kittenfarts

kittens and hoes

2011-06-13T20:23:00.001-04:00

night at the museum

2011-04-20T21:12:00.005-04:00

this week there's been a slight scandal at work about a photoshoot we did this past october for a clothing line we've been working on.

also, apparently my photoshop skills fooled egyptian officials to believe we had let the model lean up against a wall of ancient hieroglyphics...

i'll try to not be so good at photoshop next time.

there's no such thing as bad press: ny times

su2c

2011-04-10T19:38:00.000-04:00

my life is being consumed by a project for stand up 2 cancer.

dress for impressions

2011-03-12T16:28:00.003-05:00

the creative cookie featured me for their "Dress for Impressions" series! check it out: creative cookie

rainy kitty

2011-03-06T18:09:00.003-05:00

it's rainy today. i drew a cat.

VD

2011-02-14T23:57:00.001-05:00

text me

2011-01-09T19:19:00.002-05:00

for dub's bday! (she came up with this amazing idea one night over sushi)

happy new year!!!!

2011-01-02T00:45:00.002-05:00

merry christmess!

2010-12-25T13:14:00.000-05:00

merry catmas errbody!

2010-12-24T19:47:00.004-05:00

hope everyone has a merry catmas!!!

christmas prints for design works

happy turkey farts!!

2010-11-25T12:32:00.003-05:00

School of Seven Bells - I L U - Official Video from Vagrant Records on Vimeo.

enjoy this creepily fantastic video for school of seven bells' new single, I L U, while u digest ur grub.

i'm always broke.

2010-11-13T14:34:00.002-05:00

junior's t-shirt design.

halloweenie

2010-10-31T17:23:00.005-04:00

more prints for design works

check it

2010-10-25T23:03:00.003-04:00

top secret projects

2010-10-12T23:39:00.002-04:00

aka best thing ive ever drawn.

farewell summer

2010-09-22T19:48:00.002-04:00

it was a good one.

latelies

2010-09-13T22:07:00.004-04:00

LA for ten days for work, then back to nyc for fashion week.

work hard.
play harder.

pillows!!

2010-08-08T21:42:00.003-04:00

check out my pillows at www.anthonytamstudio.com
buy them!!

target graphic tees

2010-07-31T15:56:00.003-04:00

so a friend of mine and i have been working on some secret projects, and some of our designs made it into target as a test for back to school. woohoo!

oh, and nice photoshopping target...

xmas in june

2010-06-20T17:45:00.003-04:00

nothing like doing christmas designs when its 90 degrees out...

oh, and wtf is up with all my spam comments.

asian invasion

2010-05-17T17:58:00.002-04:00

just got back from a week of running around in asia - japan, china and hong kong. it was for work and im exhausted...!!

mamacita!

2010-05-02T16:18:00.001-04:00

printzzz

2010-03-27T23:17:00.003-04:00

more prints i did for one of my clients - they're for lil girls - and yes, i had to draw dogs. no kitties.

birfday card

2010-03-04T22:03:00.002-05:00

today's my boy's bday so i made him a card to send to him while he's in tahoe with his friends. he better not get used to this, but if i could just make cute cards like this all day i'd be pretty damn happy.

pantone make-up

2010-03-01T22:31:00.003-05:00

pantone make-up concepts by brazilian designer, Renata Veiga. i love love LOVE this idea. please make it.

valentiney

2010-02-14T11:57:00.002-05:00

my dude demanded i make him a card... he likes dogs. i like cats.

happy valentines day!!

team ben!!

2010-01-14T13:44:00.002-05:00

my awesome friend ben chmura is going to be on the new season of project runway, starting tonight on lifetime! please show your support and be sure to tune in!!!

sickee

2010-01-10T14:07:00.000-05:00

i feel like poo.

merry catmas!!!

2009-12-25T11:07:00.000-05:00

bye kitty

2009-12-22T19:24:00.003-05:00

boots, 1989-2009
i keep looking for you on the bed and ur not there :(

it snew.

2009-12-20T22:32:00.002-05:00

i need sleep.

2009-12-03T23:35:00.003-05:00

junior's graphics

2009-11-27T22:37:00.004-05:00

new tee designs for a juniors company.

new prints

2009-11-23T20:24:00.000-05:00

holy cuteness

2009-11-15T14:24:00.001-05:00

marc by marc jacobs sp 10. how did i not see this until now?

hello

2009-11-08T19:09:00.002-05:00

halloweenie

2009-10-29T21:58:00.003-04:00

white box

2009-07-27T20:19:00.003-04:00

this makes me happy. and almost wish i had gone into computer animation...

White Box from makoto yabuki on Vimeo.

2009-05-17T20:55:00.002-04:00

peacocks

2009-05-03T16:03:00.004-04:00

i decided to finally jump on the peacock bandwagon. i had to design some tees this weekend for a new client i've started working with and figured this would be a good chance to play around. still needs some tweaking but eh. u can click on it to see better detail.

happy easter!!

2009-04-12T19:05:00.002-04:00

university of oxford

2009-02-11T21:36:00.002-05:00

i drew some sketches of girls today for a line we may be working on for oxford. it's kind of a gossip girl take on the whole look, and not just to be sold at the college but to be an actual clothing line using the name oxford... i'll be sketching out the guys tomorrow and then coloring them all in using the school colors and crests.

buy me this.

2009-01-22T21:35:00.002-05:00

omg where can i find this.

print and pattern

2009-01-15T21:55:00.007-05:00

today i went to the direction and print source textile shows in penn plaza. i was kinda excited to go since i always read about these shows on some of the blogs i frequent. it wasn't as big as the apparel shows but there was still a lot of great booths to look at. i recognized some of the artists and print houses so it was really cool to see them display their work up close. everyone was so nice and anxious to show off their peices so we stopped by a few to take a closer look at their fabrics. vintage was a huge trend - go fig- with a lot of booths that had the cutest vintage dresses with amazing patterns on them. but they were like $500 a piece, so yeah...i really need to go thrift store shopping soon...

i wish i could have taken some pictures but i did manage grab pretty much every business card, post card, free give away item that i could. it was tons of fun and everything was so cute and adorable i really can't wait to start creating some of my own patterns again. check back soon to see some progress!!

its been a while...

2008-12-24T17:12:00.003-05:00

things have been crazy busy since moving to nyc. i work pretty much non stop and when not at the office or sleeping i try to catch up with my friends, usually by drinking too much... i'm ready for 2008 to be over and to get a fresh start in 2009. i want to start concentrating on my personal projects and illustrations again, and to build up my freelance base again. freelance has def been slacking since i moved here and its starting to pick up, i'm just horrible with time management... so here's to the end of 2008 and a better 2009!!!

oh, and santa came early this year. im typing this on my new mackbook pro!! and i got cs4, which is pretty awesome since all i ever get lately are bootleg versions... woot woot!!!! so i have no excuse anymore to not be productive.

polyvore!

2008-07-14T21:17:00.003-04:00

i'm moving to nyc this weekend - finally!- so i decided to make a fun nyc outfit on polyvore. if you haven't checked out polyvore.com yet u really need to head over there, especially if you love to shop but don't always have the money. but be careful, it's addicting! i can spend forever on it trying to put together the perfect ensamble, as well as looking at all the other great sets other members have made. ciao ciao!

kitten heel!

2008-07-11T11:24:00.003-04:00

omg, someone please buy me these. they are the newly released shoes from Marc by Marc Jacobs, the "Kitten Heel" ( tho they are actually flats.) I saw the mouse ones they did way back last year when i was in LA and loved them. But a Kitten shoe?!?! They cost $250 on piperlime.com... i may have to watch these babies for when they go down a lil...

trends

2008-07-06T13:32:00.005-04:00

i've been doing a lot of trend research lately for the various lines i've been working on. it's been fun going through all of the runway shows and spotting the different trends that seem to be happening. i also have a love of street style and this summer there is a lot of great fashion going on at summer fests and concerts.

i also saw this survey on another blog and thought it'd be fun to fill it out. i haven't done one of these since i think high school...

1. What were you doing 10 years ago?

mm...i was 16 so i guess typical high school stuff. getting my drivers license, hanging out with friends, not doing homework...

2. What are 5 things on your to-do list today?

i. update blog- check!
ii. finish harmonica illustration for book
iii. start research for next book illustration
vi. update portfolio
v. eat my outback leftovers!

3. Snacks you enjoy...

BIG crackers and cheese fan, oreos and milk... ice cream! pretty much anything. i love food and i am constantly eating.

4. Places you have lived...
new york, new jersey, ohio, virginia, pennsylvania, florida, soon nyc!

5. 5 things you would do if you were a billionaire?
i. MAJOR shopping spree
ii. travel europe for like a year
iii. buy several condos in cities across the us and world
vi. party.
v. donate a lot to animal charities and adoption agencies

6. People you want to know more about...
kirsten ulve, jessica stam, leigh lezark, gordan ramsey, allison goldfrapp, pretty much any rad designer & artist.

i'm famous

2008-07-01T23:16:00.003-04:00

i found this pic on one of my usual gossip blogs i check about 875 times a day, it's some disney chic (yeah i only know this from the caption so shut up) wearing one of the tees i designed when i was at d&g. ahh good times. i wonder what will happen when they run out of my stuff? ;)

oh yeah, and nice matching scrunchie on ur wrist. apparently some 7th grade style staples stay the same.

blarg.

2008-06-16T23:01:00.002-04:00

jitters

2008-06-05T13:52:00.002-04:00

i drink way too much coffee.

ho hum.

2008-05-30T16:03:00.003-04:00

is it sad that the only way i can tell the days apart is by my pill case? in other news ill be going to FLA next friday for my bday! woot woot!

poo coil!

2008-05-28T15:12:00.001-04:00

this is how i feel today. poo.

aminal robots

2008-05-25T13:59:00.002-04:00

i drew some aminal robots last night. i like them. i should probably go outside more often.

midwest travels

2008-05-15T20:00:00.004-04:00

leaving early tomorrow morning with mom to go to my grandparent's house in ohio. i'll be back sometime sunday i guess, just a short trip. it'll be good to get out for a bit. i'm even more of a hermit here than i was in florida it's crazy. but work keeps me busy, i have a constant flow of freelance, i just wish the money was more constant... and i need to find an apt in nyc by summer. ciao ciao!

changes

2008-05-02T23:03:00.005-04:00

hello!

so i'm hanging out in VA right now at my parents house. i packed up and moved up here for about a month before heading off to nyc. hopefully will have saved up enough and find an apt by the beginning of june. things are getting busy with the company i've been doing contract work for - art zulu- so i figured now's the time to head up there. i'm going to continue doing other freelance too and will hopefully find more work once i'm up there. haven't had much time to miss florida, at least it's warm up here, plus the day before i drove up here my mom called to say they had to put my cat to sleep, meling.

its sad being here and expecting her grumpy self to be here. the month before i moved we had been talking about how funny it will be when she meets my other cat, elliot, cuz they're both fat, scaredy cats. it was just so sudden since she wasn't even that old. my eyes tear up every time i see her toys laying around still or go into the room she always slept in. it sucks so bad.

on a lighter night i'm trying to make more time for doing side and personal projects. i get so caught up in doing work for other people i never get to do anything for myself. so while i'm here and with nothing really to do i wanna start spending time each day working on some personal pieces.... guess that's all for now!

fashion illustration

2008-04-03T10:53:00.003-04:00

been doing a lot of fashion illustration lately. it's pretty fun and i love drawing high fashion styles and girls so it works! i'm also working on a pretty major project right now for a new campaign for some company that is going to combine the styling of custo and miss sixty. i loooove the spring 08 miss sixty looks....and i love jessica stam too!!!

new stuff!!!!

2008-03-14T18:52:00.003-04:00

hi! i've been super busy lately. i guess i should say first that i am no longer a full time employee for david & goliath. it was a tough decision but after all that i have been through with the surgery and stuff i don't think it's best for me to go back there full time. i'll still hopefully do contract and freelance work for them tho. i have been concentrating on freelancing full time now and i've been getting a lot of work. i've been working steadily for a company called art zulu out of nyc for the past few months and it's been great. i've been doing everything from logos and label designs to sleepwear and more recently a high end couture line for a client i probably cant mention but it's pretty exciting! i also hope to move to nyc in the next few months if all goes well...at least there it won't be as big a deal not being able to drive...

i've also been working on a children's book for a lady out of LA and have jsut been offered 3 more books! once again i have to keep the details vague but here are a few sneak peaks!: (it's a very diva/glam children's book)

yay!!!
other than that things are going great, just a lil stir crazy from staying home every day... any one wanna get a drink?!?

cupcakes!!!

2008-02-05T13:11:00.000-05:00

hello! I did some cupcake designs for a new cupcake store opening up in sarasota called cupcakes a go-go and wanted to share! i'm a big fan of cupcakes so this was a fun project. hope you likey!

tote bags!!!

2008-01-31T16:40:00.001-05:00

i was out and about in st. pete yesterday (walking of course, still not aloud to drive and i am supposed to go for a walk everyday...i usually don't) and i went into one of my favorite lil boutiques and low and behold they had some tote bags i designed! i snapped a few (blurry) photos with my phone and wanted to share!

they're cute! u can purchase them (i think) on david & goliath's website- ugh, still the ugliest web site ever but i've given up complaining about it. it looks like a big lots flier half the time... ah well. enjoy!

new work!!!!

2008-01-24T13:09:00.000-05:00

Hi!!! since i have some time off recovering from my surgery (which went well by the way, i just have a narly scar now that's pretty sore as well as half my face still not having much feeling other than hurting from time to time...) so i decided to work on some personal projects lil by lil to keep the creative juices flowing. i've been doing patterns for hazlenut studios a lot so i posted some of the valentine's ones i have done. i'm also trying to work on getting some stuff up into my etsy store. i'm going to make some cute lil valentine cards and prints for people to buy and share with their special someone ;) hopefully it will all go well! i can only work about an hour at a time for right now till i get more energy back and stop with the constant headaches that never go away.... hope everyone is well!!!!

merry catmas!!!!

2007-12-21T20:04:00.000-05:00

just wanted to wish every one happy holidays!!! i'm leaving for VA tomorrow morning at the butt crack of dawn and i'll be there till friday. i'm excited, i haven't been there in i think like 6 years? it'll be good to see everyone and my old town again. then when i get back it's off to have brain surgery on jan 8th.... yeah i'm excited. they're gonna shave half my head. yeah! anyways, happy holidays!!!!

hospitals and seizures

2007-11-21T21:27:00.000-05:00

so i just got out of the hospital last night, i was admitted around 5am sunday morning. i had a seizure and then i passed out on the bathroom floor so gene called 911. now i have an awesome black eye and some bruises on my shoulder and elbow. apparently i have some blood clot on my brain or im bleeding or something in my head and that lead to the seizure and i'm going to have to have surgery. i'm on meds for epilepsy now and i can't drive. i'm still kind of loopy, i have no memory of what happened and i'm moving really slow. but i'll be better. it happened about 2 hours after we got back from the airport from nyc. thank god it happened here and not in ny. and in that news nyc was awesome. we had so much fun and i wonder if maybe i was just really stressed out and thats what led to the seizure. oh well. i'll keep u posted. happy thanksgiving!!!

grapes!

2007-10-20T13:03:00.000-04:00

so for the past 2 weeks i've been drawing grapes... i've been getting a lot of freelance from a lady in nyc and one of the projects she wanted me to work on was a design to be used for throws, table runners, place mats, etc. for i guess a home design company. i hadn't done anything in that style in a long time but i did it and they approved the design. woo hoo! this is the final piece.

now i'm working on another project for her, so my weekends have been busy. but i like it.

speakerdog!

2007-10-08T22:31:00.000-04:00

series 4 of speakerdogs are up and mine is one of them! you can download the template and make your very own "me-row"!

http://www.bentheillustrator.com/speakerdog.html

custom 52!

2007-10-06T18:39:00.001-04:00

the custom 52 playing cards are in, 2 of my designs made the cut!
check them out and purchase them at custom52.com

more alloy tees!!!

2007-09-11T22:29:00.001-04:00

so more of my tees are in Alloy again!

the "come to the darkside" tee has been there for a while, and is still in Journey's too...it won't go away!!! and i really like "panda-monium"- i'm glad it's doing well!!!

go to alloy.com to see them, or check out more at davidandgoliathtees.com!

SENSES magazine blog

2007-09-02T18:03:00.000-04:00

yo!

i'm a featured artist in this month's senses magazine for Sarasota, Fl. they're also having a show for me and the other artists on thursday, sept 6 at their downtown gallery. unfortunately i will be unable to attend since i live/work an hour away. here's some of the work that is going to be featured there:

vegas, baby!!!!

2007-08-25T19:20:00.001-04:00

i'm leaving for vegas in the am for magic, woot woot! i'll be back late tuesday night with more updates. ciao!!!

playing cards!

2007-07-24T21:22:00.000-04:00

hii!!!! i submitted some designs to www.custom52.com to be voted on! the top designs will be printed on a deck of cards and sold all over the place. so go vote for me!!!!

www.custom52.com

stationery!

2007-07-05T16:56:00.000-04:00

i've been designing some stationery for this lady so i figured i'd post some. it's been fun but the process is long...lots of changes. i've done like 20 total, invites and thank you cards. here's a peak at some of them:

free people swap

2007-06-01T19:33:00.002-04:00

I finished my book finally for the free people travel swap. i haven't made a book in a while so it's a lil rusty. but over all i like it. the back says "i'm in vacation mode" and the 'i' pealed of a lil but oh well. i'm going to include some photo corners with it so she can put pictures in it. i haven't heard from her ever so i'm hoping it actually gets there...or that i get something back. what?

patterns!

2007-05-31T22:34:00.002-04:00

it's been a while. i've been busy as usual. i started making a lot of patterns to use for various things, it's been fun. i like this elephant one.... one of my favorite blogs is print & pattern so i get a lot of inspiration from there. mk that's all for now. tomorrow i'll try to post some pics of the photo book i made for the free people craft swap i'm doing. i'll send it out on saturday after i take the pics.

movie stars!

2007-04-29T18:20:00.000-04:00

i'm leaving for LA tomorrow to do some shopping for work...i'm excited, i've never been to californ-ia. i hope i see the olsen zombies.

creative hotlist

2007-04-02T22:36:00.000-04:00

hi. i did this yesterday:

www.creativehotlist.com/rfarley

i still need to upload the rest of my portfolio. i figured this would work till i get around to updating my website. so yeah. enjoy!

spazzes

2007-03-14T21:55:00.000-04:00

it's that time again! some more of my pjs are in alloy again, and can be seen on alloy.com. just go to shop, apparel, and they're under pjs, all the david & goliath ones are mine, woot woot. here's a sample:

there's a few other styles on there as well as some hoodies. go get them! they're super awesome and comfy!!!!

and yeah on a side note i'm doing some freelance too. for a porn site. in new zealand. yeah. how they found me i have no idea but they want me to do a character for them that like guides people through the website. it's 5 images in all and i just got the last assignment tonight. should be done by this weekend. so i can go out drinking for st. patties day. what?

so yeah.

2007-01-21T17:57:00.000-05:00

it's been a while. i've been busy. nothing too exciting. i'm moving to a new apt in down town st pete next month. it's cute and closer to fun stuff. plus i'm a lil sketched out where i am now ever since someone broke into my place new years eve while i was out and stole all my bathing suits, some nightees, and some underwear and some other random crap. so yeah i hate it here now and i'm scared to leave my place at night. my new place will be cute.

on a lighter note alloy has some sweatshirts i designed for sale on their web site:

yeah i'm cool. my pjs are still on there too. go buy them.

shhhh

2006-12-19T23:32:00.000-05:00

i had a last minute illustrstion to do tonight for mel's magazine. its for a lil tear out thats gonna be printed for people to send in their secrets on. it's gonna kinda be like http://postsecret.blogspot.com/
which is kinda cool. so yeah it was a rushed illustration to do but i kinda like how it turned out considering im beat and it's only tuesday. tomorrow's my last day at work before the holidays and i fly home on thurs. im praying for snow.

christmas cards

2006-12-09T23:36:00.000-05:00

a trip to the er this week has caused me to stay in this weekend so i decided to work on my christmas cards. yeah i'm being that cool and sending them out. here's a sample of one of the designs. i plan on making them all crafty and fun too. hopefully they turn out well, i have a lot to do...

Us weekly

2006-12-02T17:20:00.000-05:00

hey!

a tee-shirt i made is in this weeks Us Weekly, in the back with all the products and what not:

u can order it from davidandgoliathtees.com!!!

pajama party

2006-11-25T20:47:00.000-05:00

my pjs are in alloy again!!!
check them out online at alloy.com and see more styles of mine on davidandgoliathtees.com...

tired

2006-11-13T19:47:00.000-05:00

back from my extreme day trip to nyc and im tired as %$@! but i have to work on some stuff from a lady in philly that i do a lot of freelance for. i'm doing this one for an organization supporting children's cancer. hopefully i'll finish it this week and move onto some other projects... or just take a nap with my cats.

my first time

2006-11-10T21:20:00.000-05:00

hm...so this is my blog. i'll post things here.... illustration updates, news, rantings, pictures of cats...
i have to get used to this. but check back frequently, i get bored a lot.

going to nyc for the weekend. i'll post my shinanigans when i get back.