Hello!

If you have arrived here you most likely are a new owner of a "Penciled In" drawing...our collaborative series for Art-o-mat®.

UPDATE: Late Summer 2012 This edition of Penciled In is a collaboration with William Hessian. William and Took met through Art-o-mat and enjoyed each other's art. William conducts Miniature Art Hunts across the US and Took knew she wanted to bring William and the Miniature Art Hunt to her hometown of Northville, MI. In 2012 Northville celebrated its 2nd Annual Miniature Art Hunt and William and Took decided to collaborate on 100 Penciled In portraits.
William started out with Took's basic characters that were transferred to the blocks and then added color and his own unique touches, giving them a whole new personality. You can find out all about William HERE and HERE -- he is one dazzlingly brilliant guy!
PLEASE -- leave us a comment, name your character, tell us how you got it...just look for your character's number on the back of the block, then find it in the Blog Archive on the right side of the blog...scroll down. We'd love to hear from YOU!

UPDATE: Summer 2011 This batch of Penciled In is a sort of "All-Stars" edition. Juana and I made 100 blocks with an assortment of 17 of our favorite Penciled In characters, as well as 3 *new* "Youngsters" -- a young cat, a young dog and a young rabbit. Each character has 5 variations. We hope you like them! PLEASE -- leave us a comment, name your character, tell us how you got it...just look for your character's number on the back of the block, then find it in the Blog Archive on the right side of the blog...scroll down. We'd love to hear from YOU!

UPDATE: 2010 "The Youngsters" is the all-new set of Penciled In characters. They will all be getting names and comments from us. If yours doesn't have a name yet, please check back periodically -- or tell us what YOU think it ought to be. Oh, and please disregard the instruction insert in your box...just look for character's number in the list in the Blog Archive on the right side of the blog.

We would LOVE to know how your teensy portrait came to you -- leave us a comment. Did you get it from a machine yourself? Was it a gift? Did we trade with you at the swap meet in Minneapolis? What machine was it in? Was this your first arto-experience?

Oh...and give the guitar on the right side of the blog a try, too!

Cap & Leo -- about us

Cap: aka Took Gallagher (a triple Capricorn)

Took is an arto-host and artist. She is living happily ever afterly in Northville, MI with her 4 cats.
Took is very easily entertained and enjoys a semi-wide variety of activities such as: cutting magazine pictures for collages, doodling new characters, playing Magic: the Gathering with Juana, drinking waaaaaay too much coffee. She also loves cotton candy and finding ways to turn her tongue blue.


Visit Took's other blog.

Leo: aka Juana Moore (a Leo)

Juana is a lifetime painter, collagist, and maker of stuff. She loves hanging out with Doug and the cats, playing with dolls, watching movies, customizing and painting toys.

Visit
Juana's website.

Monday, November 8, 2010

Y - 51 "Hansel"

CAP: Hansel is a silvery little bear outside of the witch's stripey peppermint cottage deep in the Deep Wood.

Y - 50 "Meg"

CAP: This is Meg. Meg means "pearl".

Which calls to mind "Pearly Queen" by Traffic.

The two are not especially related, but I like Traffic and I like this song.

Y - 49 "Meadow"

CAP: Meadow is usually frolicking outside in the meadow, but has come in to pose by this cool checkerboard.

Y - 48 "Florence"


CAP: Florence (for me) comes from the tv show "The Magic Roundabout"...a show I really like. Florence doesn't have a very big part in this episode, but you can still see her.

Y - 47 "Snow"

CAP: This little lamb's name is Snow. Easy enough to see why. I still haven't determined (for myself) if this is a boy or a girl.

Y - 46 "Roland"

CAP: I like this Wolfy, Jr. I like his colors.

I also just like the name Roland. No particular reason why.

Y - 45 "Jasper"

CAP: This is Jasper, like the gemstone. Look at all of those luscious colors in there.

Y - 44 "Heidi"

CAP: Yep...I'm a "Project Runway" fan. I didn't even know who Heidi Klum was before I saw that show, but now I really like her. She cracks me up.

Y - 43 "Derek"

CAP: Oh, there are so many reasons for liking the name Derek...too many to list. I was wrestling with the names Derek and Dirk and went with Derek.

Y - 42 "Addy"

CAP: No particular reason for naming this panda Addy, other than I just like the name and this panda looked like a girl to me.

Y - 41 "Angus"

CAP: Say hello to Angus. I think Angus is just adorable! And the idea of a young plaid monster with a Scottish accent really appeals to me.

Y - 40 "Polly"

CAP: One of my favorite skaters for Detroit Derby Girls is very fond of giraffes. She was the inspiration for this character, so I am naming this giraffe Polly...for Polly Fester. Polly skates for the D-Funk Allstars and the DDG Travel Team.


Y - 39 "Ribbon"


CAP: This sweety puts me in mind of expensive silk ribbon.

I think he'd be cute with an elegant poofy bow tie.

Y - 38 "Jane"

CAP: For me, the name Jane conjures up two songs from Nick Drake.

Hazey Jane I and Hazey Jane II.

Y - 37 "Emily"

CAP: I'm naming this adorable monster girl after local artist Emily Slade. click on Emi's photo to go to her website

Emily is bubbly and vibrant and just a delight. Her artwork is awesome. And, I think the colors and the overall look fit.





p.s. I LOVE that wood pattern background!






Y - 36 "Orson"

CAP: Guess what the name Orson means.

Yep, "bear cub".

Y - 35 "Rosemary"

CAP: Rosemary is one of those classic names that I have always loved.

Y - 34 "Keoki"


CAP: A cute name for a cute Panda. Keoki.

Y - 33 "Yardley"

CAP: Although this young polar bear looks more like a boy than a girl (to me) I am still calling him Yardley.

I always loved all of those Yardley of London items from my teenage years -- like the Slickers lipsticks. We'd buy them and then not use them. I loved the packaging and the ads. [insert heavy sigh]

Y - 32 "Wyatt"

CAP: This is Wyatt. He is named for Robert Wyatt.