25 March 2010
i've left without saying goodbye!!!
i am still blogging!! more than ever actually....but i've moved my site over to http://www.stephaniecorfee.com
please come with me there!! it's a much more inclusive site with my work and my shop and freebies and fun links all rolled into one!
it will be so much more fun with everyone there!
15 February 2010
Looking Back - art of a sleep-deprived new mom
i made this digital illustration when my son was just an infant. (He's almost 4 now!) The idea came to me when his dark, dark baby hair started falling out, as i'd heard it likely would, and the new hair began growing in a very peculiar way. My little man was basically growing a mohawk! A cute, little fuzzy stripe of hair came in down the center of his head, and grew much quicker than the sides and it couldn't have been cuter. i thought this was genius, of course, and encouraged the teeny mohawk by combing the hair in toward the center and tidying it up for photos with some mom spit from time to time.
Now my nephew, who was 7 weeks younger than my guy was also having some hair anomalies. He had a little ol' baby mullet. Bid-ness in front and party in back, baby! The hair at the nape of his neck was his original baby hair and hung on for dear life, while the rest of his head was more like peach fuzz.
So, in my new-mommy-sleep-deprived-stupor, during late night feedings, and groggy daydreams, i came up with a little E! True Hollywood Story in my head about our rocker-babies who formed their own band with their awesome hair, wooden spoon drumsticks and wiffle-ball-bat guitars. This image above is how i imagined the cover of their album would look. Of course it HAD to be an album! i was thinking along the lines of super-cool lullabies and modernized nursery rhymes set to music....a rock-opera like "Tommy", but for the stroller set.
Anyway, i had so much fun digging in my archives, i may just make a little "looking back" feature a regular gig here on ye old blog. Lord knows what i'll find next.
10 February 2010
Starry-Eyed
Snow & Glitter
I know these aren't the greatest pics. But what can you do when it's midnight, you're indoors and, let's face it...a little lazy? At least these give you the idea, eh? i
i used 4" (roughly) wood blocks and decorated them up with silver glitter, mirror tiles and some Triple Thick glaze on the "c". The glaze is making the glitter look less sharp in this photo, but it looks really nice in person! Maybe i'll make a whole alphabet to dot around the house? Or maybe they'd look better grouped on a shelf? Who knows? It's supposed to be snowing for a looonnnggg time & i have a full tub of the sparkly stuff.
08 February 2010
Scatterbrain
All i know is, it's a word i like to use and so i was tickled to be able to use it in the item description for this latest illustration.
"Miss Lookilou is a scatterbrain. She loses her favorite things all the time! But all she has to do is look UP to find them all twisted and tucked into her hair.
A seek-and-find illustration which is sure to reveal something new every time you look at it."
Available here. I hope you all enjoy!
23 January 2010
Digging Out
i've just recently gotten off one of those Life Roller Coasters we're all forced to ride from time to time. i think i'm finally getting back to my old self. Up until yesterday, i hadn't put pen or paintbrush to paper in well over a month and a half. Either i lacked inspiration or i was feeling too pitiful to be productive outside of the mandatory work day ~ i'm not sure which.
But yesterday, i just had the urge to throw color onto the page, to sit on my couch surrounded by colored pens, markers and pencils and just have at it. i had no plan. These 3 pieces are what came outta my head. And i think i'm in the mood to spill some more color today. It's looking up.
31 December 2009
On New Year's Day in Philadelphia....
A few t-shirt designs for sale on a site called Mummerabilia.com
HELP SAVE A PHILLY TRADITION by purchasing a tee. Adult and kids' sizes are available.
Happy New Year!