Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas!  And thank you Jess for kicking peoples butts into action! 

Merry Holidays

Merry Christmas everyone! Thanks so much to all who accepted my challenge you really made my Holidays happy :D

cheers
Jess

Christmas Elf

My disgruntled lil Christmas Elf.......... Happy Holidays!

Lunchtime sketcheroo

Really trying to get back into the habit of drawing more regularly, even if just sketches.  Christmas is always really inspiring to me, so I had a go at Santa in a few different styles.  And a smarmy guy.

It's not a drawing.. but it counts as art!

Well, I haven't drawn anything in a while.. I've really been slacking D:  But I have been doing artsy things! I can prove it!  Anyway.. I hope it's alright to post this, since it's not a drawing or a sketch. This is what has taken the place of my sketchbook at the moment..

These are what I managed to produce out of a pottery wheel (throwing) class I took with Tobey in November.  It was a lot of fun, and really relaxing.  

The vase was a total fluke..

Been trying to do a speed paint daily, usually taking 1-3hrs. These are some of the results.

SS....soccer socks!

A team mate of mine had the most awesome stripped socks for soccer... I had to draw 'em! I think the stripes made her play faster like racing stripes :D

winter white-out

Winter has come with a fury this year. I'm ready but not willing :P

UUUuuugggly sweater time!

It's that time of year again...pull out those ugly sweaters and look for your invite! This year will be the ugliest yet :D

That time of year!

Yes, Christmas is coming and it would be so wonderfully awesome if we all illustrated our own cards this year and collected em all!
Who's with me? Can't wait to see all your wonderful x-mas art :D

Water Girl (work in progress)

Thought I'd challenge myself at lunch today with a little photo manipulation. Still a work in progress. I want to add more water effects. Let me know what you think!

Typography Art

I'm still a real artist if I do typography art, right?

This is a WIP but it's the first of a series I want to do. Eventually I'll get them all printed and framed for our house.

Critiques are most welcome! :D

Mop dog

I want a fuzzy mop puppy. =(

Inx.Kells

I didn't realize that when I deleted my e-mail from this blog to post under a new one that it would delete all the pictures I posted.. oh well..

I loved watching The Secret Of Kells. So here's a little something done in the same style (or at least attempting to mimic it..)

comic

Every two months I get to do a four pages of a fantasy comic for a kids magazine.

This is a page of inks of the characters...talking.

Kitty things

A cat beastie with an unhingeable jaw and the penguin's top predator from this morning.

Birthday Brightest

CHRD! Happy Birthday!!

A Very Brightest Birthday.

Fanart for a very special guy on his very special day. Happy Burvsday, as the Poles say in their broken English tongue.

Iron Penguin

Cast Iron Penguin :D

Panther

Speed painting practice

Dragon

Something from a little while ago I forgot to post, dragon painting practice.

At The Ryver Styx

Quicker finished illustration,wanted to do something that emphasized a flat minimal composition.

Sweet Ride

Wanted to practice my Illustrator and Flash skills.

Bracken

Couple hour critter sketch.

Little Riding Red

Just some foolin around for fun :)

Bran and Rickon

These are two characters in the audiobook I am currently engrossed in. Fun practice drawing kids, and using pens :D The series is A Song of Ice and Fire if you're interested. Really good audio book :D

Paintin Practice.

Just been having fun doing some painting practice as its something I never do. Various random characters.

Shecky and Peaches

A near final design for a pair I've been working on a for a bit. They're set to appear in a children's magazine early next year.

some practice

Just some practice keeping a character relatively consistent.. sketches, not to impressive :P

More brush pen fun

This drawing seems to be my testing ground for new techniques. Makes me realize I really need to simplify these characters down.

Brush Pen fun

Was feeling uninspired today, but still wanted to draw so I picked up some brush pens and inked up an older pencil sketch (John Mayall's current guitarist, if you're interested -- saw them in November). Will have to go back to Opus and pick up some black brush pens... I just got greys.

Overgrown Monkeys!

Even though a number of you have already seen these monkeys I figured I'd post it up for fun anyhow.

This was a test illustration I did up for a Children's book pitch I am currently toiling in (writing is such a beastly process!)

I hope you enjoy these hairy overgrown monkeys!

Horse Phoneme Chart

Well...gonna attempt a lipsync shortly, so I thought I'd plan out the shapes for this guy. Wish me luck, cause I'm already regretting choosing a frigging horse!

Oh Mista Sanders.

For a "Chris Sanders-inspired" art challenge. Everyone was drawing his smexy, busty Hawaiian girls, but the man has the most brilliant little rabbits, so that's the route I took. Scruffy mama's boy squirrel and his dweeky little bunny sidekick! Really fun style to try to emulate.

(Sketch to final process below)

Horsey

Hey guys, Just a quick little drawing I did up here...hope you like. Trying to get back to some cartoony drawing.

Done up in Art Rage. I quite enjoy the crayon tool. =)

(Updated with Larger Image)

Speedy McPaints

Hey Folks,

Here be another set of Speed Paints I figured I'd toss up here!

Some more Jungle as well as a couple first City attempts.