We are excited to announce the opening of Sometimes, our very first pop-up shop, this summer in Brooklyn! Rachel, Monica, Masuko, and I have been busy at the ceramics studio for months, and we'll be filling a little shop in Greenpoint along with Kaye's jewelry and Gina's quilts and pillows.
See you in June!
I designed packaging for this set of summer-scented soaps for Anthropologie. They are in stores and online now!
Last month I was lucky enough to work on the cover for one of my favorite magazines, Frankie, and it's on newsstands now. It was a total dream job because I got to draw exactly what I love most: dream girls and boys wandering around with their plants and ice cream and cats. I thought I'd share a little process because it was so fun to draw, and my unedited drawings can be interesting on their own.
I painted everything in black ink so I could place and layer them exactly where I wanted in photoshop and pick my colors out carefully. It's nice to do it this way because color is one of my favorite parts, and I get to play around with it more. I drew the figures first, and then the background colors for their clothes and objects with tracing paper.
And the final! You get a little peek at some guys who suffered from cropping. Thanks so much to AD Holly McCauley!
Prop stylist Carla Gonzalez-Hart and photographer Christopher Testani used a couple of my fabrics in their editorial pairing dinnerware with work by contemporary textile designers. So nice!
This is my first real series that I've planned ahead of time and is available for wholesale, and it's a really good feeling to see it stand on its own and not on Etsy! Since these are some of the first pieces that will be in stores, I wanted to release a couple updated versions of everyone's favorite cat patterns, as well as four entirely new designs.
Many, many thanks to Dylan for web design, Amber Mahoney for photography, Emily Theobald for styling, and Taylor LaShae for modeling.
I drew a big street crowd for a recent job, and haven't been able to quit my #streetstyle search on tumblr. It's like 70% Kardashian/Jenner which is upsetting, but it's really relaxing to pick out favorites and elaborate on their outfits.
Last year I worked on the cover illustration & lettering for the reissue of Jane Bowles' 1943 novel, Two Serious Ladies. Jane Bowles was a New York City writer, and this is her only novel. I liked reading John Waters' take on this book here, and I feel lucky to be a part of something that was important to other New Yorkers decades before I was born and arrived in this city.
Many many thanks to AD Allison Saltzman at HarperCollins Ecco :D
Monica, Rachel, and I started a new blog of the most mundane fashion, what we wear to the studio. Follow along as I wear the same sweater 5 days in a row.
Hey! My favorite illustrator pals and I did this pack of 7 vinyl stickers (die-cut! fancy). Also featuring the illustrated selves of: Luis Domingo, John Garcia, Masuko Jo, Rachel Levit, Ray Masaki (who also did the header card design & lettering), and Monica Ramos.
Mine is me and Moses, of course.
Buy it here before it's gone - edition of 40!
Christmas is not really my holiday; my mom is visiting this year and we'll probably go to a movie and get Chinese food. I decided I'm not doing gifts this year either, aside from a special few who will get handmade ceramics. So, this is my gift guide for YOU, or things you should really get yourself if you can. Some of these I have and some I don't (taking beanie recommendations, though I'll probably end up asking Gina to knit me one.)
Here's where you can buy it all: On Flora zine, giantlion rings, Acne Alma boots, OUI candles
