IF: I Always Wanted To Be An Astronaut

 For Illustration Friday this week, Launch:

Harold didn't realize when he sat, that he was sending Elliot Mouse into Orbit.

I am in love with my elephant.  

As quickly as this came together, I'm very pleased with how it ended up.  :)

You Scream, I Scream.. for What Again?

:)  Ice cream!  In the forest!  Can you believe I haven't had any soft-serve ice cream yet this Spring? If it gets to summer and I still haven't been to our local spot, Hoyer's, I might go crazy!

Please click to view larger. :)

I sketched this about a week ago, with the intention of coloring in photoshop. I am loving all the filters and brushes that I downloaded years ago and never used. i put some on my work computer and poof! I like it. The background is slightly eerie and grungy which i love, but i guess it doesn't exactly go with the nice happy ice cream truck.  Once i force myself to re-learn use of my pen tablet, I can only imagine how much better it could look. :)

A Birthday Portrait for Diana!

This is an illustration of my Co-worker Diana. Today is her birthday! I hope its a good one!

Spring gets me all Twitterpated

 

A Little Spring Romance

Done with colored pencils and a bit of Photoshop 5.8.2011 

When I think of Spring, I think of flowers and animals, and then 

eventually I think of the Disney movie Bambi, and I think of all the 

little twitterpated critters. :)

Definition according to the Urban Dictionary:

 Twitterpated (adj)

 1) to be completely enamored with someone/something.

 2) the flighty exciting feeling you get when you think about/see the object of your affection.

 3) the ever increasing acceleration of heartbeat and body temperature as a result of being engulfed amidst the exhilaration and joy of being/having a romantic entity in someone's life.

 

I'm trying to practice some more sketches before i start in my Sketchbook Project book.

I have heard that the pages aren't very watercolor friendly.. hmm... I've gotta think of a good, but strong way to rebind it. Also how to decorate the cover. I only have til Jan 2012! haha

Friendly Reminder- Sketchbook Project 2012!

So As you may have seen, I just posted something to Illustration Friday on Monday morning. I'm really trying to keep up each week with submitting.... 

After submission, I happened to glance at the Ad/ sidebar and what do I see? What is the Ad that has caused me to write a whole post about it? What amazingness was there on that site??  (well I guess I spoiled it in my post title & my images).. It's the Sketchbook Project for 2012!


I didn't even realize when the sign-ups began! (..since October, haha). I admit I totally forgot about it! I didn't want to put it off like I did last year.  So I sucked it up, signed up on the spot! 

I'll (hopefully) be starting school in the Fall, so this will be great practice for the pressure of completing projects on time.  :) 




The theme I picked is Stitches and Folds. The theme is just a jumping-off point, but i plan to keep it around.

  I'm super excited to start. I love that you can rebind and modify the moleskin sketchbook any way that you want to suit your look. :)  (a few tiny rules though)... I love this idea of a traveling art show, and whoever came up with it is genius. 
 
I can't wait to start!  I missed out last year.  :(  That won't happen again. 

Anyone else join in yet?  

Completed books must be postmarked by Jan 31st 2012. I've got some time, but I'm so pumped I might just explode! Let's hope that motivation is around when my sketchbook is delivered and lasts til Jan 2012... 


Check it out: The Sketchbook Project 2012

IF: Teddy Bears need baths too!

There's no best friend like a teddy bear best friend..

This was inspired by a story my friend told me about his childhood. :)

IF: Jill and the Sunflower stalk

For this weeks Illustration Friday, I decided to make a very Spring Picture. All of the plants are popping their little green heads out of the ground, but this sunflower is mighty early, and mighty big!

Jill didn't know how good her gardening skills really were, that is, until she looked up...

 Sketched with pencil, outlined in ink, colored with markers & colored pencils and finished up in photoshop.

This is my sketch/ line drawing.

Tweed Fox gets a hat

I made myself, well, my blog, a little hat. Something pretty for it's upper parts. Otherwise known as a header.  :)  I wanted something cute, crafty, cut-and-paste and sketchy, but still simple.  I've been experimenting with digital collages lately. It's actually a really fun "medium" to work with.  


What do you think of the new header?

If you'd like my help making headers or want me to design you one, let me know. I really enjoy doing it!

IF: You better layer up! it's 6 degrees outside!

Lately the weather has been an absolute tease. It was about 60 degrees on Saturday (NY). And now it's turned to only 6 degrees at night. Totally unfair! I just got back from Chicago and it didn't even snow! I was looking forward to some real Windy City storms (as long as it didn't interfere with my plane ride back of course, haha).. but nothing. It was quite warm actually.

Anywhoo... I was chilly as I was drawing this, coloring it, and now I'm chilly as I am posting this. Make sure to wear as many layers as possible!

She's got a felted cloche hat with feathers, a green scarf, a yellow dress, a teal skirt, 

a purple and pink striped button-down shirt, an orange cardigan, 

something that looks like a blue "Members Only" Jacket (haha), purple leggings, 

grey knee-high socks, orange frilly socks and T-strap mary janes. I'd say that's a good start!