Anarchist Bookfair Poster

The poster for the 2008 Edmonton Anarchist Bookfair is done and printed! I've done B&W posters before, but never for something with the budget to print in *gasp!* colour. I have to say that I am super pleased with the result; for some reason I was pretty nervous about how it would turn out, but when I saw them last night in the trunk of Jeff's car, in a parking lot at 2 a.m., well, I was so excited I did a little dance.

Of course I highly recommend that if you're in Edmonton the weekend of October 3, you come to the fair. It's the largest anarchist bookfair in Western Canada, and there is always a ton of super inspiring, really cool DIY stuff: art, zines, posters, books. Anarchist bookfairs are pretty much seas of hidden treasures, full of cool stuff you will never find anywhere else.

2008 EAB

Ukrainian Centre

11018-97 st.

October 3: speaker @ 7

October 4: bookfair 11-7

October 5: bookfair 12-5, followed by a closing party for whoever wants to come.

Free vegan food, free childcare, free admission, lots of fun stuff to see and do.

edmontonanarchistbookfair.ca

Preview

Here's a preview of a fun project I'm working on: it's the ladies of SATC with moustaches!!

(I think I like Charlotte with a nice little waxed French one...)

Design for Mankind

This is an exciting day.  I just got mentioned on the LA-based mega-inspirational art site Design for Mankind!   Founder Erin Loechner launched the site last year to document the work of emerging artists and designers, and provide a forum for creative-types to get inspired by each others work.  They have a crazy huge readership - 8,000 people a day!!! - and also publish a magazine, Mankind Mag. 

I was curious which image of mine Erin (who is, by the way, possibly the sweetest person on earth to have a random e-mail conversation with) was going to use, and she went with one of my favourites: an illustration of Arthur from Degrassi, digitally altered from a 2006 drawing series called 'Everyone I know Loves Degrassi' (viewable somewhere in the archives of this blog).  

She links to my carbonmade page (krm.carbonmade.com), which is my temporary portfolio until hellokirsten.com launches sometime in the next few months.  Along with a new site, I'm starting a new project to bring in a little moola, this being the year of saving up for a studio space.  

Send me a photo and I'll illustrate you!  For reals.  Full details on hellokirsten.com when it launches, or by e-mail (kirstenmccrea@gmail.com).