Illustration Fridays - Holiday!

I reposted this since I was so late for last week's IF topic, and it fit better with this one anyway! (I'm sorry to anyone who already saw it!) Hopefully I'll have some new work up next week. Happy Holidays!
pen and india ink on paper
colored with prismacolor pencils

Peanut Snowman Ornaments!

Pages from dummy

Here are 2 pages from the dummy, sketches and vignettes. Its 4" tall.

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY - Surprise

IF TOPIC: "SURPRISE"
pen and ink on paper

Snowman, Snowboarder and Flower

Ink drawings colored in photoshop.

Illustration Friday - BLUE

Big Blue Eyes
I had a busy week and didn't get around to posting something new until today! Here is my post for illustration Friday from last week, the topic was Blue. Hopefully I'll get tomorrow's topic posted sooner than next Thursday!

Revision of Classroom

this is a revision of the classroom illustration. i moved things around a little bit, put a cloth over her apples, took out one child and the desks to make it less cluttered, and made the apples smaller. i think it works better.

Revision of lost ball illustration

Here is a revision of that picture. I changed the orientation, as my book layout is vertical. After a critique with my teacher, i've moved Zuzu so that she is not cropping the boy's leg right at the bottom. I also fixed the fence and the back of her hair which was bugging me and gave the boy at the back some hair. I picked up some great new colored pencil colors too!

drawings for class - picture book

These are preliminary drawings for a story book idea i'm working on for an illustration class at SVA. Comments or constructive criticism are welcomed! This is one version of the main character, a little girl named Zuzu.

pen and ink, colored pencil
on 80lb strathmore drawing paper
6" x 8"

Strangled, Hung and Wrung

Illustration Friday: Small

My first post for Illustration Friday... This week's 'Illustration Friday' topic is Small. Be careful of this little guy when you're walking around on the sidewalk! (Or anywhere else...)

Happy Thanksgiving!!

An old-school 'hand turkey' for Thanksgiving.

Wednesday before Thanksgiving

So, its wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, and although I have a list 3 pages long of things I need to do to get ready for my Parents' arrival tomorrow morning for the holiday weekend, I decided to create a blog! I'm stepping right onto the information superhighway! My username was already taken, and I'm pretty sure it was by me... I think I set up a blog a while ago and never figured out how to post anything on it! Oh well... here I am now! Look for future posts of my daily doodles, drawings and paintings. And, Happy Thanksgiving!

The Vegan Naked Pirate

Last week, Mickie and I went to the Draw-a-thon at Fix. As we were drawing the models in their wacky costumes and scenes, we came to the Pirate. I was enjoying his hat, his cuffs, his sword, but when I got to his naked butt, I burst out in laughter! (note: there was wine involved!) When I told my mom the story, she thought I said "Vegan Pirate", not "Naked Pirate." Hillarious... or maybe its just my sense of humor!