As this is out 101st Shelter Sketch, I couldn’t resist picking a Dalmatian mix.
Meet Rosie
Rosie is a sweet, loving nine year old female. As you can see she’s a Dalmatian mix and has an adorable smile! There isn’t much information on her Petfinder page, but you can contact the shelter and ask about #DWL121508 if you have any questions. Rosie deserves a great forever home!
Contact Info:
Clay County Animal Shelter, Inc., Henrietta, TX
940-538-6757
Meet Rosie
Texture from Bittbox and beckasweird.
To find out more about Rosie, check out her Petfinder page.
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Chelsea Conlin lives in Las Vegas with her husband, where they do what they can to help animals. They have two dogs of their own: a rescue greyhound named Storm and a mixed breed named Azu. You can find Chelsea on Facebook, her sketchblog, twitter, and deviantArt.
Filed under: Animals in Need, Art, Shelter Sketches on April 8th, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I hope everyone who hasn’t already will take time to celebrate Earth Hour tonight. 
Meet Snowy
Snowy is a young female bull terrier/dalmatian mix. As sometimes happens with all-white dogs and cats, she is deaf. She certainly isn’t hindered by that, though. She knows a number of hand signals and is responsive to the expressions and body language of the people around her. Like many other young dogs, Snowy loves to play and go for walks, and gets along well with other dogs and children. She even shares toys and food with other dogs and is housebroken. Curious and intelligent, Snowy sounds to me like the perfect dog. Anyone who adopts her will be very, very lucky!
Contact Info:
A HOME 4 Spot, Las Vegas, NV
ahome4spot@gmail.com
702-239-7986
Meet Snowy
Texture from DarthMaiden and eleven1627.
To find out more about Snowy, check out her Petfinder page.
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Chelsea Conlin lives in Las Vegas with her husband, where they do what they can to help animals. They have two dogs of their own: a rescue greyhound named Storm and a mixed breed named Azu. You can find Chelsea on Facebook, her sketchblog, twitter, and deviantArt.
Filed under: Animals in Need, Art, Shelter Sketches on March 31st, 2012 | No Comments »
I came across this girl on Facebook a couple weeks ago, and I knew I had to sketch her portrait.
Meet Grace
I don’t know much about Grace’s past. The coordinator at TN Death Row Dogs, which is the group taking care of Grace, said that she was left at a shelter after being beaten. Apparently she had blood on her forehead and near one ear, and both eyes were swollen shut. Grace also has a bad case of Entropion, a condition in which one or both eyelids fold inward and the eyelashes rub against the eye. She has been vaccinated and found to be heart worm negative, and underwent surgery on her eyelids a few days ago. The vets aren’t sure yet if a second surgery will be necessary, but Grace is doing well aside from some swelling.
She’s a bit cautious around people, but is very calm and gentle. She’ll be ready to go into a foster or forever home soon, where she can finally get the love she deserves. Can you give her a home, or perhaps donate toward her medical expenses?
Contact Info:
Tennessee Death Row Dogs
P.O. Box 1015
Spring Hill, TN 37174
931-334-5348
Meet Grace
Texture from Star Net Blog.
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Chelsea Conlin lives in Las Vegas with her husband, where they do what they can to help animals. They have two dogs of their own: a rescue greyhound named Storm and a mixed breed named Azu. You can find Chelsea on Facebook, her sketchblog, twitter, and deviantArt.
Filed under: Animals in Need, Art, Shelter Sketches on March 25th, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Apologies for the very late post this week! I’m waiting on some information for the next featured animal, so in the meantime I’ll post Shelter Sketches’ first bird.
Meet Amiga
Amiga is a ten year old female Blue and Gold Macaw. As these birds can live so long, Amiga is still a frisky kid! She is inquisitive and loves to explore and play. She was rescued from a hoarder, but you would never know what she’s been through because of her sweet disposition. Do you have experience with large birds? Can you give this girl a home?
Contact Info:
Wilton Parrot Rescue, Wilton, CT
wiltonparrot@yahoo.com
Meet Amiga
Texture from Mayang’s Free Textures.
To find out more about Amiga and watch some videos of her, check out her Petfinder page.
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Chelsea Conlin is a freelance illustrator, but if she can help spread the word about animals in need with her skills, she’s more than happy to do so! She currently lives in Kentucky with her husband where they do what they can by driving dog rescue transports on weekends. They have two dogs of their own: a rescue greyhound named Storm and a mixed breed named Azu. You can find Chelsea at Paper Nautilus, her sketchblog, twitter, and deviantArt.
Filed under: Animals in Need, Art, Shelter Sketches on March 22nd, 2012 | No Comments »
Day 03 of SXSW has come and gone, and I will say, what I had hoped was going to be a day filled with awesome social media change, ended up being a little disappointing. I ended up leaving TWO sessions in the first 10 minutes; one because it ended up being just one giant sales pitch, and the other because it was not AT ALL what the description made it sound like. So I was a tad upset with that, BUT I will say that the other two sessions that I went to were both excellent.
When not at sessions today, I spent a good chunk of time at the DeviantArt truck hanging out with some fellow artists and talking about how frustrating it is that so many people simply walk by folks doing live art without even glancing at the beauty being created right next to them. They don’t even realize what they’re missing and I feel sad for them. The happy thing though? I spent so much time with my DA friends that they gave me an awesome piece of live art that DA artist Carmen Olsen had painted only moments before. It’s absolutely beautiful and I had been looking at it the entire time. I just love it.
Now on to some session notes!
21st Century Giving: Social Philanthropy’s Rise
What Makers Need to Know Money & Taxes
Tomorrow will be an even better day. On the Agenda: 101 Social Media Tactics for Nonprofits, How to Get the Attention You Deserve: Basic PR Strategies for Makers, Content As a Means for Social Change, Everyone Is Gay: Social Media As Social Action OR Positively Inspired Change Campaigns (need to decide), and possibly more if I can fit it all in.
I’m hoping that I will get home earlier in the next few days so I can start working on my SXSW Interactive Resource Guide – if not, no worries. All these notes, tweets, more pictures and video will be put up over there to reference back to. For now… I’m going to bed!
Good night!
Filed under: Art, Events, SXSW on March 11th, 2012 | No Comments »
