The second edition of the Cloudy Collection is now available! This newest set includes art from Vera Brosgol, S.Britt, Elio, Vincent Stall, Scott Campbell, Bwana Spoons, and me, David Huyck (my print pictured below).

Get yourself a set for just $35 with free shipping to the US and Canada.

I almost forgot to post about this mask I made for the San Francisco Plush You! venue, double punch. And what better day to post a mask than All Hallow’s Eve? See more in this Flickr set, including in-progress shots.

Now go eat some candy!

My wife and I welcomed our baby girl, Susanna, on Thursday, August 7, 2008, at 2:09 am. She was 9lbs 1oz and 21.5in long. Both Mama and baby are doing fabulously!

Thanks to all of you who have written to congratulate us– I may or may not be able to get back to you all individually, but know that we hear you, and we appreciate your support!

Much love,
David

Come with me on a voyage through time. It is now one week ago: October 12th, 2007. You are getting ready to go out, and you happen to live in Seattle. You think, “Hey, I want to see some awesome, fun plush art tonight!” I am here to help you find what you seek: the 2007 Plush You! show at Schmancy (and its neighbors) is the third year it has been organized by the intrepid Kristen Rask. This year, the show is buoyed by the release of the book based on last year’s show, Plush You!: Lovable Misfit Toys to Sew and Stuff. It open(s/ed) October 12th and runs through the beginning of next month. Get out and see it!

My contribution this year is from a time long ago, when man and mammoth roamed the earth together. Otto and Orville are a mammoth rancher who do some experimenting to create… MammothMammoth! This year, the tags I made for the beasties were actually a micro-comic, just 8 pages long.

In other past news, traveling further into the past all the way to an October 8th release, I contributed to the 4th round of SpeakerDogs, organized by Ben the Illustrator. Download, cut out, and create your very own Piggy Back Beast!

And don’t forget to go all the way back to Labor Day weekend, and enjoy the collection of chickens, goats, and walking beef from the 2007 Minnesota State Fair. Sadly, no photos of the fried cheese curds. Mmmm, squeaky!

Okay, show’s over! Return to the present. LIVE IN THE NOW!

I have also dabbled in animation a bit, and I’ve been trying to think of ways to satisfy that part of my psyche without having the time to devote to a full-on animated short. Here are two experiments with my camera, using it to do “live” stop-action. Basically I walked around with the shutter button pressed down and then imported the image sequence to Quicktime. I think there’s some potential for future use here:

Especially with this first one, I think it starts to look a bit like a Super-8 film with the jerky light metering and the jumpy camera.

Doesn’t the house (aka “HQ”) look haunted? It’s much cozier inside, but the outside can look a bit creepy. I did a drawing of it that should be in the site before long. And on the tree at the end– those plums are REALLY GOOD.