Postcards! Anyone have a Comic Request?

I have  already raved about how much I love them so I will try to restrain myself now but, just so you know, 20SB is a great group of people on the web.

Really, just fantastic. 

The chat group? Best of the best.

Anyway, so when I had that Georgetown Cupcake give away, I felt really bad that I couldn't send all you people who read me from different countries the cupcakes so, I offered postcards to anyone who called me out on how lame that was. 

Only two people did but, they both got super fun post card comics! They are both chat friends so, I think they really just did it because I mentioned how I hoped people would write in for comics/post cards.

Dave in Canada!

Jorge in Argentina!

For people who like to do snail mail, I am always a fan. Once upon a time, a guy I was seeing-ish had this dog that he fed a ton of grapes to, despite the fact that grapes are FATAL for dogs. 

If you do that for your dog, stop. Look it up. The tannins in the skin poison them.

But, his dog seemed cheerful and adorable despite this constant poison, ha. So, he got this as a card-card.

I wish I could have done theirs in color. Everything I experimented with rubbed off though. Those postcards were weirdly shiny...

Anyway! Long story short, I like to draw things for people and I also like to mail things. Do people have any requests for me to draw and post about? I may even mail them to you if you come up with something awesome.

Comment or e-mail suggestions :)

I Created a FB Coverphoto for THE KANE SHOW

So, last time I talked about the Kane Show on my blog, it was for Sarah's birthday and accompanied by my explaining how her birthday ended up becoming one of my worst days to date, resulting in a breakdown, and how nothing was going exactly right. 

So, you know, just good times all around. In re-reading it, I sound kind of (exactly) like an obsessed fan which, I'd like to think I am not. I would LIKE to think that I am just an average, run of the mill, fan and blame that post on the fact that I was exceptionally emotionally when it was drafted. 

This post is not going to do ANYTHING to help me win that case though. If anything, I fall into an even crazier category of fan. 

Yesterday on air, Kane announced that they would give $100 to any designers who created a cool Facebook cover photo for them for today's (forced) release of Timeline. 

Someone texted in saying that they should have Kane's face on Superman's body as the pic and, for some reason, the comment had me spinning this idea in my head and I knew I had to draw it. 

So, during my lunch break, hunched over a notebook at Corner Bakery Chinatown... I did.

Guys, seriously. I LOVE this radio show. It's not a problem, it's fine...

BECAUSE THEY PICKED MY FINISHED DESIGN!

I got the following e-mail from Sara this morning at 6AM (and I thought my hours were bad...): 

"omg!! i love u more than anything....u r amazing:) thank u so much for this! we r all gonna use it! u are amazing...kisses, sarah" 

Cue instant freak out on my part. 

Some fun things on the design!

There are a lot of details that you can't see unless I super zoom in. And sometimes not even then. But they  have me extremely amused/proud of my work. Such as:

1) Samy's glasses are patterned to look like the glasses on his crew page. Zoomed in/if I were to hand you my actual notebook, you can see the clear shout out.

2) Sarah's "big girl bag" got featured and is notable even not zoomed in but, some of the finer details are not. Such as the pink inside of the bag and lipstick in her hand. Also, there's a yellow arm band on her with the music note the guys are wearing as belt buckles that should probably be noted.

3) Kane's logo. The circles/heart are TOTALLY blurred, no matter what I do. The center circle has a heart with an N in it (for Natasha, his wife) and the two dots on either side are pink, not red, for his two daughters. 

Ha, I swear I don't stalk him. They just come up on the air all the time. Natasha is even on the crew list. Which is how I found her awesome food/family blog, here...

I know the stalker mantra is "I am not a stalker" but. I am not. I swear. Just a fan. 

Anyway. Also of note!

 When I tried to size it for a FB timeline cover (shockingly, when my notebook page scanned in wasn't the right dimensions right off the bat), I ended up ruining the photo effect a few times and then having to create filler edges to make it the right proportions. I was in a hurry after work to color it in, scan it, and upload it before going to see Wayne Brady at the Kennedy center (more on THAT later) SO! I ended up uploading it to their site approximately 4 times. 

Wouldn't be me if I didn't clutz it up somehow.

But, I had to fix it and upload it just ONE more time/4. I mean, look at the difference in quality between these too FB sized images:

Pretty Image

Sub-par Image

You guys now understand. 

While last time I wrote about the Kane show things were not perfect (to say the least), things are extremely sunny right now. Not only because this design yielded positive results but because things in my life are lining up again and spring is finally here... 

Plus, don't forget that I am giving away a 1-dozen custom assortment of Georgetown Cupcakes! How could things not be cheerful when cupcakes are on the line? 

I hope you all have an awesome day! Seems like my morning at least is all smiles. I am still in slight freak out mode from the news that they want to use my image. Keep your eyes peeled on The Kane Show's FB page for my image to pop up as their cover photo. Needless to say, I will most likely be checking it 100 times today :P

Online Dating

Hi! Remember me? This is lil cartoon me- remember?

She sometimes appears when I blog about things outside of cooking. Back when I use to blog at all. Sorry I disappeared on you guys. This is one of those times when things stink to crazy degrees for having time for a blog- so, sorry I have been neglecting them with such fervor lately. My life has exploded. Much like my system was exploded with germs before. I was sick over the holiday weekend and then I got back and had this… well,  I’m moving this week and just had a huge themed going away/Harry Potter party (pics and recipes to follow SOON!) and then I also have Mack living with me now (the dog, my dog) and as I said already I was sick/am sick/feel like I may always be sick.

Which is why it was the perfect time to go to Seattle for 4 days. It was one of my best friends weddings and totally worth it (PS, no one ever told me how kickin' Seattle is!), but it wasn't helpful to rush to unpack and pack up to go across the country. Washington to Washington is no joke, guys.

Anyway. My life exploding is not the point.

Although, that explosion looks cool. The point is, I love this blog even if I don’t always do it justice. So!  Back to the purpose of this comic: Online Dating. I have this friend who told me to try online dating. And I said ‘sounds fun!’ and then she said, but ‘I mean seriously, Meaghan’.

And then I had to inform her that I don’t take many things (anythings) very seriously. That I am the kind of grown up who still is afraid of dry cleaning and doesn’t always know what her bank balance is up to. And then she reminded me we were talking about online dating and then I reminded her I had changed the subject on purpose and then she told me it was time for me to Date seriously. Again with the seriously. And also, Date. With a capital D-Date, not the lowercase d-date like I have been doing to this point. And then a debate erupted from this.