Going Back to School : Drawing I

Last night, I went to my first class at the local Community College. I began taking Drawing I. Most of the students were younger than me, one was older than me, and most acted like they were right out of elementary school. I don't know about other older attendees, but I am there to learn and intend to use this expensive education I've purchased to further my skills and career.

Photo by John Jay (I'm NOT going there btw)

I do not want to go home early. 
I do not want another break. 
I will not complain about buying books and supplies.
I will not show up late or skip class.


I've been out of tech school for 5 years. I've been working full time for those 5 years in an established company doing design work.  Only recently have I gotten much better at talking with adults, and now I have to reverse that. It's been a long time since dealing with people in college.

I don't know half of the jokes and slang that were muttered while the professor was talking, and I'm not sure if I really care...

I'm excited for my second class tonight, 2D Design.

I hope to post projects here throughout my semesters, and maybe get little feedback?  :)

Photo by Crayola

IF: I Think I Missed a Few Stitches...

For this weeks illustration Friday theme, "Imperfect".

Fredrick rushed to get his sweater done before the Hibernation Dinner Dance, 

maybe he should have read his knitting book a bit more carefully...

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.  :)

Sketchbook Page! Zombie Cupcakes

Why shouldn't you leave a cupcake half eaten? They turn into huge mutant cupcake zombies and feast on the others.  :)

I've been doodling many cupcakes lately. I'm still tweaking this one, but I couldn't resist sharing. I don't know how i want to color it. I wasn't 100% happy with my safari coloring.. I'm trying to feel out these sketchbook pages, and which mediums work best. I want to use watercolors, but I don't know if i want to paste in the paper... Hmm...

IF: "Pay Attention!" says Mrs. Bunn

"Who knows which letter comes next?" she asks.

Three little hands fly into the air.

"I can see these lessons have been paying off!" says Mrs. Bunn with a big smile.

For this weeks IF: Lesson.Sketched out with pencil, scanned and colored in Adobe Photoshop.

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

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: Silly Fox, Rabbit's already HAVE Bunny Ears!

This is my first official post as the tweed fox! This is now my official Illustration blog!
My old blog will be strictly crafts and recipes.

I hope that you'll stick around for more! :)

Sketched this out for IF during a lull at work yesterday.
I couldn't wait to draw it out better, so that's what happened last night and most of today!

I say two in a sweater is better than one. More warmth!

And this is my sketch. :)

Rabbits and Foxes are my favorite animals. i couldn't decide which one to draw in a sweater, so i figured I'd draw them both!