Hearts & Hands | Heather Tompkins

Well, January had me finishing up a Marsh Tit tattoo commission for Kenneth, among other bits and bobs. I received an e-mail with a request to draw the little bird much in the style of my fawn drawing. Above is the final result, and below is the image he requested a model it after. No word on the inks yet, but I’ll be sure to update this post if Kenneth provides me with any images of the completed tat. Stay tuned!

A long time ago I drew a custom sea-dragon tattoo for one of my best buds, low and behold, at last is has been realized!!!!! Congrats to Sad for the awesome new ink! Warms my wee heart

and the original drawing, an archaic looking sea dragon:

This was a nice surprise, I randomly decided to check out the site for a band I did a shirt design for a while ago and, low and behold, it made it to print!  Check it out:

You can see it better on the site (or buy it) by CLICKING HERE and checking out the Bandtee section. It’s the red one, with the bird cages. Hmmm, I never did get a finished one. I wonder if they’ll make me buy it…

A small gift for Coll, happy 27th!!! Check out more images of this little guy on Behance!

Hello world, I haven’t posted in a long while, but I’m happy to announce that a San Francisco division of the awesome Berlin art project Papergirl is FINALLY HERE!

The deadline for submissions is May 17th, 2010

Keep in mind, all art pieces will be distributed by bicycle. So whatever is submitted must be flexible enough to be rolled up. There are no guidelines as to quantity or format: zines, prints, drawings, paintings, photos, textiles, stickers, writings, etc. are all welcome. Once you have finished creating your masterpiece|s they can be sent to:

I encourage all to submit! You don’t have to be from SF to participate!

To find out more, check out the PapergirlSF blog!!!

Download this flyer and spread the word!!!!

Drawing on these old pages is way more difficult than I anticipated. The ink either bleeds really badly, the pen tip pulls up the paper fiber (effectively clogging your pen tip till it no longer works and making your paper way fuzzy), or just rips through the paper all together. I have yet to find the perfect medium, I guess that’s what you get for defacing a book from the 40s. At least it was cheap.

I have a new sketchbook. Now lets see if I can fill it.

A logo I just completed for a new campaign started by Join The Impact. It’s definitely worth a look if you haven’t heard of it or/and support anti discrimination legislation in the workplace. And really, who doesn’t support anti-discrimination laws? This is a Teach-In campaign about such legislation, so if you are interested in participating (or know of someone who might be) visit jointheimpact.com asap to get the skinny.

This stork came from Trader Joe’s, but I gave him some thoughts.

Of, and relating to, animals, and their thoughts. This one has yet to get thinking, but he’s taking suggestions…

I. Love. Quills. It’s been a heck of a long time since I’ve used them, and there is simply no comparison to the amount of detail I can get hatching with a nib instead of a Micron. I fully plan or drawing some epic new projects with tons of ultra fine hatching. stay tuned.