Milk and Oreo Cookies

Happy Tuesday, ya'll. Like every loves, sometimes we go to war and sometimes we make peace. Enjoy this cute illustration notecards I made for a children book that I'm currently working on with some great writers friends of mine from Nashville, TN. Stay tuned for more cute illustrations. xo.

Peanut Butter and Jelly

Everything is better with friends so does your sandwich.
Available in prints.

Happy Halloween!!

After working at this teeny tiny sushi restaurant in Wicker Park for sometime, I was asked to helped to design their Halloween Costume Contest flyer . I agreed, immediately!! So, I created little sushi characters dressing up, ready for trick and treating. I created half sized flyer and mini ones that will be attached to their to-go menus when you ordered pick up and delivery. Watch out for those little sushi creatures :) And if you are in Chicago area, please participate in our Costume Contest and win our Dine In Only Gift Certificates. Upload your costumes here --> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kyū-Sushi-Chicago/ <-- Thanks :)

Halloween is my absolute  favorite time of the year and I know, it's yours too. So, Happy Halloween. Be safe out there :) xo.

Hanging cupcakes!!

A fun little card I made, especially for a friend who is going through a tough time battling with cancer. I can only imagine, her smiles and maybe a little giggles when she sees this. Sorry for the spoiler, lillian. I love you and want only smiles and what's best for you :)

xo.

Cupcake Greetings

It's a beautiful day to tell your friends, family, boyfriend or girlfriends that you love them. Say it with these adorable cupcakes. Add the sweetness of your thoughts with these cupcakes to make someone real happy, today. Do it!!! Cupcakes are perfect for all occasion, you can never go wrong ;)

This is a blank greeting card & matching envelope with my original illustration printed on the front.

Size is 4.25"x5.5" (11 cm x 14 cm)

More cupcake greetings are being made. New images will be added here on my blogspot or you can visit my etsy page to purchase them: http://www.etsy.com/shop/gracefirmansjah

Have a wonderful day.

xo.

Super Ninja Muffin

Oh how I've missed my little nephew so much. He's 11 years old and growing so fast. Getting smarter, funnier and handsomer everyday. I am an proud aunt. Today is his first day as a 6th grader. "Baby nephew is now a 6th grader say whaaaaa..." Oh boy, I remember those diapers and baby sitting days haha. So, here's a Super Ninja Muffin for you, my little one. Congrats on being a 6th grader and on your Bushido Black Belt thingy. I hope you enjoyed it :)

This illustrations is available for print.

Little women - Red and Yellow.

Hello. It's been so far, an eventful summer for me :) I hope everyone is enjoying summer as much as I do. Speaking of summer... I've been playing with the use of yellow and reds. It's fun, flirty, mysterious and sexy. Old black ink drawings is no longer the same with a few touches of reds and yellows. More playful colors coming soon. Stay tuned.

Medium - Black Ink, Water colors, Pencil colors and Photoshop Re-touch.

Bak the Zaker

Oooo no, I didin't!!! Yep!!! Chicago's most favorite fro has been cupcake-nized!!! It's Zak Baker, everyone!!! Who is Zak Baker??? Pppfff, where have you been, people?? Zak is a very dear friend of mine. Zak loves to do a stand up comedy, open mic monday at the Shambles Shit Show and the guy never fails to make me cry in tears from laughing out loud. How can you not? Just one look at zak, you know exactly what I'm talking about (In a fabulous way of course!). Zak resides in Pilsen and you will see him at the front row at every concerts there is in Chicago. Why? Because Zak is very passionate about our very own local talents and very supportive of the chicago artist community. I asked Zak a long time ago, what would you REALLY want to be when you grow up? and he said to me "Grow up?!! What's that??? I shall remain a child forever." and that means he is always up to something. And you have to love him for the mischievous person he is :) Everyone should have a buddy like Zak. I'm serious! Meet Zak tonight at the Hideout for the Loneliest Monk show and let him show you a good time :)

xo.

Cupcake Buddies.

Good morning my dearest friends. As you are going about your morning routines like perhaps watching or reading the news, or drinking your coffee, or eating your breakfast, or driving to work, you realized that you've been tagged by me on facebook and you're wondering, hmmm... what is going on??? SURPRISEEEEEEE... You've been made into cartoon cupcakes by me!!!! Taa daaaa!!! I was highly inspired by the little mini cupcakes of us that I made for Stevie's birthday card and decided to personalized all of you into these little adorable mini bites. I hope that these little yumminess brings a little sunshine into your morning or day or whenever you finally have a chance to see this. Sooo, go ahead, check yourself out! I'm pretty sure you can guess which cupcake is you!

Happy Thursday, my loves.

:)

Mister Typefaces

Let me introduce you to the men in my life right now, Mr. Typefaces. When i imagined a typeface being a person, i imagined that they're being sorta like these guys above. Mr. Century Old Style is your regular hard working American dude in a grey button up shirt with crossing tie. He is a little uptight because well... he is a very hard worker. His job in finance is a little too demanding and harsh sometimes. But Mr. Old Style here enjoys good beers and appreciates the culinary art. Don't judge him too harshly... because under that heavy mustache, he has the most sweetest smile.

Mr.Baskerville here is from Birmingham, England. A very charming chap with beautiful english accent. Mr. Baskerville loves tea in the afternoon and he fancy dance parties in his finest english tall hat and suit. And when he dance, oohh, he will swoon the ladies.

Last, Monsieur Didot is french (well, duhhh..) Monsieur Didot is an artist who paints and recite poem and sometimes sings his poems to all the beautiful ladies that passes him by. Be careful now, with his charming french accents and free spirited mind, he can easily steals your heart and perhaps run away with it.

How do we like our bachelors?? They will soon be available in prints and perhaps tshirts and tote bags on my etsy page very soon. Whoops... sorry, my store is currently still need some work but please stay tuned. More exciting stuff is coming soon :)

Happy Tuesday.

xo
grace.

bang! bang!

whoops!! here's a font joke, guys! enjoy!
lunch time :) happy tuesday :)

fontstache

I quit my job about a month ago to pursue my dream to be an independent illustrator. It's been quite a slow month but I am very excited about the projects that I have been working on. Working from home means I can go for an hour of jogging, blasting music out loud, dancing around the house like no one cares, learning how to cook but only to realize that i've been cooking the same thing everyday, bouncing creative ideas with fellow artists or organizing my font book and make a fontstache out of it :) One of the biggest benefit working for myself is the fact that I can choose which project I want to work on and totally make something creative and awesome looking. The goal is I want to make art that will melt your heart and put a smile on your face. So, please stay tuned! Awesome illustrations are on their way :)

Patterns (Sketchbook Edition)

Tattoo Patterns that create dresses.

Pretty faces drawings (Sketchbook edition)

I draw faces and patterns when I'm bored. I carry my sketchbook and here are the result of my boredom hours. Enjoy...