Sketches

A little peek at my sketchbook. Enjoy!

Another Poster

This poster was a bit of challenge. I was racking my brain as to how to illustrate getting to know one another and making friends. It was a verb I had a hard time visualizing. After knocking out some thumbnails, this is what happened. I love thumbnails. This job at church has been a bit of a challenge at first, but now I look forward to figuring out how I'm going to present the info in an engaging way. Its not a graphic design class, but it'll do.

Couldn't Sleep?

When I have down time at work, I occasionally check out web comics. There's some really great stuff out there! Anyway. This one was inspired by one of them... the name of which escapes me right now. Anywho. Its a Work in Progress, but I felt I ought to show ya'll to prove I'm continuing to illustrate.

More Eggs

You may be wondering why her jeans are like footsie pajamas.... well. Its faster at the moment. I'll give her shoes eventually. I want to try a flat and graphic version and a more painterly version. I'll try to post one tomorrow!!

.....and I just noticed that it looks like she's holding a potato.... hmm. I'll fix that.

Ode to the Chicken Egg

If Wacom were Crayons

Just for Fun.. I thought I'd color it in simple.

March~Windy

For those of you not "in" on the project. Adam Taylor (illustrator extraordinaire) invited some of my college friends and I to illustrate a month and word for kids learning english in Honduras. Mine is "March and Windy" for cute little kids to color in. I'm pretty happy with it, especially since I did the whole thing in photoshop. No scanning in traditional drawing first!

Redo...

So I tried it without lines. I think I like it better. And it made it on the wall in the Spori, which is pretty cool.

ARRRRGGGgggggh.... Illustrator Woes

Learning how to vector with the pen tool in Adobe Illustrator nearly put me in a straight jacket. Luckily, a good friend, Adam, sat next to me in class and walked me though it. Thank you Adam!! Now I'm kinda getting the hang of it!

Book Sail

This doodle is supposed to be me (well maybe a little skinnier, but its artistic freedom right?) at the Farmer's Market this last weekend. It was soo windy, it nearly took our tent thingy! It just would not stop! The gale lasted pretty much the entire market. I gotta say though, I had very cute "wind-swept" hair after.

Oh and this is my first official digital painting, after my first lesson with Hollie. Thanks! I think you'll be seeing more of these after I have some more lessons.

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Windy ~ Illustration Friday

I painted my drawing with acrylic washes. The drawing is only about 6x4. I photographed it, but as usual it desaturated the painting, so I had to touch it up a bit in photoshop. I love working traditionally, getting my "hand dirty." Anyway... Enjoy!!

Windy Process ~ Illustration Friday

I've just learned about Illustration Friday.com from some friends. I really think its an awesome idea. This is for the last topic, the next is called "intricate." I started with a pen drawing on illustration board.

I took a quick picture of it (thus the blurriness) and then did some color comps. in photo shop.






Mike liked the orange and blue, and so do I, but it is a color combination I use often. So I wanted to try something new.I finally went with the green and brunette because I don't think brunette little girls are represented enough. It seems to be mostly little blond girls. Don't get me wrong I was a blond little girl myself. I just wasn't in the mood.









I like the purple and bluish/black hair. It reminds me of "Coraline."