Spring Life Drawings

Patrick - A Celebration
April 16-30, 2011 (Opening Reception on April 16 @ 7:00pm)
At the Arts and Culture Centre, The Group of 77 is having an exhibition of Patrick Brown, the dedicated, stock-still model. Here are some of my recent sketches of Patrick.

Caricatures and Chocolate at 166 Water and 166 Duckworth!

Johnny Ruth, www.johnnyruth.com, had me in to do caricatures in February. It was hard for me to keep my eyes on the paper with all the gorgeous bags and jackets within reach :) . They're at 166 Water Street...

Then the Newfoundland Chocolate Company, asked me to design three bunnies for their annual Easter bunny run; Kathy Dunderdale, Joey Smallwood and Danny Williams are now sitting pretty in the front window on 166 Duckworth Street.

Yay 2011!!

The SassyTuna packages went out: approximately 50 to Italy and another 200 to Newfoundlanders. It will be a very happy year with lots to look forward to!


Here are the packages that took about 5 full days to create, package and send out.



One last check on all the addresses.


The desk was wallpapered with magnets and stickers!

The skipped dip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eQQkWZtuNU

Nope, never did the dip this year :) ! We were geared to go, with bags packed, but 12 pm came too fast on New Year's day, and we never got to the boat ramp. Next year to wait for again, but we HOPE for a run off of the beach this time, not off the harbour's ramp!

Two SassyTuna Fonts for Download!

Here are two fonts for download, created about three years ago. You can use them anywhere, for *personal use only* please !

Click on the font to get it. . .

Then when you're done, put it in your 'fonts' folder in the Control Panel to use it.

Polar Dip. . .2011??

See:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t_Ci5Tgxd4

Last year January 1, 2010, this was fun, because it was my first time at this...
dunno if 2011 is going to be the same. I think I'll feel more brave if there's snow on the ground this time, so it feels 'official.' The dip into this harbour (The Atlantic Ocean) lasted about 40 seconds :) .

6 minute live-action drawing class!

For now, this live-action drawing lesson requires a password for viewing.

If you don't already have a password, please email me at julie@sassytuna.com.

Drawing and Painting on 16mm

For the first time, SassyTuna tried recording on 16mm (real) film, on May 16th, a couple of weeks ago. Last year we started some digital trials with green screen, and will have some of *that* content released in a few days. There is still lots of work to be done, but here are some photos to give you an idea of what was involved. The finished film took 14 people on site, and one whole day to set up and shoot, and will likely be a succinct 5-7 minutes when complete! Holy cow!