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Sorry I haven’t been posting & commenting much lately. I’ve been sick a lot lately. Food issues making me dizzy and spaced-out. I actually put a lot thought into my cartoons, even the stupid ones, so I don’t like to draw and write in this condition. Instead I’ve been working on abstract painting and carving little bits of coconut shell, because I can do that stuff sort of mindlessly.

Here is one of the designs I submitted to Threadless. I was rushing to get it done before we went to Florida over the holidays. There are some parts I want to work on some more, but I’m happy with the overall look of it.

It has gotten very mixed reviews, not surprisingly. Here are some of the comments on Threadless:

I love it I think that the outline is great and looks good and I would totally rock this!

btw some people might not get that it is an outline of Africa but screw them they need to study a map! Awesome job!

…This is not hard to get, and its done in a very clever way, plus my friends and I make Djibouti jokes all of the time and that is why I think I like this so much.

that was a 28 year old dude.

what does a girl listening to an ipod have to do with africa?

21 year old girl (whose designs, by the way, are just atrocious)

It’s totally Awesome, and the ipod thing is like madagascar I think. Well, I love it!

That was a 19 year old girl

it does look like there is a tail wagging….

funny stuff…

unless she grew inside her mother backwards and the cord never fell off…

A different 28 year old dude. Huh, I guess I shook that Djibouti too hard.

I find this design to be incredibly clever! The notion of turning a continent into the shape of a dancing girl who is shaking her “Djibouti” takes a super bright mind. I love the way Madagascar and the islands are incorporated into the design! You are really onto something here! Hats off to the designer!

that one must have been my mom.

I understand the design, but it’s a bit ridiculous to me. Sorry if I’m playing the killjoy here, but this design wouldn’t be picked because it’s not fine tuned enough. I also, personally, find this to be a bit frightening. You may choose to pay no heed to my negativity though

20 year old guy.
hmm…frightening? I wish he’d elaborate on what he thought was not fine tuned enough.

Funny concept, but not liking the illo at all.

22 year old guy.

Illo. That’s how people on Threadless abbreviate illustration. Seriously. Yeeeeah, I’m chillin’ and illin’ here.

 

Untitled paintings by AZ

My three-year-old landed a commission. My sister’s boyfriend asked her for a painting and he even offered to pay her. No one in my family ever asks ME to paint anything for them! I’m so jealous.
She made these two 8×10 panels–one for my sister and one for the boyfriend. She’s charging them 100 pennies each.

 

Turtle getting poked by a shark

My kid made this painting of “a turtle getting poked by a shark.” I like it.

 

The Baby Made This

She says it’s a picture of Africa.

 

I have created migraine fuel

Here’s a painting I did. It is composed entirely of overlapping and interlocking circles. I wanted to study the way they interacted, what kind of implied shapes I’d end up with. It was a pain in the ass, so I won’t be painting another one like it any time soon.

 

Old Slavy

Here is a painting I made of my baby.

And below is her subtle abstract depiction of a mermaid with rainbows and stars and a blanket and a happy face.

Aaaaaaaw. I had to post these to remind myself that she is in fact cute.

If the average day at home with her slapping me around like a servant is frustrating, shopping with her is an instant tension headache. I spent about two and a half hours at Old Navy today looking for a new hat and some winter clothes for her. That’s about how long it takes us to get through one store because I spend half my time chasing her, dealing with tantrums, and putting back all the random shit she throws in the cart. I am at the end of my fucking rope now. I’m trying hard not to become an alcoholic, but by the time we picked up Mr O’Fury from work, all I could think about was cracking open a bottle of wine.

On the plus: I probably won’t have to shop for clothes with her again until next spring.

And in the kids section I found a striped shirtdress that fits me, so I’m going to be Margot Tenenbaum for Halloween. Now I’m gonna have to cut my hair short and find some Halloweeny stuff to do.