And you think YOU have it rough when it’s “that time of the month”….
I drew this for a Halloween greeting-card exchange with some friends, but it also fits for this week’s Illustration Friday topic. Don’t eat too much candy tonight!
Monthly Archives: October 2007
Illustration Friday: Extremes
It’s amazing sometimes how quickly things can shift from one extreme to another, isn’t it?
Just a very quick doodle for this week’s Illustration Friday topic, getting back into the habit. I’ve been doodling a lot of little monsters lately, must be the holidays. But I’m still working on adding detail to the drawing from last week, I think it will make a good portfolio piece when I’m done. I’ll take another photo this weekend to show the progress so far but I haven’t had as much time to work on it during the week as I’d hoped.
It’s October!
Yes, we’re getting closer to Halloween, I guess that’s what I was thinking when I doodled this pair. I have a couple of Halloween-themed projects to finish up in the next couple of weeks, but instead of a brainstorming session these two characters came out pretty much full-formed from the ball-point pen. I may have to find something I can use them for….
These fellows came to life while I was listening to one of my favorite comic book author/illustrators Jeff Smith speaking at the Small Press Expo this weekend. I love doodling during lectures and talks, especially when it’s a subject matter that interests me. For some reason, if I’m sitting through a dull speaker or an uninteresting subject and I really need the distraction of a good sketch, my pen has trouble moving. It’s been a few years since I’d attended SPX, but I managed to come home with some cash still in my pocket and a small pile of new things to read. It’s aways so refreshing to see the energy, the talent, and the passion in all of the exhibitors, such a fun day!
Illustration Friday: Open
Hi! It’s been a while, but things have been quite busy lately. Still, I think I got a little overambitious when tackling this week’s Illustration Friday topic. My drawing is only about half-finished, but enough is done for me to feel comfortable posting. I’m going to finish it anyway, because I really like how it’s going, and I’ll post the updated version when it’s available. If you click to enlarge the image, you can see some of the pencil lines still there under the ink lines. It’s pretty clean because I traced it very lightly onto the bristol from my sketch drawing I love using my light table. There’s a lot more shading and crosshatching to do before I’d consider it done.
My studio is finally usable again, but there are a lot of finishing touches left to go. I have a couple other drawing projects that have been waiting in line while the remodeling was going on, so I should have some more to post very soon.