Monday, April 4, 2011

New Promotional Piece

This is my new promotional piece which will be going out before my birthday I hope.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Illustration Friday : Stir


I had a chance to create a new sketch for illustration Friday. I went to the Zoo with my kids a while back and really wanted to draw some Zoo animals. This Giraffe is happy to stir some cake batter.

Monday, February 14, 2011

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!

Saturday, February 5, 2011

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.

Friday, February 4, 2011

Illustration of girl playing with dog



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

Thursday, February 3, 2011

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

Monday, January 24, 2011

From the Sketchbook


One of my 2011 goals is to draw more often. To draw anything, just for fun and without purpose. it could be a small doodle or a character, or whatever. Ideally, I would like to sketch once a day. I haven't quite been able to draw every day, but pretty close. Here's some of the sketches from last week...

Thursday, January 20, 2011

The Finished Owl and Lemmings



Here's the final piece. I'm very pleased with the mood lighting I was able to create with the sun peaking through the trees. Now let's hope this owl gets the message to the right critter!