12.22.2009

Misty Mask Meeting


Illustrator & Photoshop.

I was gonna do words and owls, but I ran out of steam and caffeine.

Happy Holidays! Hit me up if you want a link to this year's mix and have not already gotten it from me.

<3

12.13.2009

Show Offs


Colored Pencils.

Pizazz!

12.10.2009

Hibernation


Colored pencils. Photoshop.

Stay warm, everybody.

11.08.2009

Uniquely Awkward


Colored Pencils of various kinds.

(My scanner hates subtlety. Oh well. You get the idea.)

Kakapo are so endearing. Keep on truckin', little guys. Waddle your way back to prosperity.

11.02.2009

Plant People


Prismacolor Col-erase / Verithins.

I should really start thumbnailing compositions. I bet that's what real artists do. It's sort of ridiculous because I never know what's going on in my own drawings until I get towards the end.

Sad.

10.13.2009

Wine & Diamonds


Col-erase.

Hey look, a new blog header.

I have nothing else to say to you. Woobwoobwoobwoob.

10.07.2009

Fungus Among Us


Colerase.

There is a mushroom coming straight out of the top of her head. I didn't notice while I was drawing it and managed to miss it up until after I'd scanned the image. Now it is all I can look at. Why didn't I see that sooner? It appears I may have subconsciously wanted her to be a pikmin.

9.19.2009

Larger Than Life


Colerase.

Well, it is. Just callin' it how I see it.

9.17.2009

On the Plain


Col-erase.

Sort of a useless fence, really.

9.16.2009

Rue de L'avenue


Colerase.

Backgrounds. Suddenly I remember why I hate them.

Clearly, the one on the left didn't get the memo about this being the "serious" picture.

9.08.2009

Hold that Pose


col-erase.

Any second now, she will break into a musical number complete with song and dance. Just wait for it.

9.05.2009

Leaping Lizards


graphite. photoshop.

Jellyfish don't jump. They just blorp around. And while I can't recall an instance of ever having seen a lizard actually "leap" anywhere, at least I find the concept more feasible.

9.02.2009

Air Bounce


Col-erase.

Trampoline not pictured.

8.23.2009

Hoot


Graphite.

Owls are fun. Arms = less fun.

8.17.2009

Does it blink?


Watercolor, col-erase.

It might be a bushbaby. Not entirely sure.

This is a somewhat related YouTube clip.

8.16.2009

Bird in the Hand


Watercolor, col-erase.

What's that adage again? Something about birds and a bush? What? I don't know what you're talking about.

8.14.2009

Bird Girl


Pencil.

I sort of like drawing on graph paper. It allows me to pretend that I'm doing smart things.

Also, tiny tapered feet are fun.

8.05.2009

Storytelling


Illustrator.

Spin me a yarn, tell me a tale.

7.29.2009

Geology 101


illustrator.

Trying to convince myself that I do, in fact, know how to use this silly program. It is not smarter than me.

7.14.2009

Camel Rides


Col-Erase.

Explorin' the desert with a trusty dromedary guide.

Any excuse to draw a camel, really.

7.04.2009

Pup Parade


Col-erase. (Exception: mint Sharpie.)

A thought that bubbled into a rough sketch. Something about dogs and cookies and dog cookies. Best not to ask.

Happy Indie Pen Dance Day! May each of your individual pens dance with the utmost of joy.

6.22.2009

The Best Bat


Graphite.

Class has been sucking up my creative energies lately. Like a sponge. None left for self-motivated art projects or doodles for blogging.

But this is the best bat I've ever drawn. You may be wondering how many bats I've actually drawn in my lifetime. Well shoot, I dunno. More than you'd think. Less than I'd like. Enough to know that this one beats them all, hands down. Figured I'd scan and post him before I did something to ruin his awesomeness.

6.08.2009

Willkommen, Bienvenue


Col-erase.

Babelfish says it means 'welcome' in Greek. But it could say 'buttface,' and I would be none the wiser.

6.01.2009

Stacked


Graphite.

Totem poles. Thought I'd give 'em a shot. Turns out I stink at symmetry.

That creature in the middle is sort of ambiguous. Some sort of wolf-boar-monkey-badger hybrid.

5.25.2009

Swimmingly


Col-erase + Watercolor.

I ran out of green pencil.

(Edit: Fixed the color levels to be less glaringly green. It is better now.)

5.22.2009

Mountain Range


Col-Erase + Watercolor.

Oh man. That llama is on a mission.

5.20.2009

Sky Jump


Col-Erase, Watercolor. 11 x 15.

This is actually quite large. I could have thumbnailed it so you could click and see the big version in all its scribbly noodle-armed glory, but it's so cute when it's small like this. Why would you want it any other way?

I don't know why I keep drawing birds. All those feathers! Seriously. Molt already.

5.17.2009

Catface Meowmers


Col-erase.

Ever get that feeling that you're going to end up as a lonely hermit cat lady?

5.13.2009

Dapper Fellow


Col-erase.

Intentional foliage this time.

5.10.2009

Mystery Blob


Col-erase.

I'm not exactly sure what I intended for that wobbly shape to be. Now that it's done, I think it looks like someone tacked a giant misshapen leaf to her back. But that is just me. You think what you want.

5.04.2009

Swooped!


Col-Erase.

Boo hands. Also, I can't draw birds of prey. Too many feathers. Bleh.

I've finally relocated to Austin, TX. (I know, took me long enough, right?) Lack of posting can be attributed to traveling, the move, and some other things I won't bother to mention. Anyway, for now I've just been trying to familiarize myself with my new surroundings. It's weird. I keep expecting to wake up in Kansas City.

4.17.2009

Serpent


Pencil, Col-Erase.

I'm mostly okay with snakes.

3.03.2009

Safari Snapshot


Colerase.

Breaking in a new sketchbook. I didn't have one for a while. Now I do. End story.

Tag-Team


Colerase.

A sloppy sketch out of a notebook. But I like it, so it's here.

And see there? First boy of 2009. It is a momentous occasion.

2.28.2009

Magnification Made Possible By...


Col-erase.

My thoughts on shortie-short one-piece jumpsuits: So adorable, but rather impractical.

Been watching a whole bunch of nature/wildlife documentaries. David Attenborough is totally my hero.

1.29.2009

Maneater


Col-erase, watercolor.

Jus' playin'. You know.

1.12.2009

The Saddest Fireflies


Colerase & Watercolor.

I remember catching lightning bugs as a kid. They seemed to get so sad once in the jar. Lighting up less and less. We always felt bad and let them go free.

Kindov a quick one for Illustration Friday: Contained.

Edit: Colerase are a brand of erase-able colored pencils.

1.08.2009

You Gotta Hear This


Colerase & Watercolor.

Trying to remember how to do clouds.