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Illustrator and graphic designer. Serial blogger. Addicted to bunnies.
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I'm not a big blog-apologizer. (It's NOT because I don't love you, though. I do.)
Every time I feel like announcing "I'm sorry!" into the air, I think...
for what? For not meeting my own expectations? For being human? Kind of silly, so I try and stop myself.
But, by
this time, there IS a certain expectation from you that, after all this time, I will at the very least show up semi-regularly and post something mildly amusing. And I greatly appreciate that trust. So I do my best to do that because 1) I love to blog and 2) I love to share stuff with you. (Duh! ;D )
But sometimes, not ALL the time, not even a LOT... but sometimes, like right NOW, life just goes sort of crazy-busy and things fall off the rails a bit.
I can't complain about a bunch of it-- I am really in a very good place & feeling super (good) challenged with WW work. But
(...and, aside from the little thing called my day job, hello!) I have a LOT of other things going on at the moment too... Namely, the home renovation which has completely overtaken our lives. And while it is absolutely yay-exciting and rah-rah-rahawesome it has also been fraught with unexpected adventures around every corner.... Kind of like living on a rollercoaster. Exciting for a bit but really,
really hard to maintain, coffee flying everywhere...
So, if I'm not around as much as I usually am, here and everywhere else, if you're thinking "where's my Wishing Well monthly email?" No, you didn't miss it in your inbox. That is what's up.
But pretty soon, the water will be calmer, spring will be sprung, and we will be in a new chapter with all-new adventures awaiting... I am ready!
...unless you're just, totally... just, DONE.
(But there is NO WAY that you're totally done!!)
They did me so proud in all pf the packaging, including a bio card with each pass case....
...AND, Check out the exclamation point!
I am an exclamation-point over-user, so I'm a little extra-thrilled with my exclamation point! :D
These hang-tags are to die for! (And the back of each doggie pass has my copyright and name on it, too. Pretty cool!)
So proud of these adorable little pass cases... and of my partnership with Bestever Japan.
Can't wait to share what is next!
You can get your very own pass case from my collection with Bestever
here.
Hugs!!
Today I have artist
Littlestar Cindy on hand and I can't wait to share her sweet art with you. Her work exudes a whimsically innocent quality that definitely falls in the "
kawaii" camp but at the same time, it also seems like it's from a completely different era. For me, LSC's work feels like it's been rolled in candy sprinkles of 1940's art and animations like
Popeye and
Felix the Cat, and
vintage swedish fairy tale art which I remember covered these little wood puzzles we would get when I was a kid. To discover that essence of that feeling in LSC's work is such a treat! I hope you enjoy Littlestar Cindy's adorably odd characters and cute art.
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Can you tell us of a favorite creative activity you enjoyed as a child?
Painting! Painting with lots of colors without limitations and rules.
When I grew up, however, lots of rules and limitations around us result in less and less color that I can use.
Therefore, I hope I can continue to use a lot of colors in my paintings and also remind me that don't forget my innocent child heart in this chaotic era.
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What was your first job or position as a creative professional?
I'm a Freelance Artist and i really enjoy and love my job.
Although it's not my first job, it's my dream.
I always tell myself to do some meaningful things in my life….
I participated an art exhibition in Japan last year.
That was an amazing experience which could communicate and share my ideas and experiences with so many energetic people who devoted in art.
In addition, I learned how to enjoy and work with passion in everything I do!!
One of my artwork is greeting card design. It's very meaningful for me.
because you can imagine, people received the card may feel joy, touched or be encouraged.
Recently, I am working on the illustrations of children's books and i am also painting book games because the book have some game design for children to play. Education is very important and, of course, environment and children are also very important, they are our future.
I hope I can do something meaningful for this society, and do the best of myself.
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What is your current favorite medium to work in?
My favorite medium for creation are computer and sketchbook.
I use the computer to create my works. On the computer, I work with "Photoshop" with "Wacom", it's amazing and I can use any color I want.
Also, I love graffiti so much. Therefore, I like the sketchbook very much. There are a lot of graffiti on my sketchbook.
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Whistle while you work: Do you enjoy working in silence, listening to music, a podcast, or a movie? Please share!
I really love listening to music when i am painting, it vitalize me! i'm very enjoy it!!
The music genres I love are：alternative rock , Country rock , pop music , Trip hop, art rock , new wave music, dream-pop, chill-out, indie music……
If you have any fantastic music or want to share music with me, please email me! It will be very welcome and I am appreciate it!;)
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Thanks so much, Cindy!!
This has been a VERY nutty week for me! I do not mean nutty in an entirely negative way, not at all. Just in a wild, "WOW" kind of way. In one week, a lot has happened, and my head is still spinning. (You know me, I always look for silver linings.)
The infringement, um, 'party', which began on Sunday morning provided some natural caffeine of course, as the first thing I woke up to. Then on Monday, I learned I will be having a surgery in a couple of months. I have never had any surgery before, unless you count my wisdom teeth removal! ( Please do not worry though, it will all be fine!!)
In other 'natural caffeine' news, signed a new contract (yay!!!!) with a company that I have wanted to work with for a really long time. So, that's wonderful! I have also been very busy preparing work for presentations for another partner. I love doing work for presentations not only for the obvious reasons but because I love to collaborate and creating something great as a team, and presentations are where all of that starts. Plus there's so much hoping and wishing mixed with great ideas mixed in with elbow grease-an excellent combination! So, I love it.
We saw the new house yesterday and saw some major progress. The walls are all in now, and we have really turned a corner. It's coming along, and I'm hoping things move quickly and we will hit our mark for the move date.
Yes the fun never ends around here and speaking of the Big Move, tomorrow I will kiss my beloved treadmill good-bye. (Cool thing is, it is going to a great new home!) I will also meet a potential buyer for my Bodyguard stair stepper.
Dismantling my workout space was hard to wrap my head around for me. It took some time. But reality did, eventually, set in--we simply will not have the room in the new house. And that is totally okay-I am fine with it. I am getting used to the idea of walking to the gym, working out and walking home. I am even starting to think about what iphone viewing will keep me company at the gym (obviously, Survivor) and what season I want to tackle first (...again).
So that's my week in a rather large nutshell.
And... everything is going to be just fine. :)
You gotta look down to look up...
Why? 'Coz he said so.
Charles River. Boston and Cambridge.
A dirty snowbank that looked like a gorilla head.
...see what I mean?
Seeing the world a little differently right now.
...and back home to my lovely little Daisy waiting for me.
I'm not one to dwell on something, to pine and to wallow. I am a positive person and I like to move forward and upward from difficult situations. But, I am a completist, I like to finish what I start, and I like to be thorough. I like to help others through my own experience, and to share information that may benefit others. We artists (and friends!) need to stick together... and speaking of which, I so greatly appreciate all of the support that's been shown to me over the past couple days!
Here is my letter to S6, their response, and my reply to it. If it helps someone, I'm happy.
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My email to S6 (email #1)
February 25, 7:27pm
Dear Society 6,
I recently discovered an Instagram "shop" selling my Society 6 art as well as MANY designs from MANY other Society 6 artists. When first I discovered the post (yesterday), it was 22 weeks old. I am 100% certain that the stolen art was art that I specifically designed and prepared exclusively for products in my S6 shop. I just wanted to let you know that those designs have been stolen and are now floating around Indonesia on products I never approved and will never receive any income from. And the "seller" has now disappeared from social media, at least under their former name.
My own case of infringement is not the first that I've heard about from former S6 shopkeepers, and sadly, it probably won't be the last. I don't know how the international illegal art market is obtaining the art— whether you have a hole in your servers, or a bad apple in your bunch. That's for you to know and handle. But, however you deal with it, please deal with it. This IS happening. Ignoring the problem is not going to make it go away. And there will only be more and more people like me that voice our own stories about copyright infringement of the work that we prepared and posted exclusively to our S6 shops.
When we join S6, we understand and acknowledge that you take no responsibility for copyright infringement. But (and I think I can speak for everyone on S6 here) we go in with a certain expectation that S6 will take, at the very least, reasonable measures to protect our work from getting ripped off. Moreover, S6 is more than just a shopping site. It is also a community. In order to keep your community healthy, thriving and undivided long-term, there has to be a certain level of goodwill coming from you toward the individuals within the community whose art is taken from S6 and infringed.
A healthy community helps it's members out as best it can within it's own set of guidelines, though limited they may be. There is a humanity and helpfulness there built in the system. After reading comments and stories of other former S6 artists being shut out (and shut off from their accounts) after voicing the international infringement of their intellectual property which they directly connected to their involvement on S6, I see that there is a serious, fundamental problem. If you are part-shop/part-community, you need to step up to the plate a little. Not asking for a lot here. Acknowledgement and some support, in a seemingly small way, would go a long way in the goodwill department. (How about a community forum for users, with this issue as one of the discussion boards where people can share, unite, and call out infringers?)
Anyway, I am a fan of your site, and I truly hope you will make this issue a top priority to fix.
Best Regards,
Kathy Weller
WellerWishes
(attached to message: screenshot from Instagram providing infringing sellers' name)
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REPLY from S6 (email #2)
February 25, 7:37pm
Hi Kathy,
Thank you for contacting Society6 Support.
We don't know what "shop" you are referring to, but we'd sure like to see it if you can report it?
(Note: the following portion of the email, in grey, is content lifted directly from Society6's Copyright page) Please allow us to share some very important information regarding your Copyrights.
First, please be aware that when you post your work to the Internet, no matter the size or resolution of your images, no website (and we mean NO website, not a one) can make it impossible to prevent it from being copied.
It is also incredibly important to us that you understand that while we do everything in our power to maintain your trust as an artist, we are not charged with enforcing the laws that we are required to follow.
Copyright infringement is generally a civil matter, which only the copyright owner can pursue - this means it is your responsibility to make sure that you are upholding your legal interests in your work, we are not authorized to do it for you. We are prohibited from giving specific legal advice on your rights, whether in connection with particular uses of copyrighted works, cases of alleged domestic or foreign copyright infringement, or other matters of a similar nature. You may wish to seek professional legal advice from a copyright attorney and to discuss your legal options.
Please remember, finding your artwork on another site is usually a good thing! In fact we encourage and support the sharing of your artwork as long as it is done correctly and with respect to you as the artist. So if you find your work on another website, please make sure the website is actually unlawfully infringing your copyright and not making "fair use" of your content, or reselling your products (buying them from you and reselling them for a profit). You won't make any friends if you're issuing unwarranted DMCA takedown notices to someone trying to give your work more exposure because they admire it!
If you're still not comfortable with your work showing-up on another site, always start by simply asking the website owner to remove the infringing content. Our experience shows that a polite email to the website admin requesting the image be removed is usually all it takes to resolve the situation.
In cases where your works appear for sale or where someone is claiming the work as their own, contact the individual asking that the works be removed immediately. The next step is to contact the company hosting the site containing the infringing work and ask them to disable the content or the account. When Society6 members have contacted sites like Etsy or Facebook in the past, these companies have typically responded in a reasonable time frame and suspended the content or the user. Please remember that most sites have systems, or specific processes (i.e. DMCA requirements) in place that you must follow in order to handle these matters.
If your desire is to sell your products, please know that we take every action to both protect your images, but also make them compelling for customers to purchase as products, and easy to promote thru social media, blogs, and other websites on the Internet.
Society6 secures your hi-resolution files and only ever provides a low resolution preview of your work on our site. Our product previews are presented at 600px, even though a larger 800px image is now the industry acceptable standard for product previews. It has been determined that at this size (and at screen resolution) there is no way to reproduce a printed product fit for sale.
We do not enable watermarks over your images as research shows it deters people from purchasing your products. There is no other successful online retailer that uses watermarking technology. You may find another site that offers watermarks, but you will quickly discover that all you’ll end up with is watermarked images and dismal sales.
We enable right clicks because this is a great way to allow members and other people to link to your work and give you additional exposure. We believe that disabling right clicks is not a true protection and does more harm than good - anyone that is stealing images understands how you can still copy right click disabled images. Furthermore, even if you disable the click, you can always take a screenshot.
We recommend that you research the relevant copyright laws and their application to your work on the Internet (links below), or consult legal counsel if you are unsure about copyright law.
We recommend that you research the relevant copyright laws and their application to your work on the Internet (links below), or consult legal counsel if you are unsure about copyright law.
We also suggest that you review Society6's Terms of Service http://society6.com/help/terms with respect to our Content & Copyright Policy to ensure that you are in compliance at all times.
We really appreciate your understanding and appreciate your continued support.
Sincerely,
(Name of S6 support person)
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My Reply (email #3)
February 25, 7:52pmHi (Name of S6 support person),
Thanks for the reply. The shop that infringed S6 artists' work, including mine, has disappeared (I mentioned that in the 1st paragraph of my previous email).
It was really not a shop at all, but an Indonesian seller who has a bunch of S6 stolen art for sale on iphones via Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. They sold under the name Beaumont Stuffs.
The seller left all three social media sites after being exposed by the online community. (Though I'm sure they will pop back up with another name.)
I attached a screenshot in my original message to you of the Instagram post where I first discovered my work on their phones. I put it in my original message to you, but here is it again.
Thanks for the rest of the copyright info in the email. I already read it on your site.
Good luck and I hope you can fix what is broken over there.
I'm going to go remove my account now.
Best,
Kathy
Maddening, disappointing, unsettling, frustrating news this morning: I discovered my art has been infringed upon.
At first, I thought this was a fan-based post. But then I quickly realized that I'd come across a social media vulture-stealer-infringer-seller who is selling my designs and many, many others, through their social media outlets.
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| Beaumont Stuffs Instagram account: Now Private! |
Of course once they got called out by me, most of their accounts are suddenly private... Guilty!!!
(As of this writing, their Twitter is still public - so feel free to
tweet them...
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| Beaumont Stuffs Facebook account - Now Private! |
The ONLY place that had access to these exact same designs other than myself is
Society 6, so I'm going to be contacting them as well. Really, REALLY disappointing. I joined S6 last summer and actively had a shop/presence there for about a month or so, until I decided to go indie with Case-Mate Aug./Sept. 2012.. Of course, I *trusted* Society 6.. But my designs leaked out into the underground illegal art trade. So, nice. Now that's a sad state of affairs. When you join Society 6 and sell through there, you are in business with them and entrusting them with your work. It's such a violating discovery to find that the designs I made specifically for my Society 6 shop were leaked. I do not think Society 6 is *directly* to blame for this. But I *DO* think they need to take some responsibility. It is clear that they have a security leak (or more than one?) and they need to get to the bottom of how this happened and figure something out so that it does not happen again. They have GOT to treat this SERIOUSLY. I have read about this happening in the past with Society 6 and I have heard that they were unresponsive to infringement claims such as this. Well, now I am about to find out for myself.
I'll be contacting every social media outlet and every avenue I can to stop this. Please comment if you know of any resources that might help me, if you can spare any advice, or if you just want to offer support!! I truly appreciate it ALL.
Oh... and also: feel free to "friend" them and screenshot any pages you gain access to, and send them along to me. THAT would REALLY help a lot!!
Ohmigosh... am I starting to sound didactic with all these "don't"s? Hope not.
Eek, I had such fun with this one... just thinking about holding on to whatever it is that makes you GO in life, when you're being pulled in all different directions like Silly Putty. It's not always smooth sailing but the most important thing is honesty, integrity, truth—inward and outward! :D Hey, my journey will never end as long as I'm here, but in my time I have definitely learned a thing or two about being a happy person... inwardly and outwardly! :D
Have a great day!
Here's one that's very fitting for me right now. Is it fitting for you, too?
I actually LOVE my sleep—I feel like I can never get enough of it, sometimes... But alas, too busy right now to be too lazy about it. I get what I need and then it's off to the races. Another one of my favorite quotes sums it up: I can sleep when I'm dead.
Maybe I'll do that one next.
Howdy! I mentioned my partnership with Japanese company Bestever Japan a few weeks ago but wanted to take a moment today to give you a little more of a formal introduction to them and to what they do. Bestever Japan makes cute, and I mean C-U-T-E character products, with a tight focus on breed-specific dogs, and cats. How perfect for me, a former whimsical pet portrait artist turned children's illustrator turned art licensor! Kind of a written-in-the-stars type of partnership, wouldn't you say?
The entire product line is called The Kathy Weller Collection. On the site, they have a nice feature introducing me to the market, on every product detail page.  |
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Late last week, Bestever launched the first of our planned products: train pass cases in
six designs. Two doxie, two poodle, two chihuahua. How fun are they?
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| How cute are the backs? A different coordinating color, plus my name and copyright. |
Japan is full of commuters, so they will get a lot of cute USE out of these pass cases! My city Boston is too, and I cannot wait to tote around my own "T" pass hanging off my bag in one of these adorbie pass cases. They are so sweet, I just LOVE them. Especially the big fuzzy "o". They're awesome- it's like taking your stuffed animal with you every day. (I'll probably have to consciously stop myself from hugging my pass case in public.)
I've got my eye on the brown Doxie/purple background and the light tan Chihuahua / pink background.
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There will be more launches soon. This is where patience comes in handy, because I'm excited about what's coming up— stuff that is especially useful for the modern, cuteness-addicted woman on the go. Okay, no more hints.
These are sold only in Japan BUT, if you simply CANNOT LIVE without one :) you can purchase one easily
here. (They accept credit cards and will ship to U.S. via
EMS shipping service. I can't speak to how much the shipping costs from Japan to U.S. are, but I can only imagine that it is pretty pricey. )
Anyway, that's all for this Bestever update. More news when I have it! :D
Here's a little cool beatnik cat to bring in the weekend. I think she's got a certain special sparkle to her. I am thinking of a name for her... What do you think?
Happy Friday!
What can you accomplish in one hour, in the middle of the work day? I can think of lots of things.
Jazzy, baby! Happy Wednesday.
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I'm so very excited to introduce to you today: Monster Riot! Jason and Catherine's work is a study in opposites: it's minimalist, yes, but thoughtfully so, and without losing a wisp of whimsicality or humor. It's also retro-modern— and while so much work you see these days is inspired in some way by mid-century culture, Monster Riot's work is indeed it's own— fresh, unique, and imaginative!
Please for a minute seek out and appreciate the quiet yet intense level of attention to detail that is apparent in the crafting of these illustrations. If you are a detail nut like me, this art can't help but win your heart on detail. Just seek and you will find it, again and again. Another thing I have to call out in the illustrations is the limited palette. Just gorgeous, sophisticated, thoughtfully curated colors. This is how you do minimalist!
I adore their funny, smart work and sharp, modern style. I hope you do, too.
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Can you tell us of a favorite creative activity you enjoyed as a child?
Jason: From as far back as I can remember, I think it was probably coming up with little stories that involved me and my little brother (I was always the hero of course). I'd write these adventures down and then illustrate key parts using my favourite Crayola colouring pencils.
Catherine: Playing with my Magic Drawing Board for hours on end (was fun at the time!).
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What was your first job or position as a creative professional?
Jason: After graduating in 2006 I was torn between animation and live action film. Neither of those really worked out for me so I found myself looking at different creative careers. Eventually I ended up as a Flash animator at an advertising company in London. This led to becoming experienced in graphic and digital design which I think has helped me become a better illustrator.
Cat: My first creative job was an art assistant for a children's nursery but now I'm a Creative assistant for an events company whilst working on my own projects in my spare time.
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What is your current favorite medium to work in?
Jason: You can't beat a pencil and paper (and then Photoshop to make it pretty).
Cat: Hard to choose but currently experimenting with indian and acrylic ink.
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Whistle while you work: Do you enjoy working in silence, listening to music, a podcast, or a movie? Please share!
Jason: I tend to like silence when I'm writing, drawing and coming up with ideas. I'll only listen to music if I'm doing bits in Photoshop as it helps me work faster!
Cat: I like to listen to music playing out loud (with both of us singing along badly) but will resort to listening on headphones when Jason wants quiet time!
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Now how 'bout these little stuffed creatures? (You know how I love my stuffed animals.)
I don't think there's anything sweeter than the little stuffed legs on the pink birdy.
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Visit Monster Riot!
Monster Riot
Here in New England, we're in the midst of the biggest storm in at least a decade! The weather peeps have even named it: Nemo (yep, they're naming blizzards now). Massachusetts declared a state of emergency at 12 noon Friday. The T (our public subway system & my car) stopped running at 3:30 pm. A driving ban went into effect at 4 pm Friday and is now still in effect (it's Saturday, noon) until further notice.
We've been camping out for 24 hours and I must say it has been a lot a LOT of fun! It's so rare these days that you're forced to sit still for a minute, let alone a whole day. We've been incredibly lucky with no loss of power, not even a flicker, so far. Which means I've been able to keep my iphone charged up to snap up some pics of this frozen moment in time.
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| Friday night |
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| Saturday morning |
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| I would like some snowshoes for days like this. |
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| The back yard this morning. The aliens have landed, and they have sprinkled fairy dust everywhere! |
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Remember when everyone was saying "Really? REALLY?" all the time?
Yep, me too.
Do people still say "TV'll rot your brain" any more? TV has never been so amazing. and never has there been so many quality shows. Of course the flip-side is that there's also never been so much garbage on TV, either. Yin and yang. We gotta take the bad with the good! (Luckily no one's forcing us to watch the bad.) Hm.. now I need a cookie.
Hey, guess what? This is pretty cool news: I was just interviewed by
Tara Roskell, a UK-based graphic designer and blogger extraordinaire. So happy to have been given the opportunity to give her an in-depth interview on my personal experiences in the field of art licensing. I hope you enjoy.
Read it here.
Tara's got some really nice information on her blog. Be sure to check out all the categories... there is lots of good nuggets of info in there... or you can bookmark it for later!
Tara's blogs and coinciding Twitter accounts:
Graphic Design UK /
TwitterIdeas Uploaded /
Twitter
I first came across Megan Downing on
Society 6, then began following her on
Twitter. Then, one day on Twitter, she posted a picture of an adorable paperclay sculpture and I was so taken by it's level of jovial cuteness! I knew I had to check out more of her sculptures in her
Etsy shop.
Megan's characters are quite adorable and she's got a lot of offerings between her S6, Etsy,
Zazzle and
Spoonflower shops. (Her
Alice & Friends fabric is simply divine! I am thinking pillow covering for a comfy chair in my soon-to-be-new studio!) Hope you enjoy getting to know a bit about Megan and checking out her super-cute work.
Can you tell us of a favorite creative activity you enjoyed as a child?
I would probably have to say crocheting, drawing, hand embroidery, and web design. Crocheting was always a very relaxing craft for me. I have always loved drawing cute and goofy characters, but when I was younger I used to make hand embroidered designs based off of my cartoons. I still do it some, but not nearly as often. It’s always fun seeing my ideas come to life.
Most of all, I think web design was my favorite creative outlet as a kid. My dad taught me the basics of designing websites when I was in elementary school and I was instantly hooked. As the years passed, I would find myself staying up all night working on my websites, and I think it really is what got me into digital illustration.
What was your first job or position as a creative professional?
So far, I have only ever worked for myself (creatively). However, did some graphic design and illustration work for a non-profit organization when I was in college. It wasn’t a paying job, but creative work none the less. I mostly made brochures for them to give to teens & kids, as well as signs for their clothing room. I don’t do much design work for them anymore, but I do run their website now, which is lots of fun.
What is your current favorite medium to work in?
For my sculptures I love Paperclay. It is an air dry clay and I love how easy it is to use. I like that it allows me to work in layers/stages.
For my illustrations, I love working digitally. My favorite program for it is Adobe Illustrator. I also love to use my little Wacom tablet whenever I can. And of course I love Photoshop as well.
Whistle while you work: Do you enjoy working in silence, listening to music, a podcast, or a movie?
I definitely like to be entertained while I work. When I paint I usually watch shows on Netflix. I try to pick something that doesn’t require my full attention. Right now I’m going through all of the seasons of Murder She Wrote. Gotta love the classics!
For most other things I usually just listen to Pandora radio. My favorite stations right now are Shane & Shane and David Crowder Band.
I find that when I need to be making Holiday themed art it helps to listen to music to get me inspired. There are lots of great Christmas stations on Pandora. And don’t forget about Easter songs, Love songs for Valentine’s day, even Halloween songs. Sometimes you just have to get in a holiday sort of mood & then the ideas will start rolling in :D
Visit Megan at the following links:
Connect--
Handmade Shops--
Illustration Shops--
A quote day! Not sure what drove this to pop into my head, but I like it. It's a little on the heavy side (like life is, sometimes) but it's most definitely true!
Matt and I will be moving into our new place soon. But before it is inhabitable by humans, an almost-complete interior renovation is needed.
We've been in the midst of this for over a month now. I've never been involved in anything like this. While I knew it would be a new experience and was prepared for that aspect, there's no way I could have fully prepared for the total emo-clash I've got going on. The large project that has turned into a huge one.
Right now, it's all rubble, broken bricks and raw ceiling beams. But things are finally coming together bit by bit, and slowly we are able to envision what is to come.
For instance, when we started, the second floor ceilings were just over 6 head-grazing feet high. Now, they will be 9 feet high! The added height will make all the difference in the world in such a cozy little space.
So... I have some fun news to share. My newsletter subscribers got the 411 last week (they're always the first to know these things... hint, hint) but it was only a matter of days before I spilled the beans to YOU, my friends!! So, without further adieu here is a little fun news!
I'm a greeting card fanatic (but I know you know this already) and Recycled Paper Greetings has always held a very special place in my heart, ever since I was a starry/arty-eyed teen selling Boynton, Melcher and Englebreit Cards and goods at BeDazzled Upbeat Cards & gifts in the Dedham Mall. I'm now proud to declare that I have signed with RPG and I am now an official Recycled Paper Greetings artist! Yes that's right! Thus far, I have one birthday card design which will debut in their regular line within the next few months. (No I am not on the web site yet and please don't hold your breath on that one - these things take time.) But I will share new cards and further developments with you right here.
Just about EVERYTHING JAPANESE has been a creative influence since I was wee! Yes, I was a little 5 year old with my Hello Kitty mini-stationery and pencils writing and drawing and imagining away, even coming up with my own little characters. Ever since that time I have dreamed of having my art in Japan. Well, guess what? Dreams can come true! In 2012, I signed with Japan agency SCT. The fine people at SCT introduced my art to adorable gift purveyor Bestever Japan and, yes, the rest is WellerWish-story! I am now thrilled to announce the cute-doggie gift line The Kathy Weller Collection with Bestever is set to debut first products in early spring 2013. Yes! Though the goods won't be carried stateside, they WILL be available for purchase online. More info on this soon.
I really don't post enough sketches. I love this saying. I first heard it long ago from an old boss of mine. I will never forget her (she was great) nor will I ever forget this saying! Luckily she wasn't saying it to me directly. (I'm always nice. Mostly always.)
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holy flip! They are so cute :)
Oh thanks so much Megan!! :D They have that awesome plastic smell too that I remember from childhood! Hee hee! It's very special actually!! Happy in many ways!! :D
These are so cute! Congratulations on your new collection.