Another Kayjo Update

It has already been nearly a month since my last update. Time flies! Okay, within the past few weeks, I have been working on the sidelines; plotting, waiting, and researching. I have made the blog into my domain and this is only temporary. I'm still working on the content for my actual site. This blog will be just that -a blog that will be linked to the site and shop...and the site will link to here and everywhere else. There will be all sorts of things going on.

Kayjo Designs Domain

OK ~ I haven't updated in a while so I figure I better do so. I haven't worked on any new "tattoo" -like designs lately since I've been working a lot at my *other* job; I know..I'm very sad about that but the bills have to be paid! Art is my very first "passion" in life and I have to sadly put it on hold.

I recently bought a domain name just a few days ago and I can hopefully work on that and get it up and running. The purpose of this domain is to build my brand and make it more "solid". (Everything from tweaking the designs on GIMP to marketing on the internet takes so much more work than actually drawing the designs!)

I did do a little bit of tweaking on my CafePress Shop; took some products off some of them since the entire design doesn't fit on everything. The changes aren't very noticeable since there aren't any new designs (boo!). The shop is still gaining momentum and I believe I have even more *awesome* work to come out yet. Stay Tuned!

My Squidoo Lense

Well, I just finished a lense on Squidoo to help with promotion. I put a lot of information on about dragons and koi fish and why they're popular. Koi Fish and dragons are my 2 favorite things to illustrate, paint, draw, whatever,  and put them on products; t shirts for the most part.The Squidoo Lense also links to my CafePress shop; just like this blog links to it.

You'll know you're at the right place when you see "Kayjo Designs" -it's all relevant so you don't get too lost. You can always link back.

To sum it up, if you want to go see the squidoo lense for yourself, click here. 

And i you want to link to directly to my shop, click here.

Enjoy!

Splashin' Koi Fish Tshirts, mugs and more

I recently added yet another design to my CafePress shop. It's a pretty cool addition to my other tattoo-like designs on t shirts.

It's called the "Splashin' Koi Fish" and I added some text to it for fun; "Drinkin' Like a Fish". This was done with some artist pens instead of paint. I kind of like how this one turned out better than my first koi fish I posted on this blog because of the shinier texture effect on the scales.

The Kayjo Butterfly Now Available at CafePress

Butterflies aren't typically something I put a lot of time into; but I finally got around to it and I liked how it turned out. I put this tattoo-like design on many products and took a few screen shots of it on my CP shop. (CP is short for CafePress, I'm getting lazy...haha) Everything is categorized by design so each one has various products under each design. They're not all T shirts, I've also got it on mugs and thermoses and IPod "things"; basically anything that allows enough space for the entire design to fit on.

1) Original Image

 

            

My Red Star Dragon

I did it yet again...another similar tattoo-like design to my green dragon; only I made it red and a little more "scary". I've already got this image on number products at my CafePress Shop. It's under the Red Star Dragon design. I thought it would be kind of cool to put a star in the background because it's less boring than letting it sit by itself. The Red Star Dragon has no significant or "evil" meaning behind it.

I've got Red dragon mugs, thermoses, hoodies, thongs, buttons and so much more.Here are a few screen shots from my shop. Check it out for yourself!

The Kayjo Mummy

You know, she was quite the dish back in the day. I haven't really named her so I'll just call her Kayjo. I'm not very creative in that department. My mummy was first sketched with pencil and then painted in with acrylic paint. Final step is outlining with the black pen after the paint dries..then scan! I haven't yet added this to My CafePress Shop, but I do plan on it sometime soon. It might take a couple more weeks.

Behold!...