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.  :)

IF: Little Harry's Traveling Safari Train!

Choo Choo! Here comes the Best Safari ever!

(Stuffed animals keep insurance costs down). Click to view bigger!

Harry's outfit is inspired by a Halloween costume my boyfriend, Ian, wore a 2 Halloweens ago.

A circa 1890s African Treasure hunter. He made maps, and tags, and even  had an arrow shot through himself. 

And after all that work, everyone kept asking him if he was the "guy from jumanji". Poor thing...

This is also the first Sketchbook Project page I'll be sharing so far!
More to come!

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.

IF: a squirrel who cannot reach the pedals, won't get very far.

He's just enjoying being high up on his shiny new Penny Farthing. 

I originally drew this with colored pencils, scanned it, and made a background in illustrator. Then, I added some touches in photoshop. But when I saw the final product, I noticed that everything was so rendered and neat, and the main character was lacking.... So i re-did the entire thing in Adobe Illustrator, and I'm much happier now.  :) 

Here is my colored pencil original anyways...

I like that its a bit wonky, but the whole thing needs to be wonky for it to look good in my opinion. :)

IF: Follow Me.. if You Dare!

This is inspired by a special I watched recently on the Irwin family. I would love travel to the Australia Zoo. Anyone been there? I thought about a really difficult journey down the path less traveled deep into the jungle. I've got my boots and my compass, Who's with me?  :) 

Done in Illustrator, and tiddled around with in Photoshop...

Collaborative Birthday Illustration for Danny!

Ian and I wanted to actually make my sister's bf, Danny something neat for his birthday (which was yesterday).  We've been working on this for over a week, and now since it's already been gifted, i can post it up! I sketched it out, Ian helped me render it, he fixed parts, and added much needed details. He also drew the doggies! Then I colored it Tuesday night. All of the clothes are based on things they own. The dachshund is Harley, and the Jack Russell is Danny's dog, Fred. :)

Here is the line drawing...

(i forgot to take a pic of it before i started coloring, haha!)

This is the completed piece (scanned in).. 

 It looks better in person.... something is up with our scanner!

And this is the drawing in its frame! :)

I wish they made 6x9 frames. that would've been perfect! We settled on a 5x7.. a bit snug.

Overall I'm really pleased with it. We both are! And Danny, my sister and everyone loved 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!

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!

IF: Bunny in Reverse

A Sassy bun in a cute car. :)

IF: Chet Chicken & Farmers!

IF: Surrender the Fort!

IF: Fearless

This was posted for last weeks Illustration Friday for Fearless.

It's my Amelia Earhart inspired duckie!


Originally posted At my Main blog : www.astoriadesigns.wordpress.com

IF: Detective

Posted over at my MAIN BLOG!

SKETCH:


Colored with Colored pencils:


Finished in Photoshop!:


"Who's Been Eating my Carrots?"

IF: DIP

i posted this over at my Main Blog www.astoriadesigns.com. A very good Coat Rack

But i figured i'd share here too!



i liked the theme and posted again!


More illustrations over at my WORDPRESS BLOG!

thanks for checking me out. :)