luxe lust guest post + folk fest

This week I guest blogged on Calgary Fashion and Lifestyle Blog Luxe Lust. Check out my post on The Calgary Folk Music Festival here.

let's talk about....another illustration

Here is another teaser for an illustration that will be appearing in BeatRoute Magazine. My illustration will be accompanying a new sex column which will be a part of the City section, with "threesomes" being the first topic of discussion.

Your song of the day after the jump, Spinderella cut it up one time!

framed piece

Dom's office

Dom sent me an image of her newly framed "Lazy Bones" piece up in her office. Her boss told her the skeletons were "very morbid" which she responded with " you should see the rest of the collection". They're not that morbid are they?

beatroute illustration

I am beginning to do illustrations for BeatRoute Magazine starting with next month's issue. Here is a teaser to accompany one of my first illustrations for them. See the full image in August's issue, accompanying an article on the People's Poetry Festival.

weird little guy

untitled, ink, 2011

This is an original piece I created for someone who ended up buying a substantial amount of my work this past week.

post expo post 2011

This is the illustration of mine that was chosen to be printed in the expo "Dreams and Wishes" artbook this year.

Had a full weekend at the Calgary Entertainment Expo booth with Sam this past weekend! We both had a lot of fun, met a lot of great people, and were each exhausted by the end.

This was each of our first year with a booth at the expo as well as the first time offering up a large body of our personal artwork up for sale. I had set the personal goal of selling 10 prints a day, and without getting into exact numbers I was able to sell more than 30 prints on just Saturday alone. It felt tremendous to see how much expo goers were feeling my art, the artists that go to these events are tremendously talented, and for someone to choose a piece of mine to hang on their wall is the ultimate compliment. It's a great feeling when someone is standing at your booth for ten minutes struggling to decide which print to get and ends up walking away with multiple, or when a dad who bought a print rushes back for another because his family couldn't stop talking about it. One girl said she saw a print of mine on Saturday, and spent most of Sunday trying to find me again so that she could buy it.

I was able to learn a lot this year, and can't wait to be involved with the expo again in the future. Big, big thanks to everyone who came out and supported me at the expo or just had kind words to say, you help finance this art habit of mine. Also huge thanks to all the other artists who took the time out of incredibly busy days to say "What's up?" and look at my art. I wish I had had more time to talk to more artists for sure.

Below is a pic of me at the booth, with my sisters visiting their big brother. More pics to come! Your song of Day is at the bottom with the great summer tune "Heaven's on Fire" by The Radio Dept.

andy narwhal and clockhead and more!

Andy Narwhal and Clockhead; The Great Pirate Escape ink and digital

Well the day of the Calgary Expo has finally arrived, I'm looking forward to meeting some cool people, and seeing some terrific artwork. I will also have my eyes peeled for a Dr. Zoidberg figurine. Make sure you come to the expo this weekend and if you want to find me and Sam come to charming booth number 708. Likewise if you want to avoid seeing me and Sam avoid booth number 708 or look out for this massive sign....























...and then pan your eye downwards as I will be directly under it.
I will try to tweet a bit during the expo so follow me @JarettSitter.

Two more prints that will be for sale are below, both have appeared on this blog before but have been each slightly touched up for print.






































And your song of the day is "Dreams", wish Sam and I luck!