Dusknoir! For Jordan Rosenberg’s Ghost PokeZine. Check out details (because funding has ended and was successful! alright!) on its Kickstarter here. This was fun. Look at that little Eevee! So doofy and unsuspecting…
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Andrea Kalfas is an illustrator living and working in Baltimore, MD. This is a blog for ideas, progress, and things to show off. Thanks for looking and check back often!
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You can see more archive posts on my old blog here.
follow me on twitter - @andreakalfas
All images © Andrea Kalfas 2010-2011 unless otherwise noted. If you reblog, please provide credit by including my name and/or a link to my blog. Thanks
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Asked by drawplay
Hey miss ma’am! Haha I’m…glad? you thought I was a student. But no, that youthful glow and non-jaded outlook on the bitterness of life left me when I graduated MICA….Counterpoint: did I mention how I think Sailor Moon is super fun? And did you see? Kali turned me into a sailor scout! wee!
Anyhow, I actually got contacted by the NY Times rather than the other way around, which was (is) a hugely exciting thing, but probably not to be relied on as a typical occurrence. My best recommendation is to do what I do too little of and promote yourself as much as you can. Be friendly, make contacts, and send your promos out to all the people you want to work with. But most importantly, just keep making work, even if it’s just for you. Try not to get seduced by trends, always aim for making yourself proud, and put some soul into your work (by loving what you do)! You never know who’ll notice you.
Thanks so much, Shirley! Best of luck!!
Asked by eleanorslullaby
I enjoy Winsor & Newton a lot. I’ve never used Lefranc & Bourgeois before, but I used Daler Rowney throughout school. (Is that considered student grade? I don’t know. I still use it occasionally and I like them ok, but oh man, their yellow ochre! what happened? s’not good.) About the worst thing I’ve experienced with “lower-quality” gouache is that there will be more variation in how the paint dries, so that you’ll get some colors that dry with an annoying semi-gloss for some reason. But my older paintings done in said “lower-quality” gouache are still holding up just fine! I think you should be good so long as you mix (mix (MIX!)) your colors, look for a nice even consistency in the pigment of your paints, and be mindful about storage. That way, your works should last you a good while!
Good luck!
Not only is Andrea Kalfas an amazing artist, but she’s my best buddy, all-around lovely lady, AND IT’S HER BIRTHDAY TODAY! THIS IS FOR HER! I wanted to pay her back for her bootylicious gift to me, and I’m sure you can guess what we’ve been watching a lot of, lately. Happy Birthday girl! Thank you for protecting us all with your powers of love and justice and badassery!!!!
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HOLY HELL KALI YOU ARE AMAZING (she got my colors right and everything <3)
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Mad Max
Today’s Lunch! Inspired by Kali Ciesemier’s blog Kali Eats as well as some delicious illustrations by Rebecca Bradley, and Kelly Lasserre.
Recipe:
1 Avocado
1 small can of tuna
1tbsp of EV Olive Oil
1tbsp of Balsamic vinaigrette or of lime juice
1 large tomato, halved, or 1 small tomatofeeds one mildly hungry guy for lunch.
Halve and pit your avocado. Salt and pepper to taste and leave it to the side. Slice your tomato evenly, salt and pepper to taste and leave it to the side.
In a bowl, mix tuna, vinegar, and olive oil together, until all the tuna is coated. add a little salt and pepper (i love pepper). Use a spoon to heap the tuna into the pit cavity in your avocado halves. Dribble what’s left of the dressing in the bowl over the avocado and tuna. Serve the tomatoes next to it and enjoy!
Try adding walnuts, celery bits, golden raisins, or other tasty things to the tuna, or make a traditional tuna salad by using 2 tbsps of mayonaise rather than the O/V mixture. You can also substitute chicken for tuna.
Also, you if you want a tasty hors-d’ouevre for a party, mix the avocado meat in with the rest of the tuna dressing mixture, and serve on sliced tomatoes on top of crackers. They’re colorful, and tasty.
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Gant’s food illustration is completely delectable. And his painting skills have always been a huge inspiration for me. Just gorgeous!
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What are you thinking about, Log Lady?
So there you go. What’d I tell ya? (She’ll be B&W in the zine, but I can never resist color on my own time.) This one’s for you, cacophonyofcolour.
Asked by cacophonyofcolour
Hi there! I’m late in replying to this. Sorry about that!
I’ve been asked this question many times now, so consider this my general answer to everyone. Thanks so much for asking, but unfortunately, I invited the artists in the Twin Peaks zine to take part privately, so submissions were never open. This is my first anthology-style zine, so I debated for a while whether I wanted to open up submissions for it, or curate artists by invitation. In the end I felt more comfortable asking artists because I simply wasn’t sure if many people would respond to an open invitation. But folks seem really psyched about it, which is just fantastic, and even though the zine is now full-up with artists, it appears an open call would have worked out fine! I’m only sorry I can’t make a book out of everyone’s work. Next time, if I make another one, I plan to open it up for submissions.
And don’t worry! The Log Lady will get plenty of love!
Today is Kali Ciesemier’s birthday. I made this ridiculous thing expressly for her. She’s wonderful (and one of my best friends, y’all) so wish her a happy birthday!
Hanging the Pokemon show! #pokemonbattleroyale (Taken with instagram)
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Say, looking good! So exciting! & hey there, Psy Crew! (me, Sam & Meg!)
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The first thing I will tell you is: there’s a zine I’m putting out called Damn Fine Coffee! A Twin Peaks Fan Zine.
The second thing is: the owls are not what they seem.
The third thing is: Damn Fine Coffee! debuts this year at SPX.
That’s right! You may have been seeing some awesome work floating around for the zine I’m putting together: Damn Fine Coffee! A Twin Peaks Fan Zine. I will be at SPX this year where you can get your hands on it and feast your eyes on Twin Peaks homages by over 30 incredibly talented artists.
Damn Fine Coffee! will be going into production soon, and I’ll be posting updates on availability, price, and the possibility of pre-orders (because folks have been asking, which is very exciting) here on my blog. You can also check out my twitter for quick updates too.
Here’s the cover and a quick sampling of some of the rad work you’ll find in the zine by Ping Zhu, Gant Powell, and Ryan Fortney.
The support and the excitement from everybody has been really encouraging so thanks and stay tuned!
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon! This silly little strip is my submission to Atomic Books‘ Mutant! #3, which they’ll be releasing for Free Comic Book Day. Check out the previous issues here.
Spoiler alert: she dead! I actually really love Sailor Moon. I collected the comics, and copied the drawings voraciously (there’s probably a seriously embarrassing sketchbook full of them somewhere). It was definitely a huge influence…and I might still watch the show…….?
Back, spectre!
Spending some time with a style I rarely get to spend time with. Working this way is so much fun.
