I had the lovely pleasure of testing out the book “Zombie Felties: How to Raise 16 Gruesome Felt Creatures from the Undead” at the party thrown by Steph Calvert of Hearts and Laserbeams and Delilah Snell of The Road Less Traveled (Delilah photographed me). A bunch of crafty folks like Christina Sanchez of Le Modern [...]
I’m really psyched to share with you the postcard I just sent to print! I was commissioned to design a logo and promotional postcard for the exciting new non-profit, Food Riders of OCC. They deliver donated food from Orange Coast College to the local food bank Share Our Selves by bike! If you are interested, [...]
It’s my birthday on Saturday, September 18th! Please invite yourself to my party:
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SALE!
In this festive spirit, I’m sharing the love and am offering a discount now through September 19th of 25% off your purchase on my Etsy shop. Message me on Etsy with the items you are interested and the code “BIRTHDAY” and I’ll work [...]
Here’s a collaboration piece I did with Dcastr/Taco Comics at Drink & Draw Social Club, Orange County Chapter a couple of weeks ago. Very cool!
Here’s some photos of me live painting at the opening of the exhibit “Thrown Together” at Glass House Records photographed by Gordon Dooley. Thank you Gordon!
Please come out to “Private Reserve” featuring the art of Drink & Draw Social Club Orange County Chapter on Saturday, August 21st 7-11pm at the ARTery in Costa Mesa, CA at the LAB. There will be a ton of art by Drink & Draw members drawn during our regular Tuesday night meetings at Azteca Restaurant [...]
Here’s the last bit of ICON 6 notes from Saturday, July 17th. All around it was a jam-packed day filled with information and great company. In this post you’ll find a ton of notes I took from the talks by: SooJin Buzelli, Irene Gallo, Michelle Katz, John Hendrix, Adam McCauley, Tim Biskup, Thomas Blackshear, John Mahoney, Fernanda Cohen, Yuko Shimizu, and Kathy Altieri
First I’ll share [...]
Here’s more notes from ICON 6, the illustration conference. I took notes from the most information-packed talks. It was harder to take notes from the more experiential talks by Melinda Beck, Gary Taxali, Wayne White and Todd Oldham. I apologize I don’t have much to say about their talks but I highly recommend you check [...]
Last week I attended ICON 6, the illustration conference in Pasadena, CA at the Langham Hotel. I was a last minute sign up after much deliberation. The conference was not cheap but choosing to attend symbolically showed that I am a professional and I take my art seriously. I was in good company. The place [...]
I sketched these at Handmade Brigade of OC’s Block Party at my craft booth. It was fun seeing people’s responses to my sketches. I am always surprised to hear “I wish I could do that” or “I can’t draw.” I tell folks who say that that anyone can draw! All it takes is practice, just [...]
Hi, I'm Aileen Holmes, a freelance Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Artist working in sunny Orange County, California. I hope to share with you all aspects of my creative lifestyle: share the seeds of my inspiration, artwork in all stages of creation, and the fruits of my labor--new product and happy announcements.Read more...
