not scottish

STOP

2010-03-14T19:23:00.000-07:00

Hey. Newly re-vamped website is now up and is SO much easier to update now. I will be doing blog posts from there now, most likely so if you're looking for new work go to:

cassie's poop site

Pretty Goo

2010-01-26T14:17:00.000-08:00

I think it looks pretty slick!

Re-furnishing

2010-01-24T17:35:00.000-08:00

I am lucky enough to have family in my life that have way too many things and so they give them to Drew and I. We love to take old furniture and re-paint it, re-upholster it, and generally re-awesome-ize it. Drews Nona is getting rid of many of her things and rather than give them away she would either sell them or see me and Drew put them to good use. SOOO we have acquired two of these amazing chairs.

The fabric is fantastic and in great condition so we are not re-upholstering them, but we are going to paint them black and antique them.

Nona also was willing to part with this crazy lamp which we will re-finish and find (or make) a cool lampshade for.

I will post pictures when done!

Bookin It

2010-01-21T16:07:00.000-08:00

So I had this idea today to go out looking for books. I have been stumped on artwork for our living room for a while now, but I was lucky enough to stumble upon this rare find:

It is filled with wonderful old illustrated poems and outdated information. So I cut out four of my favorites and put them in frames. I love them! Here is my favorite:

Evolving

2010-01-18T07:35:00.001-08:00

When I was interning with Working Class I did these black and white drawings for a Darwin project. I decided to bring them out and spruce them up for our barren stair wall. I finished all of them (there are about 10 in total), but these are my favorites. I think they will be a nice addition to our home!

aaaand

2010-01-17T13:01:00.001-08:00

HOOT!

2010-01-17T12:30:00.000-08:00

My pillows are here! My pillows are here!

Wouldn't you just love to scream that as you receive some lovely packages in the mail?

The Cassie Collection is now available from Working Class Studio!

working class studio

fineeshed

2010-01-15T21:41:00.001-08:00

Progress

2010-01-10T19:03:00.000-08:00

Battles and whos

2010-01-08T19:30:00.000-08:00

here's how the battle 7" is coming along...

and a feathered friend...

Ewe-nique

2010-01-06T17:42:00.000-08:00

Closer/Further

2010-01-05T21:35:00.000-08:00

Starting a new piece. This is my thumbnail for Battle!'s new 7". Most of their songs are about personal conflict and relationship regret. Other than this and work, I'm thinking of taking my old Darwin drawings from Working Class and zazzing them up a bit for our staircase.

2009-11-30T09:04:00.001-08:00

our heart was the same

2009-11-02T15:38:00.001-08:00

It has felt like ages since working on something worthwhile....

Updates soon....

Decades

2009-10-29T13:45:00.000-07:00

Did this design at work today.

Client decided they would rather have the Grateful Dead bears on a shirt instead on this....

Sweet sororities.

As a great robot once said...

2009-09-28T18:23:00.000-07:00

I'm back baby!

I know it has been a while since updating this, but I have been doing things....

The one and only Mr. Bill Hart walking me down the aisle to meet my doom-I mean husband.

Other than that I have a job now which is great, but eats up all of my time. Drew and I came home to find that after only a week of marriage we had babies! ...well, our fish had babies.

Now back to a normal routine I will make time to get back to doing paintings and drawings. Here is my latest drawing...just a flyer for a show at the gallery:

I'm also trying to fit in the time to really finish hashing out the story for my sci-fi morality mystery. One day it will be done and I can rest.

Until then....

Blabies!

2009-08-18T09:15:00.000-07:00

A dear friend of mine just recently had his first child. Him and his wife will make beautiful parents and so I made them a gift to celebrate their new purpose in life. What's better than a drawing of little zombie blabies vomiting rainbows on each other?!

Nothing is.

I also did this for their card.

Edginess

2009-08-09T12:15:00.000-07:00

I did these designs a while ago, but was reminded of them on Friday when the GREAT bands Alert and XenvixionX came to play at Hartbeat. One of Alert's band members was wearing his RTT shirt and I said - Hey! I did that. Super happy with the way these turned out.

New Work

2009-08-03T17:49:00.000-07:00

Zoidberg

2009-08-03T06:53:00.000-07:00

So I know it's been a while since I posted anything. I have been quite busy with HARTBEAT.

Last night Zhenia Golov and Plague Bearers stayed at our house after the show. They were big fans of my illustrations at the gallery and inquired about if I did tattoos. Somehow word got out that I am in possession of a few tattoo machines and I have had some practice on pig ears. This knowledge immediately led to dudes wanting tattoos, regardless of the fact that I have never tattooed another human being. "WE WANT TO BE YOUR FIRST!" they said...well...why not? How often do I get the chance to practice inking people? Let alone people that really are fine with how the outcome turns out.

So here they are...my first tattoos. I am SO happy that my very first was my favorite Futurama character on Zhenia Golov's singer. The second was a free-hand dinosaur on Plague Bearers vocalist.

They aren't perfect, but not too awful I'd say.

JULY 10th

2009-07-02T09:40:00.001-07:00

Biznaz

2009-07-01T21:59:00.000-07:00

Here's some latest work. Sorry it has been a while since my last REAL post. I have been so incredibly busy it's good. Wedding stuff, job, band, STARTING A GALLERY/music venue.

This is the ink work for the first show flyer for HARTBEAT gallery opening July 10th! Crazy no? I'm a biznaz owner.

Nothing Ever Changes

2009-06-18T14:32:00.000-07:00

My dad, the editor

2009-06-18T14:26:00.001-07:00

Broken World

2009-06-03T16:45:00.000-07:00

New Worldbreaker shirt!!

Front:

Back:

These also come in white. As well as Gray for our larger fans.

Buy one.

Hot babes II

2009-05-30T19:54:00.001-07:00

hot babes

2009-05-29T15:35:00.001-07:00

So Mad Minds has asked me for another piece of art. Some hot babeness for their summer tour shirt:

Gen 13/ pin up girl inspired.

We'll see how it turns out in ink.

I have so many new things to show you; most of which are my childhood drawings that inspire such laughter that they must be shared.

Cass

Mulligan

2009-05-15T12:41:00.000-07:00

Once upon a time I did a bunch of really awful paintings. They mostly looked like this:

That particular peice now looks like this:

And there are 10 more that now resemble this:

This is the third time in my life as an artist where I have taken old paintings and painted right over them. The habit of self loathing started in High School. Soon enough, I'm sure these will have a fresh coat of gesso over them once more.

I will probably keep painting over old work until I get that stroke of genius.

VOTE VOTE VOTE!

2009-05-14T09:35:00.000-07:00

It is your duty as an american citizen to vote for my designs at threadless. My first two!!!

please.

Blast off!

2009-05-13T12:13:00.000-07:00

Here's a little friend I drew a whiiiile back, but I jazzed it up for threadless. Hopefully they like it!

New Shirts!!!!

2009-05-13T05:30:00.001-07:00

I'm getting these printed today! I should have them within 2 weeks. Please let me know before hand if you want one because I am only printing 50.

Thank you!

2009-05-12T15:44:00.000-07:00

Here is a little something brushed up onto a thank you note for some friends of mine.

Taking the Plunge

2009-05-05T18:27:00.000-07:00

Which one is workin?

Monster Tub II

2009-05-05T06:19:00.000-07:00

this is what I think about when I'm taking a bath.

Burn baby Burn

2009-05-02T13:22:00.000-07:00

Final Version of the Burn Fest! poster

THE MONSTUB!

2009-05-01T18:15:00.000-07:00

I'm a bit wishy-washy on what to name this one.

ZING!

Fish in the Sea

2009-05-01T08:45:00.000-07:00

Reel Life

2009-04-28T12:17:00.000-07:00

I'll probably add color tomorrow.

Survival Mode

2009-04-22T18:40:00.000-07:00

Don't know yet on title for this guy.

Ten pieces of mine were hung up at Artworks on Main today! I am now, officially, a starving gallery artist! Now if only some of those will sell.

If you live or are around the charlotte area of North Carolina take a trip to Mooresville and see the gallery.

artworks on main

It's a great little space that offers classes for the young and old.

Survival Mode tonight anyone?

For Isaac

2009-04-21T15:18:00.000-07:00

Klunk expressed concern so I'll share that yesterday I went to a new still-life museum and I have to say I wasn't moved.

In other news, I found this artist, Paul Caparatta, who creates these works using butterfly wings. There is just something about them that I like. The wings are taken off of fallen butterflies in Africa. Many of these works are sold for charity to support the villages that collect the wings.

Journalistic Malpractice

2009-04-20T17:33:00.000-07:00

I wish to not make this blog about anything very important. It is a blog for my art and the occasional pun.

HOWEVER, I am mad. I am not filled with hate as some would say, but I am mad and I have to share a point with you.

I saw Janeane Garofalo on NBC speaking about the tea party protestors. In her words everyone in attendance is a "red-neck, tea-bagging, racist who hates the idea of a black man in the white house." or something just like that. She went on to "reveal the truth" about how the protests were put on by big corporations and fox news. hmm...truth?

I went to the Charlotte protest. I have my reasons.

I wish that all of these people bashing the protests would kindly do what they preach so much about, but never actually practice: open-mindedness. I don't know of ONE protest that was sponsored by Fox news, or a corporation. None of these gatherings were violent or hate-filled. Of course there is anger -IT'S A PROTEST!

Garofalo says I'm a racist and it was a white power rally that I supported. I have to say there were more jews, present company included, and Israel supporters there than at any Klan meeting I've ever been to (which is A LOT).

If she had actually gone to one of these events instead of just reading about it or seeing what the main-steamer media told her about, she would have seen that race was not even a factor. I saw more offensive posters about Nancy Pelosi than Obama. I would say yes, there were more republicans there than democrats, but there were a lot of dems and a lot of independents as well. Plenty of people openly stated they voted for Obama, which is OBVIOUSLY the sign of a racist, but they didn't agree with his...um..."leadership"?

The best speaker we had was a representative from the Ayn Rand association. And man, what a bunch of unintellectual, cro-magnons we must be because we actually have read books not on Oprah's book list.

And GEEZ! What a racist country we live in when people gather and cheer on a speaker who is AFRICAN AMERICAN. He was more black than Obama!

This was not about race. This was not about ignorance. This was not about corporations and Foxnews.

This was about people disagreeing with the direction this country has been heading...and most people agree it STARTED WITH THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION.

So yeah I guess we're all a bunch of racists who love Bush and have farmer tans and hate the environment.

If you're allowed to protest, I'm allowed to protest.

W.I.P.

2009-04-20T14:41:00.000-07:00

A new guy. Work in progress.

QUHZK

2009-04-16T14:29:00.000-07:00

Hey! So I've been graduated for a few weeks now and it feels pretty, pretty, pretty good.

I am now being represented by the gallery Artworks On Main in Mooresville, NC, and I should have some work hung up before the end of next week. Exciting!

Hopefully I'll have some sort of job soon.

Here is some new work and work in progress:

This is a new piece for the gallery.

BURN fest! New music fest poster I'm working on in SC in June.

THATS WHATS THE DUCKS SAYS!

in the words of a great man:

2009-03-21T06:30:00.000-07:00

SCHOOOOOOOOOL'S OUT FO EVA!

well. It's finished. Magna Cum Laude. I am out of Savannah and trying to unpack the immense amount of junk I have accumulated in my 22 years in my new home in North Carolina. I have a list of things to do before summer is out:

Send out sample cards
Have a gallery show/sell off old work
get knowledge shirts printed
job.
job.
jobs.

want to buy some work? or a print?

STAMPS!

2009-03-11T13:45:00.000-07:00

I have decided to start adding fun designy/illustratory things to this blog besides my own art. I think it is important to draw inspiration from the design world and be interested in the works of contemporary artists and artists passed.

Here are some beautiful 1997 stamps I found in an antique store in Savannah a few years ago. They include great composers and conductors like George Szell...and some not so great *cough*cough* Stokowski *cough*. The painting is beautiful, but I mean come on! Stokowski's 1939 Fantasia version of Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" (one of my favorite pieces of music)is one of the worst directed versions of anything. EVER.

BUT look! Pretty stamps!

T-shirts

2009-03-01T12:58:00.001-08:00

Here's a couple t-shirt designs for bands I've done/am working on lately.

Laputa

2009-02-26T10:19:00.001-08:00

I want to do a 'Castle in the Sky' poster, but I'm not sure yet how to handle it conceptually. Until then here's a Laputa rowbit.

tatum

2009-02-26T07:41:00.000-08:00

new posters new style

2009-02-25T15:56:00.001-08:00

also

2009-02-21T16:26:00.000-08:00

And now for something completely Different

2009-02-21T09:00:00.001-08:00

Its...

SO I was recently given assignment dealing with geometrics and I started playing around with these crazy characters. Something totally different, but FUN!

The second one is for those REALLY geeky star wars kids. If you can name that character I will give you a prize.

Cassie

ps. career fair yesterday went well. Got nothing but good feedback.

New Shirt!!

2009-02-12T19:15:00.000-08:00

well...it'll only be 3 colors, but I'm printing this tomorrow.

V-Day

2009-02-06T16:58:00.000-08:00

One of my "rivals" at working class asked me to do this drawing today for a valentine's poster. We'll see what he does with it.

version2

2009-02-04T08:21:00.000-08:00

4 by 6 version #1

2009-02-03T13:36:00.001-08:00

Mars

2009-02-03T07:56:00.000-08:00

doodles

2009-02-02T19:52:00.000-08:00

doodling in self-promo. The banana makes him look like he's giving the finger.

I realized today that my goal is to sell art so that I can buy art. wtf mate?

Part 2

2009-02-02T08:18:00.000-08:00

still in progress. The background won't be black like this.

It's not laziness

2009-01-30T18:35:00.001-08:00

I realize it has been a while since I have posted some new work. Let me tell you buster: In these 3 weeks I have done over 16 pieces of finished art. Unfortunately, I am contractually obligated to not put any of it up...not even on a personal site...like a blog no one reads. *ahem*

So I'll just post a sketch of what is to come. I'm thinking of doing this for my 4x6 mailer cards.

6 more weeks.

The first month of 2009 was a doozy.

I have done an ASS ton of work.

Played through half of Chrono Trigger, played lots of L4D, and beat Portal, Half-Life 2, episode 1 and 2. ALL good.

I've read Coraline, Physics of the Impossible, and 1776. ALL good.

Saw Fucked Up. ALL good.

seriously ALL good.

video game rant

2009-01-16T05:21:00.000-08:00

Last night I played L4D versus with a team of strangers. Normally this is a terrible idea, but these guys were pretty nice and they stuck together. However, they thought they were hot shit because they "usually won" and knew all the tricks like moving the generator and smoker instant kill spots. I soon realized what idiocy I was dealing with when they

a. didn't duck down when vomited on so we could protect them.
b. hung around in rooms for no particular reason.
c. thought that the primo location for the last level of No Mercy was THE ROOFTOP. I'm sorry, what? Why are we up here? We could just go under the ramp and be untouchable -NO MAN Cause this is a prime spot man! The machine gun is here and the molotovs and pipe bombs are up here too! 5 seconds later everyone is either smoked off the roof or punched off by the tank. Good job guys, you're geniuses.

Sorry, I know this is an art blog, but I just had to rant for a sec.

Moral of the story is:

If you are not an idiot my xbox gamertag is: XsmashieX

Let's play Left 4 Dead.

black sheep

2009-01-15T18:10:00.001-08:00

So here's something I'm playing around with for my new illustrator "logo".

There's a point in a girls life when she stops her obediance to the laws of society and starts talking to bottles of cranberry juice. I reached that point today. Good or bad? I'll let you decide.

Cass

2009-01-12T17:22:00.000-08:00

New Worldbreaker song up on our myspace. FINALLY. We recorded in Drew's garage. It's our most 90's-ish song to date.

I did not do this, but I thought this would be nice to show because it's the bees knees.

I think I am going to start making tiny notebooks with screenprinted covers. Interested?

A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two-tired.

Hoot

2009-01-08T06:16:00.001-08:00

New Shoes for Amanda.

This is now my final quarter here at SCAD. Nothing but joy fills my body about that.

The Bigger the Better

2008-12-30T20:30:00.000-08:00

Here's a new friend still in progress. It's 24x36. I haven't worked so large in a while...I definitely like working bigger. And yes, that IS what she said.

HOLY COW

2008-12-28T15:40:00.000-08:00

Worldbreaker is actually playing a show on Friday! It's been ages!

2009 is the year of the Ox.

Raves

2008-12-06T16:44:00.000-08:00

New stuff.

One is a flyer for a Ravey Dance Party....rave kids....weird....

Friendlies

2008-12-04T19:15:00.000-08:00

I could really use some work right now.

Love affairs right now consist of:

Left 4 Dead
Phoenix Wright 3
Metalocalypse
Orson Scott Card

hand...hurts...

2008-11-18T20:59:00.000-08:00

Ships are hard.

a little more ink and then color. Blues and Greens.

sentence fragments.

She hath no tongue

2008-11-14T08:29:00.000-08:00

New poster for Titus.

It's a kid's play.

Fractal Geometry and Art

2008-10-30T19:05:00.000-07:00

Professor of physics at the University of Oregon, Richard Taylor, is experimenting with the fractal patterns of nature's aesthetics. I emailed him about the possibility of using his found data to come up with the perfect formula for visual composition. His findings are not complete yet, but I am thinking of doing my own experiments on the matter. If anyone is interested in helping me with this excursion into the mathematics of art I could use some test subjects.

Nice to Meat You

2008-10-30T18:48:00.000-07:00

This is a re-do of an old piece I did for the "children's" book "The Little Veal Cutlet That Couldn't".

Tomorrow is Halloween. Hence, lots of drunken "sexy" *cough*cough*slutty*cough* versions of things that shouldn't be "sexy". Like Inmates, Monkeys, and Bananas. I, however, will be a gansta' pikachu. So. Yeah.

An elevator makes ghosts happy because it lifts the spirits.

Cass

Remember the enemy's gate is DOWN.

2008-10-24T20:23:00.000-07:00

New art for Run Riot's new 7". Just registered for my final classes here at SCAD. As a certain effeminate droid would say: "Oooh Thank the maker!"

He wears glasses during math because it improves divison.

Cass

I'm Famous!

2008-10-20T17:46:00.000-07:00

...Not...quite...

I don't know who checks their facts

I just got back from Clevo. It was a great trip. I saw friends, saw family, got a John McCain bobblehead at the Monsters game, ate 'nans, BOUGHT A DRESS, and bought Drew's wedding ring!

stuff got d.u.n.

Now I have work to do.

Yesterday I rode my bike twice, I guess that makes me a recycler,

Cassie

Pika Pika

2008-10-12T18:50:00.000-07:00

Here's my Ender's Game inspired art. I thought this moment in Ender's fantasy computer game epitomized the entire meaning of the story.

Deadly Quija

2008-10-10T18:19:00.000-07:00

This is not done yet.

Prepare to get your ass RAMMED

2008-10-07T18:04:00.000-07:00

New logo for NC airsoft team 'Black Sheep Squadron".

I am going to Cleveland next Friday for this:

RUNNING OF THE BRIDES

If you think that this is completely out of character for me, you would be dead right. However:

-I AM getting married.
-I would like to wear a dress for that occassion.
-I could find a $10,000 dress for $200.
-my mother thinks it is fate that the sale is in Clevo, on my birthday/edge day.

I don't believe in fate myself, but it could be fun...or just a good opportunity slap-a-ho.

HOORAY FOR WOMANHOOD!

2008-10-07T17:54:00.000-07:00

I fully respect your opinion. However, that fact of the matter is that I don't care that you think the pea is too small. IT'S A GATDANG PEA!

Once upon a butt...

2008-09-29T19:12:00.000-07:00

New storybook stuff. Not finished yet.

2008-09-29T05:46:00.000-07:00

I have decided it's imperative for me to read all of the hugo award winners since 1954. For someone who loves science fiction and human history I feel it important. This may take me a while. Many I have read already, but most I have not. One thing I can say for sure is that MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE by Philip K. Dick DOES NOT belong on this list. I PKD, but MITHC is not science fiction. Wish me luck.

Oh and BUY STUFF!!...if you want.

http://www.zazzle.com/xknowledgex

KNOWlEDGE for sale!

2008-09-28T15:39:00.000-07:00

See my gallery at Zazzle

make custom gifts at Zazzle

for a friend

2008-09-25T20:35:00.000-07:00

2008-09-25T07:25:00.000-07:00

Ender's Game.

If you like science fiction I suggest you read it.

2008-09-24T07:39:00.000-07:00

2008-09-17T13:55:00.000-07:00

Next up is text.

I have a new found love for roast beef.

Righteous Kill sucked.

World War Z did not.

This time next year I will be a married woman. weeeeeeird.

2008-09-10T16:54:00.000-07:00

New shoes for Drew. He likes Star Wars. I am marrying him.

Tales from the Darkside

2008-09-08T18:26:00.000-07:00

Here are two drawings I did today for the front and back cover of an SC band's new CD. I'm not sure yet what to do with the text or the color, but I will play around with it this week.

Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He's all right now.

~Cass

missed the The First Step

2008-09-07T07:36:00.001-07:00

That is what us college educated types call a "poop" situation. So I made a new pair of shoes instead.

he's a lovable trickster

2008-09-05T06:27:00.000-07:00

Oldies

2008-09-04T08:38:00.000-07:00

Those are really old, but one can't deny his past.

Latest movies watched:

There Will Be Blood - A-
The Clone Wars - C- (it only gets this high of a grade because Zero the Hutt made me laugh more than I have at a movie in a
long time)
Avatar: The Last Airbender (Sozin's comet) - A+

-Cass

2008-08-29T20:37:00.000-07:00

penny-arcade.com

Some major, major things are happening for me right now. Both personally and professionally.

Summer quarter is over and I have only two more quarters to go.

If you like hardcore and things that are generally good you MUST listen to ON from Seattle. 'Silence Inside' is an instant classic.

Myspace.com/ONHC

New artwork soon.

Things are never as bad as they seem,
Cass

Colored

2008-08-27T10:35:00.000-07:00

Here is the color version sans text.

-Cass

2008-08-27T06:08:00.000-07:00

I have been thinking about going kosher, but I like shrimp too much.

Boo to your stupid band

2008-08-26T19:51:00.000-07:00

This is just the inked version for my ICON 6 poster, sans text.

Some very big opportunities have come my way, hopefully I won't poop on them.

I love you,
Cass

Latest Movies Watched:

Stand By Me - A
The Devil's Backbone - B+
Tokyo Drifter - B

Skeeby Heeby

2008-08-21T10:45:00.000-07:00

Here are some pages from an unfinished sketchbook for your viewing anguish.

Would you buy this?

2008-08-21T07:45:00.000-07:00

The Fool Pool is finished and being printed. Exciting.

I found a place I could get the HAVE HEART posters printed, but they would have to be resized and streched. Hopefully I can make it up to Clevo for that.

-Cass

GRAMMAR WAR!

2008-08-19T14:50:00.000-07:00

We had to do a propaganda poster for my Poster Design class.

TOXIC WASTE

2008-08-19T07:12:00.001-07:00

True Colors.

2008-08-17T19:08:00.000-07:00

I never got a chance to see The First Step. Their last show is in PA on Sept 6th. I want more than anything to go. If I can get there then I can also go see my parents in Clevo. I'm not looking for handouts, but if there are any bands or anybody out there that need some artwork done, That would help me go. I also sell all of my work, so if anybody wants some original art I have TONS. xknowledgex@gmail.com

Latest movies watched:

The Grudge - C-
Cigarette Burns - D-
The Orphanage - A-
Teeth - B

I recommend 'Teeth'. It's for the laaaadies.

-Cass

NEW STUFF!

2008-08-13T13:40:00.001-07:00

Triceratops LP "Phun is our business and business is good!"

Here are some images from my children's book The Fool Pool. Hopefully next week it will be ready for print. If any are interested in a straight edge morality tale I may publish and sell it through lulu.com.

New Poster. Go to this show if you are in Clevo. I may sell prints.

Hey my first post

2008-05-19T19:12:00.000-07:00

Here is some of the art I have been working on lately.