i love drawing...

I've been giving my 3 year-old cousin, Edyn, a hard time lately on my personal blog, but I love the kid to death. It's all her little quirks that make her not only tease-able, but one of the most colorful characters in my life. So here's a black and white study of her. Wait... what?

Eets for fun.

I did a sketch of this guy and thought it would be fun to color... so I colored it.

See? I can draw.

Here are some sustained poses from the stash I mentioned last post. They're in no particular order, except that this first one earned second place in the figure drawing show my last year at school. Cool.

I found my figure drawing stash!

Ok... they were never lost. Just stored under my bed since I graduated last April. But finally, after months and months of nagging myself to do it, I went through all my old figure drawings (there were, like, at least 13 pads' worth). I might post some more gestures or short drawings in the future, but for now here are a couple gestures and few 20 minute-ers. Sustained drawings get their own post.

PPP

Listen. If ever you're told to dress up as a princess and you just don't want to... you can always sport a pig hat with a pink shirt. Throw in a bad attitude and you've yourself a Pissy Piggy Princess. Ta-da!

Oh whale!

A professor/teacher/friend from Provo recently recommended to me the name of a woman in New York who specializes in licensing for illustrators, graphic designers, photographers, etc. She'll meet with you via Skype to give her professional opinion on your work and whether/where it will fit into the market. I will meet with her, I swear. I'm just not ready yet. Buuut... I'm getting ready. Part of that is to get excited about the possibilities, right?? I was at a store a month or so ago and saw these blank canvas bags... and I decided to buy a couple so I could paint on them. See how a painting of mine would look on a 3D object, you know? Well... I like it a lot. I normally carry a backpack or nothing, but these days I tote this bag around everywhere. The pictures don't do it justice. But pay me $300 and I'll make you your own. The theme for this one is "Oh whale!" (a campaign I've decided it is my moral obligation to share with the world).
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Dr. Seuss

My good friend wanted to throw a Dr. Seuss birthday party for her little boy, and she came to me for help on a few of the images (the rest of the decorations she took care of by herself, and I must say that they turned out amazingly!).
First there was the invite:
Then an image for a guessing game and one for a book meant to write little messages in.Then there was the party favor tag. She attached them to little bags of colored Goldfish snacks.It was a fun project to work on, and it was a huge relief to be doing some sort of art. Especially for people I care so much about!