Finally! The ipad app is out there!

 

I'm so excited that I'm finally allowed to share what I've been working on for the past year! The Dressup Day with Misa Mouse and Friends, ipad app game is launching today! It was a lot of work and a lot of learning, but so fun to do. 

So the in the game, you unlock each costume treasure box to "win" or unlock each costume. Then you can dress up each character however you like and take them to the "puppet stage" to pretend play.  I think Pickles the Pup is my favorite character to dress. It was like a game itself coming up with the costume pieces for each character. It made me think about my Fashion Plates that I was obsessed with as a kid, but only way better! I always felt limited with those things. Man, if there were only iPads around back then.

My son really loves it. He only dresses Camo Cat up as a Cowboy though and takes him to the desert to stand on a cactus and giggle. It so cute to watch him make the characters talk to each other in their funny voices. He always makes me be a princess. I love dressing them up in different goofy outfits and that drives my 3 year old nuts, "NO! That princess dress doesn't go with the cowboy hat!" and then proceeds with the face palm.

It's now available on itunes, if you want to check it out (or buy it!). I really hope it does well. I really like it. Quacking Frog Productions put the game out and I'm so grateful that they chose me to help create such a fun project.

Flashback style

Yesterday I was dropping of lil' Ro at his daycare and saw one of my old books from my old gig as a staff illustrator laying slightly tattered on the floor. It made me flash back to a time when I was happily drawing in my little cubicle, with my knick knacks in place, and money funneling weekly into my 401k and the stability of it all made me feel panicky. I miss having a full-time job sometimes. Just showing up and ticking down a list of fun projects was nice, clock out at 4:30...done. I didn't have to market myself, or pound the pavement for new work, it just showed up on my desk. This freelance stuff is fun, and exciting, but the unknown sometimes creeps in and scares the heck out of me. I also miss having co-workers to chat with or ask questions or advice.

I also noticed how differently I draw now. I still love the soft look of the watercolors in Painter. Maybe I'll do some experimenting again when my deadlines slow down some.

On a side note, I mentioned to Ro's teacher that I illustrated that book (I didn't mention the 5 others on the bookshelf..) This morning, Ro's teacher gave me a sharpie to sign her book. I felt like a total dork, a very flattered dork though. :)