Eisner Nomination/ Kim Crawford Mural

I'm nominated for an 
EISNER AWARD for Best Lettering!

This is such a huge honor!!! Especially considering "Page by Paige" is my first book. And also considering how few women were nominated. (Just 8ish% by my guesstimate)  And considering there are only 4 other books from Abrams that got nods. I find it funny how I'm nominated for lettering of all things, because for me lettering the book was the fastest easiest part. Who knew! Anyway, the award ceremony is at San Diego Comic Con in July, but I wasn't planning on going. Unless someone else wants to help pay my way??  (Read the Washington Post article here.)
 
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Kim Crawford Event Mural

Last week I painted a mural for the Kim Crawford Wines "Undone" event! Originally this abstract mural was supposed to be very craftsy-handmade-looking. We were going to build-up layers of paint, papers, stencils, block prints, glitter, ribbon, lace, paper sculpture, spatters, faux textures, etc....

But due to a lot of unexpected complications on site, we were only allowed to paint on site for a few hours. We laid our flats IN 26TH STREET and painted a base layer on our hands and knees, all we were  permitted to do. I was too busy to take any pics of that hysterically windy scene, but there's my buddy Dave Kretschmer helping me out...

The mural might have ended up WAY simpler than we intended, but it looked good! Especially with the Rube Goldberg machine on top, thanks to New Zealand kinetic artist Joseph Herscher. When a guest put down their empty glass, it activated the machine which ended up pouring out wine into their glass. It was so interesting to watch him work! (And he was super nice.)

Dave and I made a ton of these paper sculptures while we were waiting for our flats to arrive, but since the design changed they were nixed. So I took them home and hung them up in my living room! I just couldn't let them go to waste...

 

 Currently Re-reading: Y: The Last Man...written by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Pia Guerra.