About a week ago my mom asked me if I'd like to do an illustration for the graduation cards of her 2012 - 2013 preschool class.  I happily obliged and, with her input, drew this:  

Each finished card includes the name of the student and their graduation year.  Here's an example:

That's all.  But I'll post something new soon...  Definitely want to take advantage of the current warm weather and do some painting!  

"Penelope and Booboo Participating in Meditative Thought"

Pencil, colored in photoshop

Hi, this is a drawing I did for fun.  I was not supposed to make it; it was supposed to just be a sketch.  But it kinda turned into one of those situations where you hit the end of the sketching stage and don't want to stop, you just want to keep working, and the next thing you know the piece has miraculously appeared in photoshop, nearly finished and ready to inhabit your blog.  So, a bit random, making this one!  But like I said, fun.

The point of it is to give myself some indication of what my characters and their environment might look like for a story I am writing.  The story's in a muddy place at the moment, so I won't explain what it entails.  All I will say is the girl, Penelope, is my main character, that there stuffed animal dog is her sidekick, Booboo, and the environment these two exist in has no concept of day; it is always night.

All righty, see ya now! 

"Bunny with Cupcakes and Cheese"

Pencil, colored in photoshop

My friend's mom is making a little recipe booklet and asked me to do a cover illustration for it, so I drew this bunny with some cupcakes and some cheese.  Here's what the cover ended up looking like:

That's all I have to share.  Good bye now! 

"Interior Scene II"

Pencil, colored in photoshop

Another something for fun. 

"Interior Scene I"

Pencil, colored in photoshop

Something for fun.  

By the way: some time a bit back I wrote one of my goals for the beginning of March was to have another realistic rendering of my mom finished... just saying, yeah, that isn't going to happen...  I decided the end of January to put the majority of my focus into illustration and get back to the mom renderings during spring/summer.  So, more illustrations to come, soon - I have a good number in various stages right now.  I also have a book dummy I've been working on but as for when that'll see the light of day, I can't say, I've spent just about as much time yelling at it as I have been making progress on it! Grr.  But anyway, till next time, bye!

Oz Piece

"The Cowardly Lion"

Pencil, colored in photoshop

About a month ago I received an email asking if I'd like to participate in the "Not In Kansas Anymore: A Tribute to the Wizard of Oz" show in Los Angeles, California.  I said yes.  And then I created this piece for it.  It's of the Cowardly Lion and it's about his fear of sheep, inspired by the following string of dialogue...

Cowardly Lion: Look at the circles under my eyes.  I haven't slept in weeks!

Tin Woodsman: Why don't you try counting sheep?

Cowardly Lion: That doesn't do any good, I'm afraid of 'em...

Scarecrow: Aw, that's too bad.

It was a fun one to make.  Thank you so much Jessica Followell for asking me to participate!

To view more information about the show and to see the other artists participating, you can click here.

Also, if you live in the area you should see the exhibit! 

Okay, bye byes.

Snow Doggie and Unicorns

"Little Drawing #3: Unicorns"

Pencil

"Little Drawing #2: Snow Doggie"

Pencil

Hi blog.  Lately in an attempt to beat the slug out of me when it comes to rendering I've been making lots of little black and white pencil drawings... Here's a couple I just finished.  

I have other stuff in progress too and I'll post that when it's ready to be posted.  For now see ya!

Bunny

"Little Drawing #1: Bunny"

Pencil

And So We Ate Them

"And So We Ate Them"

Pencil, colored in photoshop

A classic rock trio.  All I know about them is that they are giant beings and thus have difficulties playing their guitars sometimes.  I imagine it's not such a bad thing, though - it gives them a unique sound.  I decided the corner guy is the lead singer, and that he is very stressed out, a lot, all the time.  The other two, I haven't thought much about them, just that the guy in the back is quite fond of bunnies and as a result, owns many.

I'm iffy about the text, so I might change it later.  It's not too big a priority, though - these posters, really more than anything, are just for playing around with design.  

That's all I got for now, but expect more updates soon, bye!

The Witch Winds

"The Witch Winds"

Pencil, colored in photoshop

Another band poster - it's The Witch Winds.  I'm not sure what kind of music they play, probably some kind of dreamy-shoegaze-esque stuff.  And I don't know what the names of the group members are, I'm still thinking on that.  As for instruments, more are played than just the cat's bass.  I imagine since the vocalist has extra arms that she'd dabble in all sorts of instruments.  As for the little dog, he does nothing and plays no instruments, he's just there for no reason.

I have more works in progress, but I don't know how long it'll be till I'm finished with them, so... good bye for a while, or not a while, I'm not sure.