Posts Tagged ‘squirrel’
Monday, March 4th, 2013
I have no idea why I chose the above image for this post. But I’m lazy, and I don’t feel like changing it now.
I’ve just gotten home from the Golden Gate Conference for the SCBWI San Francisco at Asilomar. For those of you that have gone to just the large LA or New York conferences I want to tell you that smaller events have some great benefits. There were only about 140 to 150 people at this conference. Like all SCBWI gatherings the people there were a real mix. There were all levels of writers and illustrators there, from those living- the- dream to total newbies. I believe that I got to have face time with literally everyone.
I have some new BFF’s (Hi, Suzanne, Joyce, Matt, Kat, Tiffany, Kathrine, and Tamara . Sorry if I missed anyone. I’m trying to be better at remembering names but I’m pretty sure I missed of few there) . My agent, Erzsi Deak, was there and she was one of the speakers. I also got to meet Jon Agee, Ed Briant, Patti Ann Harris, Lisa Jahn-Clough, Daniel Handler and Greg Pincus. And I finally got to really meet Lin Oliver. I’ve seen her a dozen times but I’d never actually had a chance to talk to her.
But my favorite part of the conference, because of my ego, was winning the Golden Gate Portfolio award! I remained humble after winning and waited until I got back to my room to do my victory strut (I’ve been told my victory strut is very disturbing). Emily Jiang won the Golden Gate Writer’s Award. (www.emilyjaing.com) She is a truly awesome person!
Oh, and I forgot to say, Asilomar is a state park in Pacific Grove near Monterey. It’s right on the beach and has beautiful historic buildings. It’s the perfect place to meet friends and discuss children’s books!
Tags: andrea zuill, asilomar state conference grounds, asilomar state park, beach, daniel handler, deer, ed briant, emellia zamani, erzsi deak, Golden Gate Conference, golden gate portfolio award, greg pincus, hen and ink literary agency, humor, illustrator, Jon Agee, kat brozozowski, lemony snicket, Lin oliver, lisa brown, lisa jahn-clough, monterey, pacific grove, pam gruber, patti ann harris, sand, sarah ketchersid, SCBWI, SCBWI San Francisco, society of children's book writers and illustrators, squirrel, zuill
Posted in Art, Musings, travel | 7 Comments »
Monday, October 22nd, 2012
(The illustration above has nothing to do with this blog entry. I just hate posting without having some kind of artwork in it somewhere .)
10 Things you should never do.
1. Never tell anyone that you never really cared for the band U2. (I found this out the hard way.)
2. Same about Oprah.
3. Never confess, with the possible exception to the authorities, that you had accidently killed a Bald Eagle*. If you do make this confession it may lead to nervous laughter from your Daughter and Grand Daughter, and the statement, “You’re gross.” from your wife.
4. If you do confess to killing a Bald eagle by accident and your wife says, “You’re gross”, do not follow that statement by saying, “At least it wasn’t a Panda!”
5. Never eat an entire bag, roll, or box of sugar free candy all at one time. Your family and toilet will thank you.
6. If you’re ever at a zoo where there are 2 adult elephants and one baby elephant on display and you over hear a mother tell her child that the elephants are a mommy, daddy and baby, NEVER butt in and tell them that in fact the father elephants don’t stay with the mommy and babies and the other adult elephant is a female. Just let them live in their false reality of lies.
7. This one is for the older folks. Whenever you need to add the words, “I’m not a racist but…” to something you are about to say I will guarantee that your next words will be racist.
8. Never try to share the movie Shaun of the Dead with your aging father. At the beginning he will not notice the zombies in the background and he will think that you are just showing him an artsy film of a guy walking around.
9. Never intently watch a swollen dead squirrel in the middle of the road. It will eventually be run over by a car, which may lead to its head exploding off with a loud pop. This will leave you laughing and scarred.
10. Lastly, never ask for double butter on your movie theater popcorn. You will never emotionally or physically recover. The smell of any theater lobby still makes me a bit nauseous.
*The eagle thing happen a long time ago, so nothing can be done now, and it wasn’t me.
Tags: Art, badbird, bald eagle, bat, butter, car, elephant, girl, house, illustration, lies, movie, movie theater, night, Oprah, panda, shaun of the dead, squirrel, sugar free candy, U2, zombies, zuill
Posted in General Stuff, Musings | 2 Comments »
Monday, July 9th, 2012
I have convinced my dog to tell you about our latest camping trip. Since most people don’t speak Corgidor I have translated his words for you.
We went camping again, but I am a much changed dog from the one that was scared at every noise on our first trip (http://zuill.us/andreablog/2011/05/13/three-things-that-freak-out-my-dog/). I still hate how long it takes to get to our camp site, but Mom tries to make the long car ride fun by pointing out things along the road that I might find interesting.
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I made quick business of securing our camp site.
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Since wolves don’t eat Miss Daisy’s Nutritional Kibble for the Precocious Senior Pooch in the wild I refused it too. But Mom, being very smart, brought a jar of caribou scrapings and mixed it in with my food. This was a good compromise.
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We hiked a lot! One thing I like about being in the wild is you can pee on anything and nobody gets mad!
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As much as I liked being way up in the mountains, it was also fun to go into town and check out the local action. I met a couple ladies that were just my type.
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We did all kinds of really fun things on our camping trip.
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But I also got a little worn out having so much fun so it was good to get home.
Tags: badbird, bear, camping, cartoon, corgi, dog, etsy, flickr, funny, hiking, lee vining, mountians, sierra, squirrel, tent, tree, yosemite, zuill
Posted in General Stuff, Musings, travel | 19 Comments »
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Did you know that badgers where the fashion divas of the wilderness?
Tags: animals, badbird, badger, bear, cartoon, costume, diva, dress-up, fashion, flower, forest, funny, gicless, hat, hawaiian shirt, illustration, mammals, print, rabbit, silly, squirrel, tutu, zuill
Posted in Art | 9 Comments »
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
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Bear by Andrea Zuill
I don’t know. I think the older I get the cuter I get. Well, not me personally, but my art is at an all time high cuteness level. I’ve opened a new store on Etsy called , Grrr, said the Bear.
It’s kind of storybook -ish, full of forest animals. So, please check it out: www.grrrsaidthebear.etsy.com
Frollicing Fawn by Andrea Zuill
Tags: badbird, bear, bird, bunny, deer, digital, etsy, fairytale, fawn, forest animal, giclee, goldfinch, grrr said the bear, owl, print, rabbit, squirrel, storybook, tanger, the doom girls, zuill
Posted in Art, Art Prints | 10 Comments »
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011
There has been a bit of confusion going on. In my last post I think that I made it sound like the shirts where only for men. ExBoyfriend t-shirts are for Women, Kids and Men. Each design comes in a variety of styles, colors and sizes. They also make book totes and regular totes.
I posted a few more photo’s to give you an idea of what they carry. They have even more items than I have shown you here so check them out!
ExBoyfriend
Woman’s Hoodie
Kid’s T-Shirt
Onsies
And totes.
Tags: badbird, exboyfriend, squirrel, T-Shirts, thedoomgirls, unicorn, zuill
Posted in General Stuff, T-Shirts | 5 Comments »
Monday, January 10th, 2011
NOTICE: ExBoyfriend T-Shirts has shirts for men, women and children! There seemed to be some confusion.
I few weeks ago Matt from ExBoyfriend contacted me about designing some shirt images for his shop. Of course I said yes. I designed two images for him. The first one is a somewhat irritated squirrel and the second design is a irritated unicorn.
Someday I will have to find out why the characters I create are so irritated. I’m sure it’s something deeply seated in my psyche and very irritating.
Tags: badbird, cute, design, exboyfriend, funny, magic, silly, squirrel, t-shirt, thedoomgirls, unicorn, zuill
Posted in Art, General Stuff, Musings | 11 Comments »
