Sketches and more people

 Some quick sketches and color/line/whatever else practice while recuperating from a nasty cold.

The pet here was originally a cat. But it looks more like a dog to me. :/ But I liked the way the girl came out.

Sketchy stuff and aliens

Aliens version 1. Didn't like the moon and stars, so...

...created version 2. :)

And some random sketches just to keep my creative juices flowing. ;) Happy Thursday! :D

Doodles, bees and pandas

Some monochromatic bees.

Just some silly panda practice. ;)

And just random doodles.

Dancing cat

A couple of pieces where I've been practicing my illustration techniques and layouts. I'm so rusty! I haven't really done anything 'illustrated' in ages. Just stand alone images usually. I'm not happy with the complete outcome of the room so far. But I like the look of the floor and wall. But I think the dancing cat would look better in an other environment. Hopefully I'll get around to creating something more accommodating for her soon. :)

Sketches

Some random doodles in or on one of my moleskin sketchbooks. ;) And sorry for the pics being off center. The new uploading system has me thrown and I'm not sure how to put them all back in line to make them look better. :p Hopefully I can figure it out soon. I hate seeing them on the side like that. It just looks out of whack. LoL!

Girl with the flowers in her hair - polkadot

Another silhouette, this time of a girl with some polkadots and flowers in her hair. :)

Back to blogging

I'm so excited! I finally got my paint programs running and here's what I've come up with so far. This first picture is by far the easiest and cleanest oil painting I've ever done. In case you can't tell, it's a picture of flowers.

This second picture was actually the first one I did. It's definately alot easier to do some things on a computer, yet there are things that are easier, and more fun, to do with real paints and brushes. Still, painting on a computer is really fun, too. :)

Plus, I still have the other project I mentioned the other day that I need to post. But it may be a couple of days before I can get to it. It's done with real paint and paper, too, so you can decide if you like my computer work better, or my real artwork. Or neither. :) (Or both!)

Either way, I'll try to post my other work soon. Until then, I'm going to see what I can come up with using my tablet. ;)

Mmm...Good!

Here's something I created with my tablet. I'm not sure what the girl thinks is so good, but it certainly seems like she's enjoying it. :) I'm really please with how this turned out. Especially her tongue. :9

100th Post!

Wow, 100 posts already! :D Time to celebrate! I may have already posted this picture, but it seems so fitting to this occasion that I'm going to post it again.

Popping by to say Hi!

Just wanted to say hi again. I created this shy girl on facebook graffiti and thought she was cute. So I decided to share her here, too. :) Be sure to wave back at her, as she's feeling a little self conscious. :)

I'm on a roll!

I'm on a blogging roll today. I guess since I've gone weeks without posting, that I figured I would post while I get the chance. :) I thought this one would make a good bookmark. :) I love how she looks retro, yet new age at the same time. I can just see her as a character in a good book.

Hi ya!

I did this picture a while back with pencils and colored pencils on a thicker paper. It kind of was an experimental piece, because I'd never used that sort of thick paper before. It turned out better than I expected though. Basically it wasn't any different than what I do on regular white printing paper.

Autumn

Fall is my absolute favorite time of the year, and since the first day of Autumn is coming (Sept. 22/23) I thought I would post the one picture that I have scanned that reminds me of Autumn. This is of a girl who misses summer and her time to relax, hence the words 'relax' in the pic. I colored this one with colored pencils only, no markers. This is the one that showed me it wasn't so bad to use colored pencils only. I could actually get brighter colors without the streaks and dry outs that markers have.