New Characters: The Skullheads

These are some new little characters I came up with this past week. They are a combination of many things- the dancing rabbits I have been drawing, memories of the fighting skeletons from the old Jason and the Argonauts, the dollop heads I used to draw, and a handful of other things I have yet to identify. But right now I am loving them and their weird little track suits and dance moves and how they blend that line between creepy and cute.

Cutting Doodles

Some new work in the same vein as the last post. The greenish cloud drawing here will likely be cut up in a similar fashion to the image below. Of course I didn't think to scan in the drawing before I started cutting. I admit that I hadn't intended to cut the whole thing, but once I started i kind of got carried away. I included a detail so that you can better see the remnants of the drawing. I am thinking these cut pieces will find their way into larger collage works.

Doodles and other news

Here are some fairly recent drawings that I did while I was supposed to be painting. A friend and I decided to work on painting with oils since we were both out of practice. So about once a week we got together to paint and talk about art- which was great. But I found myself getting frustrated and one night decided to take a break and started doodling instead and this is what came out of it. And honestly I was much happier with the results of this simple doodle than I was with any of the paintings I did. So I continued on and I have been playing with textures and color and the effects of different pens, markers and pencils. The top one also has one of my little cut designs on top of it, which is something I want to further explore.

In other news I am finally almost all set up with my Etsy account and am excited to hopefully sell some of my creations and get feedback from people. Once it is up and running I will add a link on this site.

New Poster

So, I have been working on some artwork for my friend who is in this great band- The Pawns. I am very slowly making progress on the art for their new album- First Line of Defense. This is the poster for their cd party. Gotta love a man with a fish and a flying antelope.

Art Night

Here is the poster for the next Art Night.

Images for a baby shower

A friend of mine is having a baby and these are the two little things I made for her in celebration of this joyous event.

Yes, that is a bearded baby. Because how funny is the idea of a baby with a full grown bushy beard? Especially if that baby happens to be a little girl. I mean, the bearded lady had to start out as a baby right?

Book love: an invite

One of my very good friends of many, many years is getting married and she asked me to help with the invitations. They both love books and so I thought this was a fitting little illustration.