siamese cat twins jump rope!

siamese cat twins! tail trouble

Imagine what happens one second later. Who do you think will get wet?

siamese cat twins

what a coincidence!

smile and say it's what you wanted.

copyright 2010 Carolyn Pile

lady in red

The biggest challenge in this illustration was the background pattern. It still isn't perfect, but it was harder than I first imagined to attempt to duplicate the blogspots. I will continue to work on getting the perfect blogspots for future posts.

Of course, the focal point is the lucky girl's big old honkin' diamond ENGAGEMENT RING!

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I haven't got rhythm.

I took piano lessons for a while when I was a little girl. I learned that I am not a musical person. Some people have music in their souls. I don't.

This illustration is what I imagine it must feel like to love the music. Perhaps next time, I will draw a more reluctant pianist.

a word from our amazing sponsor!

the California State Fair

In 2005, I entered the California State Fair Poster Competition. I didn't win, but they sent me a free pass to the fair. The theme was something about California's beaches, and I drew Poppy (the fair bear) with a surfboard on a beach. Maybe I will post it later.

I made new state fair design just for fun. They haven't had a poster contest since 2005.

I COULD enter it in the fine art competition.

The original is 18" x 24". And it's black and white. I scanned it into Photoshop and added the colors. I'm not sure how that would jive with the fine art competition. I have a large format scanner/printer, but it's not THAT large.

I just wanted this to be a fun design, incorporating some of my favorite things from the fair. There's a free redwood tree seedling, a Footsie Wootsie machine, and a little livestock. Even Poppy the fair bear makes an appearance.

Slug Bug!