Lisa Mertins’ Life Illustrated » 2008 » July

Disney’s Animation Academy

I’ve been having lots of fun poking around the Disney parks lately. The chance to hunt for one of my art inspirations is excuse enough for me to hang out there. And lookie at the cool poster I found while doing some research! I wrote a story over yonder at ocregister.com. Sonya and the other [...]

Where Did Women’s Liberation Run Off To?

I’ve submitted this image to a contest for a moleskine cover at the cool site modofly. I love girly stuff but often, I worry about not being all that liberated… Oh, I should say too that this is the very last page of my fat sketchbook I started in 04. Now I need a new [...]

This Is For Someone I’ve Never Met

Thanks to Annie of the Wexford Girl blog (but originally Suzanne, who is friends with Annie), I discovered this poet Kate Light. Annie painted words from a line in Light’s poem “There comes the strangest moment” in a recent post. I don’t know Annie, but she’s a writer and an artist and I know she’s [...]

Animation Can Break Your Heart

This story could have been told in live action. Or as a photo slide show even. But the mostly black and white, simple drawings, are perfect in my mind, to convey a child’s perception of tragedy. French subtitled and worth watching for an insight into life in Iran and one woman’s despair over the ruination [...]

“Headed West Into The Black…”

(…I’m goin’ to Dizz Knee Land!”) So, I made a trip to a place I never thought I’d enjoy again. Disneyland had lost it’s allure a million years ago for me. Imagine my surprise when I not only had a terrific time during my visit for daughter Hannah’s birthday, but I can’t wait to go [...]