I used to be anti-Instagram. Mostly because everyone else was using it and I can get all "well if everyone likes something I'm going to hate it". I make my life difficult sometimes.  But I also didn't like it because I LOVE Hipstamatic and viewed Instagram as some sort of rival app. Again, I make life difficult.

But I finally came to my senses and realized instagram is a really cool social media app for sharing photos and seeing what others are up too. To me it sort of completes the twitter short-140 character update idea; with Instagram you get one photo showing someone's life at that moment.  Very cool.

I mostly share photos of what I'm working on or photos of me harassing my cats.

You should follow me. :) My username is staunchstudio.

Happy Easter everyone and enjoy your holiday weekend!

Art House Co-Op is based in Brooklyn, NY and focuses on creating “massive, international art projects that tie thousands of artists together”.  I’ve participated in 3 of their projects and enjoyed all of them but this particular one, the Sketchbook Project, was definitely the most difficult.

For one, I procrastinated to practically the last minute before the book was due.  Procrastination is a big problem with me and yet I always do it.  Did I really need to organize my cd’s? No, but I took an afternoon (and part of an evening because I have OCD) to do that instead of drawing.  The other reason it was so difficult is because I don’t really keep a sketchbook.  I have an idea, paint it directly on the wood, and if it works, I share it with everyone.  If it doesn’t, I get out the gesso and start over.

So to have this sketchbook’s blank pages staring at me was unnerving.  Thankfully, my theme was lines and grids so I felt a little more comfortable once I picked up my ruler.  After awhile though I ran out if ideas and still had a good chunk of the book to fill.  I remember the project leaders saying if the book is not completed, it was okay and to send the book anyway.  But sending an uncompleted sketchbook would admit defeat and I would not be defeated.  (As well as having OCD I’m also incredibly competitive).  So I picked up my sharpies, thought for a few minutes, put them down and turned on Turner Classic Movies.  Hey, I’m not missing Charlie Chaplin!

The next day I got serious and started coming up with ideas and by the end of the process, I realized the importance of a sketchbook. If I drew something but wasn’t totally sure about it, I could try again on the next page and maybe come up with something very cool and unexpected. Moral of the story is I will definitely keep a sketchbook from now on.

Here are a couple of pages. You can also check out some more of my sketches on flickr.