Remember the ink piece I did of a Heart in a Bear Trap? Well, that was an idea by my dear friend Jayme Ludwig for a tattoo she has wanted for a long time. She gave me permission to turn that idea into a piece for LoveSick. After the show, she took my drawing to the talented Sam Wolf at Signature Tattoo in Ferndale as a concept for him to turn into the final tattoo design, and this is the end product. I sat with her the whole time and it was amazing to see it come to life.

I love it when a plan comes together.

Eat Me Series
Heather Hansma
2012

killtaupe:

Glenn Barr is rounding up some of your favorite illustrators, lowbrow, pop surrealism & graffiti artists for Lyric 2012, opening this Saturday at 323 East in Royal Oak!

From 323 East:

On the heels of the last March’s inaugural Lyric exhibition at 323East Gallery, Glenn Barr is back to curate the second incarnation of his pervasive musically themed group exhibition Lyric 2012. With an expanded roster of local and international artists ranging from lowbrow, pop surrealism, graffiti and illustration, this show is set to be the largest group exhibition to date at the Metro Detroit gallery named Best of Place to Buy Art (for the 3rd Year in A Row!) by Real Detroit Weekly. For this exhibition Glenn had one simple request for each artist: Each piece of art must be 12 x 12 inches, paying homage to the timeless beauty that can fit on the cover of a vinyl record. Each artist has been given free reign to draw inspiration from their favorite artist, album, song or lyric and put their personal interpretation to canvas.

“Music and its lyrics can always stimulate our emotions as well as leave us contemplating a visual narrative. Artists have always been known to use lyrics as inspiration and with this have created some of the greatest works in the world. This exhibition will illuminate the artist’s personal transcription from a song lyric to canvas.” - Glenn Barr

Participating Artists Include: Luke Chueh / Revok / Brett Amory / Eimi / Matt Eaton / Beau Stanton / Ron Zakrin / Tom Thewes / Tristan Eaton / Travis Louie / Chikuwaemil / Shojonotomo / Mark Heggie / BASK / Ray Domzalski/ Jeff Soto / Rick Morris /Chet Zar / Mark Dancy / Joey Seeman / THH70/ Bryan Cunningham / William Wray / Davin Brainard / Daniel Peacock / David Diavu Vecchiato/ Robert Nixon / Matt Gordon / Casey Weldon / Erik Otto / Martha Rich / John Dunivant / Derek Hess / Chris Dean / Dan Armand / April Segedi / Made514 and more..

Now for sale on Etsy!
Modern Prometheus
Heather Hansma
Acrylic on Gessobord
4x4”

Click here for more info and to purchase.

*sniff* I’m so proud to see my babies out there exploring the world. T_T

aschick:

Speedy Cerviche: Samurai Pizza Cat.

Mr. Schick, Samurai Pizza Cats holds a very, VERY dear place in my heart. You have made my entire weekend brighter by posting this for my eyes to see. <3

All of my pieces and prints from the LOVESICK show are now available in my Etsy shop with the exception of the “Lloyd Bunler” original painting. LIFT is keeping that one on display in their consignment space.

To celebrate the closing of the show, you can get 20% off not only the pieces from the show but everything in my shop by using the coupon code LOVESICK at checkout. Offer is good through Sunday, March 11th.

asciialice:

Please ignore the fact that I am a terrible photographer, but this is the cutest Galaga print, courtesy of the fantastic Heather Hansma! (Taken with Instagram at The Button Factory)

it8bit:

Win a “Galaga Two-Point-Bun” print

One winner will receive this “Galaga Two-Point-Bun” titled Puff Bun/Galaga arcade mash up print from artist Heather Hansma.

Simply reblog this post to enter (one entry per blog). We will randomly select one winner on Tuesday, February 28th, 2012. 

It8bit is doing a giveaway of my Galaga print! Yay!
Additional information about this print: it is giclée (which means it is an archival, high quality, ink-jet print);  it is from an open edition which has since been closed; and I only have 2 copies left in my possession (which you can find in my store here).

Good luck to all who enter!

katiecandraw:

cute firefly cast

Katie Cook is the best.