Happy Holidays

Who visited you this yuletide season?

St. Nicholas or the Krampus?

Hope you all had a good holiday, full of family, memories, good food, gifts... and not being dragged to hell. :D

-Christine

Mythology

Edith Hamilton's Mythology is being reissued this upcoming January as an oversized, mass market edition. I got to not only design the cover but use one of my own drawings. This is a big first for me, so needless to say, I am so ridiculously happy and get giddy every time I think about it. And what an honor it was to work on this particular book! European mythology has not only been a huge influence on my art and design, but also my life in general and Edith Hamilton is such an important figure in the field.

Below is the cover design, the art by itself and the original sketch:

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Cover art and design Christine Foltzer
Lettering by Lauren Sheldon/Parliament of Owls

Tats!

Occasionally, I get hired to do tattoo designs. My friend Sara hired me to design this one for her. She came up with the concept of Fenris being bound inside of the Teiwaz Rune. Took a little while to really work out the best way to do it, but I am pretty damn happy with the results. She is too and that's really what matters.

Freshly inked.

The Easter Alpacas

I went to my aunt and uncle's for Easter. They live on a small farm in NJ and have been rescuing an odd assortment of animals. This past week they adopted four alpacas, bringing the animal count up to 29. They are certainly strange looking animals... sort of a cross between a sheep and a llama, raised for their high quality wool.

What did the easter alpaca bring you this year?

Unlike the goats and sheep, the alpacas were really curious about you. They came right up to the fence and wanted to know who you were and what you were up to.

Here are couple other drawings from the farm:

Chickens run all around the property, and sometimes following you.

Jack the horse. He was quite upset that I was drawing rather than giving him treats. What is the point of standing next to his stall if you aren't giving him treats?

St. Patrick's Day Parade NYC

I work in midtown, not far from the parade route on 5th Ave. So, I figured on my lunch break to hop over and get a bit of drawing in before heading back to the office.

Queen of Shamrocks?

Marching Band

The men of Cavan, Ireland getting ready to march.

Also, huzzah for the first post!

Christine