Following The River

MOVING TO TUMBLR

2012-01-23T15:36:00.000-08:00

Hey guys,

So, it's pretty evident that blogger is kind of hard to follow. So, I am ditching this site altogether and creating a TUMBLR that will be easier for people to follow.

here it is:

misscritter.tumblr.com

GO THERE NOW!

Much loves,

Arica

Strawberry Quik Bunny

2012-01-18T19:11:00.001-08:00

Remember the weird kid in elementary school that drank strawberry milk?

Yeah, that was me.

Dana Rose

2012-01-09T09:49:00.000-08:00

Bijou Shoot Em Up

2011-10-05T14:53:00.001-07:00

More Halloween inspired stuff...

Split

2011-09-08T19:25:00.000-07:00

Lady Bones

2011-08-30T12:10:00.001-07:00

Halloween Devil

2011-08-29T12:43:00.001-07:00

Feeling a little under-inspired lately so I took to looking at old Halloween graphics to draw from, thanks to Goth-Icky by Pop Ink . The results is this. Enjoy!

2011-06-17T16:48:00.000-07:00

Here's a link to my portfolio! I thought I would condense things into one neat package so it would make it easier for potential employers.

Paul Brennan and His Beat Box

2011-06-16T13:33:00.000-07:00

1980s Yeti

El Laberinto del Fauno

2011-05-24T18:06:00.000-07:00

Pan's Labyrinth

I did this for my boyfriend's Mick's birthday - Mixed media.

Durian Fruit

2011-05-09T17:12:00.000-07:00

My submission for the Girls Drawin' Girls Volume 4 book, Flora and Fauna.

Animal Time!

2011-05-09T12:16:00.001-07:00

Had a few family birthdays and mothers day, so some animals happened.

Mick

2011-04-03T22:04:00.000-07:00

Restaurant doodle...

Happy Birthday, Zoe.

2011-03-12T18:26:00.000-08:00

Baby Zoo

2011-02-05T23:29:00.000-08:00

My cousin's baby shower is tomorrow. She's having a little boy.

I drew her this to hang in the baby's room. I hope she likes it!

Nickelodeon Color Writer

2011-01-14T19:05:00.000-08:00

Something I did a few years ago on my childhood Color Writer! Blast from the past.

Community on NBC

2011-01-09T16:02:00.000-08:00

The cast of NBC's "Community," a show that is dear to my heart muscle. Please click to enlarge!

Clocktopus

2011-01-01T19:08:00.000-08:00

A old favorite reoccurs. I might do this ever new year's from now on. Happy 2011!

Nickles

2010-12-31T00:17:00.001-08:00

My friend Dino got his daughter a bearded dragon for Xmas. His name is Nickles.

Wind Attack

2010-12-26T23:37:00.001-08:00

I had dinner at my friend Andy's for Christmas and I drew him this portrait as a present. He's an amazing cook who blogs his culinary adventures. Go check out his site here!

Cwimmas

2010-12-25T00:04:00.000-08:00

A more standard Santa compared to last years, yes. But, whatcha gonna do?

Just Married

2010-12-24T20:08:00.001-08:00

A drawing I did for a friend. His brother had just gotten married!

GMail Commercial!

2010-12-14T14:26:00.000-08:00

I worked on this!

Gmail Mobile by JESS3 from JESS3 on Vimeo.

And here's the making of video. You can see me at 1:08 (back when I was a blonde):

JESS3 Gmail Making Of Video from JESS3 on Vimeo.

Minnie Muse

2010-11-28T23:11:00.000-08:00

Minnie Muse is a fashion line created by Disney for Forever 21. I love the way she's drawn for it, I had to doodle my own.

Shopping

2010-11-22T18:59:00.001-08:00

Horny Cave Lizard

2010-11-19T11:10:00.001-08:00

Something I did for over at: http://eatwatchdraw.blogspot.com/

Jack

2010-10-10T21:53:00.001-07:00

I did this 2006. Apparently it's been used quite a bit. So here it is again, this time with a signature, so at least people know who did it!

It's Only Ketchup

2010-10-06T14:10:00.000-07:00

Clay from Moral Orel.

Maleficent

2010-10-05T17:41:00.000-07:00

For Mick

As I Saw Fit

2010-08-25T20:55:00.000-07:00

Mick Ignis

2010-08-15T20:33:00.001-07:00

Mega Man Universe Trailer

2010-08-04T12:25:00.000-07:00

This is trailer for an upcoming Capcom game, Mega Man Universe. Done at Buddy Systems Studios! I helped build puppets for this, particularly the baddies.

Good Night

2010-07-15T17:32:00.000-07:00

An unlikely pair become blood brothers.

This was a animatic short I did for the 48 hour film festival at CalArts last year. The theme was, well...night. It's vile because...well...vile is the reason for the season. 48 Hour Films are just for fun and tend to be all sorts of raunchy.

Oishii Mochi Trio

2010-07-14T20:25:00.000-07:00

It's been a while - -

Here's a set of pinup watercolors I did for the recent Girls Drawin' Girls desert show - Sugar and Spice (which I also did the flyer for - http://gdg-sugarspice.blogspot.com/ Go check out the other great work for sale)

Three tiny Japanese women based on Shunga art relaxing chocolate, green tea, and strawberry mochi.

Enjoy

Cody

2010-05-01T23:26:00.001-07:00

My monster character Cody, from something I've been developing. This is how I draw when I am nervous, stressed, etc. It's good for getting stuff out!

Billy the Mime

2010-03-29T22:10:00.000-07:00

For my friend, Billy the Mime.

You might recognize him from the movie The Aristocrats, or from Penn and Teller's Bullshit! So very, very talented.

Visit his site here: http://billythemime.net/

Hot Dog!

2010-03-02T19:05:00.001-08:00

Mick Ignis, my boyfriend who worked on the show Moral Orel, made this for me. It's an actual puppet from from the show, modified to look like me.

I'm a big fan of the show and I cherish this so much.

I made the clothes myself, based off of this outfit (that I tried on and didn't buy and have regretted since. I can't find that top again....so I made one for my tiny doppleganger).

Dino Stamatopoulos gave me two Moral Orel puppets a while ago, or Orel and Clay Puppington. I'm so honored to own them, and they're both in perfect condition.

So I posed Arica with Orel and Clay:

Best buddies. Arica would love to be Orel's friend.

Clay and Arica moping together.

I have a lot of love for Clay, even though he's a fucking jerk.

Fly Me to The Moon

2010-02-27T13:58:00.000-08:00

Doodle of Frank Sinatra

Bird Friend

2010-02-22T23:04:00.001-08:00

This is a Sasquatch I drew a while back. He is a bird friend. I'm thinking about making him into a stop motion puppet. It would be fun to make the birds on him, too.

I Know You Are, But What Am I

2010-02-02T20:09:00.000-08:00

A gift for Paul Reubens. Based on a really old piece of mine from 2005.

Clove

2010-01-25T00:04:00.000-08:00

Goth girl Clove based on http://aricahouy.blogspot.com/2009/12/mick-ignis.html

Seth and Jade

2010-01-06T19:01:00.001-08:00

Christmas

2009-12-24T22:41:00.000-08:00

Some Xmas BS I did for my card this year.

Doodles

2009-12-23T19:45:00.001-08:00

Went to ramen with Chris and Mick. Mick has black hair...but I didn't have a black marker. I got lazy.

Winter Coat

2009-12-11T16:53:00.000-08:00

Mick Ignis

2009-12-01T04:00:00.000-08:00

My good friend Mick. To say he's "kind of goth" is putting it mildly.

Delusional Coal Miner

2009-11-20T22:13:00.000-08:00

Running out of air? Perhaps.
Just a quickie.

Drunk Japanese Cop Babies

2009-11-20T18:19:00.000-08:00

Our first assignment for Stephen's class back in September.

Fat Jackalope

2009-11-19T00:02:00.000-08:00

Here's a fat albino Jackalope.

I did others but didn't like them. I hope to fix them in the next few weeks and then post them

but until then, here's Tubby.

Critters - Cheebo and Widget

2009-11-12T13:16:00.001-08:00

I was in the mood to draw disgustingly cute things yesterday. Blame having to draw fat biker chicks.

So here's Widget - I made him yesterday.

And look. Cheebo. Holy hell. I haven't drawn him in years.

I Drew This in Third Grade.

2009-11-12T00:45:00.000-08:00

I was so damn proud.

Biker Chicks

2009-11-11T23:40:00.001-08:00

For Stephen's class

Mr. Swamp Monster

2009-11-11T02:36:00.001-08:00

Creature from the Black Lagoon for Stephen Silver's design class.

High Tea

2009-11-11T02:35:00.000-08:00

For Dan Hansen's layout class.

This was the first assignment. Done back in September.

A goat and a coyote have tea.

I Was Supposed to Be Doing Storyboards

2009-11-03T04:08:00.000-08:00

Old Life Drawing

2009-10-01T14:57:00.000-07:00

Doodle

2009-10-01T14:33:00.000-07:00

Doodling in class.

The Spirit of Jazz

2009-09-19T18:52:00.001-07:00

I fucking love The Mighty Boosh.

Railroad Villian

2009-09-19T13:05:00.001-07:00

I doodled these in animation class. From a film idea that may or may not happen. He's supposed to look a bit stereotypical.

The Office

2009-09-11T09:54:00.001-07:00

Proud Papa

2009-09-11T09:46:00.000-07:00

I did this a while ago but thought it should be posted, because I can't post it anywhere else.

This started with a conversation Joel Newman and I had once about how much he loved Brad Bird. I told him, "Don't worry Joel, one day we will live inside of him."

We were both silent for a minute because neither of us had a clue what I had just said.

So we decided if we were going to do that, we might as well plan ahead. We would live in his stomach, him being constantly pregnant with us, and control his mind through a joystick. Then because we would be controlling him, his ideas would probably all go to shit and he'd go crazy. That's why you see everyone in the background (l to r: John Lassester, Pete Doctor, Tony Fucile, Andrew Stanton, Teddy Newton) looking kind of upset.

I don't know why I was fucking compelled to do this.

This is like, probably the best thing I've ever done. How sad is that?!

One Big Hapy Family.

2009-09-09T14:37:00.001-07:00

I drew this in like, 10 minutes.

Thank goodness because if I had taken any more time on it I'd be ashamed of myself.

Bubblegum Belle

2009-07-27T00:28:00.000-07:00

A piece I did for the Girls Drawin' Girls gallery show opening next month at Meltdown in LA. I'll have a few pieces that I will be selling.

His Father Was a Drinker

2009-06-21T19:59:00.000-07:00

Really quick doodle I did today of John Wayne Gacy.
I might do something with this later.

Sushi Kyle

2009-05-24T21:02:00.000-07:00

For my friend, Kyle! Happy Birthday, man.

White Painted Girl

2009-05-24T17:24:00.000-07:00

Something for Monthies. This month's theme was Native America

Apache girls undergo na'ii'ees, or a Sunrise Ceremony, when they hit puberty. Besides dancing for four nights straight, white adobe clay is poured on them to symbolize the White Painted Woman, who is the Apache version of Eve.

Cigarette Break

2009-05-22T01:59:00.001-07:00

Weekly subject was Flapper over at Girls Drawin' Girls.

Rainy Day Walk

2009-05-21T15:56:00.000-07:00

This is where my icon comes from. I can't really draw myself so this is as close as it gets.
And that is Joel. Joel is my funny wonderful guy. I drew this for our anniversary.

Welcome Back, Me.

2009-05-20T19:20:00.001-07:00

So I'm back on this bandwagon. Huzzah! I'm coming out of my cave. And I really need a shower.
What should I start with? How about some Hipster Centaurs. Or, "Scenetaurs", I guess. On their way to H&M, American Apparel, or Amoeba or something.
I really need to draw more. I just got accepted to Girls Drawin' Girls, so I guess that'll give me a reason. Also, good ol' Monthies.