Tumble'n

It's been a terribly long time since my last post, but if anyone is still out there I've decided to make a clean start over on tumblr.  If you'd like to see what I'm working on, I'll be posting work at ktmarcotte.tumblr.com.  I'll also be using the tumblr jazzy-rascal.tumblr.com to post things I'm looking at or find inspiring.  Thank you so much for following my blog, and hopefully you'll follow me over to tumblr!

Snowflake Puzzle!

Just finished up this puzzle for Ladybug magazine, an iSpy activity for their December issue.  There are eight matching snowflakes for readers to find.  Thanks to AD Sue Beck!

Wedding Gift

Just finished this commissioned piece for my friend Alyssa.  

 Congrats to her sister, Kimberly, and her new brother-in-law, Christopher!

Tom's Shoes

In honor of Tom's One Day With Shoes, American Greetings invited designers-artists-etc. to design a white pair of Tom's shoes to be auctioned off for this charitable event.  I was happy to participate and really enjoyed trying out a new technique, embroidery!   Fun project for a good cause!

based off photo from thesartorialist

based off photo from thesartorialist

based off photo from thesartorialist

Girls: Fact + Fiction

Lucy Ricardo

I was really fortunate to participate in the Light Grey Art Lab's recent "Girls: Fact + Fiction" art show.  Curated by Light Grey Art Lab's Lindsay Nohl, Francesca Buchko, Chris Hajny and Jenny Bookler the exhibition will feature women from history, literature, film, music, culture, politics, etc.  The gallery will be divided into two collections, Fact and Fiction.  The opening reception is December 7th from 7-10pm, and they've also made the collection into a book!    Hope you all check it out and maybe order a print or two... maybe from one of these friendly people Janna Morton, Julianna Brion, and Mika Nakano.

You're Gonna Get Some Walk-Ons!

In celebration of the return of Arrested Development, Netflix and the good ole' people from Arrested Development are holding a little contest to win a walk-on role in the show!  So a few of us greeting card people put together a little line of cards to profess our love of the show.  You can download/print them out here.  Enjoy!

Credits from top left to bottom right: Claire Mojher; Dan Liuzzi; Alli Kurzeja; and me!

Outdoor fun

Here are a couple of illustrations I did for an article in Spider Magazine.  The illustrations will correspond with instructions to play a game called Cherokee Marbles.  It's basically an outdoor version of ski ball or bocce ball without the jack.  Thanks for the fun assignment AD Sue Beck!

I was also recently interviewed by the design blog, the jollybureau.  Check their charming work as well as interviews and inspiration from other working illustrators/designers. 

Prince Pelops and the Olympic Games

Here are a few select panels from a 4-page comic I illustrated for Muse magazine.  It was a fun assignment that told the mythological origin of the Olympic Games. 

Thanks AD John Sandford!

Just Wink

During my internship this summer, I did some work for a brand new line of cards for American Greetings called called Just Wink.  Written by the talented and funny Alyssa Eckles, this lumberjack birthday card can be found in a store near you :)

In Like a Lion, Out Like A Lamb

March has been kind of a crazy month for me this year.   I got a new job at American Greetings as a full-time illustrator.  I also moved out of my furnished apartment on the west side of a Cleveland to an unfurnished apartment on the east side.  So, this month has been an ongoing quest to find furniture in Cleveland (it's true what they say in 30 Rock, Cleveland does not have an IKEA!) as well as settling into my new job.  

I'm going to try and be better about posting regularly... 

And, here is a piece I did for Ladybug magazine...  Can you spot the differences?  :)

Thanks AD Sue Beck!

The Ocean's Invisible Crowd

I just finished up a very fun assignment for Muse magazine.  The article describes the different  microscopic organisms that inhabit our oceans.  I was asked to illustrate a bunch of cartoonish organisms floating around the photos and bodies of text.  Here are the little characters placed so there is space for the article and photos. 

Thanks to AD John Sandford for the fun assignment!

The giraffes are insincere.

It's been a while....

I wanted to play around with the same design in two different mediums, so I used the Simon & Garfunkel song, At the Zoo, as inspiration :).  The top is digital and the bottom is a mix of collage and gouache.

Edgewater

Favorite spot in Cleveland...

Happy Halloween!!

Oh what fun...

Hey all!  

Some of the cards I illustrated for the holiday season are now on cardstore.com.  It's American Greetings' online card store where you can personalize and order cards.  I know it's really early, and I'm a firm believer of no Christmas-celebratory-ness until after Thanksgiving, but they are on sale right now :)  You can check out the two sets of holiday cards here and here.

Ten Paces and Draw

I was so happy to participate in the collaborative illustration blog Ten Paces and Draw this week!  The theme of the week was circus and I received a lovely sketch from the talented Mika Nakano.  Check out the blog to see my piece as well as other circus-inspired work.

Thrift Store Fun