art by mags!

updates

  • why do i even still have a website?

    i really don’t know. i am HORRIBLE about updating here. really – if you’ve stumbled across this page and think you might be interested in what i do, please don’t rely on this website for your means of information about me! it’s been MONTHS since i updated here. (scroll down to the bottom of this post and i’ll list the other ways you can follow me more in real-time.)

     

     

     

    but just cuz i don’t update here regularly doesn’t mean i haven’t been doing stuff. let’s see… since the “educate agitate organize” shirt design, i made a “dyke witches don’t play” button on a whim, and then i made a more generic “witches don’t play” sticker with the best hashtag ever – #youVEXweHEX. and then i even cut a stencil so i could print off a few tshirts of the “dyke witches” design so my friends could have them to wear at voodoo festival.

    yeah, they are kinda silly but in these past few months, what with the protest and outcry about the kavanaugh hearings and every crazy thing 45 does and the midterm elections, i’ve just really been feeling the power and fierceness of the witches in my life and wanted to make a little something for them/us. i mostly have given the buttons and stickers away and sent them out to my patreon supporters, but maybe at some point i’ll sell a few. i do have a few tshirts on hand of the “dyke witches” design and both designs are up on my teespring store for sale.

    the other big development is that in a completely surprising turn of events, i’ve been experimenting with abstract expressionist painting in my living room. small canvases for now, cuz my living room is really small (!), but i put a dropcloth down and work on several canvases at once… and it’s been really fun! and i did post a few pics on social media and folks seem to like them! i haven’t gotten to the point of feeling comfortable enough with this style to want to sell anything yet, but well, the holidays ARE coming up so maybe that’s the perfect time to try to get rid of everything that’s piling up in my living room studio! stay tuned for announcements about that.

    i’m trying to get myself together for the holidays, but it’s so hard when my day job gets so much busier at this time of year too. at this point, i only have one holiday market scheduled and it’s not even in new orleans – it’s in chico, california on december 1st! i’m traveling out there to visit my best pal and her partner, and they signed me up for this bazaar at an artist’s studio. so i’m trying to figure out what to bring out there, what i can fit into one suitcase. more on that when i have more of the details.

    i guess that’s it for now. but if you want to follow my art adventures in a more timely fashion, please follow me on: facebook, instagram, and/or patreon. oh, and etsy.

  • EDUCATE AGITATE ORGANIZE tshirts are ready!

    educate agitate organize black ink on red tshirts

    these EDUCATE AGITATE ORGANIZE tshirts are finally ready!

    limited run. canvas red color. bella/canvas brand. short sleeve unisex crew. 100% ringspun cotton jersey. sizes S – 2XL available right now.

    $20 per shirt + $4 1st class domestic shipping for 1 shirt. ($5 for 2-3 shirts. 4+ shirts $7.)

    if you are local to new orleans and want to pick up, no shipping charge, obviously.

    if you need international shipping email me at: artbymags@gmail.com so we can figure out the cost.

    send payment via paypal to: mags@artbymags.com (friends/family payment if you know how to do that)

    send payment via venmo to: mags504

    please make sure to email me your shipping address and sizes when you order!

    i’m also taking pre-orders on:

    -unisex canvas red sizes 3XL – 4XL. (3XL = $20, 4XL = $23)

    -GREY unisex shirts. sizes S – 4XL (4XL = $23, others $20)

    -and WOMEN’S bella/canvas relaxed fit tshirts in both RED and GREY, sizes S – 2XL (these are the only sizes available). $20 each.

    thanks everyone for the support!

  • #abolishICE protest graphic

    i literally whipped this up last night after a very long day of work and finished it this morning before i went to work. i wanted to have SOMETHING that i had created for this big immigration-themed protest tomorrow, though i’m now realizing i won’t have time to cut it as a stencil and make any posters. but i will try to print at least one out on my fancy new large format color printer and see what they look like, just so i can have one to carry.

    this one above is the rectangular version, the original version. but then when i went to put it up on facebook as my profile pic, i realized it needed to be square so i stretched it out and made a low-res square version as well (below). i think it actually looks better as a square but for printing purposes i think the rectangle will probably work better.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    if i can figure out how to upload a high res file to my website, i will offer it as a free download. stay tuned. feel free to snatch and/or share one of these versions for online use. i’d appreciate credit or a link back to this site or my fb or insta profiles, but it’s not absolutely necessary.

  • check me out on patreon!

    as you can tell, i don’t update much here on the blog. i tend to post more frequently on my facebook page and my instagram feed. but if you want the most notifications about what i’m up to art-and-design-wise, becoming a patron on patreon would be the best way. plus it would help support me as a creator. even a dollar a month would be super helpful – if everyone i knew gave me a dollar a month, i wouldn’t have to walk dogs for a living! i could just make stuff. i’m in the process of updating my patreon page and getting back into the swing of things over there after a short break, but check it out if you have a minute.

  • pre-order RESIST rubber stamps now!

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    ok y’all, i’m doing another pre-order situation for RESIST rubber stamps. i’ve had a lot of folks ask over the past many months if i had any left (which i don’t) and have been reluctant to go through the hassle again, but i do so love the idea of all that resistance currency floating around out there. plus i like to make people happy.

    i don’t have the money/credit to pay for them upfront, hence the pre-order. last time i didn’t mark up the costs at all and made basically nothing on over 100 rubber stamps.

    this time i AM going to add a few bucks to each so i make something off my labor/design. just mentioning it so y’all know why the prices are different.

    small self-inking stamps will be $12.
    large self-inking stamps will be $20.
    pocket clamshell stamps will be $14.

    shipping is $4 first class mail for up to 4 stamps. more than that and i might have to go priority which would be $7.

    i take paypal: artbymags@gmail.com (friend payment please)
    venmo: mags504
    squarecash: cash.me/$mags (only debit cards)

    (make sure to include your correct mailing address or shoot me an email at: artbymags@gmail.com with that info. if you are local to new orleans and want to pick up from me in midcity, no shipping charge is required.)

    i’ll keep this pre-order open for about a week or so and then place the order. it’ll probably take another week or two after that to get them and then however long it takes for me to repackage them and mail them to you. so please be patient.

    please share with anyone you think might want one of these, because i won’t be doing this again anytime soon.

  • new smaller spread love stickers

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    i finally got around to making some smaller, rectangular “spread love” stickers, and after sending them out to all my patreon supporters, i have a bunch left over. so they are up in my etsy shop now.

    i’ve been working on several new sticker designs but haven’t finalized any of them yet, but i’ll let you know as soon as i do.

    i’ve been in a bit of a creative funk through january and february, but hopefully i’m pulling out of it now. winter is my least favorite time of year, and even though it hasn’t been feeling much like winter here in new orleans in the past few weeks, i’ve been slow to get into springtime mode. but i feel it coming. so i’m hopeful i’ll have more to share soon.