chickpea

The Vivacious Miss Audacious

2012-02-17T13:42:00.008-05:00

This delightful and effervescent lady is one of the reasons Dr. Sketchy's is so much fun. (Check out her Facebook page and website.)

Done in colored pencil and white paint, using, for reference, a photo taken by the talented Jonathan Clay (whose Facebook page is here) at the last Dr. Sketchy's Grand Rapids event.

Red Nude

2012-02-17T10:35:00.005-05:00

Marker, pencil and white paint on some lovely golden brown recycled sketch paper I found recently.

Jasinya

2012-01-02T14:01:00.002-05:00

Portrait of drag performer Jasinya Sanchez, at the December Dr. Sketchy's in Grand Rapids MI.

Seasons Greetings. And...

2011-12-21T19:44:00.003-05:00

...to everyone who stops by this blog.

See you in the New Year!

Illustration Friday: Vanity

2011-11-23T16:43:00.006-05:00

I know it's a tired old way to illustrate the concept of vanity: woman with mirror. But I am in love with the wonderful vintage postcards that PostcardsStock features on her deviantArt page, and I have been wanting to use one of them as reference, so--there you go.

Dr. Sketchy's Grand Rapids

2011-11-15T09:50:00.003-05:00

I had a great time this past Sunday night with two friends, attending Dr. Sketchy's in Grand Rapids. Our model was Maria LaGrave, a beautiful woman with an outstanding ability to hold poses for an amazing length of time. She was a real pleasure to draw!

IF: Scary

2011-11-01T16:37:00.005-05:00

Fun with markers and whiteout on cardboard...

For Illustration Friday.

Life Drawing October 2011

2011-11-01T10:49:00.004-05:00

From a recent drop-in life drawing session in Old Town, Lansing, Mich.

Hulk: Crunching Numbers!

2011-10-14T09:45:00.008-05:00

I've been hacking away on this commission for months and months; I finally got to a point where I felt it was done. The recipient, my wonderful comics-loving accountant, was pleased.

This was an exercise in pushing myself to work in a new way, with an unfamiliar subject, in a style I never work in. It was painful. Ultimately I ended up feeling like my skill set has expanded...though I can't wait to get back to scribbly pencil and watercolor washes and so on... :)

I am grateful to every person who has ever done a depiction of the Hulk and posted it online somewhere. I found inspiration from all of them. Thank you.

Illustration Friday: Mysterious

2011-09-08T09:06:00.009-05:00

I love belly dancers and I especially love them as subject matter for art. It's been a while since I drew any (all those beefy guys taking precedence; see below). Tribal fusion belly dancers, in particular, are wonderful to create from: their sinewy movements and exotic and creative costumes evoke the mysterious.

Inspired by a photo by Falln-Stock.

Beefcake

2011-09-06T13:07:00.006-05:00

I have been working on a large commission piece, of the Incredible Hulk, for a few months now. Before I really got going on it I knew I was going to need to practice drawing big beefy muscle men (not generally a part of my art repertoire.) I had no idea how much fun that would be.

Anyway, these were the best of the bunch, referenced from a variety of photos found via Google Image.

(What--you were thinking maybe these guys came and posed for me in my studio? I wish.)

Dr. Sketchy's Grand Rapids

2011-08-22T16:56:00.011-05:00

Had a great time last night at the Sazerac Lounge in Grand Rapids for a Dr. Sketchy's session...I felt pretty rusty but copious amounts of alcohol, crazy music and bawdy behavior by the hosts and model and rest of the art monkeys made it all okay...

Firestar

2011-05-13T12:18:00.004-05:00

I entered a contest at my local comics emporium, Clem's Comics and Games, in Lansing, recently. This is an edited version of what was submitted, since I made a mess of the background when I added some hand-drawn type. I replaced the mess with Firestar's 'logo.' Much better.

Hulk, Shmulk

2011-03-22T08:44:00.005-05:00

I can think of no better way of shaking off the rust after many months away than to do a Hulk portrait.

A Clockwork Chickpea

2010-11-10T19:59:00.006-05:00

What the hell? I haven't posted anything here since June?? I think I was kidding myself that it had only been a couple of months.

Okay, well, while I continue to struggle to find time to do something art-related, I will post photos in the meantime—something I rarely do. Here are some pictures of me as Alex from the film A Clockwork Orange, my costume for Halloween. I'm betting most of you reading this won't have a point of reference for the costume, or the film. Just like at the party. I think a grand total of 2 people knew who I was. It's okay—doing it was fun.

Iconic! Kinda like the movie poster! A little.

Note the semi-authentic bloody eyeball cuff decorations. Those were hard to find!

PushPull

2010-06-10T07:40:00.004-05:00

Digital, from a pencil sketch.

Daily Sketch Challenge: Black Widow

2010-06-03T21:51:00.002-05:00

Another Daily Sketch Challenge...quick pencil sketch, scanned into Photoshop where I added color. Used my Black Widow statue as my model.

Probably 40 minutes or so from start to finish. Uploading this tonight against my better judgment, since I will no doubt see all kinds of things wrong with it tomorrow morning. Eh.

Daily Sketch Challenge: Benicio del Toro

2010-06-02T17:54:00.003-05:00

About 20 minutes, digital quickie in Photoshop...didn't want to miss this Daily Sketch Challenge today and time was running out.

It's Benicio del Toro (mmmmm), by the way...though not particularly recognizable as him.

Marker—Quick Studies

2010-05-31T16:05:00.003-05:00

Just some quick studies in marker and pen of my friend's fabulous, fashionable aunt, from some wonderful old photos she allowed me to use as reference.

I really love working very fast, blocking things in with marker and then scribbling in some detail with pen. I'm not wild about the marker fumes, though. *cough*

Daily Sketch Challenge: Reese Witherspoon

2010-05-20T09:13:00.003-05:00

Quick entry for the Daily Sketch Challenge Group on deviantART. (The challenge was to sketch Ms. Witherspoon's face from provided photo reference.) I nearly didn't do this but managed to find a few minutes to enter--I am finding it far too easy to do everything else but draw these days! Must change that.

Pencil Portrait Commission

2010-05-07T08:56:00.004-05:00

Pencil on Strathmore paper (which I wish I could find more of; it is the most gorgeous , responsive paper...a joy to make pencil marks upon.)

Delphine

2010-05-03T18:00:00.003-05:00

Pencil and ink wash.

The actual paper is much whiter, but I liked the warm-toned background of the scan so I left it that way...

More Scribbles

2010-05-03T16:17:00.004-05:00

...from recent 'Sketch & Kvetch' sessions.

Portraits

2010-04-14T12:41:00.004-05:00

I am experimenting with portraits, with an eye towards doing commissions. I'm hoping to offer something other than the typical, traditionally-painted art from a photo ( though I'm working on a piece in that category as well.)

The girl was drawn and colored in Photoshop (the final was printed on 12 x 18" toned paper and I added some hand-drawn touches.) The young boy is watercolor and graphite on Strathmore paper.

Sketchcards: Jonah Hex * Green Goblin * Loki

2010-03-30T16:57:00.006-05:00

Card trade with the multi-talented (and also very patient) Oran Parker. He requested these three guys who all have toothy grins (or grimace, in the case of the cowboy.)

Markers, pencil, white, gold and silver paint and one of those sparkly colored gel markers. I had a lot of fun doing these; thanks, Oran! :)

Eh

2010-03-29T08:56:00.002-05:00

An average of 30 people a day visit this blog... Silently they slip in, look around, then scurry off, leaving nothing behind. I'm wondering if this little thing has run its course.

Red Sonja x 2

2010-03-27T09:43:00.004-05:00

Art commission done for my wonderful, comic-loving accountant, who makes tax time bearable.

Pencil, marker, ink, some digital stuff, white paint and silver marker (which, sadly, doesn't scan well.)

Gone Wired Sketch 'n' Kvetch

2010-03-05T11:53:00.002-05:00

My friend Diana and I have been meeting regularly at local coffee hangout, Gone Wired, for a few hours of whining, complaining, and sketching. Very therapeutic. We draw whatever's on the table that night--various toys, magazine covers, giant flies...there's always something.

Power Girl

2010-03-01T11:33:00.003-05:00

I did this for my husband's birthday. Absolutely positively 100% analog--no fancy-shmancy Photoshop stuff, for a change.

I used markers, white paint and a bit of colored pencil on bristol. Scary as hell working without that digital net! I tried to keep it really loose, like a convention sketch-type thing. I see a lot of things I would like to fix, and I wish I'd been a bit bolder with color, especially the shadow, but--eh, it's done and he likes it, so I'm happy. :)

Lace

2010-02-24T18:14:00.005-05:00

Pencil and marker drawing, with added enhancements in Photoshop.

Photo reference provided by a stock photo from Elandria.

Self. Portrait. Vector. Color.

2010-02-18T13:35:00.003-05:00

More fun learning stuff, like how to get the brushes to do what I want them to, in Illustrator. From a boring photo of yours truly.

Bond-Bond-Buffy

2010-02-10T20:29:00.007-05:00

Artist trading cards, requested by the talented Wynn Ryder.

I haven't trimmed them yet, and I kind of like the way they look, so I decided to scan them before cutting them down to 2.5 x 3.5".

These were great fun to do—I actually had no idea how much I would like working in a small format.

New Stuff

2010-01-25T13:14:00.009-05:00

The nude is pencil with watercolor.

The middle piece is ink with digital color (using photo reference courtesy of janejayne)

The gal with the silly earrings is vector, from a scribble I did while on the phone one day.

Amuse

2009-11-29T14:40:00.005-05:00

Digital piece; background is a stock image from inspyretash-stock.

GED Success Program Project

2009-11-23T10:33:00.004-05:00

I did a pro bono job for the GED Success Program last month: key fob, poster and shirts. Fun, and for a good cause: to promote a workshop and encourage female students to shake off the stupid stereotype that they can't 'do math.'

Red Dancer

2009-10-25T11:47:00.004-05:00

Acrylic, ink, pencil on mat board. Trying to stretch a bit.

I'm amazed that my many-decades-old acrylics haven't completely dried up!

Portraits ( Jessica)

2009-10-18T14:58:00.006-05:00

Two pencil drawings with watercolor added. Reference: faestock at deviantArt.

Catalog Models

2009-10-18T14:49:00.003-05:00

More drawing practice.

Facebook Faces

2009-10-18T14:45:00.004-05:00

I grabbed some random photos from various Facebook photo albums and sketched them for drawing practice.

"We Like to Eat" Book Cover

2009-10-18T14:32:00.004-05:00

One of the reasons I've neglected this blog (for six months!) is that I've been very, very busy at work (which is, of course, good.) It's not often I post anything from my graphic design business here, but this cover was notable for the fact that I was able to convince the client to use my vector illustrations on it rather than the stock photos that appear inside. Also, doing the illustrations allowed me to progress in my quest to be at least moderately proficient at Adobe Illustrator.

Life Drawing 2- and 5-minute poses

2009-04-03T09:57:00.003-05:00

Life Drawing: Danielle

2009-03-05T16:30:00.005-05:00

Another version...

2009-02-25T16:28:00.000-05:00

Mikaela

2009-02-25T15:35:00.006-05:00

Re-drawn and simplified pencil sketch, with color added in Photoshop.

From a photo of a beautiful pose by Mikaela Diane on deviantArt.

Serriform Nude

2009-02-25T15:27:00.004-05:00

Brought a not-so-interesting drawing into Illustrator and had some fun using it as a template for some pointy-edged art weirdness.

Life Drawing Class

2009-02-25T13:53:00.007-05:00

I'm taking another class at MSU this Spring.

Decided to stop trying to scan these large, messy drawings...but I think I need to learn to take better photos of them...

BSG's Starbuck

2009-01-24T17:37:00.004-05:00

My favorite character on Battlestar Galactica —the delightfully cranky cigar-chomping Ms. Kara Thrace.

Pencil, watercolor, Photoshop.

Poison Ivy

2009-01-20T13:34:00.003-05:00

Playing around in Illustrator; still learning. Linework in AI; colors (and custom ivy brush!) in Photoshop.

Reflect

2008-12-12T13:19:00.006-05:00

Digital drawing/painting from a pencil sketch I did using reference from Dove_stock on deviantART.

Recent Sketches

2008-11-29T14:41:00.004-05:00

Reference: NikXStock on deviantArt.

Reference: SStocker on deviantArt.

Nude

2008-11-28T14:36:00.004-05:00

Pencil and watercolor, from a photo in the gallery of Ck on deviantArt.

Shapes

2008-11-28T12:27:00.005-05:00

Quick ink studies from a series of interesting poses by Jessica.

I did the basic flat figure shapes in Photoshop, then printed them all out and drew over them with pen and brush marker. I liked the contrast of simple geometric background shapes with the scribbly drawings.

Last of the Life

2008-11-23T13:55:00.002-05:00

More Life

2008-11-01T14:48:00.000-05:00

Exercises

2008-11-01T12:20:00.008-05:00

All started out as pencil drawings, inspired by photos from the galleries of intergalacticstock, faestock, and sim4nee, respectively.

Life Drawing —part 2!

2008-10-19T14:42:00.007-05:00

Life Drawing

2008-10-14T08:28:00.007-05:00

I'm taking a Life Drawing class at Michigan State University to see if I can kick myself out of my art slump. It's challenging, particularly when the model isn't one you particularly like or the pose is one you'd just rather not tackle.

Miss Mosh

2008-08-23T14:00:00.004-05:00

For the July jam over at the Drawing Board (yes, I'm a bit late.)

Pencil sketch with Photoshop color.

Model is Miss Mosh.

Rainbow Robots

2008-08-16T10:28:00.005-05:00

I did a sketch of a robot girl, then inked her up and added her to the amazing Patricio Betteo's big robot and colored the whole thing for his Coloring Contest over on deviantArt!

I found it surprisingly fun to color someone else's work.

Post San Diego

2008-07-30T13:12:00.003-05:00

Well, three days later I think I'm back on Michigan time, acclimated to the much higher humidity (ugh) and am feeling more or less recovered from a great trip to San Diego Comic-Con.

Having gone once before really helped this time around; I wasn't quite so completely blown away by the crowds, the noise, the too-many-panels-and-not-enough-time, and especially the too-many-artists-to-see-in-four-days of the whole experience. And then there's the exquisite frustration of having nowhere near enough money to buy EVERYTHING I wanted...

I traded a few sketchbooks and bought a whole bunch from the many fine people who were there...and I got to meet a few artists from deviantART as well: Bill Reinhold, Dan Panosian, Alex Riegel, and Franchesco, all of whom were delightful.

At one point on the exhibit floor when I was nearly overcome by heat and the crush of bodies I found myself thinking, "this is the last year for me; it's too much!" But by the end of the weekend I was making plans for next year. At some point I expect I'm gonna be too old for this kind of craziness but evidently I'm not there yet.

Off to San Diego Comic-Con

2008-07-18T20:39:00.004-05:00

Yay, I get to go to SDCC again! I expect to have even more fun since it's the second time I've gone and I know the ropes, ha ha. The ropes? What does that mean, anyway?

I put together a little sketchbook of belly dancer sketches and finished work, in the hopes of trading a few of them for sketchbooks by artists I admire who will be there. And if they don't want to trade, I'll give 'em away!

Green Gypsy

2008-07-06T16:12:00.004-05:00

Brush pen and watercolor.

The power of a graphic...

2008-06-26T09:44:00.004-05:00

...to create a really bad impression.

I have to wonder what the hapless graphic designer was told for this assignment. Make it look like the presidential seal only make it really hope-y-change-y with some important-sounding latin text. Make it hip and cool. Yeah!

Fail.

One of my friends actually told us this seal-gone-wrong was only an 'urban legend.' Good grief. Are there really people out there who aren't paying attention to what's happening with the presumptive Democratic nominee?

May Sketches

2008-06-17T08:27:00.015-05:00

Woo hoo sketch dump!

In May I drew a belly dancer a day. Some are more finished than others, but here's a few of the better ones.

Marci (again)

2008-06-15T18:09:00.001-05:00

Brush pen and digital color.

Marci

2008-06-15T18:07:00.000-05:00

Pencil, colored pencil and watercolor.

Kadife

2008-06-15T12:56:00.001-05:00

Pencil; color added in Photoshop.

Sarita

2008-06-14T14:10:00.003-05:00

Brush marker and watercolor inks.

Sword Dancer

2008-06-10T09:00:00.002-05:00

Reference: a photo found on Flickr.

lol.

2008-06-09T19:32:00.001-05:00

I took the test...

As a 1930s wife, I am
Very Poor (Failure)

Take the test!

Heh.

Drawing Jam

2008-06-09T19:01:00.002-05:00

Fun with colored pencils. For a drawing jam on the Drawing Board.

Old Life Drawing

2008-05-19T12:49:00.004-05:00

Came across this the other day. I need to take another life drawing class.

Funky Food

2008-04-29T18:53:00.004-05:00

These were done for a job — a booklet of recipes for kids. They had to be done fast, and were meant to be very loose and colorful.

I did them in Illustrator with additional fiddling around in Photoshop.

Desirée

2008-04-29T17:58:00.002-05:00

Pencil and watercolor.

Photo reference by Desiree of deviantART.

Eye Candy From Strangers!

2008-04-11T10:34:00.003-05:00

I don't know how, but I managed to get something in Volume 1 of Eye Candy from Strangers, so I'm kind of jumping for joy. :)

(I've vowed to submit better stuff for the next volume...I do feel like I've improved greatly since I did that little belly dance piece way back in early '07.)

Anyway, both of these fabulous books are produced by the amazing Alberto Ruiz--go check out his blog right now -- and his Brandstudio Press publishing company.

Alberto is a terrific artist and a real supporter of artists as well. I give him a lot of credit for inspiring me to get back to drawing and painting and starting my own blog a couple years back.

Both books are incredibly inspiring, not to mention beautifully printed and bound. Highly recommended! Go buy 'em!

More Modesty B . . . plus a drawing jam sketch

2008-04-09T12:19:00.004-05:00

Sums it up nicely for me

2008-04-07T12:36:00.001-05:00

First time I've ever even considered posting something un-art-related here. But I'm fed up, and this says it all.

Sunday, April 06, 2008

By: Connie Schultz - Plain Dealer Columnist (Cleveland, OH)

Someone tell me, please, how grown men in 2008 can believe it’s their right - their duty, even - to tell a woman when she should rein in her ambition and go home.

Male columnists, male politicians, male talking heads, male “surrogates” - all of them harrumphing that it’s time for Hillary Clinton to stop it, just stop it, with all this talk of being president.

Who cares if the race is close? So what if millions of Americans believe their yet-to-be-cast votes matter? Voters, schmoters. When was this ever about them?

Hillary Clinton, they insist, must quit.

Well, boys, you’d better sit down for this one: This is no longer the playground of your youth. The girls aren’t sitting in the stands keeping score and cheering whenever you’re at bat. In fact, the girls aren’t girls at all anymore. We’re all grown up, and we are so done with this notion that the trajectory of our lives must end at the border of your comfort zone.

Hillary Clinton marched across that border miles ago, and she is not about to surrender. Not now, anyway, and not ever because you said so. And if you’ve got anything besides hubris knocking around in those heads of yours, you will take note of the potential backfire in your volley.

“OK, now I’m mad,” a friend, Karen, told me last week. “Who do they think they are?”

She supports Barack Obama, but the thought of finger-wagging men telling a woman what to do really set her off. She might change her vote, and anyone reading some of the comments on newspapers’ Web sites and blogs knows she’s not alone.

I’m thinkin’ that’s not where you fellas were going with this one. But I also think I can help.

The problem here is that you don’t understand the tenacity of American women.

It’s not all your fault. Your history books were full of tales of manly men beating each other up and then taking the livestock and womenfolk as prizes. Frankly, you were misled.

You didn’t learn about how women risked their lives birthing babies in open fields and harboring escaped slaves on their flight to freedom. You probably didn’t spend much time on how Alice Paul and her fellow suffragettes were tortured in prison because they dared to picket for the right to vote. And chances are you’ve never cracked the spine of the book “Women’s Letters: America From the Revolutionary War to the Present” by Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler. If you had, you would have seen the letter Abigail Grant wrote to her husband, Aszariah, in 1776 after she found out he had been less than heroic in the battle at Bunker Hill.

“Loving Husband,” her note began. “I hear by Capt Wm Riley news that makes me very Sorry for he Says you proved a Grand Coward when the fight was at Bunkers hill & in your Surprise he reports that you threw away your Cartridges So as to escape going into the Battle. . . . [I]f you are afraid pray own the truth & come home & take care of our Children & I will be Glad to Come & take your place, & never will be Called a Coward, neither will I throw away one Cartridge but exert myself bravely in so good a Cause.”

See, that’s the thing. You’ve got to remember that there’s a bit of Abigail Grant in a whole lot of us women. Granted, we hide it well. Most women are all fervor and no fanfare, running everything from companies and campaigns to families and food drives without so much as a plaque with their names on it at the end of it all.

We’re full of fight, too, which is the only way we got the vote, the pill and the right to own property, as opposed to being property. We don’t beat our breasts and brag about this, though, which appears to be part of the problem. Some men apparently still confuse humility with acquiescence, and then they think we need their permission to make a difference.

One mile at a time, Hillary Clinton is clearing a new road, taking hits for the rest of us along the way.

“It feels so personal,” another friend, Mary, told me. “Whenever I hear men bash Hillary, it feels like they’re attacking me.”

See, guys, that’s not good.

Remember: Abigail Grant lives.

Illustration Friday: Homage

2008-04-02T12:48:00.003-05:00

My homage to Enrique Romero, who drew the Modesty Blaise strips for many years.

I admired his wonderfully bold brush strokes and exotic depiction of Modesty, even as I took issue with some of his odd proportions and his frequent drawing of her face as slightly cross-eyed.

Check out Romero's Modesty, if you like, here.

Anyway, I actually learned a lot from doing this. Really examining every brush stroke and squiggle in several of his works was useful--so different from the way I typically draw faces. I feel like I've added more tips 'n' tricks to my visual library.

Pencil; Pitt artist pen.

Bride in Color

2008-03-20T17:49:00.003-05:00

Trying to learn Illustrator so I used one of the Bride pencil sketches for some vector practice.

Brides of Frankenstein

2008-03-20T17:43:00.004-05:00

Pepper Dance

2008-02-29T11:01:00.002-05:00

An entry for the Pepper Project.

Another Dancer

2008-02-27T11:05:00.003-05:00

Pencil; enhancements in Photoshop.

Variations on a Pose

2008-02-14T16:48:00.004-05:00

Valentines

2008-02-12T18:39:00.001-05:00

...six of 'em.

Many Happy Returns To . . .

2008-02-09T10:20:00.000-05:00

ME...because today is my birthday, and what better place to announce the anniversary of the day of your own birth than your own blog?

And as if to commemorate the day, I got an award! w00t! Well, okay, I got it yesterday, but close enough!

The talented Brian Gubicza bestowed it upon me (thanks again!) So now I get to pick 5 bloggers who *make my day*, if I'm understanding how this works.

It's a challenge; I have over 250 blogs in Google Reader that I attempt to read on a regular basis. But if I have to pick only five, these are the ones who deserve awards, in my opinion (and Brian's blog would be on there if he hadn't already gotten the award! So in a way, I get to pick six!)

Process Junkie :::: Alberto is a fabulous artist, and a real friend and supporter of artists as well

Daryl Walker :::: Wonderful style, incredibly prolific, and a sweet person to boot

Chris Wahl Art :::: Totally inspiring, beautiful illustration work

Urban Barbarian :::: Dan's stuff makes me want to cry--so wonderful

Mel Made the Blog :::: Mel keeps on producing the most animated, lively, terrific art

So, congrats to all five of you and thanks for continuing to keep me inspired.

Blog Birthday #2

2008-02-03T10:34:00.000-05:00

So—two years of blogging as of today! While I am spending more time on my deviantArt account these days than I am here, I'm hoping to get back to posting more often on the old blog in '08. Interestingly, my site stats tell me that most people who come here are no longer my fellow bloggers, but are finding me because of google searches that tend to include the words 'fat,' 'nude' and 'pencil.' Hmmm. And they don't leave any comments, damn them.

Well, maybe more posts, better art, and leaving more comments on other blogs will change all that! Or not. But as I have to regularly remind myself, it's not about the comments or pageviews, it's about continuing to improve my drawing/painting/arting skills, right? Right.

Cardboard Man

2008-01-28T13:17:00.000-05:00

Idle fun on a piece of cardboard while putting off doing something I was supposed to be doing. Probably greatly inspired by the wonderful Dan Panosian's drawings on cardboard.

I screwed up the bottom part with too much whiteout so I peeled it off, heh.

Dancer with Veil

2008-01-25T13:31:00.000-05:00

Brush pen and Photoshop.

Fire

2008-01-21T15:29:00.000-05:00

Pencil and watercolor

Dancer Sketches

2008-01-20T09:42:00.001-05:00

Scribbly Things

2008-01-04T15:41:00.000-05:00

Haughty office manager; pretty witch with a deformed foot; psychedelic skinny party girl.

Smirk

2008-01-01T17:06:00.000-05:00

Pencil drawing, color added in Photoshop with a chalky brush.

Reference photo from neebow stock

Bandanna Anna

2007-12-15T13:31:00.001-05:00

Another entry for MJRanum's contest. Pencil drawing/Freehand 'inking'/Photoshop color.

(Please click image for larger version)

Slave Girl Eirene

2007-12-07T14:58:00.001-05:00

Pencil, watercolor...using reference from MJRanum's incredible stock gallery on deviantArt, and for a contest he's running.

(Please click image for larger version...assuming blogger has fixed that problem it was having...)

Katie Jane Garside

2007-12-06T18:07:00.000-05:00

Pencil and watercolor commission piece.

Moongirl

2007-12-02T16:43:00.001-05:00

Pencil drawing with stuff added in Photoshop, kind of as an afterthought. Pardon the dorky title; I hate giving these things titles.

From stock photo reference by the lovely Kristina on deviantArt.

Untitled

2007-11-14T15:02:00.001-05:00

Inspired by a great pose in Jessica's wonderful stock gallery on deviantART. She's much, much prettier than this scary gal.

Guy with pointed ear

2007-11-14T14:31:00.001-05:00

Pencil drawing, color in Photoshop. Based on Dan Heffer's photo stock on deviantART.

Illustration Friday: Wedding

2007-09-20T17:10:00.000-05:00

Haha, last minute stylization of one of our wedding photos so I could finally get something in for Illustration Friday... it's been so long...

Photoshop selection tool using a quick scribble as a template. Fun!

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Ink Blots

2007-09-05T09:39:00.001-05:00

I love the blog Stefan G. Bucher's Daily Monster where the talented Stefan posts his Weekly Monster clips--always entertaining!--as well as inkblots that he invites anyone to download and use to create something. These are two pieces I submitted. They're a lot of fun to do; just print the ink blots out and start playing around with them until something starts to appear...the perfect thing for when you're too busy with work to spend much time doing art-type stuff...

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