Feeling a bit rusty....

 Despite the fact that I don't care much for snow, I do seem to like drawing snow people.  I threw in a unicorn for a good measure of weirdness. ;)
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Black and white doodling

A couple of page doodles I played around with this weekend. I haven't actually doodled anything in ages. #blackandwhitedoodle #lettering #words #pilotg2inkpens #strathmoresketchbook #quotes

Scene studies

I've been working on a project that requires me to create full, detailed scenes, so I've been doodling a few scenes of my own when in between working on it to try to help me get better at it, since full detailed scenes aren't really my forte.  Thought I'd share them with you all.  I couldn't resist seeing what they looked like in other colors either. ;)

Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Happy international Talk like a pirate day! Remember to be a responsible pirate. And beware any silly green pirates you come across.

Monsters

Just some monsterses.  ;)  Happy Tuesday! 

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 I created this silly thing last night of some things I've already created, just to work on more placement/design practice. I think it looks more like a scrapbook layout this time around rather then a web site design idea.

 

 I liked my busy bee layout design so much that I thought it might make a cool journal design. Except I have no coding skills (or premium membership) so I doubt this will ever be used. Still, it was fun putting it together. I thought it make make a good book mark design, too.

Practice pieces

 I didn't have a lot of time to work on much last night, so I took a few precreated items and added a few new simple shapes to create this as a quick web design idea. I really like putting pages together like this and working on my placement. I definitely need that kind of practice and it's been very inspiring so far. :)  I'd have never imagined that trying to think of a web page design would give me so many ideas. LoL!

Just something silly I created.

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I've been trying to push this latest style into something a bit more fun.  I really like where it's going so far.  This is a little practice piece I came up with over the weekend.  I added some texture to the layers.  And I've been trying to create more 'scenes' or idea pictures, rather then just random items with no concept or design.  It's definitely helping to get my creativity flowing.  Creating this way is more about creating shapes then dealing with lines so it's more like putting a puzzle together. 

Food and cats

Decided to play around with creating some foodie items. I really liked how they came out.

I thought I'd play around a little more with the food and cat I created. I can't figure out which background color I like the best. ;)

Butterflies and houses

 Another simple image while trying out this style. I'll probably post more of the butterflies later. I was really pleased with how they came out.  Not really sure what this one is supposed to be though. It reminds me of some sort of logo or a simple card idea, even though I can't think of any sort of idea this would represent for either item. LoL!

Along with my fortune feather teller from yesterday, I created this and couldn't help seeing it in various colors. I'd like to make an entire village of these.

Misfit Characters - Development ideas

I wanted to see how well I could redraw and reposition my misfit characters. I think I had too many details in the originals. It makes them a bit of a pain to redraw. :/ So I may revise them a bit. Certain ones at least to make them a bit simpler and easier to re draw. But this was something quick and fun that let me try out a few new techniques. The colors are a bit too similar so that the bits really don't stand out so that should be changed, but the scene was fun to draw and I'm fairly pleased with how it turned out.

I really really liked how this one turned out of my misfit characters. Simply because I love nighttime scenes and this one came out more like I pictured it. Still needs a bit of retouching in some places but I loved drawing this so I wouldn't mind at all touching it up. ;D

You can see the previous posts about the Misfits here, here, and here.

Time for a Giveaway!!!!

TIME FOR A GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!

Finally got this together! Still wish I had more time and energy to put more into it but for now, this will have to settle as my first official giveaway. :D One of the sets is going to be given away here and the other on my facebook fan page.

Okay, first off, The Rules:

There aren't many. Mostly, just that the same person can't win both prizes. That would hardly seem fair. Second, that you must like my facebook page or be a follower of my blog. Third, that you must advertise the giveaway in a post somehow with the link shared on this post. This can be via your blog, just a status on facebook, through your fanpage, whatever. As long as you spread the word about the giveaway and post the link here or on my facebook fan page post, you're entered. :D
All of my giveaways probably won't follow these same rules but I figured as my first giveaway, I'd make it a sort of promotional thing. ;D I also plan on doing more giveaways when I reach some of the 100 follower marks (100 likes, 500, etc.) so the more people who like my page, the more possibilities of a giveaway! :D You can enter via both my blog and facebook page for double the chance to win.

Second, the prizes! :D

Each set comes with a brand new, signed (by both me, the author - Tabitha Grace Smith- and Jack and Machu) copy of both Jack the Kitten is Very Brave, and Machu the Cat is Very Hungry. Also included is a special signed 'Color me Silly' zine created by me with some coloring pages of some of my line work. These are my first zine's and are probably going to be seriously limited edition until I hopefully get to create some more. :D (I think it's between 12 to 14 pages long.) Additionaly, I have created two sets of necklace items. Each set is unique to either Jack or Machu so in one set, there is a Jack oriented (blue) thread spool necklace with an accompanying bell as well as envelopes with kitten related items. The second set is for Machu which is pretty much the same items, only in his 'color' (red). So you're getting at least $50 worth of one of a kind prizes. :D

The contest will run for two weeks. So starting today and ending November 16th, midnight my time, which is Eastern Time (USA). So any entries from now until midnight November 16th will be entered. Any posts after that are disqualified. I will probably use a randomizer to pick the winners. I think that's about it.

Ready...set...go! :D

Edit: This is open to anyone and everywhere, regardless of area. This may change for future giveaways, depending on cost and shipping issues, but for this giveaway, everyone is welcome to enter. :D

A bunch of stuff crammed into one post.

I think the title says it all. LoL! Our internet has been having issues so posting hasn't been too easy lately. What we get for living in a rural area I suppose. Anyway, Just a few new things I wanted to share. First of all, my books have arrived! :D Now just need to start getting everything together for my giveaway.



Then, probably a month ago I experimented with some spray bottles, food coloring, water and paper mixed with found objects. After finding that besides dying my hands, you can create some awesome pictures with the negative space left behind. (Which I already knew but hadn't really tryed much myself.) Anyway, this was one of the results of digitally enhancing some of those images. I'll try to share the original pieces as well to show what neat things you can come up with, but wanted to share this for now just for fun. :)



And here's a little monster who seems to have fell in to a box of thumb tacks, as one of my friends suggested. ;D Poor thing. He was just trying to be helpful. LoL! At least it didn't get his eye or any vital organs.




And a couple of sketch dump pages of some stuff I've done over the last few months or more. These are just a handful of what I've drawn, though they're probably the better stuff of them all.





Oh, and a bracelet to share. I did three of these in all so far, one of which was given to a friend on her birthday awhile back. What do you think, worth pursuing? I liked the mix of leather with the bracelet and beads. Sort of gave it a more elegant look somehow.

Art Supplies

I love seeing what other people use to create their art and what they have in their supplies, so I thought it might be fun to share what I normally use for my art. I think the photo is self explanatory enough, so I'll cease writing and let you simply enjoy the pic. ;)

Happy Birthday Blog!

On August 9th of 2007, I added my first post to the world of blogdom. And I'm still at it, though not quite as vigorously, some years later in 2011. I think i said it had been five years, but I think it's really been four? I've grown to be terrible at math these last few years. LoL! Still, a birthday is a birthday no matter the age, so wanted to wish all those following me or visiting a very wonderful day and hope that you have enjoyed my works thus far and will continue to do so in the future. ;) And stay tuned for my giveaway! :D Shouldn't be too long now. ;)

Machu the cat is Very Hungry, now available for preorder!

Sorry for the absence. I've been updating my facebook page more often then here, so feel free to check it out.

But I wanted to stop by here and let everyone now, preorders for my latest illustrated book are now up for grabs. ;D Just head over to Jack and Machu's page to reserve your copy (they're limited edition copies signed by the author and our stars, Jack and Machu). And don't forget to check our their facebook fan page for all the latest going on with our favorite kittens, Machu and Jack. ;D

And here are some sample pages from the book for your viewing pleasure. ;) Enjoy!

RoboBunny

A little doodle in pen and ink, colored in photoshop.

Some new stuff

Here's a new piece I just finished. Pen and ink, colored in photoshop. I've dubbed this piece, "The Queen and the Sea Thing".



And here's a sneaky peek of what you can find on my facebook page. You can see some work in progress pics of this work there as well.

Join me on Facebook!

I just set up my facebook fan page for anyone who cares to join. ;) I think I'll try to do a giveaway if I get maybe 100 followers/likes, and then again at 500, 1,000, etc. That's the plan anway. Not sure what would be given away. I guess we'll have to get to 100 followers to find out, won't we. ;)

Portfolio

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