In the Studio: a process video

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This past summer, my talented former studio mate Lauren (of Monster Tea Party) and studio floor mate Matt Kaiser (designer at PillPack) from college got married! Obviously I had to make a commemorative piece of art for the occasion. I had so much fun with this one! 

A while back Matt had made a comment to me about how I should make more timelapse drawing videos so I thought this was the perfect chance. Check out the video below to glimpse at the process.

((Sorry for the not top notch quality, I did this one with my phone as opposed to my DSLR for ease so its not as crisp as the last one--that being said, make sure to set your video quality, auto plays at a less clear version))

Hope you enjoyed!!

-b

In the Studio: a video & lots of news

Clearly I'm not made out for the blogging world since I have horrifically lacked at updating this page in a very  long time. BUT I do have some pretty good excuses.

I officially have a home studio space (!!!) as of almost two months ago and I couldn't be happier with it. I moved into a new apartment with my boyfriend and fat cat and the second bedroom has been converted into an amazing office/studio space.  I hope to share photos of it and it's beautiful light soon. Here's a little peek that's only new to those of you who don't follow my instagram. 

While moving was my big excuse for lack of updates for a while, the bigger "excuse" now is work related and will cause much more updates in the near future! I'm working on a pretty big and exciting project right now & my part will be finished at the end of May when I will be updating my site with around 30 (!!!) new illustrations. The project itself will be releasing this fall, along with a few other things I have been working on, so that's all going to be really great.

I can't wait to share all this new work with you all, so long as I make it to the end of May without passing out in my paint water. (Make sure you follow along on Instagram where I frequently post sneak peaks and updates more rapidly than I do here.) I also completed two small projects prior to getting this one that I haven't had the chance to post yet, so there's lots to look forward to. Here's looking at early June and then September for lots of new things on my site, in stores, and in my Society6 shop.

For now, I've uploaded one of (my favorite of) the 30 illustrations so I hope you enjoy this one as much as I do (click on the above image for a full view). 

I took a video of the painting process to share with all this news. Make sure you watch in 1080HD, please please please. No other qualities give it any justice.

Enjoy! Thanks for hanging in there during this update lull! -b

In the Studio: holiday mailers

I've very excited about my holiday mailer/card this year. In the past I've created block print cards for the holidays but this year I wanted to stick more with what I know and love to do most, which is lettering and patterning. You can also view the piece here.

I have some extra postcard/mailers and I would love to send one your way-email me at Hello@beccacahan.com with your address and I'll be sending them out while supplies last! (Note: some mailers may not have spot uv like the image above, the cards without spot uv will have rounded corners) -b

An Overdue Update: target & society6

I guess I'm doomed to be a bad blogger. One day I'll get the hang of this and get in the habit of keeping this space updated. Until then, I'll just keep posting overdue updates. In the mean time, be sure to follow me on instagram, where I am constantly posting and you can see sneak peaks of paintings I'm working on.

I've been up to a lot since graduation. This most exciting thing other than having so much freedom to create new pieces would be seeing my pieces (one, two, three) for sale in Target, which just so happens to be my favorite store ever and an absolute dream come true. Keeping this a secret for so many months was killing me so I couldn't wait to share this with everyone starting in July.

It has been so gratifying being able to see all my hard work physically in front of me. The pieces shown above, along with two others became available in stores at the beginning of July and it has been fun spotting them around when I go to different targets. These pieces were available nationwide.

Beginning last month, the pieces to the left began selling in select target stores nationwide. I was lucky enough to have one of these locations close to where I live and I just love how they printed the large piece on birch and matched it to the birch frames of the companion pieces!

I worked on these pieces for Target with Oopsy Daisy, where I have some pieces for sale on canvas, as framed prints, or wall decals.

I am also very excited to announce my Society6 shop that I opened this week! Be sure to snag these soon if you like them! Many of these pieces will only be available for a short time in my shop! Most pieces I listed in my shop are new to my portfolio and have been created over the past three months. 

I wanted to open this shop in time for the holidays, and I hope you'll be able to find some goodies to treat yourself or your family and friends. Most prints are available as prints, canvas prints, framed prints, mugs, pillows, phone cases, and some shirts/sweatshirts/tank tops.

Be sure to use this promo link up until Sunday November 17th in order to receive free shipping on all orders (even international!).

happy shopping & happy holiday season! -b

In the Studio: a sneak peak

Coming up with just a few short months until the end of my last year at MassArt, I can say that the studio space is what I'll miss most. I love having a place to work at school and having so many illustration & graphic design students around is pretty awesome & inspiring.  Its not anything special, but this is my studio space.

Its always a little bit of a mess but I guess that's what its like being an art student. Its changing constantly with new projects, but here you can see my Nursery Rhyme Illustrations and two of my Degree Project tunnel books.

I also am forever swooning over my prints & postcards you can see on the left side by Jaime Zollars, Ambird, Kristen Uroda, Nick Sullivan, & a  very awesome little panoramic drawing of houses in Italy that my friend brought me back from a street artist!

I mean really though, talk about a killer view. Definitely will miss this view while I work. 

& I'll of course miss my lovely seniors in illustration who are a constant inspiration.