San Smith

More wallpapers, July's sponsors and more!

So here is the other desktop I promised, for those of you who aren't digging Katy Perry or live where its not summery... a cute little gal in rain boots... I've really been wishing for rain lately (I get so tired of the heat!) so that is what inspired this doodle. I'm looking forward to fall so I can wear comfy sweaters and stompy rain boots.

This is for personal desktop/iPhone use only and not to be edited for any other purposes! 

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I also should point out that there are three lovely new ads on my blog now... I'm really excited to have these fun shops sponsoring my blog this month! Check them out:

      

A little about July's sponsors:

Zambicandy has adorable apparel, rings, necklaces and more
Monkeeboo is filled with cute cozy scarves and is offering free shipping to anywhere in the US if you mention "San" when you check out... 
and Julie Peach has awesome journals, art and home items with a handmade touch. 

Annnnd - If you missed it last week, you can check out almost all of the live drawing demo recorded on my Ustream page here. I worked almost 2 hours longer than I originally planned because I was trying to finish up a drawing for my boyfriend's birthday. Above is a peek at it - little Totoro on a bicycle with Catbus in the background! I'll be sharing the final illustration later this week. :)

Other news: I'm working really hard right now to bring some great items to my etsy and I'm looking forward to sharing about that hopefully around Friday. It looks like I'm going to have prints, stickers, journals, stamps and jewelry this go around! Maybe even some apparel - I'll have to see how the pricing pans out... Also, I should finally be announcing my contest this week! I just need to finish figuring out the details on that... Until then - Hope you guys had a great weekend and see you next post!

Things I love Thursday + Katy Perry and wallpapers!

I feel like I should put a disclaimer that I'm not a super huge Katy Perry fan... I like her aesthetics and a few of hers songs - I'm not very serious business about any singers really! However, I'd love to raid her costume closet. I'm really digging the look she had for her last cd with all the vintage outfits and fruit accessories - which is what inspired this! ;) 

With that said, here is July's desktop with the above image. There is even one for the iphone this time :) I'll probably be posting one more desktop tomorrow - it is halfway done but I just don't have time to share it today. Booooo.

    

As usual, this is for personal desktop/iPhone use only and not to be edited for any other purposes!

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Now onto the rest of the post!

New Futurama episodes - I finally watched the two new episodes with Chris the other night... I adore Futurama! I couldn't stop giggling. Unfortunately I don't have cable, so I'm having to buy them on itunes right now - but it was worth it to watch them! 

Krysti Pryde's X-Ray Vision - my friend Krysti finally started up her blog, and it is really fun so far! She talks about all aspects of neat geek culture - go check it out!

ZambiCandy's Shrinkle dress up doll - Cuuuuute! Zambi made this as a birthday gift to Shrinkle. :) 

Pop art/Comic themed nail art by SupaNails

"Pardon Me (Rocky Business Remix)" by He Is We 
This song is SO good. Love love love it. If you click the link there is a free download of it!

Also thanks to SoundlyAwake's "Car singing is Sexy" video on Youtube, I can't stop listening to Love Automatic this morning - but its kinda more clubby goofy to me... I keep picturing his Frankie character while I listen to it hahaha. Eeek!

Things I <3 that do not have links: Passing along kindness, Cool breezy weather in the evenings, replacement parts for your coffee maker (which I melted last week - eeek!), discovering better brushes in photoshop, homemade cheesecake and supportive wonderful people that I love.

Tumblr pictures I love right now:

By the way... if you ever recognize a tumlbr photo I share on my Things I love Thursday posts, let me know! Often credit isn't attached on tumblr, but I'd love to link to the original creator when possible. :)

 

And don't forget: 
 I will be doing live drawing demos and answering illustration questions every
 Friday at 1pm-2:30 pm ET on my Ustream channel!
See you there tomorrow :)
  http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sanland/ 

 

Free June wallpaper + personal updates

I feel like I've been so busy lately... I'm working on a lot of projects, but none are ready to share yet - thus why so many photo posts. And Monday was my birthday! I took the day off to celebrate with friends and family - it was really nice. There was lots of ridiculous park exploring with my cousin Lauren, dinner with amazing friends, lunch with my mom, walking around town and taking photos, and much more. I felt like the luckiest girl in the world - it was a great day.

I don't have a lot of photos to share from the birthday celebrations just yet - I've actually been taking more film photos lately, so it might be a bit before they are developed. I can't wait to see how they turn out - its like a surprise! I have no clue what I'm going to get. :) I've also been busy scheming with friends on a Scott Pilgrim party to celebrate the release of the final book. I am super excited about this!! We are still ironing out details, but as soon as I have more info I'll be sure to share it. During our meeting my pal Lillian gave me a massive Scott Pilgrim movie poster - I can't wait to hang it up in my office.

Not a whole lot else to share at the moment - just working a ton, birthday celebrations (and there are about to be more - my friend Stephan's birthday was this week too!), finally reading the Harry Potter books (more on that later) and spending lots of time with my little dog. Speaking of which, my friend Kc made me the most hilarious little "party collar" for Pika - she looks like shes a wild child in it! You should go check out her work: Bang Pow Creations on etsy, the collar is so cute and well made! I can't stop giggling about it.

And speaking of dogs - whee! Free June wallpaper calendars inspired by my little dog. I know we are already on the 9th, but still I really wanted to make one for this month... So here it is! As usual, these are only for your personal use and not to be reproduced in any manner. There are two different color schemes since I couldn't decide - one is supposed to be summery, the other with a sunset feel. Enjoy!

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Well thats it for now - there should be a few more posts coming this week so check back! I owe you guys a Things I love Thursday and my belated post on cycling for girls. There might even be an "Ideas and Inspiration" type post this weekend! Exciting times :D

Free March calendar desktop!

Hooray! March has arrived :) To start off the month I thought I'd offer a free calendar desktop download. I made three different sizes - enjoy!

(For personal use only!)

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I'm going to try to make this a monthly thing - I really like desktops like this... do you?

I also updated my twitter background to match this little doodle! You should go check it out, and if you haven't already - feel free to add me on twitter: www.twitter.com/sanasaurus