Paper Cut Out ATCS

The tomatoes I made just for me, but the birds were inchies and then I thought to make them an ATC, and they will very very soon be mailed to my private atc swap partner, "cittylou"! Along with another ATC (or 2 ;)

I made both these from cutting shapes out of papers -- scrapbooking papers for the tomatoes and handmade papers, glued onto cardstock to back it. Then the birds are made from cardstocks and handmade papers for the birds and clouds. I used modge podge to glue everything down -- simply because it was easier. I'm not always a fan of it since it can leave brushstrokes and even the matt kind can be glossy. But it is so easy to use when collage-ing like this.

Caution....

After these zentangle images is an image of my OBSCENE ATC swap. so caution. it is "obscene" with a slight amount of cartoon-like nudity.

The rest of my zentangles, I mailed a while ago.



The group i mailed to partner #2. (image of partner #1's below is earlier entry.)



I also started a second series. These were just for fun with no partner in mind. If you'd be interested in swapping for them, leave a comment or message me at swapbot -- chimpieartist.



This image below is based on a 1964 black humor award winning series of illustrations, les belles manieres, by testu. i changed it a bit, added color, made it into my "obscene atc" which i'm mailing today. it's suppose to be funny. but it is also obscene, possibly lewd even... so caution.



This is the atc I am mailing to my partner, the 2nd one I am keeping in my own collection.


The next one is slightly more obscene.

artwork

thought I'd post some images of actual art pieces I've made (rather than swap, atcs etc) (not that atc's aren't art pieces, because they are but, well, you know what I mean).



This image i made when I was 18 for a client. Acrylic paint, 18x24"


The rest of the images are from a class I took at MICA freshman year (2 years ago)

Oil paints, 18x24"


Linoleum print, approx. 14"x8"


solar plate print, approx. 14"x8"

Zentangles

These are waiting for a partner.

"obscene" atc swap

The following image is for "obscene atc swap" It uses curse words and images that may not be appropriate or to your taste. Be warned.


This swap for "obscene" atc's is a challenge. Which is exactly why I signed up for it. I thought, how do i make an atc that is obscene, while still being a small piece of art and not be offensive or crude.... Well, I made my first one. I used Georgia O'Keefe as inspiration, drawing a flower that looks very yonic and coloring it very pink and red, and then just to go the extra obscene mile, I wrote small curse words in the background. I actually couldn't think of very many different ones. I think there's about 4, maybe 5, and they're all short words.





I drew with India ink pens, and then colored using Neocolor watersoluble wax pastels (or crayons). I did use water to blend them, but went over them again to make them darker. I scanned the images using my printer, so they look a little different. Scanners catch all the details the eye normally doesn't see.

I'm not sure I'll post the image of the 2nd atc I made. For it I'm using 1960's dark humor erotic illustrations for inspiration, by Tetsu. I found them in Taschen's Erotica book series.

I <3 pockets

Two inchies that go into 2 pockets on this ATC. I sent it to Annet. I love the idea of pockets on an ATC. It was one of those: woke up at midnight in a sweat searching desparately for a pen to write down this idea of POCKETS! Now I'm going pocket crazy, making all kinds of pocket-ATCs.

I hope it goes without saying, but I thought the other day that I probably should still say it.
All images are copyright 2009 Julia Lee.

I'm happy to share patterns and ideas. The whole point of my blog is to share ideas and share my artwork. I want my work to be seen ( but not stolen ).

The Monkey ATC I sent to Annet via Swapbot! I had so much fun making this ATC. I'm making a 2nd one for myself now!

I used felt pieces and hand stitched them on top of a piece of batik fabric. The batik was green with little marks on it that sort of gave it a leafy look. The monkey was a pattern out of FUN STUFF, an Aranzi Aronzo book (I think that's their name... I'd have to check tho). It was a pattern to go on a change purse or be a keychain. But I thought, what a great little ATC that could make! So I took their monkey pattern, and then found a background fabric, and then designed what I wanted it to look like. I cut out the leaves and little branches out of felt, using my own patterns. I kept tweaking it trying to make it perfect. And I'm very happy with the result. I'm happy to share the pattern too.