“From Dude and Chick to Suckzoo Han, one good thing leads to many”
The Felt & Wire creative chain I was featured in has linked to some interesting people! Including my hero Ed Fella.
Azealia Banks - by Kelly Abeln
I discovered Azealia Banks and had to do a fan art drawing of her in the same day.
Check out her music:
Signs of Spring
I started this illustration back in March when it was unseasonably spring-like and I was excited about bike rides, iced coffee, and taking Mr. Peebles out on the leash. Now it’s basically summer, but I finally finished this!
Illustration for Rachael’s story about all the power customer service workers actually have.
At Your Service
Kelly Abeln for Tom Tom Magazine, 2012.
Put some of my illustrations for Tom Tom magazine up on my website. Tom Tom is the only magazine in the world dedicated to female drummers. The Illustrations will be popping up on the site and likely in the magazine in the near future.
Creative Chain: Connecting creatives one link at a time, week one « Felt & Wire
Check out this new series on the blog Felt & Wire, called ‘Creative Chain.’ Katie Wilson of Dude & Chick (greeting cards) was the first to be featured. She linked to me, and I linked to Andres Guzman. The chain will continue to link to amazing artists!
A couple of my Wigglytuff prints are for sale! Check out other ones from the Pokémon Battle Royale show too.
So the lovely times a thousand Lindsay Nohl of Paper Bicycle and Light Grey Art Labs sent me a message a few weeks ago and just like that we started developing a special event! And now it’s official: June 16 and 17th (with some optional networking events Jun 15) I’ll be hosting an intensive workshop at LGAL in Minneapolis called ILLUSTRATION BOOTCAMP. It’s going to be really exciting, geared towards current illustrators and curious creative folk alike; I’m going to share my knowledge as an illustrator, get the creative energy flowing with some fun exercises, and then there’ll be awesome networking and collaboration activities. We’re working on getting some great guest speakers too. It’s going to be pretty amazing and reinvigorating for all who attend.
Lots of details on the website: the workshop costs $160 for locals, but we’re offering it as a travel opportunity too with a hotel package. Please spread the word; I hope you can attend it and make this an awesome experience!I just signed up for this! On a scale of 1-10 of excited-ness, I am SUPER EXCITED! I’m not sure if there is an number equivalent!
Emma and I signed up for this!
I got to illustrate Maggie Thrash’s second piece of fiction for ROOKIE. This one is called “Don’t Shout It Out”. Her other piece is called “The Surge We Need”. I love Maggie’s writing voice, it’s humors and touching, and feels very realistic to me.
Don’t Shout It Out
Kelly Abeln - Illustration for ROOKIE.
“All Locked Up: a personal hair-story”, by Jamia.
All Locked Up
