DRAWING PRINCESSES

I think this piece is finally done, but I might go back to it eventually and add more detail. I am REALLY happy with the coral around the bottom edges of the illustration. Definitely my most detailed and complete piece to date.

Also, today I quickly drew this princess.

DRAWING SUBWAY PEOPLE

I've been trying to devote all of my time to working on the flower book, and it is only working some of the time. I was able to finish the bunny page (see below), and then I excitedly started a new page, a page that has probably the most potential out of the entire book for a really awesome illustration.

Unfortunately I got really far into it before realizing it was just not working. I thought that if I just kept going it would eventually morph into what I wanted, but it was doomed from the start. So I have scrapped that page, and will get back to it after a LOT of thumbnails and sketching.

Here is the finished bunny page:

Because of the recent flower book frustration, I decided to do something different today. When I first left my job I planned to sketch in at least 3 different places every week, and fill up a sketchbook a month. Well, my first month is over and I have added only a few pages to my sketchbook, and I have only drawn in my office and backyard.

Today I hopped on the subway for an hour and drew a lot of people (who I don't think were very happy about it). I am now working on colouring a collage of the different faces I saw with a limited colour palette of turquoise, coral, and yellow.

This is what I have so far.

I also now have my website up and running - here

MAGIC BOX HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT #1

I have finally gotten around to starting my first assignment for Chris Oatley's MAGIC BOX course. The assignment is about atmospheric lighting and colour comps, and for some reason the assignment is to combine a funny animal with the outfit and lighting from an old painted portrait.

I don't know any animals that are funnier than my dad's dog EARL.

I can't stop laughing as I work on this ridiculous portrait of Earl in a dress with a dainty hand on his cheek. Just ridiculous.

WORKING FROM HOME: WEEK 3

On Friday I went and printed out all of the work I have done in the last 2 weeks, (that sounded like it was a lot... it was 5 pages). It's really nice to see your work on paper rather than a screen. The illustration of the girl from the last post printed BEAUTIFULLY. The colour were so vivid, and it is shocking to me that I created something so bright. I usually stay away from bright colours.

This week I have decided to work on the Illustration Friday theme, which is "TOTEM". I'm going to be drawing a dad with kids and pets hanging off of him, looking sort of like a totem pole (and it will also give me practise drawing people, which I NEED).

So this is where it is at right now: (please ignore the zombie eyes, I'm getting to them)

Also, I read a beautiful children's book this week.

MIGRANT illustrated by ISABELLE ARSENAULT

Edit: Almost forgot I have been working on colour comps for a little wolf illo:

EDIT 2: COMPLETE!