Yodel Me a Thank You!

who could resist a fat swiss on a yak singing your praises? if you have someone who deserves a big THANK YOU then you can send them this card that i put together. :P

Sometimes Life Stinks...So Take Pleasure Where You Can

so this card pretty much speaks for itself! hehe...i luv me my shrimp and i got to thinking how it's gross when u get that nice plump one with a long poop string still attached and i thought, "well, wat if it was just that little bugger of a shrimp's way of sticking it to us in its final moments?" at any rate this card is up on the Pig and u could send it out if u'd like...i think it also would work well as a 'hang in there' type of message or even condolences...we all get hit with a raw deal sometimes and if it takes a little pettiness to keep our spirits, up so be it! ;)

Congrats to all those Moms-to-be!

It sorta seems like it is the season for babies...i guess that summer luving is in the air?? i have heard in the past there were studies about an increase in pregnancies around the summer months...but whether that is true or not i cannot say but it sure seems to me that plenty of people i know are expecting! to celebrate all those moms-to-be here is a little congratulatory card with a message to match! hopefully u only pass this one along (and the congrats) to someone who IS actually preggers! ;)

Some inspired art for Father's Day! :)

Well, tomorrow is Father's Day, so if you haven't sent your dear old Dad a card yet, you may want to send him this little diddy! Who doesn't appreciate a good poop joke?!?! ;) You can find this card over at Pigspigot...and be sure to send some love to Pops!

Happy birthday to you...you look like a pinata and spew candy like one too!

This cartoon comes to you courtesy of my 'old man'...Dad that is! ;) It was Pop's birthday so I created him this little card, and if u like it u can send it urself too. I hope you are all doing well and avoiding being whacked by a bunch of candy crazed youngsters!

You know guys rule the house when...the toilet seat is perpetually left up

So this above cartoon is actually the first one in a series I'm going to do entitled, "10 Signs Guys Have Taken over the House," and if you have meandered over to my Fitness Stop Blog you've already seen it. But this one is for "The Toilet Seat is Perpetually Left Up!" and it has been turned into a Mother's Day card over at Pigspigot if you wanted to send one to dear Mom on her special day! ;)

I'll post up the second cartoon later, so you can check back here or if you really can't wait it is up on my other blog. :)

Sleep with one eye open all ye litter bugs...Earth Day is a'coming!

So in case you have yet to hear about it Earth Day is in fact tomorrow and to pay homage to our good Mother Earth I've made two little cartoons that I hope you can get a chuckle from and perhaps even make you think twice about throwing that hamburger wrapper on the ground! ;) You can find this first one as a card u can send out to any dastardly litter bugs you know as a warning to clean up their acts!

Happy Easter...watch out where you hide those eggs!

Hope your own Easter winds up better than the poor Easter Bunny's! :)


Enjoy the little cartoon, and you can see the full card here...and also be sure to get your daily recommended value of Peeps!

Celebrity Inspired Cartoon to Offer You Some Laughs and Inspiration

Today's little cartoon may look like I'm only taking a shallow jab at poor Briney Spears, but if you take a look at the full card found at PigSpigot you will see I actually turned it into a little motivational, inspirational type of greeting to be passed along to get you through a tough time...so that's my story and I'm sticking to it. Yes, it is hard not to fall into the whole media frenzy around juicy celebrity gossip, and Britney Spears sure gave us plenty to talk about...and it is still ongoing; but one can't help but root for the poor girl. She sure has come a long way and does deserve respect for the comeback that she has had and is still currently in progress; hopefully her days of odd and bizarre behavior are behind her, but if not I'm sure there will be plenty more cartoons making the rounds! Hope you all are doing well, but if you need a pick me up, go ahead and send yourself this very card and remember things could in fact be worse. ;)

Latest doodles

Just wanted to put up some of my latest doodles! Enjoy, and you can see the full cards here: http://www.pigspigot.com/app/profile/user/62

Pigspigot Card Contest

Okay, I'm not gonna lie I'm SUPER EXCITED because I won the Naughty Santa Contest at Pigspigot.com! This is a great site I spoke about earlier for freelance artists to get their work out there and create a buzz, hopefully leading to some more freelance art jobs. ;) Anyways if you haven't checked this site out yet, I recommend you do and upload some cards of your own. They have other contests, one coming up in January, so put your thinking caps on. And even if you aren't so artistically inclined you can send out the ones that are already there and available from other freelance artists.

You can check out the results and see some of the other Naughty Santa Cards here: Contest Results.

Hope you guys are all having a great day and ready for the weekend!

Freelance Artist Opportunities

Along with being a freelance writer I do love to dabble in the arts too! I've always been one to doodle in the margins of my papers, and loved to draw, paint, sculpt, and create. I like working with different mediums, writing and words being oen of them, but drawing does hold a special place in my heart. I like to do more realistic art pieces but also find that doing funny or quirky cartoons is fun and relaxing too. I like to write little stories or books for my family and friends and then add in cartoon illustrations.

Okay, so where is this going and what is the point of the post? Well the thing is, just like freelance writing jobs there are freelance art jobs for plenty of different niches. Obviously you can be a bona fide artist, but there are other opportunities as well. There are graphic designers that are needed, logos to be created, cartoons to be sold, and then the greeting card industry. There are tons of freelance artist work out there, and if you have a passion for drawing, painting, digitizing, or any other form of visual arts you can look into it. As an example, there is an awesome site: www.PigSpigot.com that lets you upload your own greeting card designs. They are usually not the more traditional looking ones and definitely have an edge and I like that. They don't pay for their submissions at this time so anyone can upload and create then send their cards and you can use those as examples of your work to submit to other companies. But Pig Spigot does hold card contests for the best designs and always have some awesome prizes. There are numerous greeting card companies that are always looking for submissions and you may want to inquire.