Edit! Menomena with Craig Thompson

menomena with craig thompson drawing live!
Originally uploaded by elchicodelaleche

I realized that legally I wasn't supposed to have an image of the Menomena/Craig Thompson e-card linked on my blog, because at least as far as I know it's a copyrighted image. So, I went to Flickr and searched for Creative Commons licensed images and found these great ones of the live shows they had in Europe with Thompson painting live at the back of the stage.

Also, you know what I dislike? When you learn about a band right after they've toured through your city. I find that happens all too often.

P.S. The text with info about the photographer isn't showing up for some reason... click on the top image to go to his Flickr account. He has a lot of great band photos.



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Now playing: Coheed & Cambria - The Hound (Of Blood And Rank)
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Travel

Art-Noveau - "La Vague" - Saintenoy
Originally uploaded by GeS

If I get a chance to travel any time soon, I think my first choice of places to go would be Brussels, Belgium. Number one, obviously, is for the architecture - especially the amazing art nouveau work. Most people my age have probably seen the movie Casper - I guess it came out when I was 12 - and my favorite part of that movie was always the house. That's even more based on Gaudi's work in Barcelona, so I guess I'll have to go there as well :)
I'm not really well versed in nouveau architecture - I know the names Horta and Saintenoy - so if I do get the chance to visit Brussels I'll make this my favorite new website.

There are also other things pulling me to Brussels - many museums, beer and french fries followed by chocolate, and the rather nerdy Brussels Comic Strips Center. We have a Cartoon Art Museum here in San Francisco that I've visited - they were having a large R. Crumb exhibit which was cool. So, now that I've officially applied for my US Passport (finally) I can start looking forward to this. Someday.

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Now playing: Lo Down - Mad Fright Night
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Music

I don't actively seek out new music, mostly because once I like something I have to have it all and am broke from buying CDs, but it's always great when I come across something that I enjoy. I recently was introduced to the music of Menomena through some sort of searching around the web looking at art and getting info from one music label and then finding another and getting their emails and so on and so forth. I just received an email with a link to this video of Menomena playing on the street in France and it is the best music video ever.

Please, please, go watch it.
The website is in French, but all you need to know is you will hear lovely melodies and see adorable children.

Also, their amazing e-card features the artwork of artist, cartoonist, graphic-novelist Craig Thompson alongside their music. It's all pretty neat and should be looked at by you.

Now I just need to go buy their CD.

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Now playing: Menomena - Wet And Rusting
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I am VegCraft!

Everything I am doing is now under the name VegCraft, and while I look for a new job I am also focusing time on setting up shop at vegcraft.etsy.com.

I had a previous account there but I spent a ton of time searching through their forums and wikis and FAQs and decided that branding and consistency in my name was important. So everything I'm going to use to promote the shop will be VegCraft and people will be able to remember just one name. I still have old stuff - myspace and whatnot - where I'll put links to my new VegCraft spaces.

I actually did a search for VegCraft and there is very little around with that name so once I promote like crazy it should be pretty easy for people to find me with just searching the term "vegcraft".

I am very excited for all of this. Tonight I plan to make my banner, avatar, and collect the few items I have at home that are ready to sell. Then in the next few days I can get crafting, promote and see what happens.


Also, I am still trying to create comics but it is definitely on the back burner. I attempt to sit down every night and work on that 20 panel comic but crafts and my job search just creep into my mind. It would be fun to work on some comics, but the fact that I'm doing Etsy and crafts still makes me pretty happy.

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Now playing: Jamiroquai - Corner Of The Earth
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Busy

I haven't been able to complete any more comics yet, though I do have an idea for the 20 panel one. I haven't gotten past that one. I just need to sit down and take care of business, and not just comic business, but whenever I have free time I just want to lay down on the couch and be lazy. If I could focus on one thing at a time I could probably get stuff done, but my brain doesn't do that. It doesn't let me...

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Now playing: Cibo Matto - Le Pain Perdu
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A Challenge!

I have never written a comic. One time I tried to draw a "Super Nanny" but she was so ugly I quit after one try.

Recently I've been thinking of creating a comic about Wes and I titled "The Adventures of Circle Face and Triangle Head," which consists of two heads with arms that stick out of them, and they talk and go about their day and I'm sure they would be hilarious. We went to a restaurant where you can draw on the table and that was my most successful attempt, but it got taken away by the bus boy and was presumably thrown in the trash.

I love Young American Comics - I think I first came across them at Comic-Con 2006, but I can't be sure. I've been sporting their "Support Indie Comics, You Dope" button on my purse for quite a long time, more recently signed up for their emails, and maybe if I try hard over the next 52 or so weeks I'll someday be in one of their group project books.

I think that their idea for the 52 Comic Challenges is awesome and gives me a reason to create. I'll make something that will be vaguely in the comic format every week or so. I'm already behind because I completely forgot when it started and didn't check back until I got their next email, but they're so cool they don't care when I start!

I was hoping to make something a little more substantial, but I guess I'll start off easy and work my way into awesomeness.

Here it is (oh man, I'm scared):




*Check it out in full size for the bleary blue eyes.*