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The 2009, Zodiac Battle Calendar, Illustrated by Alison Cardinale is up for sale!

Each page shows the struggle of the signs as they take their revenge on the ‘new guy’ coming into the month. The last page is a special treat, showing the ’stats’ of each sign so you can see how yours measures up against another! Flip to the back page to see the entire layout and follow the battle as it comes full circle. A Fabulous addition to your wall for the coming year or great gift for friends and family!

The Particulars:

• The Calendars are folded to an approximate size of 8.5”(H) x 11”(W) with full size when open at 17”(H) x 11”(W).
• Each Calendar is printed on a print-shop quality fiery printer . The cover is made of a Heavyweight ‘Kromekote plus’ cardstock while the interiors are a lighter 28lb, 100 brightness Hammermill paper.

Interested in ordering? Either click the image below to access my the paypal link, or follow the link to Etsy where you can purchase it there. If you’d like to send a check, email alison.cardinale@gmail.com for an address.
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Archive interview with Alison Cardinale:

Carmine Magazine: What drives you to create? Also, what inspires you and your work?
Alison Cardinale: The want to create stories and characters that show my sense of humor. (A butterfly can be hilarious if put into the right situation!) I also made it a personal quest to create art that is positive, thought provoking and has many hidden stories in the image since I think deep dark art and hot chicks with guns/sword/whatever is so easy to fall back on. No offense to the hot chicks art, I love to see it, but it’s for the most part just eye candy and most time slacks in any concept.
Everything! A few; Art Nouveau (Much a & Macintosh particularly), African sculptures & masks, fashion photography, other illustrators…

CM: Were you formally trained in art or self taught? Do you think it has helped you or hindered you?
AC: Both! I’ve been drawing for as long as I can remember and still continue to draw on my own, so that would be the self taught side of it. I took many a art classes in high school (painting, sculpture, portfolio prep..) and for college I attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.
Drawing and working on your art will always be a benefit and I can’t imagine if I would have learned to take my art as seriously as I do if I hadn’t gone to Pratt. If nothing else, it helped to give me time to discover and experiment with materials, methods, ideas and really try to take apart what I want to say with my work. When I first went there all I knew was that I wanted to do art of some kind and by the time I left I *knew* what field I was meant to be in.
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