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

A house, some sketches and other doodles

 The title really says it all.  Some practice in my latest style of a cute little house, some sketches of random things to try to get all this rustiness out, and some random doodles for more practice. 

I've had a hard time with this style, trying to recreate the look I want, but the more I play with it, the easier it has seemed to get.

 

Sketches and doodles

Just some sketches and doodles.  Also drawn on photo paper with sharpie pens and markers.

Just some random doodles

Some Black and white (mostly) doodles

 Just some silly doodles to try to get back into the swing of drawing. Have been too exhausted, busy and uninspired to draw anything for some time.

 I really like playing around with black and white images. There's something so striking about them, even when it's just a silly image of a zombie-like boy with a pig on his head.  ;)

And last, but not least, my favorite, Sir Oinks A Lot!

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.

 

 Just a little silly something for fun to get back into my drawing groove. Still playing around with this style a bit.

 Just a silly layout idea I played around with from some quick and recycled images. Not really happy with it, but I do like the tree in the background a little.

 

 I created this little snail and thought he'd make a cute playing card design or something so I threw this together just to see what it'd look like. I may recycle him for another project though. He came out cuter then I expected.

 Just wanted to practice doing some 'scene' work. I've been inspired by game art lately, which is what I had in mind for this. But it's darker then I'd intended and isn't quite finished. :/

 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.

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. ;)

Fortune Feather Teller

I've been in the mood to create vibrantly colorful, weird creations. ;D

I'm going to put up some items available for purchase on Deviant Art and you can also purchase this via Society6.

 

Another sketch I decided to color. I experimented with it as well, but it came out much closer to what I had in mind.

I started this from one of the sketches I recently shared. I liked the composition and I do like the colors I used, more or less, but I experimented with texture and my line work and I'm not happy with the results of those at all. Regardless, I thought I would share it with you guys. I may rework it to try play around with my techniques a bit more.

*Sorry for the top being so close/cut off looking. This was just for fun so the display wasn't a huge priority when I decided to share it.

 

 Just a small sad little elephant doodle for fun and practice to try to get back in the drawing groove.

 

 These were extremely fun to doodle. Just sketched them out quickly and messily for fun and to practice. I would definitely like to work them into something usable, but we'll see how that goes I suppose.

Just another compilation of some random people/head sketches I've mindlessly doodled up lately.

Happy Mothers Day

This weekend is Mother's day here in the US, so I thought I would doodle a little something silly for it. Hopefully this dude makes it up to her later with an actual gift or something. :P

Oh, and happy mothers day to all the mothers out there. Whether it's a celebrated holiday where you are or not, mother's should always be appreciated for all they do. And on more then just one day I think, too. <3 p="">

 I've been under the weather and decided to play around with this while trying to rest. 

 The key to adventure!

Just some random doodle things.

Bunny, fishee, ellie

Pulled this guy off of one of my sketch pages. You can read more details about it on my da page.

I pulled this guy off of an old sketch page, too. Ended up changing his eyes, which seemed to suit him a bit better to me.

I had the urge to try painting like this.

Since my laptop skews colors, I tried to brighten it to make it not so dark and it came out more neon then I'd planned. But I was actually really pleased with this style of coloring. It seemed to work really well for me. It also allowed me to give the piece the illusion of having lines, without actually having them, which I liked. Definitely plan to keep trying this painting style. I changed it up a bit from the original tutorial, but it's more or less the same idea. Just blending and smoothing colors until they look right. With the bold color of this one, it reminds me very much of Lisa Frank, which I have always had a love for. ;D

More people

 

The name Kendra was stuck in my head for this girl. She seems like she'd be a fun companion to have around. I think she'd be shy at first like Fluttershy but could make you giggle like Pinkie Pie. ;D

 Somehow this girl turned into a vampire. I'd originally thought she'd make a fun sister to Cruella Devile. ;D

just random sketches working on some people. The serious hideousness on the left side makes me cringe. :S

Some traditional sketchlings

A compilation of some traditional sketches and doodles. Most are from the past few weeks drawn when I didn't have a chance to draw digitally.

Just some random sketches and things for practice.

This is a bit of a dark piece. Just wanted to play with some techniques and was too lazy to do much more then copy what I'd already doodled and flip it. ;D

I don't know what this girl is pointing at or why, but her name in my head is Pointer girl. :/ Just wanted to try out some background stuffs with my sketches. I really liked the color scheme on this even if the idea doesn't make a lick of sense. ;D

Been practicing people and just basic stuff. I've been incredibly inspired by Xamag's art, which you can check out here. While I've never really drawn people with horns before, they've actually been a huge inspiration to me. They seem to give my bland characters a bit more personality and life somehow. It's been fun pushing myself to work harder and better and in new ways. These were all so much fun to draw. Especially the middle lady in red. ;D

So far, I call these two Ric and Rac. I think I may rename them and use Ric and Rac for better characters though. :p

No idea what to say about this really. Just practicing stuff I guess.

Lettering practice

I've been practicing more lettering. And kind of got carried away with it....