Button Button, Who's Got the Button?

We have an art blog!  It's fun and we've actually been doing pretty well at updating it recently.  Anyway, this is old news to a lot (most?) of you, but I'm posting about it today anyway because I just added the button off to the right there as a link.  So go there!

Heck, I'll post it here too, just to give this post a little graphical interest:

It's original!  We made it!

While I'm at it, I may as well say that I've also been posting arts to my years-old deviantART account like a madman.  I signed up three years ago mostly to leave a few comments (and confront a total plagiarist...), but never really bothered to post anything.  But now I do!  A lot.  You can see them here.  It's an interesting site because there are SO many artists on there, and some of them are amaaazing, and some of them are... well, not.  But it's nice to get a lot of feedback on my artwork again, like in days of yore.

Just some artstuffs!  Almost time for the weekend!

Pen and Pencil

Hello!  I write to you today with a short but shameless little plug.

Official logo currently in progress

As most of you know, one of the many things that Julie and I have in common is our inclination toward the visual arts.  My degree is in animation, and there was a time Julie studied illustration.  We both keep regular sketchbooks and love to draw.  And, while we both have art websites and/or online portfolios, we were thinking it would be fun to have some kind of joint online project where we could post some of our more current work (and sometimes maybe not so current), even if just for a few interested parties to see, and of course for our own pure joy of creating and sharing art, not to mention motivation to try new things and keep creating, even when we're busy or artistically frustrated.  We decided the easiest way to do this would be to create a blog on which we could both post and contribute.  So, we are very proud to announce the launch of Pen and Pencil*, our brand new space on the interwebs devoted to our art!  It's very much a work-in-progress at the moment, and there will new posts and overall design updates as time goes by, but for now, there's a welcome note, and there's a first joint post.  We will be posting artwork there occasionally, some by me, some by her, and some by us, since we have taken to joining artistic forces lately (a lot of times, I'll do the rough sketch and Julie will take it onto Photoshop and work her magic there, or some variation of that formula).  We're not sure how often we'll post, but we'll have regular updates, so visit often and take a few moments to experience some visual and artistic stimulation.

If it's your kind of thing, we would be ever so glad if you would follow us, or link to us (we're happy to exchange links with other art blogs or websites we like), and/or add us to your blog Reader/bloglines.  So, visit!  Enjoy!  Comment!  Subscribe and follow!  Tell your friends!  Add us to your Reader!  Return often for updates and original arts by me, her, or us!

Much thanks. 

... Tell your friends.

http://penandpencilarts.blogspot.com

* Blog name derived from the fact that I generally use a pen when it comes to sketching, while Julie usually prefers pencil.