Rejection reflection

I was displeased with the way the last illustration turned out and so without much prompting I redid it a 4th time. I know it is not good form for an artists to show how many times they screw up especially because I am in the midst of trying to secure an agent and this does not instill confidence in my ability. But that being said here is the 4th edition and I really think it was worth the extra work.

In other news I have rejections! A couple of firms have graced me with some responses:

1. Thanks for sending your work. I think your style still needs to develop a bit. Please keep in touch with me as your work progresses.

Have a nice weekend!

2. I reviewed your illustration samples, however your work is not the right match for our agency. I am sure you will find a rep that has the kind of clients and direction that are compatible with your style of illustration. I recommend looking in The Workbook or The Directory of Illustration for reps that focus on illustration styles similar to your own.

I encourage you to contact other agencies for representation as well. Every agency has a set of preferences for style, content and direction. For any illustrator many agencies may need to be contacted to find the perfect match.

Thank you most sincerely for your compliments and interest in Magnet Reps.

3. hi charrow. i presented your work to kiki yesterday and told her to look at them soon, in private. she called me back today and told me (uncharacteristically) that she LOVED it. she just think your work is fabulous and would consider repping you if you were not just out of school. she thinks you have a great gift and you are dead on with whats happening now in illustration. she said you should get as many email addresses as possible and send 'epromos' out every week or so!
she was REALLY excited charrow, lindy.

SO there it is. I am going to post these as they come in.
Hurrah rejection!

fluff

Two weeks ago when in NY we went to the Shake shack and I saw a celeb whose name was escaping me at the time. It turns out it was Elizabeth Banks. She was meeting with someone extremely jewish looking....I am guessing it was a producer of some sort. Anyway, this revelation came this evening while watching a promo for Role Models. this is not important, but I thought I should mention it.

Swooning for the Swedes

Anticipation of employment is not the same thing as having it; however, I still managed to spend money I should not be. I see a Swede and I can't help myself. If I ever go to the country I will have a very difficult time finding the wall space for all my purchases. That being said here is what I got:

Transfer (which I will put on tiles or something to make some affordable Camilla art


Tea towel....which is awesome and will be framed for another piece of wall art....hurrah

For those of you in the market for awesome things check out Third Drawer Down

A full plate

Projects!!
I am lazy when it comes to uploading new work that I cannot scan. JJ is usually the photographing/photoshopping go to person, but she is busy being broken (lazy) so here is my latest.

Whale and balloons on wood panel


Little boy in a whale and balloon on panel


Bird and flower on a plate.


I am doing a whole series of paintings on plates for sale at the holiday festival. If they sell well I will do a slew more for Brooklyn craft fairs. They are a lot of fun. I got the idea from another crafty blogger. Hers are a lot more expensive than mine will be, but to each their own (maybe her plates are organic).

The paint is old and moldy

Sometimes it takes distance to see what is right in front of you.....

Talk about Hallmark. But really, I usually need some time away from my work to figure out what is wrong with it. I was not completely satisfied with the direction of "Lift" so I kept working on the 3rd round and finally feel happy with the results. Its difficult because this not for anything except another group piece and so having only myself as a critic makes it that much harder to know when it is done. And really, done is such an arbitrary thing. I could keep redoing this painting and every time it would look different. At a certain point it becomes like a stilllife.....boring moldy fruit.

So here is the moldy fruit.

I dont't know????

This is an exercise in group illustration. This was the first attempt:

This was the second attempt:

And there was a third attempt, but it is really bad. So now, I don't know. They have things that are good about both. I am still happiest with the first. Compromise parts for the whole....

Post grad angst

I forgot completely

Charrow

yay!
(I will post a longer more substantial post later but for now Mgmt- Time to pretend pretty much sums it up:


Its just a start I feel like there will be more to come, but click on the links and look at my work if you dare.
I'm feeling rough, I'm feeling raw, I'm in the prime of my life.
Let's make some music, make some money, find some models for wives.
I'll move to Paris, shoot some heroin, and fuck with the stars.
You man the island and the cocaine and the elegant cars.

This is our decision, to live fast and die young.
We've got the vision, now let's have some fun.
Yeah, it's overwhelming, but what else can we do.
Get jobs in offices, and wake up for the morning commute.

Forget about our mothers and our friends
We're fated to pretend
To pretend
We're fated to pretend
To pretend

I'll miss the playgrounds and the animals and digging up worms
I'll miss the comfort of my mother and the weight of the world
I'll miss my sister, miss my father, miss my dog and my home
Yeah, I'll miss the boredom and the freedom and the time spent alone.

There's really nothing, nothing we can do
Love must be forgotten, life can always start up anew.
The models will have children, we'll get a divorce
We'll find some more models, everything must run it's course.

We'll choke on our vomit and that will be the end
We were fated to pretend
To pretend
We're fated to pretend
To pretend

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah