Saturday, June 8, 2013

Beach Respect #1236 - #1241

I saw some kids at the beach last week take home two live starfish... and I was more than a little upset so I decided to make some basic rules of the beach. Because.

Beach flags let beach goers know what is up at the beach and in the water.

The dangers of sand collapses are all to real for many. Support our friend Ryan and the Buchanan family, keep them in your prayers and thoughts.


I know it can just be sooo difficult to pick up your own trash... but trash gets washed into the ocean and affects the whole oceanic ecosystem. Don't litter! And feel free to pick up left overs from litterbugs (just don't pick up anything hazardous).




Thursday, May 30, 2013

Hunger Games & Catching Fire



I have just reread the Hunger Games trilogy for what is an absurd amount of times  and may or may not have watched the movie 5 times in a week, 3 of those which being within 24 hours...

This is how I envisioned the arena uniforms for both movies.

Monday, May 27, 2013

Graduates!

I made some portraits for my friends who are graduating, CCA and high school.


Karen Scheemann grad from CCA Animation


Michael Barquero grad from CCA Animation




Natalie Romak grad from Boston University International Relations


Megan grad from high school, U.S.A. Naval Academy at Annapolis, fall 2013


Kendall grad from high school, Notre Dame, fall 2013



This is Tyler... he is not a grad... he just wanted a picture...

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Bay Area

Some of my favorite team members from each team. Go Bay Area! Also go Tim Lincecum.



Giants: Pence, Bumgarner, Posey, Cain, Sandoval, Scutaro, Romo, Crawford, Pagan, Lincecum, Zito, Blanco, Sanchez, Belt, Vogelsong, and Casilla!
A's: Smith, Norris, Donaldson, Young, Sogard, Parker, Crisp, Lowrie, Griffin, Cook, Milone, Moss, Reddick, Balfour, and Jaso!

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Sketchfemme

I have been taking part in weekly challenges on Sketchfemme. This week's prompt was "punk rock/ skater girl" I leaned more heavily on the skater part of that prompt.



Check out all my stuff there, new stuff weekly!

Monday, April 22, 2013

Earth Day 2013


I wanted to list my thoughts behind the sketch above and give "eco" alternatives in a factual way... no intentions of being preachy were put forth in the text below. And I included links!

Left:

- Almost all soaps and detergents end up in oceans, rivers, and streams Most skin exfoliants use plastic beads instead of water soluble ingredients that then are flushed into the ocean and fish consume (bad!). 
Instead: "green" soaps, detergents and face washes made with organic material exfoliants, you can make your own too! Brown sugar is great!

- An estimated over 50 million water bottles are disposed of each year. While you can recycle cans and bottles, they only can be recycled 1x.
Instead: reusable water bottles that can be purchased anywhere (look for the "BPA Free" sticker)!

Middle:


- Only 10% of what you donate sells at thrift stores and goes back into use. 60-90% sold to textile recyclers in Africa and used as industrial products (rags, etc...). Clothes cannot be composted either because they are treated with chemicals and washed so many times their organic materials have no nutrients left.
Instead: spend responsibly.

- Fish are filled with mercury. Sharks have the highest levels of toxins because they are tertiary consumers. They eat all the small fish with mercury.
Instead: look up fish charts and avoid large consumption of secondary and tertiary fish, and avoid eating sharks (and suspicious fish tacos).

Right:


- Recycle! Compost! And make sure your e-waste does not go in regular trash bins, but is recycled responsibly.

- Lots of our trash ends up in the ocean and circulates due to ocean currents. Birds and fish alike are found with all sorts of trash inside them that kills them because it doesn't decompose but just sits there clogging up their system.
Instead: be aware of your trash and packaged item consumption.

Happy Earth Day 2013! But isn't everyday earth day?

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Opa!

Yiasou! Some very quick watercolors of Greek dancing kiddos.



Thursday, April 4, 2013

Superman Big Butt

Some sketches from the Cal Berkeley verses USC mens swim meet a while back. Then I wrote an art review on swimming. Its a quick and fast read! Enjoy!


Then I made this Superman Big Butt. This phrase was how one of my first swim coaches taught me how to swim butterfly.


Be sure to read my art review! And check out the other CCA art reviewers!

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Happy Easter

Ευχές Πάσχα! Happy Easter!


As My Big Fat Greek Wedding sort of explained, Greeks don't actually say "Happy Easter". We say, "Χριστός Ανέστη!" ("The Lord has Risen" - pr. Christos Anesti) to which you reply "Αληθως Ανέστη!" ("Indeed, he has risen" - pr. Alithos Anesti).
This year, Greek Easter is on May 5th.