Wannabe

August 17th, 2008 by Tanya | Posted in photos, artist | 5 Comments »

Haha, who does he think he is? I’ll never get sick of Navy Pier and the seagulls. Even if someday one of them actually shits on me.

This one failed at stalking my mom.

Finally took a ride on the ferris wheel.

These were all taken last thursday and it’s the only day I really remember. The rest are a blur because I was working.. I think. We also went to the planetarium and right afterward, my mom said the worst thing she could possibly say at the moment. “It was nice, I even took a little nap.” …

@%#&^#&!!!1

There are only 2 weeks left until the fair, I’m freaking out a little. I really need to find some more medium-size frames and every time I plan to visit a couple yard sales to get some to fix, something comes up, like getting called into work or getting the car fixed. My eye’s been twitching for over a month now..

Will Catch Mice for Food

August 12th, 2008 by Tanya | Posted in process, sketches, photos, artist, work | 2 Comments »

I drew this with a ballpoint pen in 2004 while I was at work as a waitress at one of the restaurants. It very fitting right now, if you get what I mean. At the time, I wanted to be doing what I’m doing now and I knew it would be hard. Here I am doing it, and there’s nothing else I’d rather do (even if I could).

I’ve been really busy preparing for my first art fair in September. I’m making a ton of prints and note cards but now I finally have to replace a couple ink cartridges. Waiting for new business cards to arrive. Trying to figure out my display system. Trying to figure out the best option I have to accept credit cards at the fair. Etc. If that’s not enough, my car is eating the rest of the money. We had to get new tires, get an alignment, then they found it has a broken tire rod and it’s a dealership-only part.. Then my air conditioning/heater/weather display part quit working, like it was disconnected or something. Well it just went bad and has to be replaced, too. I really hope there’s a point to all these money issues. I hope I sell some mice.

A drawing in process, Memory:

5×7 prints for the fair:

8×10 prints for the fair:

Last week I went on a bike ride and found a pretty flower:

For some reason half (vertically) of my left index finger is slightly numb. On the bottom I can feel a tendon moving around when I press down on it and it feels gross and tingly. The same feeling you get in your arm when you hit your funny-bone. None of the other tendons in my hands are moving around like that, so I must have detached it somehow. Oddly, this is inspiring and I just thought of something else to draw. I’m sure you’ll see why sooner or later.

Musicbox Process video

August 8th, 2008 by Tanya | Posted in video | 2 Comments »

When the Day Breaks

August 6th, 2008 by Tanya | Posted in stuff i like | 1 Comment »

Found it on drawn, I love love love this. I like how its shot and drawn close-up.

Everyone and everything is connected. It’s right on the nose the way I feel about death and why I’m so fascinated by it. When someone dies, everything that was about them is gone and what’s left is just photos, their belongings and memories others have of that person. These things documented the person’s existence from the very beginning but once the person’s gone, everything just stops there. They are disconnected. Their body decomposes and becomes part of the dirt. This person won’t age, and will be remembered at the oldest age of death. There will be no more words or stories out of that person’s mouth. The mannerisms or way this person did things or acted can never be repeated. Everything is gone — their personality, dreams, memories, loves, dislikes, fears, relationships. While other movies continue, this one ends and there will never be another one. Not even a bad sequel.

Literary Fever: Drumroll, please

August 5th, 2008 by Tanya | Posted in yay, artist, work | 3 Comments »

Literary Fever is up, new website, new content, new writing, new art/writing collaborations, new interviews, new everything. I was lucky enough to be their featured artist, and was interviewed by Dan Bradley. He did a great job, but I ended up talking too much, so get some coffee if you plan on reading the whole thing.

I also did a collaboration with Tania Hershman for her literary piece “Sweet Music”