Betty Lou, Virginia
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, fine liners, white gel pen
Hey look, more pretty girls! Flapper girls, in particular, made for a Great Gatsby theme. I really like them. But it would be nice if I could draw an arm or a whole body! I am hoping to work on some anatomy this year.
Geraldine, Phyllis
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, fine liners, white gel pen
Thanks for visiting! I can’t believe it’s the end of January!
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Clocktower Sentinel, and Lance and Boo Boo
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics.
So, January was supposed to be painting month. But then cute atcs happened and when you get on a roll, you really ought to honor the roll. I am sure there is an education joke there but I am up past my bedtime. :D
I have often said as long as I am making new art, it’s ok if it’s not exactly the art I planned. And I stick by that. Particularly when being productive! It’s a bit of a bummer about the painting but I suspect the cute might make the jump to acrylics in February.
Tim and Madge
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics
Tag and As Yet Unnamed Beast
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, pencil
Thanks for dropping in! Hello to Paint Party Friday! Tons of progress pics in the slideshow!
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It started during this past weekend’s drawing marathon over at illustratedatcs.com, with this fellow. His name is Dag.
Dag
2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, fine liners, gel pen
My new favorite art card was described as a “cute monster on a birthday napkin” – which he totally is, and a “prehistoric my little pony” – which he also totally is. (Both comments from my Facebook page. Which is where I post lots of art. Just sayin.)
And then I went on a cute monster bender, as follows:
Reg and Oji
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, fine liners, gel pen
Joon and Diz
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, fine liners, gel pen
Thanks for stopping by! I hope to get back to acrylics but I like to think that as long as I’m drawing new things I’m on the right track. :)
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Pilar and Santos 1
Pilar and Santos 2
Pilar and Santos 3
Pilar and Santos 4
As mentioned in the previous post, I was challenged to do some Day of the Dead imagery on Patrón corks. These are the result (more than a year later)!
These may get hair/hats/accessories, but I felt the need to post them as is! I need to seal them with something. AnnD of Wonderstrange has suggested Krylon, so I may get some of that.
Thanks for dropping in!
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Shelly & Elly
2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, pen, colored pencil
Ah, finally finished something! She was darker skinned but I seem to like using a lot of white pencil at the end. I’m also a bit scared of darker colors over worry that problems would be harder to correct. There should probably be darker shadows here but I’ll work on that for the next one.
I’ve started this 5″ x 7″ Basset hound. I don’t know why I keep going over the eyes so much in pencil when it’s supposed to get color over it. And then sometimes I think I should do a pencil drawing as a finished product. Currently undecided!
Bassett in progress
5″ x 7″ pencil
Reference photo: Basset.
Thanks for dropping in! Hello to Paint Party Friday, which I have not joined in ages!
Also, is anyone doing 30 Paintings in 30 Days in January? I was a little skeptical about the more involved sign-ups, but it looks like you will still add your own link each day in addition to your photo. I couldn’t manage it during September, but last January I did it, and it was a terrific experience that I highly recommend. Maybe I’ll dig out some of those January 2014 images for my next post. :)
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Legend of the Sleeping Kitten
4″ x 6″ pen and ink, Copic markers
This was actually the first of the secret santa bunch, which includes the sleeping tiger and sleeping dragon previously posted. The Legend of the Sleeping Kitten turned into a sort of universal foundation tale with slightly different details in different parts of the world. Hence: a kitten, a tiger, a dragon. It is my intention to write a book in 2015. Perhaps their stories will be in it!
Here are a couple sketches done using my new fancy Luxo magnifying light.
Steampunk Hornbill and Elvish Snow Queen, in progress
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ pencil, ink
Thanks for dropping in! I’ve had some blog issues recently so am slow to post. The holidays are always a strange time, aren’t they?
Also, you MUST WATCH THIS cute and hilarious (and short!) thing. I would not steer you wrong.
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Sleeping Dragon, 4″ x 6″
Copics, colored pencils, pens
It’s another experiment with colored pencils, both Polychromos and Prismacolors. I was going to outline the dragon in white but worried about wrecking things! I do wish I had shaded the ground beneath him, and a bit more under the mushrooms, but alas, it is in the mail! This was my last secret santa art gift for the year. I am glad to be done; it is a little stressful.
Daydream and Queen Willa
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, fine liners, gel pen
Here are a couple recent art cards. Lots of similar color in all three, including two of my favorite Copic colors: V04-Lilac and BG10-Cool Shadow, and my favorite Staedtler Triplus fine liner, magenta. You got favorites? Are they secret?
Thanks for dropping in!
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Legend of the Sleeping Tiger
5″ x 7″ Prismacolor pencils, Copics, Staedtler Triplus fineliners, Signo gel pen
Let me first say I still have my set of Prismacolor pencils from high school circa *cough* 1987. I was a big fan back then, but as you may recall, I abandoned the art for a couple decades (not recommended). I have since read (somewhere?) that the Prismacolor brand has gone downhill due to new owners, but I can neither confirm nor deny this item.
The tiger was done in new Prismacolors, because I bought a handful of warm bright colors (and b&w) for an experiment a couple months ago before digging through moving boxes for my old (battered) set. I think the color is quite nice, though I will confirm my black tip broke off shortly after being sharpened. Hmm.
I left the sketch alone for a while because I really liked it and didn’t want to mess with it! But I was inspired in part by meeting Diana Harlan Stein this weekend at Windycon and I finished this Sunday night after it ended. More about how that went next time. :)
Thanks for dropping in! I hope to get back to a regular schedule, and visit folks back properly, soon.
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First, a quick note about the hacking that happened October 25th. Most of my images for the past two months are no longer on the site. So, I have to decide how much I’m going to replace. Probably main pics but not progress pics. It’s just so time consuming. And I have a really good password now. And I’ll make more. :)
I thought I’d post some more of the Halloween ACEOs from last weekend’s Halloween making.
Six for Halloween
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, fine liners, gel pen
At the bottom left, a Pumpkin Drone beside a Pumpkin Crone. And then the Zombie Bride Calavera mash-up!
And then there is the witch made at the request for another of a previous witch. Sisters! Of different orders, certainly.
The Witch Aricela, and The Witch Josabeth
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, fine liners, gel pen
The Witch Aricela is flying even now to The Netherlands. And the Witch Josabeth, to the UK. (Both traded for other Halloween art). It’s cool! Thanks so much for dropping in!
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So here it is more than ten days since my last post. Here is what I have been doing: Doodling Halloween art cards and watching (or listening to, mainly) Project Runway Australia (available on YouTube)! My day job has been totally draining. Also, I should eat more broccoli.
Anyway! Here are some of those tiny Halloween thingers I mentioned!
Halloween Themed ATCs
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ pen and ink, Copic markers, gel pen
At the top left is Glum Nevin. Whether glum because he’s been forced to wear a demon suit, or because he is a young demon who has just been told he must empty the dishwasher, I do not know.
Hello to Paint Party Friday! And thanks for dropping in!
p.s. I got hacked Oct 25! I had to take the progress photos gallery down because all the images were deleted. Alas!