tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42214928920141675982024-03-04T22:48:32.859-06:00MELISSA SUE STANLEYMelissa Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14707513519312324121noreply@blogger.comBlogger383125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4221492892014167598.post-2111043650824548902017-01-29T16:53:00.000-06:002017-01-29T16:53:35.312-06:00January Mural: Part One<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Last weekend Max and I spent four days out in Fulton Market, painting two large murals on the corners of Soho House.</div>
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Max is writing a post for his blog, which will be up soon, and he'll be talking about our idea, process, and execution. He'll talk about how and why we painted a comic strip.</div>
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Here, I'm going to share the panels, so you can read the whole thing! </div>
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You can see the murals in Chicago for another week or two - basically until whenever the February artist starts their work. They're on either corner of the Soho House building on Green Street, in the classy brassy Fulton Market Neighborhood. </div>
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Here's the story from the North corner. Enjoy! </div>
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<br />Melissa Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14707513519312324121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4221492892014167598.post-59882509776894391442016-12-31T12:46:00.001-06:002021-02-21T10:22:29.981-06:002016 Recap<div style="text-align: center;">
Happy New Year! </div>
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Before we pop the <strike>champagne</strike> fancy beer, here's a look at what 2016 looked like, here in the treehouse:</div>
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JANUARY</div>
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started as all Januarys begin: with biscuits.</div>
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Max and I spent the rest of the month chained to our drawing tables, working on Galaxy Hero #1. </div>
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beginning was also traditional, because Feb 1 is Hourly Comic Day. </div>
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This year's HCD panels were mostly about how Max and I were working on Galaxy Hero #1. </div>
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We made chili for the Superbowl, and worked on the comic.</div>
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Dave (the writer) brought us Paczkis on the 9th, and we worked on the comic.</div>
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Valentine's Day was spent with a ton of order-in sushi, and we worked on the comic.</div>
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And then, on Feb 18, it was done and delivered. It was the most fun.<br />
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On February 26 I walked into and out of the Hancock building for the very last time, as part of a commute anyway.</div>
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And that moment has really been a strong underlying theme for the rest of 2016. A quiet mantra of "not going back not going back not going back". </div>
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I was so grateful to have had the opportunity to work at FCB Chicago, with the wonderful people that I got to know there. I learned so much, about so many different things, I can't really express it simply here.</div>
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And I am still grateful that I was able to work hard enough and be supported by Max and my family and friends. </div>
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I saved and planned and worked for four years to have that beautiful moment: </div>
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"I quit, I'm not doing the 9-5 anymore, I'm a full-time self-employed artist."</div>
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MARCH!<br />
Galaxy Hero #1 arrived.</div>
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And then it was released, and we partied our butts off.</div>
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I painted Delirium from the Sandman series, for YAY! Legends Every Day.</div>
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And then the Main Event - C2E2. Me, Max, & Dave spent a weekend up to our eyeballs in Galaxy Hero - the comic and the beer.</div>
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Beer & Art Panel!</div>
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Twitchin'! </div>
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Kickin' butt.</div>
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Working with Revolution is a strange dream come true, and we got to spend a whole ton of time with our friend Aimee<br />
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was spent workin'. Max and I did three small pop-up markets around town. I spent some time sewing new creatures for the markets as well as experimenting with new ideas for my Etsy shop. I did this fun octopus necklace commission.</div>
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I made a small mini-comic for Easy Press, for Free Comic Book Day.</div>
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And I spent some serious time figure drawing and doing portrait studies.</div>
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MAY<br />
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I helped finish issue #2 of Mystery Afoot. In another whirlwind finish, Max screen-printed all the covers in our dining room.</div>
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We took this fancy, limited edition version to TCAF! </div>
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The Toronto Comics Arts Festival was a blast. We attended a day of panels and learned a ton. The show went well and we met fun new people. There was a dance party. It was a great road trip.</div>
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The rest of May was more quiet work. I painted "Bite".</div>
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JUNE</div>
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I started my new Patreon Plush series.</div>
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And I also started slowly working out what would eventually be Dandelion Wine.</div>
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And I painted a little, and finished "The Beginning"</div>
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JULY<br />
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Good long summer days.</div>
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AUGUST<br />
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This one is of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ValencyArt/" target="_blank">Valency Genis</a>, a marvelous sculptor.</div>
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Max and I did the first Drink & Draw panel at Galerie F and I had a blast painting Hatchet Face and Danny Trejo.</div>
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And then I spent a strange and productive and beer-fueled week as the Resident Artist at Fulton Market Kitchen, as part of their FMK5x5 Series</div>
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During which I knocked a lot of work out on "Brewing" and "It Must Be Love"</div>
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Also in August - the release of the Woot Berries! This was a special series I did for Woot Bear Store & Gallery in San Francisco. </div>
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And then I also painted "I Feel Fine", for the (Space Trip) Art Show in Brooklyn.</div>
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SEPTEMBER</div>
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was spent nose-down working, mixed with a couple pop-up markets and some drink & draw events. Stocking up for the Holiday season with plush, stitching together special Patreon Plush creatures, and working as much as I could on Dandelion Wine. </div>
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Max and I also spent a day with the Chicago Creative Collaborators group, painting in the park for their art-wall jam.</div>
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OCTOBER</div>
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And a fun weekend as a featured artist for the Andersonville Arts Weekend.</div>
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Mixed in with a fun road trip with friends for a family wedding, a pretty great Halloween party, and Halloween night at a Baroness concert. </div>
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NOVEMBER</div>
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we hosted a great drink & draw, sponsored by the new Fantastic Beasts movie. </div>
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I sewed a lot of stuff. </div>
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But mostly, November was all about Nashville.</div>
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I went to the Fantastic Workshop. </div>
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And the day after I got back, it was right back to the Beer & Comics world, as we've been cranking along on Galaxy Hero #2.</div>
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And, I created "Flower of the Moon" for the Unicorn Show in Brooklyn.</div>
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And here were are! After months of work, Dandelion Wine opened on December 9.</div>
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Also opening that night was "Night Fall", by Lana Crooks & Andrew Bell. It was a great party. </div>
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I had so much fun spending the last few months creating all these wee beasts. It was wonderful to finally see them all together, and to be finished.</div>
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The next night we headed down to Bridgeport, where I had paintings up in the show </div>
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"Dual Personalities".</div>
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Since then, things have been restful. </div>
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I'm working on the next Patreon Plush. There was a lot of baking of holiday gifts. </div>
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A few naps here and there.</div>
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I spent a long time looking at my first year as a self-employed artist, and what I learned. </div>
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And made plans for what I can do next year.</div>
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Next year there's going to be more painting and drawing. Stitched work will be more focused, and through my Patreon account I'm going to start putting together my first pattern book.</div>
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Max and I are going to do more comic books, and get out into our Chicago community more.</div>
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People are saying that 2016 has been difficult, but I believe that this next year is going to be the most challenging. </div>
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So, here's to a Happy New Year:</div>
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Early this year, I started a large group of new monsters. </div>
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This project changed all of my work for 2016. In order to create the new creatures I wanted, I needed all new colors to work with. </div>
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Each monster is unique. There are twenty individual creatures, with a different pattern cut and stitched all by hand. </div>
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Fun with new techniques - like these wired leaves. They take ~forever~ to create, but I love the effect so much. These dandelion leaves became a big part of the collection.</div>
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For the last few months I've been sharing the process and progress with my <a href="https://www.patreon.com/MelissaSueStanley/posts" target="_blank">Patreon supporters</a>. There was a lot of organization and planning, and some changes to the list of which beasts were included and which were cut. This purple fellow was cut, but he'll be back later. </div>
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Even towards the end of the year, with the deadline for the show looming, each creature was slowly and painstakingly put together. <br />Each creature is a different piece in a short story about the magic of Midwest Summer. The colors and environments were all chosen to illustrate a particular time in the season. </div>
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After months of tiny stitches - there was one magic moment on a wintry December Tuesday when all the monsters were suddenly completed, arranged, and on display. </div>
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And then, an even more magical evening when the show opened. So many people braved the weather to come hang out and celebrate! <br />In the main gallery space Lana and Andrew's show, "<a href="http://gallery.rotofugi.com/exhibits/2016-NightFall/" target="_blank">Night Fall</a>", was also opening - so it was a total party night! Their show is dark and beautiful and you should definitely check it out.</div>
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There's still some beasts available, so if you're doing some last-minute shopping head over!<br />The show is up through the 31st, but they'll give you a nifty Certificate that you can wrap up for gifting on the Holiday. </div>
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The (Space Trip) Art Show opens this Friday!<br />I'm honored to be included in the show, and this is the new painting I created for it:</div>
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The show is going to be great - 50+ amazing artists have created fun pieces inspired by and celebrating 50 years of Star Trek.</div>
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The show will take place in Brooklyn, during the weekend of the Star Trek convention.</div>
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Here's a wee video I made for them:</div>
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This video featured the prototype, and then the final seven had different stitching and some finessed detailing:</div>
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It's not just the passage of time that makes us better at what we do, it's also having more time to do it. Since leaving my day-job in February, I've been so grateful for the time I've been able to spend on all my artwork. I've been able to make big advances in drawing, painting, and the stitched stuff. <br />It's not easy, and it's often a little nerve-wracking, but it's always been wonderful and worth it. </div>
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This wee fellow is the first in a series created for some of my special supporters through <a href="http://patreon.com/melissasuestanley" target="_blank">Patreon</a>.</div>
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This was a fun commission, which requested bright colors, tentacles, and claws. </div>
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Now that TCAF has come and gone, Summer is settling in nicely in the studio. It's quiet and there's a lot of work to do in preparation for this Fall / Winter.</div>
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I've got a couple group shows to create work for, a four-day workshop/retreat, and a six-day residency coming up. Lots to do! Lots of long quiet nights at the desk.</div>
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And I've been making it to more figure drawing. I'm really trying to go at least once a week - it's just really important for the paintings I'm working on.</div>
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And then there's a large project:</div>
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I'll be showing work in a Chicago gallery at the end of the year - a 'mini-solo' of my soft sculptures. I'm making a lot of new creatures for the show, so I've started work already for that. </div>
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So excited to start sharing some of that, and the new large paintings I'm working on. </div>
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A watercolor sketch of <a href="http://www.portablecity.net/" target="_blank">Rachel Kahn</a></div>
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"Hatch" - ballpoint pen drawing, with watercolor.</div>
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I've been balancing a lot of different projects right now. In addition to the stuff above, I'm working on a very large series of new plush monsters for an upcoming gallery show. And, starting a new series of oil paintings. Other things like taking commissions, weekly figure drawing, and just plain ol' business managing...</div>
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Now that this is my full-time work, I've been talking about my process and progress over at my Patreon page. If you're into that sort of thing, it's been fun so far! You can follow along for free, or get some fun perks with the "Rewards" levels of support. </div>
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Max and I are still writing up our review / study of the Galaxy Hero comic project, and how we collaborated on the book together. Since we both did all the art together through concept to finishing, it was a pretty interesting process. We even have some GIFs. So, that story will be ready soon. </div>
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Hey there, internet! </div>
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I'm working on a fun new post, detailing all the crazy things that I've been up to the last few months. Right now, I'm just recovering from Chicago's comic-con: C2E2. </div>
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C2E2 is always a blast. Max and I debuted a ton of new work and merch. We got to hang out with some of our favorite local art nerds. I also had these sweet new George Costanza leggings. </div>
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And yep, we got to put up camp all weekend in this rad huge booth in the Block, along with Revolution Brewing Company.</div>
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Because, for the last six-or-so months, me and Max and our buddy Dave have been working on a very special comic book:</div>
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I smell evening campfires, a crisp bite in the air, and orange "pumpkin spice" juice being dumped into coffees all over the city. Which means Summer hiatus is over and its back to the Sewing Table for me.</div>
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My Etsy shop is back open and there's some fun new treats in there! I'll also be ading all new critters over the next few weeks, so cehck back for some one-of-a-kind monsters.</div>
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We're barely feeling it in Chicago - in fact we're still in coats and sweaters some days. But still - today the sun was out and people took to the patios and lake, and it's been a good day.</div>
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I'm fresh back from a short vacation up to the northern woods of Wisconsin. Walleye were caught (and eaten), Old Fashioned's were sipped (whiskey-sour-fruit), and I got through a few more chapters of the book I'm reading (The Bar Book, by Morganthaler). </div>
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While I'm working on the next few drawings and things, I've added some of my more recent work to my 2D shop.</div>
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Here's a quick smash-through of what I've been up to the last couple months...</div>
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In March me and some of the ON!D crew participated in a live-painting event at the glamorous SOHO House Chicago</div>
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With super-fancy cocktails.</div>
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It was an eight-hour event, which I think is the longest 'drink&draw' live-painting thing I've ever done. Definitely a great way to spend a weekend! </div>
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A couple days before that I was also live-painting, but in a slightly lower-brow setting at the Green Eye. I was a panelist at Atomic Sketch - something I've always wanted to do! And I shared the table with my friend Shayne, and a bunch of other rad artists.</div>
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Even sold a thing or too - enough to cover the cost of beer anyway.</div>
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Somewhere in there, Max and I were passed the management duties for the Chicago Chapter of the Drink & Draw Social Club - so that's been fun. We're doing monthly events at venues small and large, for the rest of the year. Max drew this thing here for an event we did at Geek Bar, teaming up with the Chicago MST3K Group during their screening of "Werewolf". Good times.</div>
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And then we went on a (very) quick vacation to the beach (it snowed)</div>
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Which was an unbelievably wonderful experience. </div>
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The day after that concert we came tearing back to Chicago, because we were both panelists on </div>
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This C2E2 panel was actually a live recording of the "Strange Brews" Podcast, where we shared the mic with reps from Revolution Brewery, Arcade Brewery, and 3Floyds Brewery. </div>
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We explained the value of a good Drink & Draw and what Draw Until You Puke is all about, and drank a bit of Revolution's new "Fist City" beer. </div>
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And - handed out these bitchin' zines that I made.</div>
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These "Beer & Comic" zines feature local Chicago Drink&Draw-ers that we've met in the last few months. </div>
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Shortly after all that, we tabled at Chicago Zine Fest!</div>
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Where we sold a whole bunch of our dumb stuff.</div>
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So much cutting and stapling.</div>
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I made a new sketchbook zine for the event, called Mustache Bug. It pulls together some of my favorite sketches since I moved to the city. </div>
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Everyone was pretty upset about the cover image, which you can understand if you're from Chicago.</div>
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Another fun Chicago activity - entering the Arcade Brewery "Public Brew" contest.</div>
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I did one of these last Winter, where I tried my hand at digital art. For this round I decided to go more hands-on and did the whole thing in watercolor.</div>
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While I didn't make the cut, I'm happy to have a design that I really like and feel is pretty solid. It's a tough and fast competition! </div>
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Getting a new piece ready for a group show, opening in July. Giant soft-sculpture commission about half-way complete. Online shop update coming as soon as I can finish off some of the little bitey jerks lingering on my sewing table. </div>
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You can now view all of the work from this wonderful show, online!</div>
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Head over to Distinction Gallery's website to view all of the work, and browse pieces available for purchase. My little Nightmare, "Curious", is available at this website:</div>
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This mischievous serpent was created for a new exhibition, opening April 11 at Distinction Gallery: </div>
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This show collects work from artists all across the globe, to celebrate the work of Tim Burton. </div>
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When creating a piece for a Tim Burton tribute show the initial burst of inspiration is almost overwhelming. In order to start working, I focused on a simple flow:</div>
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Surprise - Delight - Temptation - Horror</div>
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Tim Burtons' ability to charm in one breath and terrify in the next is one of the aspects I find most appealing in his films. While I was sketching out my initial ideas for this piece, I was inspired the most by Burton's 1982 film Hansel and Gretel. </div>
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Burton's Hansel and Gretel is a true nightmare - disturbing and yet completely engaging. Burton's formula for terror is drawn out through this familiar tale: a dreamlike surprise, which delights us and draws us in. Temptation follows, and we're lost in exploring something new, sweet, sticky… And then we're caught. And then the horror really begins.</div>
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Detail: heavy hand-beading glistens under the serpent's coils. </div>
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He seems to be oozing something saccharine, perhaps to lure you in closer… a little closer... </div>
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This new succulent beastie is having an adventure in Seattle! </div>
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I'm thrilled to have this piece on display alongside the work of so may other talented female artists, at Ghost Gallery this month.</div>
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"BELL JAR features 24 local & national artists working with the ever-iconic cloche vessel. Mixed media work will be encapsulated in these seemingly fragile yet protective environments, portraying varying levels of sentimentality, experimentation and personal narratives. Viewers will be able to interpret for themselves the meaning of these miniature worlds, organic forms, conceptual objects and occasionally suffocating compositions, presented by a diverse group of women from across the country."</div>
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Melissa Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14707513519312324121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4221492892014167598.post-30331204549712712432015-03-09T23:46:00.002-06:002015-03-09T23:46:38.590-06:00Finished - study of Natanya<div style="text-align: center;">
Last week, amid all the usual chaos, I finished my oil study of Natanya. </div>
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This is the painting I started last month, at the 3-day burlesque modeling session at Stvdio480.</div>
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Overall I'm happy with how it turned out. There's some things I'd do differently, and there's some things I know I need to focus more on as I get back to life drawing </div>
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Because it was a study, and really supposed to be completed at the studio, I left a few things unfinished and instead focused the final painting on demonstrating the lessons I picked up from the experience. </div>
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And then I framed her up and took her over to the Fulton Street Collective space, where she's hanging now as part of the current exhibit:</div>
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"Sensual Chicago"</div>
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~a celebration of Chicago's burlesque performers & models~</div>
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The show runs through March 12</div>
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Making time this year to do these oil paintings has really been fantastic. </div>
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…you just need to have a Gin and make a Mandrake.</div>
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The last week or so has been like that.</div>
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The Mandrake is for an art-swap that I'm pretty excited about - and he turned out pretty cute:</div>
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What a wee screamer!</div>
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Besides making this little fella, the rest of the last seven days or so has been pretty random and a little crazy.</div>
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Valentine's was lovely! </div>
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Even though it was something terrible like -2<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">°</span> all day, we went out for a long walk, </div>
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sketch-booking and bar-hopping and had a blast. </div>
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Also spent some Valentine's-Time with these lovely ladies</div>
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Lana & I met Ixie while she was in town with her Nightmare in Wonderland Project - and then had a fantastic time out and about Chicago with her. </div>
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Right after Valentines, Dr. Sketchy's made its triumphant return:</div>
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We were all treated to a fantastic double-model session with Brooklyn Britches and Millie Toulouse. </div>
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And the Beauty Bar just continues to be one of my favorite places to hang out.</div>
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I've got some super-exciting shows coming up (news soon!)</div>
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and a super-terrifying commission I'm working on:</div>
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Last night, to celebrate Friday the 13th, I treated myself to my very favorite burger:</div>
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This lovely lady is now available in my 2D shop, for a sweet price!</div>
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There's a couple deals over there too:</div>
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Custom work on sale for a limited time</div>
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As well as the last of the <a href="http://melissasuestanley.storenvy.com/products/5822476-last-one-shades-of-red-marceline-the-vampire-queen-print" target="_blank">Marceline</a> and <a href="http://melissasuestanley.storenvy.com/products/5822986-eggplant-with-chicken-legs-print" target="_blank">Eggplant</a> prints!</div>
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Now, if you'll excuse me - I'm going to go eat a giant salad and then run around the park five times.</div>
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Melissa Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14707513519312324121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4221492892014167598.post-37486327243315713382015-02-10T23:46:00.000-06:002015-02-10T23:47:55.477-06:00Cheeseburgers, Pancakes & Booze<div style="text-align: center;">
Last Saturday, February 7, this was the scene outside Reggie's Rock Club</div>
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Because this was the scene inside Reggie's Rock Club</div>
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A (very) large crowd, music on two stages, live painting, lots and lots of art, and </div>
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Once again, Pancakes & Booze hit Chicago.</div>
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It's pretty much open to whoever wants to show up and do whatever they like - so there's all sorts of work on display, or just happening. I think I saw about five easels throughout where artists were painting or drawing. I put up a couple things, and then Max & I headed upstairs near the Free Pancakes booth - where there were tables.</div>
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because we can't go anywhere without drawing, apparently. </div>
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A party's not a party without your sketchbook.</div>
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After participating in last year's Pancakes & Booze I had a better idea of what to expect, and what to bring. I wanted to create a painting specifically for this event, but I didn't want to sweat too much over it because - really. It's called Pancakes & Booze. Seriously.</div>
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So I gave myself about a week of after-work evenings, and:</div>
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"I Freaking Love Cheeseburgers"</div>
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This lady loves a fried egg. And she'll be up <a href="http://melissasuestanley.storenvy.com/" target="_blank">in the Shop</a> later this week. </div>
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Melissa Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14707513519312324121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4221492892014167598.post-41675662786939344872015-02-02T20:33:00.001-06:002015-02-02T20:33:31.659-06:00Snow Day<div style="text-align: center;">
Happy February, from the winter wonderland of Chicago</div>
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Max and I just wrapped up another Draw Until You Puke marathon, so I'm taking the evening off to watch the snow, go through some photos, and just plain relax. </div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/589454031175239/" target="_blank">Draw Until You Puke</a> is a week-long Drink & Draw marathon, where we attend or improvise all sorts of sketching, drawing, painting, or just general creative events. </div>
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Here's what Thursday's DUYP event looked like for us:</div>
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The DUYP'ers at Atomic Sketch! This was one of my favorite events, ever. </div>
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Also, I ate a ton of tamales. </div>
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Anyway. It's February now, Chicago's got a bit of snow about, and I'm feeling justifiably lazy.</div>
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I might doodle a portrait in the sketchbook later...</div>
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Or work on a painting, for the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/322295324613777/" target="_blank">Pancakes & Booze</a> show this Saturday...</div>
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Or ...I might just eat spaghetti and play video games all night.</div>
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Speaking of painting, I've also been attending a Burlesque model workshop at <a href="http://www.480stvdio.com/" target="_blank">Stvdio480</a> the last couple weeks. It's been so helpful, as I'm focusing more on learning to paint with oils now. </div>
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It's a 3-session pose, so 9 hours total. </div>
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Day One:</div>
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Day Two:</div>
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This Saturday's the last day - I hope I don't make a muck of this. It's been so much fun. </div>
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Alright - I'm off to find some spaghetti. </div>
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I hope you're enjoying Winter! We certainly are in Chicago!</div>
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