Cat Hoarder

This week's topic for Illustration Friday, Hoard. The other day I saw a story about an animal hoarder who was arrested for having like 150 cats in her home....I'm not kidding. They mean well....but normally dont have the means to take care of all the animals....like 150 cats! Its usually related to OCD, addiction or dementia. Although Wikipedia tells me that cat hoarding might be related to the Toxoplasma gondii parasite, which render the infected host attracted to cats....Interesting. Anyways, I didn't feel like drawing a bunch of dead cats for this topic, so I tried to keep it a little lighter! Thanks!

Alligator Manners Premiere

Yay!


Playhouse Disney is premiering "Can You Teach My Alligator Manners?" on Saturday July 21st at 9:55 am! I am really excited about this show! I really had alot of fun working on this one! And I think everyone else that worked on it did too! We really had the best crew working on this show and I am really proud of it! We already got some write ups on it! Even a very small blurb in the new Entertainment Weekly! (Considering the show is only 2 mins long thats amazing!)

Check them out here:

Animation Magazine Article

Animation Insider Article

Playhouse Disney's Alligator Web Site...watch some clips

I forget alot of stuff.....

Illustration Friday's topic of Forgotten. Some things I have just forgotten, somethings I've chosen to forget. So this is a picture of me searching my brain for the forgotten things swimming around in there....

Worried Mr. Bear...

I had so much fun using markers I thought I would do another marker drawing. This is for Illustration Friday's topic of the week "Worry". Mr. Bear is worried about the monster underneath his bed....

Nothing better than a wide smile....

My drawing for Illustration Friday's topic Wide! Smiles all around. I dont think the small guy stands a chance, do you?

All images copyright Crystal Stromer 2008.

Return of the colored pencils....

I was thinking my blog needed a color pop, and then remembered once upon a time I used to use nothing but colored pencils. It was the first thing I was taught to use when I was younger and still my favorite! I kinda felt like my left arm was complete again (my blog also needs a nerdy Sweeney Todd reference). Anyways, here is the first prismacolor drawing I have done in a long long time...I am thinking of entering it in the primsacolor contest, see if I still know how to work these pencils! Yay!

All images copyright Crystal Stromer 2008.

A year has passed....

It was a year ago today I lost someone I cared about dearly. A whole year and it still hasn't gotten any easier. I think about him everyday and still have a empty space that I know no one can ever fill. Not only was he my best friend and my family but he was an amazing artist that was taken before his time. Just wanted to share his wonderful talent. Your Crystal-lady misses you, Randy-man.