New jewelry pieces up on Etsy!

Go check some of them out here - the rest to come this weekend!

Happy Cyber Monday - Git Some!

Hey dudes!! I'm offering 25% off at my Etsy shop TODAY ONLY for Cyber Monday!


Too good to pass up! Also I love meticulously packaging up everything all cute, so stock up!






Thanks!! New fall posts coming this week!

Support small businesses this holiday season!

Put down the DVD and pick up some home-made soaps or a monogrammed quilt made with loving hands from local craft fairs, holiday markets, and online communities like Etsy! :)

Evolving

New pin sets!

As you might have noticed from my last few posts, I've really been making an effort lately to redesign myself as a business online and shine the best light on myself and my work. I'm looking more into connecting with my audience and working to please them while doing my artwork justice in the process. (Website in progress!)

New Holiday banner on Etsy!

I've been reading up a lot on social marketing and online success, soaking in all the information I can from as many resources I can find. There's so much knowledge online through so many different people - I'd be foolish not to seek help and advice!

Before I re-shot my pieces, colors were off, no detail, no context for my pieces. No sense of scale, lighting, or a feeling of actually "wanting" them.

I've been spending a lot of time on Etsy Success, and the Etsy Seller Handbook reading up on different ways to relate to customers and how to show my pieces in their best light. Getting things ready for the stage, so to speak. This video was a FANTASTIC inspiration for re-shooting my artwork. I'm really happy with the way things came out.

Neon is HARD to photograph, so it's best to show it a few different ways! You can see the lazer engraving SO much better in the new photos!

We bought a new camera as well, which really helped! Nikon Coolpix L105 - I'm in love! <3

Holiday Narwhal painting, Acryla gouache on bristol, 8" x 10"

Anyway, I'm hoping that everyone loves my new photos as much as I do, and I feel better knowing I'm presenting myself and my work in the best light possible. I'm creating new product all the time (every night when I come home, I dive back into a project), and I'm always looking for ways to improve. If you have any links you think I should check out, I'd be happy to do so!

Etsy Showcase

I'm showcased in the Etsy Illustration section today!

Click the image for a link to the page, and CLICK HERE for my Etsy Shop page! :)



Hope your Tuesday is a good one! I'm loving this beautiful weather, though I'm not loving the 5 'o' clock sunsets! (booooo)


Two new holiday paintings to show you tomorrow!!!

Central Printing : Malden MA

Recently I've made a few big changes in my branding and the way I market myself. I've changed my logos, my postcards, stickers, products, revamped my online presence and made a point to start taking myself seriously as an independent business. I've done tons of research and created business plans to achieve goals and make sure I'm using the best, most efficient, and price-conscious vendors.

It's not easy or cheap to do this on your own! But I'd pay any price and lose sleep any night to get up those first couple of steps. I've become really complacent in working all day and coming home and working all night. I feel so productive, like I'm accomplishing something.



I've been selling work through my Etsy shop, and I've found that my customers are really gravitating toward my prints more than anything. However, I'd previously gone to Staples or Kinko's, and, like many other chains, they've stopped using small format Inkjet printers to keep cost down. (Not to mention horrible customer service at every Staples on the planet.) So I was on the hunt for someone else.

Shop front, Central Printing

I passed this place every day on my way home from work for the last year, never paying much attention other than staring deep into the gaze of feather-lady as I avoided crazy Malden drivers. It seemed to be easily overlooked. I knew that I needed a printing vendor, and why not gamble on a local company rather than an online corporation?

I checked it out today, and not only was the staff (currently on deck print specialist Eric) very polite, but he was incredibly helpful, genuine, happy to show me options and made me feel like the professional I am. We spoke the same dialogue and he showed me how they can print on plastic and every kind of card/vinyl you can think of. He even said he liked my work and that the colors would truly test the printer's capabilities.


Lo and behold, they came out AMAZING, and I'll absolutely be going back there again for business cards, postcards, banners, and whatever else I might need. The quality is unmatched from what I've seen, and it's such a comfortable environment that I can see myself in there quite often. (Plus the price is right! I paid $80 for 108 prints on 24" x 36" heavyweight matte stock, and they also have an ad for 1000 business cards starting at $99 on NICE stock.)

So thanks Central Printing in Malden! You have a new loyal customer!

Here's a link to their site!

Loooots of new swag!

Updated my etsy with TONS of new stuff :
*new paintings
*new HOLIDAY paintings
*new keychains, old keychains
*jewelry

Really stoked that I finally have everything up. Looking forward to Mass Market and getting my table and my crafting on!





Thanks for looking!

Original paintings and prints up on etsy!

Hello loved ones,

I recently posted some more artwork and prints onto my etsy! I've also included my awesome squirtgun keychains for sale, and I'll have limited edition ones available soon as well.

So buy my artwork! Support a starving artist. There will be treats and goodies in the mail for you if you do. :)

Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmade bamcat.etsy.com

Valentine's Day Jewelry Designed by Bamcat

I finally got my own custom jewelry made!

They're officially available on my etsy as of tonight, and if you get one quick, I can get it to you before Valentine's Day! Also on my etsy, I'm still selling prints for $5 until the end of February.

They're in SUPER limited demand, as these are the first batch I've created.

It's my first official merchandise, and I'm planning on experimenting with layering acrylic and wood for the next series I create. I should have them within the next month or so (the turn-around time is pretty long since it's coming from so far away).

So buy my shit!

HAI GUYS.
I'm having a GIGANTIC SALE on my etsy until the end of February.
All 8.5" x 11" print are on sale for $5. Get them while they last!


I'm thinking of making a mini comic with all the silly comics Lindsay and I created.
Would anyone be interested if I did?

Let me know!
For now, visit my etsy!!

Super cheap prints!

Hey guys, now until the end of February, all of my prints on my etsy are just $5.

Tell your friends, your friends' moms, their creepy neighbors, and anyone else you think might like my work. All the prints are 8.5" x 11" (a little mini poster!) on heavy stock, so they'll last.

Again, my etsy is http://bamcat.etsy.com . Thanks guys!

I'm making my own acrylic jewelry!!!

Jaredtold me about a wonderful site that can turn vector drawings into laser-cut wood/plastic. It's not very cheap on the shipping, as they're located in New Zealand, but I'm gonna be able to have my own line of products! I already have a template ready for packing I'm going to make, so I'm excited to see how the end result turns out. I'm trying to make my own blind boxes for them. :) I'm so excited!!!! <3>

Skullapiddar.

Another small painting I did tonight after I finished my flier.

His name is Skullapiddar. I loves him.

Buy him (and other things too!) on my etsy at http://bamcat.etsy.com.

And I got to try out my new screentones! They're so much fun!!! <333

Little update.

Just wanted to mention that I have a couple more little pieces up on etsy, including this little guy here. I've been keeping myself busy between the times I work by doing little drawings and paintings - I've been doing art every day, and it's helping me stay focused. I've had good company around too (see: Alex and Lindsay) to keep me motivated and to have some fun without assignment stress.

I've completed the color comps for my first 3 degree project pieces, and I'm looking forward to starting/finishing them. I'm strange - most of the time, I need to do a painting in one go, because I need the feeling of being in that moment and having that kind of relationship with the colors I'm using and the way I apply the paint. I'm very attached to my materials - I'm in love with heavyweight hot press board and paint that comes in plastic tubes. It soothes me.

But! Lindsay Small came over today, and we were supposed to paint but didn't, so we watched stupid online videos and looked at stupid websites instead, which was also very good. I missed her! She's one of my favorites. :)

So I'm just pushing through until school starts up again, I guess. Can't wait until reviews are over!!

POW! OOF! SANDWICHED!

Tonight I had a painty party with Alex Carlson, one of the most talented MassArt kids I know. And with some suggestions from Alex and my faithful companion Jared, we came up with some AWESOME fanart. As seeable here. As purchasable here. On my etsy. :D A little fishy told me I should paint a Batman piece. I think it came out AMAZING. hahahaha . Alex really helped me today (and by helped I mean did half of the friggin' windows) at Blick with the mural, so afterwards we got Elios pizzas and energy drinks and decided to do some artworks.

For Valentine's Day, I drew a manatee dressed up as cupid. This will be on my etsy closer to Valentine's Day, and perhaps I'll print out some sweet Valentines with him on it.

Bookie the Black Dog

Another small painting I did in my new "series" I guess. I just like making little paintings, and if they are small enough, my cat Momo will not destroy them too quickly.

He has 7 legs for good luck and a hideous face that he's very insecure about. He plays in radioactive snow with his favorite ball, Lucky Ball.


Original for sale at my etsy.

Prints of each character available in the future, possibly, if I do enough of these. I can't use neon colors anymore for these though because they don't reproduce well. :(


I have been INCREDIBLY active lately, regarding art and doing art and keeping up. I've started a million more projects, and I've been upkeeping all of my online shops/blogs/relations/funds very adamantly. I'm really proud of myself for being a grown-up on my own motivation. Jared has been a FANTASTIC help too, and he tells me I'm pretty and that my art is wonderful. So that helps too. :)

Side Note: I started the new windows at Blick today - I drew and painted all the linework for a 30-foot mural in less than two hours. I'm getting the hang of this. I also produced a new flier for our back-to-school sale that looks pretty sweet, that I may post later. Email me if you ever want to see the artwork I do for Blick (which is quite a lot).

New work up on Etsy!

EDIT: Mister Roosh bought my Demon painting!! Yay!

This is a small painting (about 4" x 10") I did last night in gouache. It was nice to paint at home, which is often impossible because of my mischievous cat, Momo. It was also nice to make something silly and fun and colorful that's outside of my other work. I hope you like it. The photo didn't make him as neon as I'd like, but in person it RULES.

Also, I've listed him on etsy! His name is Pinky the Pink Demon. He wants you to give him a home!

Check him out!

Set up an Etsy shop

Hey guys, hope you had a good new year! For mine, I got to spend lots of wonderful time with wonderful people, especially the ever-handsome Jared, so that was quite nice.

I set up an etsy shop with some prints of pieces I've done in the past and some original/drawings paintings. They're going cheap, so get them while you can!

While you're at it, don't forget to check out my ebay auctions ENDING IN TWO DAYS for some original illustrations/sketches.

Lots of busy things on the horizon! Starting up school in a couple of weeks and I have a final review that had gotten postponed due to a big storm. So I have to get all that organized. After reviews, I'll have a lot more artwork to sell and put up in shows. I've been working fairly steadily on my degree project (I have two more sketches) and I'm working on pieces for my first gallery show next semester.

Along with that, I've discovered a site that will allow me to translate images into pieces of acrylic plastic that I can punch out and make jewelry/charms/keychains with. That's very exciting! I've always wanted to have my own line of jewelry, and acrylic is YUMMY. <3


I emailed Shin Tanaka for a blank template of his paper doll, so I'm going to design that, build that, and submit pictures to him for his site. I also bought a book I've been obsessed with for quite some time about package design that includes a dvd with templates in it! So I can hopefully make my own products and design the packages for them as well. I need to learn how to design packages, though! Haha.

So much busy-ness going on! I'm trying to pack as much independent/promotional work as I can before I'm buckled down with assignments again - I never have enough time to do the thousands and billions of things I want to do, haha.


PS! There are prints available of my Cooking Monster guy on my etsy! Go buy one!