30% off ALL greeting cards, just in time for the holidays! This is a great chance to get some unique cards and support independent artists! I recently updated my print shop, so there is now artwork available for greeting cards that was not previously available.

These 5 x 7 inch folded greeting cards come with envelopes and a reusable matte black box to keep them safely stored when not in use. The cards are printed on high quality 110 lb. matte stock with a beautiful UV sheen finish.

Don't miss out, this sale ends November 20th at 11:59 PM Pacific.

And if you know anyone who might be looking for some holiday cards, feel free to pass this along! I'd love the support. ;)

Tags: art, cards, holiday, prints
Current Mood: hopeful
Current Music: Silver Lining - Rilo Kiley

I posted this on my sketch blog a while ago, but I'm just starting to get back into the swing of things on LJ after moving earlier this month. And so!



This digital illustration was originally started as part of a demonstration for a digital painting class at Syracuse University that I was a guest instructor for. The students were required to create a musician themed illustration in the manner of something that you would see accompanying an article in Rolling Stone magazine.

For this piece, I picked Florence and the Machine as my musician subject matter. I became totally hooked on Florence's album Lungs back in September, so it was an easy choice when it came time to pick my subject matter for the college demo. I'd been thinking about doing an illustration about Florence anyway, so this was the perfect opportunity.

I went with kind of an art nouveau/steampunk motif to represent the "Machine" part of the band. Florence and the Machine is essentially Florence Welch and whoever else happens to be performing with her at the time as her band.

This illustration was started on watercolor paper with brown colored pencil and ink washes. All color was added digitally painted in Photoshop. The final illustration measures 10" x 17" and was completed in November of 2009.

I saved a whole bunch of progress images which I will eventually post here. In the meantime, the previous post with progress images can be seen here.

Prints of this illustration are now available!

Tags: art, music, prints
Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: Gossip In The Grain - Ray LaMontagne

From now until October 27th, you can get free worldwide economy shipping on any orders through my print shop! That's right, free shipping to anywhere in the world. If you've been thinking about buying anything from my print shop, now would be the perfect time to take advantage of this offer.

Tags: art, deviantart, prints
Current Mood: awake
Current Music: Rise - Doves

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Jeff and I collaborated on this dog portrait as a wedding gift for some friends of his. They got married recently, and instead of asking for wedding gifts they asked for people to make a donation to the animal shelter that they adopted their Boston Terrier from. This portrait of Spencer sat on a table at the wedding along with information about the animal shelter.

Jeff did the black and white drawing and ink wash painting. I added all of the coloring through digital painting in Photoshop.

Tags: art
Current Mood: awake
Current Music: Sea Song - Doves

This is totally cracking me up right now.

Tags: humor, video
Current Mood: silly

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I drew this yesterday in my Moleskine sketchbook with ballpoint pen and white acrylic paint. This can also be found on deviantArt and my sketch blog. And remember, you can always add jackieoceanart to your friends list to keep up with my sketch blog.

I also changed the colors on my LJ to make it more autumn themed. I'm so glad that it's almost fall, it's my favorite season.

EDIT: I put my drawing behind a cut. I forgot that it was a little on the wide side.

Tags: art, autumn, lj
Current Mood: awake
Current Music: watching Glee

Video for the day! Not exactly a new video, but it's still so much fun.



Phoenix's album "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" has been my definitive album of choice for the summer. The whole thing is just perfection.

Tags: music, video
Current Mood: thoughtful

Since summer is practically over, here's my updated concert list. Next on the horizon is seeing Andrew Bird on October 21. I can't wait!

• Dave Matthews Band with opening guest Donovan Frankenreiter - Alliance Bank Stadium, Syracuse NY - August 4, 2009
  
• Jason Mraz with opening guests K'Naan and G. Love & Special Sauce - CMAC, Canandaigua NY - August 2, 2009
  
• Coldplay with opening guest Pete Yorn - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Buffalo NY - June 1, 2009
  
• Ben Folds and Guster with opening guest Hotel Lights - Syracuse University, Syracuse NY - April 26, 2009
  
• Iron and Wine with opening guest Blizten Trapper - Asbury Hall, Buffalo NY - November 14, 2008
  
• Sara Bareilles - Syracuse University, Syracuse NY - March 29, 2008
  
• U2 - Vertigo Tour 2005 with opening guest Institute - HSBC Arena, Buffalo NY - December 7, 2005
  
• Three Dog Night - Epcot, Disney World, Orlando FL - November 11, 2005
  
• Rockin' At the Homestead - Kate Taylor & Ben Taylor, with special guests Carly Simon, Hugh Taylor, Isaac Taylor, and Jim Belushi - Vanderhoop Homestead, Aquinnah MA - July 27, 2005
  
• U2 - Vertigo Tour 2005 with opening guest Kings of Leon - Fleet Center, Boston MA - May 26, 2005
  
• Davy Jones - Epcot, Disney World, Orlando FL - April 18, 2005
  
• Liz Phair with opening guest Merit - Syracuse University, Syracuse NY - February 14, 2004
  
• Pete Yorn with opening guests Minibar and Jesse Malfin - Syracuse University, Syracuse NY - October 28, 2003
  
• Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone - Epcot, Disney World, Orlando FL - May 23, 2003
  
• Syracuse Symphony Orchestra - Syracuse University, Syracuse NY - February 6, 2003
  
• Earl's Garage, Hijack Jupiter, and Gym Class Heroes - Planet 505, Syracuse NY - November 1, 2002
  
• Granian - "Living Room Concert" at Flint Hall - Syracuse University, Syracuse NY - December 4, 2001
  
• U2 - Elevation Tour 2001 with opening guest P.J. Harvey - HSBC Arena, Buffalo NY - May 31, 2001
  
• Sting, with opening guest Jill Scott - Brand New Day Tour 2001 - Blue Cross Arena, Rochester NY - May 20, 2001
  
• Billy Joel and Elton John - Face to Face Tour 2001 - Syracuse University, Syracuse NY - May 5, 2001
  
• Fuel - Syracuse University, Syracuse NY - April 28, 2001
  
• Tim Reynolds - Syracuse University, Syracuse NY - October 25, 2000
  
• Guster with Special Guest Ben Lee - Syracuse University, Syracuse NY - September 4, 2000
  
• James Taylor and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Open Rehearsal - Eastman Theatre, Rochester NY - September 24, 1999
  

Tags: concert, music
Current Music: Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) - Florence and The Machine

It's been a while since I posted here (over a month, yikes!), and I am definitely planning on doing a catch up post tomorrow. In the meantime, and since I have stuff I have to get done before I go to work, I thought I'd pass along a music recommendation - Florence and The Machine. I haven't heard the whole "Lungs" album yet, but what I've heard so far I really really like. Man, if I could sing, I'd want to have a voice just like hers. Here are some good ones, via youTube:

- Dog Days - I've had this stuck in my head all day and I love it. (link only, embedding disabled)

- Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) (link only, embedding disabled)



I've also been posting at my sketch blog and random little things on my twitter, so you can always check those out, too.

Tags: art, music, twitter, video
Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Music: Dog Days - Florence and The Machine

I knew I'd been hearing stuff up on the roof the past few days! This morning I finally caught a glimpse of what's been up there. It's a mother raccoon and her three babies.





The babies are awfully cute. However, now I definitely know what got into the trash the other night. And they started batting at the screens on the window today. I left a message with Animal Control asking if I should just leave them be or if they need to be moved off the roof. Animal Control is no stranger to our house anyhow, after picking up Marley a few times and then coming here to take care of the deer that was killed by the coyotes.

Tags: home
Current Mood: bouncy

I was reading bolivarblues's list of concerts that she's been to and realized I was overdue on updating my own list that I keep. And so!

• Ben Folds and Guster with opening guest Hotel Lights - Syracuse University, Syracuse NY - April 26, 2009
  
• Iron and Wine with opening guest Blizten Trapper - Asbury Hall, Buffalo NY - November 14, 2008
  
• Sara Bareilles - Syracuse University, Syracuse NY - March 29, 2008
  
• U2 - Vertigo Tour 2005 with opening guest Institute - HSBC Arena, Buffalo NY - December 7, 2005
  
• Three Dog Night - Epcot, Disney World, Orlando FL - November 11, 2005
  
• Rockin' At the Homestead - Kate Taylor & Ben Taylor, with special guests Carly Simon, Hugh Taylor, Isaac Taylor, and Jim Belushi - Vanderhoop Homestead, Aquinnah MA - July 27, 2005
  
• U2 - Vertigo Tour 2005 with opening guest Kings of Leon - Fleet Center, Boston MA - May 26, 2005
  
• Davy Jones - Epcot, Disney World, Orlando FL - April 18, 2005
  
• Liz Phair with opening guest Merit - Syracuse University, Syracuse NY - February 14, 2004
  
• Pete Yorn with opening guests Minibar and Jesse Malfin - Syracuse University, Syracuse NY - October 28, 2003
  
• Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone - Epcot, Disney World, Orlando FL - May 23, 2003
  
• Syracuse Symphony Orchestra - Syracuse University, Syracuse NY - February 6, 2003
  
• Earl's Garage, Hijack Jupiter, and Gym Class Heroes - Planet 505, Syracuse NY - November 1, 2002
  
• Granian - "Living Room Concert" at Flint Hall - Syracuse University, Syracuse NY - December 4, 2001
  
• U2 - Elevation Tour 2001 with opening guest P.J. Harvey - HSBC Arena, Buffalo NY - May 31, 2001
  
• Sting, with opening guest Jill Scott - Brand New Day Tour 2001 - Blue Cross Arena, Rochester NY - May 20, 2001
  
• Billy Joel and Elton John - Face to Face Tour 2001 - Syracuse University, Syracuse NY - May 5, 2001
  
• Fuel - Syracuse University, Syracuse NY - April 28, 2001
  
• Tim Reynolds - Syracuse University, Syracuse NY - October 25, 2000
  
• Guster with Special Guest Ben Lee - Syracuse University, Syracuse NY - September 4, 2000
  
• James Taylor and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Open Rehearsal - Eastman Theatre, Rochester NY - September 24, 1999
  

Next Monday I'm going to see Coldplay, and Pete Yorn is opening for them, so that should be a lot of fun. I've never seen Coldplay before, and I haven't seen Pete Yorn since 2003. There's also the possibility of seeing Crosby, Stills, and Nash next month, but that's a big maybe because it might be too late to get tickets at this point.

Speaking of, you can hear Crosby, Stills, and Nash's Demos album right now on NPR's website. I've never been actively into them, but that album just hit the spot yesterday. I did four plus hours of online workshops for state certification stuff yesterday and that album made it much more tolerable.

Tags: concert, music
Current Mood: calm
Current Music: Follow Through - Hotel Lights

Who just finished their last grad school assignment?

I THINK THAT WOULD BE ME!!

YESSSS!!!



Just a class meeting in an hour, the gallery show opening tonight, a class meeting tomorrow, and then graduation on Saturday. WIN!!!

Tags: school
Current Mood: ecstatic
Current Music: Goodnight Goodnight - Hot Hot Heat

21 days until graduation! I'm so looking forward to that day.

Tags: school
Current Mood: tired

( If you haven't seen last night's episode, this could possibly be considered spoiler-ish... )

Cross posted to lost_tv

Tags: lost
Current Mood: curious
Current Music: Jetstream - Doves

I always loved that Stewart Copeland acts like he's playing drums on the space shuttle in this video.

Which reminds me, shortly after I had posted The Police illustration that I did as a classroom example, I got an e-mail from a very nice woman who wanted to buy it. I wound up re-doing a new version of it for her as a private commission, which was awesome.

As such, if I made prints of my original version available, would anyone be interested in buying them?

Tags: art, music, prints, the police, video
Current Mood: bouncy