Happy Valentine's Day!

This is a drawing my 8 year old made for her Valentine Cards.

Nothing like seeing your kids develop their own talent!

Enjoy your Valentine!

Updated illustration of boy riding a flyiing dragon

Updated illustration...Horse stable

Updated illustration for Animal Birthday Party

This is probably the 3rd rendering of this idea. It is amazing how much perspective you can gain from taking a break and coming back with a renewed and fresh view on things. I can say that 2010 was a growth year for me. I really struggled with my style. As much as I thought I had it figured out, I still felt the line weight and eyes were a bit forced and made the illustrations more stiff. Somewhere between the pencil and the inking, I was loosing the fluid feel of the drawing. My thoughts were confirmed when I had a very candid email exchange with an agent that represents very accomplished illustrators.

I have tweaked some of my past illustrations to make this small modification while keeping all the work consistent. I've gone back to working only with pencil and skipping the inking process. As of today, I am quite pleased with the work. Of course, that won't last for ever since it is only natural to keep evolving and changing as an artist.

I'll post some of the other revisions later this week.

Illustration of girl playing with dog

This is another finished illustration from last week's drawing session.

Mother holding phone and groceries. Illustration update

Here's the final digital illustration. Last week I was able to have a long drawing session. This is one of the drawings from that session that I colored in Photoshop. I'll be posting the others later this week.

Mom Carrying Groceries on the Phone ... illustration in progress