Jennifer Rodgers

Hey there, LJ!

Next weekend, my lovely assistant, Russell, and I will be attending Dreamation 2009, a gaming convention in Morristown, NJ. I will be there, vending, Friday 2/20 until Sunday 2/22.


Photo taken by Rae Winters at Monster Mania last fall.

The studio printer has, sadly, been broken for some time, so our stock will be limited. Mostly original art and cards. But we'll bring what we can and we look forward to seeing our friends there. I might even be up for doing a few sketch requests. If you're in the Jersey area and you like the gaming, come on by and see us.

Hey there, LJ-land.

If everything goes as planned, I have a full-time gig starting up in early March and going for at least a few months. I also have a bunch of projects on my plate that need finishing before then, but I think I'm going to have a bit of spare production time left in my schedule. (Unless I spend this entire month rolling around in cupcakes. Which is, sadly, a very real danger.)

I'm thinking I could probably take on a small job or two if anyone's interested. Perhaps some colorist work, a portrait or a character piece? If you have something like this in mind and you want to discuss details with me, feel free to inquire in comments or send a mail to: inquiries@jenniferrodgers.com

Thanks for your time!
Jenn

PS: Comments are screened!

So I realized that I have tons of art I haven't been showing you. It's not that I don't want to show you! But it's usually secret when I first finish it and then I've forgotten that I should post it once it's gone public! This is unacceptable!

I realized this today because I am wearing one of my favorite perfumes ever, "I Fell in Love with a Floating Brain" by Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. It smells like strawberry shortcake and happiness and I love it. I also happen to be the artist who did the label art for this series, pulp-horror themed silliness done by the Lab exclusively for Dark Delicacies. A couple of these have sold out already, but the others are available from the Black Phoenix section at: http://darkdel.com/

So here are the labels I did for that series and the Lab's scent descriptions:


Spongy grey and pink cake, with sweet strawberry cream, giddy carnation, and electrical pulses of white grapefruit.

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So that's my silly pulp horror collection. BPAL labels usually need to be done very quickly, so I'm very proud of what I've been able to do in short stretches of time for them. It's been good for my speed I think. I can't say for sure, but I think I did these over a weekend. Also, it's really challenging to create art that's going to have to read so small! Jeez, I had so much fun with this set. I love the Lab. <3

More artwork coming soon!

Oh dear. Is it Shill-o-clock already?

It's getting close to that Winter Holiday season and I just wanted to post a quick reminder that I still have some Holiday Cards available at my Etsy shop.



Singles are available for $3.00 and we have 5-packs for $12.00. And we're totally willing to discount for bulk orders and retail. Just let us know what you need!

Sorry we don't have a new holiday card style available this year. There just hasn't been the time to develop another card. But we have the Holiday cards, Thank You cards, Birthday cards, Invitations and twisted Valentines for now. We'll be adding to the series as soon as we can. :)

Thanks for reading!

Please vote today, people in the States. Please don't convince yourself that it doesn't matter. That shit adds up!

Happy Halloween, everyone! I have some fun news!

Early this morning, The Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab announced a new series of perfumes. Scents based on "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman. I'm proud to say that this series will feature my artwork!



You can see the scents listed and available for purchase at http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/graveyardbook.html

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By the way, if you were interested in getting Sleepy Hollow perfumes, they're only available for a couple more weeks. You can find them here: http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/limited.html

I have been away! Away in a magical land where there is no working internet and no cell phone signals! Away for the lovely wedding of J.R. Blackwell and Jared Axelrod. We were in the wedding party along with some very cool people and it was a beautiful supervillain ceremony. (We had capes and everything.) Congrats, you guys! I wasn't able to take any photos of the ceremony because I was in it, but you can see some of my favorite photos of the event here.

Also! I have much art to do and many people to get in touch with now that I'm back, so I'm going to keep this short. But here is a sketch I did last night. Loosely based on imagery from The Resort, a book by Bentley Little. Conte crayon and pencil on brown paper.

As I mentioned before, a Dr. Sketchy's session was held at SalonCon. Organized by the lovely ladies of Dr. Sketchy's Philly and Molly Crabapple. (with the adorable Lulu Lollipop of the Peek-A-Boo Revue on stage) I don't think I ever got into a groove with my sketching, exhausted from vending... but I had a great time. It had been awhile since my schedule allowed me to attend a session and I missed it terribly.

Here are my sketches:



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And that is all. Thanks for looking! Speaking of Sketchy's: Who's going to the Dr. Sketchy's Philly session this Friday?

Well, SalonCon is over and I'm recovering now from what I like to call "corset hangover." It was a lovely time and it was good to see all of you. Such a well-dressed crowd. I was especially happy to attend the Dr. Sketchy's session where I met the lovely Molly Crabapple and did some life drawing. Tea with friends was also great. A good time. (Scans of those sketches coming soon by the way!)

Also, I have a shop announcement:
The steampunk Invitations are now in stock at JenniferRodgersArt.Etsy.com.



The Invitations are flat. Postcard-style. With spaces for your event details on the back. Including: the Occasion, Date, Time, Location, Attire and RSVP information. Fill it out, send to your friends and have a fabulous time. Boxes of 10 5x7 cards available for $22 online. Envelopes included.

Our yellow Holiday Card is nearly out of stock. We don't have enough cards to bring to SalonCon. The few cards available on the Etsy shop are the very last of the print run.



We will consider doing a reprint if there's a lot of interest, but we're thinking it's time to move on. Maybe do a Halloween card instead? If you have an opinion either way, leave some feedback here. We're listening. Thanks!

Ursula Vernon's apartment was robbed last night.

If you like her art... and I see no reason why you wouldn't... now is a really good time to buy her prints or to send donations. Check out her website here: http://www.metalandmagic.com/

Hello, internet! It has been very busy around here lately at Jennifer Rodgers HQ. (That sounds pretty fancy, but it means an apartment in Jersey...) Here are some announcements:

Salon Con

We will be vending at SalonCon 2008, a Victoriana convention in New Jersey, this Saturday, the 13th. Last year, we had a wonderful time and I'm especially looking forward to the tea and Dr. Sketchy's events. Pre-Sale tickets are no longer available, but you can find out more about attending the convention here. I hope to see you there!

We'll be at SalonCon all day Saturday vending our wares... including something new, created just in time to premiere at the event:

Steampunk Invitations



New! 5x7 steampunk-themed Invitation Cards. The shipment arrives in 2 days. Just in time to box up and bring to the convention. I'll have more information for you when these are in stock online.

I'm vending at Monster Mania 2008 right now. This is the only picture I'm taking the time to put up tonight. I'm so tired and busy and I have to go back early in the morning.

This is Jeffrey Combs. I love him. It's hard for me to tell you how I feel right now. Mostly embarrassed and delighted. He was so wonderful and I probably made an ass of myself. I love you, Jeffrey Combs. <3

Sorry if I've been out of touch, everyone. I'm going to try my best to catch up with everything after the con. It's been tough to keep track of everything.

Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab just unveiled their 2008 Halloween series tonight.



The Halloween collection this year includes a complete Sleepy Hollow series. 12 scents in all. I'm proud to announce that this series features my art! Though you'll have to pick up the scents or stay tuned to see the label illustrations...

Go check them out. If my art doesn't draw you in, the amazing scents will.

On Saturday night, I had a chance to do some photos with my friend, A. Gaul. We'd just seen Dark Knight (My third time. Three times!) and it was really late. And I was super tired and a little sunburnt from my trip to the shore. We didn't think we'd do a shoot as planned with how we were feeling, but... Somehow, photos happened anyway!

Here are some of the photos from that set:



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There are many more shots that turned out very nicely, but uh...I'm not posting them here! Sorry! We were both pretty proud that we ended up with photos we liked despite all the tired at 1 in the morning. We'll be doing another shoot, hopefully when we're awake, soon.

So DexCon 2008 happened.


Nathan Paoletta and I have a tender moment. Photo by Jared Axelrod.

I had an awful lot of fun. It was great to see my friends! And to make new friends. If I'm going to be honest, though, it wasn't the best DexCon I've been to. I was pretty moody for a good part of the con, which I regret. But I was pretty exhausted and stressed out. Plus, low sales (probably due to broken ATMs all weekend), crankiness, troubles with acquiring and eating food, blah blah blah... Sadly, something was off this time. But that doesn't change how wonderful it is to spend time with good friends that you don't see often. And I feel a lot closer to some of you, which is great. I look forward to seeing you guys again. Hopefully soon!

( A list of my favorite things that happened and more photos under the Cut... )

I would have reported on the convention earlier, but we went away this past week. Spent some more time by the ocean and it was lovely. I'm just getting back into my office routine now and I have a lot of correspondence to catch up with with including convention followups. Today is probably a day of e-mailing... watch out now!

Edited to add: Contract Work photos

I promised to post some new artwork soon, so here's some cover work I finished recently for Robert Bohl's Misspent Youth RPG. "A sci-fi game of teenaged rebellion"

Front Cover Artwork:


Back Cover Artwork:


This was a bit of a different direction for me. Limited palette. Very stark, flat and graphic. It was fun!

If you want to see the final design with all the cover elements on top, you can check it out here
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And just a reminder: I will be vending art and having fun this week, Thursday to Sunday, at DexCon 2008. I'll have new Greeting Cards and prints ready for the occasion and it should be a great time.

If you're in the Jersey area and you're into gaming, you should come on out! I look forward to seeing some of you there!

Thank You Cards are here! And they're early!



We're working on getting these boxed up and ready for sale. I'll be changing the Pre-Order option at my Greeting Card Shop over to a standard item soon. I'll still accept the Pre-Orders while we get these ready, so folks who are interested can get an extra card for the same price if they're quick. :)

Coming soon to my Greeting Card Shop. Thank You Cards.

Skulls and flowers on the outside, blank on the inside. I decided to stick to a more serious "Gothic Elegant" tone for this one. Instead of the cute and creepy humor I usually go for. I'm happy with them and I can't wait to get them from the printer.

I'm accepting Pre-Orders for now, but I'll have them in stock by the 15th. Packs containing 1 of every card available will also go on sale at that time. Just in time for DexCon.

I do not post in my LiveJournal anymore! This is a problem! I like staying in touch. Here's a bit of an update.

I have been very busy! I have been making the arts... getting lots done. I'm actually really proud of how much art I've been producing lately. You can expect to see some new illustration posts from me very soon. And a new Greeting Card!

Russell has taken on a lot of business-related duties the past month or so and it's been a big help. He's been assisting with inquiries, inventory, researching retail opportunities...arg! All the stuff that gets in the way of me actually making art. Thank you, Russell!

We're starting to find a system that works here, but...you out there! People who run art-related businesses! I'd like to hear how you make it work? How do you function and actually produce artwork when half of it seems to be paperwork and e-mailing? I'd love to hear your thoughts!



What else is going on? I chopped most of my hair off... and I love it so much. I ran away with Russell for a bit of a mini-vacation with our stylish friend, Manning Krull. We spent some time by the ocean and took a ridiculous old timey pirate photo on the Boardwalk and it was great. And Dexcon, a gaming con in Jersey that I like to vend at, is coming up way too quickly! Ahhhh!!!!!! I have to prepare!

So that's how I'm doing and what I'm up to. How are you?


PS: I still hate my website, but haven't had the time to figure out what to do about that just yet. Thank you, everyone who replied! I'll deal with that as soon as I can and I'll be in touch.