day 29

In case you were wondering, I only eat the legs of a frog. Some folks at Serious Eats disagree.

Watercolor and ink on a post-it.

day 28

Abstract veal.

I don't eat veal... actually one of the few meats I don't eat. But other people do. So here's a guide to the cuts.

day 27

Black pig, completing the trifecta. (which may become a quarfecta??? I'm pretty sure that's not a word, but I'm going with it).

day 26

Black sheep.

I'm really liking the abstract quality of this style of meat sections. very animal as art. Also, I think it kind of looks like stained glass, which is also cool, or at least I think it is.

Edit: Apparently I am painting too many butchery charts, as no. 5 should be "breast" and not "belly." I guess I just want everything to be pork belly.

day 25

ah, a return to meat.

black cow sections. These are the same cuts as on Day Seven.

watercolor and gouache on watercolor paper.

day 24

6x9 inches, gouache on paper.

Closing out vegan week here at MEAT SECTIONS with the jewel in the vegan meat substitute crown, Tofurkey.

Back to old fashioned animal butchery tomorrow!

day 23 - late edition*

Origami tree. Vegans like trees, right?**

Instructions here at Origami Club.



*Posting delayed by a Tonga Room-induced recovery period.
**For the record, so do I.

day twenty two

a simple little origami mushroom butchery diagram.

vegan week is, um, more challenging than I anticipated.

day twenty one

Gouache on heavy-weight paper.
8x10 print available in my shop.

Artichoke anatomy.

day 20

4.5x9. watercolor and ink on watercolor paper.

Tofu sections.
Pretty simple vegan butchery.

day 19

6x9, watercolor and ink on watercolor paper.

orange butchery.

second day of vegan week.

day 18

gouache and pen, with some photoshop lettering. approx. 7.5x5" on canvas.

[click to enlarge]

How to butcher a carrot into coins.

After a meat-heavy (not surprisingly) start, I think this week shall be vegan butchery week. No, not chopping up vegans. Butchering delightful fruits, veggies, and other non-animal based life forms.

day 17

octopus.

not at all accurate.

watercolor, ink, and gouache.

day 16

origami cow. triple boom? anyone?

This one is admittedly, a little wonky. My fault, not the fault of the instructions, available at Marcel's Kid Crafts.

day 15

4.5 inches, nose to "tail"

origami lamb. double boom.

Step-by-step instructions, again, from Origami Club.

day 14

5 1/8 inches, snout to tail.

It's an origami pig. boom.

I got this idea from Design Sponge*s recent post on the origami goodness over at Origami Club. As luck would have it, I received some Muji origami paper for xmas. And here we are.

So, that's the full and exciting story of why and how I did this little origami pig.

That was far more print that it deserved.

day 13

owl butchery diagram.

I'm not sure if "hooter" is a technical term. But I'm going with it.

red ink in moleskine diary.

day 12

pig butchery diagram, with cut names and potential uses for those cuts.

original 8x10, gouache on canvas board.

day eleven

another fish. you know, in case you were confused as to where you should cut.

EDIT: though on second thought:



I'm pretty sure this isn't how fish sticks are made.


ink on paper.

day ten

5x7 print available HERE

fish hack.

pretty simple if you're making steaks.

ink and watercolor illustration

day nine

this lamb was baaaaaah-lated due to celebration of xmas #3 with relatives.

day eight

pig on kraft paper

day 7

8.5 x 11 print available here

cow meat sections.

I kind of like it plain, without labels, but may add some later. You know, for usefulness.

P.S. Thank you to Comcast for the lateness. Internet has been spotty, to say the least.

day six

cow

day five

another pig.

gouache on cardboard (a pizza box, actually. proof is the grease stain. and well, the box)

day four

see the snazzy new banner? count it.

day 3

apple parts*

*click to enlarge and see at better quality...not sure why the small image is so freaking blurry.

day two

8x10 print available in my shop, here.

carrot butchery.

Because veggies need to be butchered too...

day one - the basics

The pig. A good place to start.