Featured Artist :: Skribbly Kids

We are very pleased to say that this week marks our first in a weekly installment of featured artist interviews. You'll notice that this isn't your typical interview, it's an interview with a senioritis twist. Since we know you're already on the edge of your chair in anticipation, let's jump right into our interview:

This week's featured artist is Skribbly Kids!

Skribbly Kids - Oh-So-Cute Character Design

Senioritis: Name & location please.
Skribbly Kids: Joanna Goldman, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Senioritis: Joanna, can you give us a brief bio please?
Skribbly Kids: Visual FX artist by day, cartoony craftswoman by night! I have been drawing ever since I was a little kid. My style is a result of a fine arts, animation, and film background.
Senioritis: Very cool!

Senioritis: Joanna, you mention that your style is influenced by your background in fine arts, animation, and film. How would you describe Skibbly Kids' style in a few words?
Skribbly Kids: Cute Cartoons with Big Eyes.



Senioritis: Do you have a favorite color?
Skribbly Kids: Blue.

Senioritis: Are you a righty or a lefty?
Skribbly Kids: Righty.

Senioritis: Do you have a favorite quote?
Skribbly Kids: Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film. – Steven Wright
Senioritis: Hahahaha ,that's phenomenal. We've never heard that one before.



Senioritis: If you could have lunch with someone famous, past or present, who would it be?
Skribbly Kids: I would love to have lunch with Spike Jonze. I feel like every movie he works on is so different, yet so genius! I’d love to pick his brain and find out a little bit about his process of working.
Senioritis: Very cool, we haven't seen many of Jonze's movies but we can't wait to see Where The Wild Things Are.

Senioritis: Joanna, do you have a favorite cartoon?
Skribbly Kids: Hard question! When I was a kid it would have to be Duck Tales. Now I think it would be Triplets of Belleville.
Senioritis: Life is like a hurricaaaaane here in Duckburg ;) Duck Tales was an excellent cartoon, Triplets of Belleville is very good too!



Senioritis: Where do you see yourself and your business in 10 years?
Skribbly Kids: I’d like to still be creating different characters to put on greeting cards. I’d like these cards to be in stores all across the world. Ultimately I would love to live off of creating characters.
Senioritis: That sounds great to us. Based on the items in your shop and your creative style we think that goal is very attainable.

Senioritis: Where can we find you on the web?
Skribbly Kids:
My blog with new (and sometimes experimental) doodles: http://www.skribblyblog.blogspot.com/
My personal site: http://www.joannagoldman.com/ where you can find my day job show reel.
Senioritis: Wow, your show reel is one of the coolest things we have seen in a long time. Awesome stuff and we absolutely love the Bitter Sweet song.

Senioritis: Before we let you go, would you like to give any shoutouts?
Skribbly Kids: I’d like to thank my mom for putting a pencil in my hand at a very young age! Here’s her artwork: www.azergo.com/
Senioritis: Now we see where you get some of your talent from :) Your mom's work is great, we especially like her landscapes and her watercolor painting of you surfing!


We would like to thank Joanna for giving us a little more insight into the world of Skribbly Kids. Please visit Skribbly Kids' shop on Etsy and take a look around www.etsy.com/SkribblyKids.


We will be interviewing another featured artist next Wednesday so stay tuned. If you can't wait until then to get your next dose of senioritis features please feel free to check back on Friday for our Friday Finds. Have a senioritis day!

The Beginning of the End.

As the final semester of my undergrad career begins I can't help but feel the bittersweet feeling of a chapter of my life coming to an end. When I began freshman year I didn't think I would ever be ready to leave this college behind, but the closer I get the more excited I become to get out in the real world. I imagine this anxious feeling is because I, unlike so many of my friends know exactly what I am doing after graduation. I will be attending law school for the next three years. While it is not exactly the end of my education and the beginning of a career, it will mark a new experience and a change from my current lifestyle.

As excited as I am to move on with my life, I will be sad to leave this place behind. I live with five of my closest friends and it will be a hard adjustment to not come home to them after a hard day of classes next year. I am used to Binghamton and all it has to offer. Throughout my years here I have been able to take part in tons of activities and events that I'm not sure will be available to me in law school. I often wonder if I will be able to handle the work load of graduate school as my senioritis sets in and I have more motivation to lay in my bed all day than to do any sort of school work.

Alas, I must start some of that homework now if I have any chance of making the midnight deadline.

To all you readers out there, stay lazy.

Senioritis. The New Face of Lazy.

We're not sure who "they" are, but they say that all good things come to an end. Well, the good news for you is that our case of senioritis has not come to an end, but it has taken a brief hiatus - just long enough for us to start a blog. Initially, we weren't sure if a blog would be for us, but then we found out that you could actually type stuff now and post it at some point in the future, which sounds to us like blogging was designed with the lazy in mind.

In a nutshell (hopefully we're not the only ones picturing Austin Powers, "This is me in a nutshell."), our blog is designed for precision and engineered for fun. At senioritis you will most likely not find any current events or breaking news; but, if you do stumble upon some, please let us know and we will be sure to remove said atrocities. What you will find at senioritis are three unique perspectives on art, life, and other happenings from a self-proclaimed mad designtist, an attorney, and an environmental studies student enjoying her final semester of college before going to liar lawyer school.

So sit back and enjoy your grande half caff mocha latte with a sprinkle of cinnamon, a pinch of brown sugar, a drizzle of caramel with whipped cream on the side as we welcome you to the wonderful world of senioritis.

Senioritis. The new face of lazy.