese casserole I made a while back for the blog, They Draw and Cook.

And the link to the page:

http://www.theydrawandcook.com/recipes/nannys-mac-cheese-supreme-by-marie-condenzio

They Draw and Cook is a great recipe blog, with the bonus of featuring lots of talented artists. Plus, you can buy prints of the recipes and the artists receive a commission from it.

On another, less thrilling note: my website is down, and has been for a while. I've been going back and forth between my hosting service and domain service but have yet to resolve the issue. So for now, at least, the site is down. Hopefully I will be able to fix whatever the problem is soon, and when I do I will post here.

Target Girls

Another theoretical ad! If you guessed that they're supposed to be for Target, you were correct. These are each acrylic paintings, and my original idea was to create web banners with an "international" theme, though I think these could work for actual real-life banners as well, maybe in store. Or maybe posters with unusual dimensions. I wanted the symbols in the background to be representative of each girl's respective country, but also reflect a target in some way. If nothing else, I think the red/white color theme gets the point across.

Wave

Somehow, this was a draft in my blog for a couple of months and I never published it, because I thought I had. I apologize for that! Anyway, this was an illustration of a fortune cookie fortune, which informed me, "Depend on the steadiness and predictability of life to support you." I was so enraged by it that I devoured the cookie in one bite and illustrated it very sarcastically. Obviously I have anger management problems that should be addressed. Still, it made for a good acrylic painting.

Get Smart

This was supposed to be for the most anticipated movies of 2008. I was assigned Get Smart, which opens in June I believe. This was brush and ink with photoshop.

Hawaiian Deli

Just an illustration following the theme of "Hawaiian vacation" with 50's inspired clothing. This was done with acrylics.