christmas for the kiddos!

I have a nephew and two nieces that all got some homemade presents from me this Christmas - including some hand-embroidered felt ornaments! yay! And ever since my nephew was born (almost 3 years ago), I've always taken his gifts, wrapped them in brown kraft paper, and drawn on them with sharpie and paint markers, so now I do it for all of them. Beckett is the only one who's old enough to recognize the drawings, but I still like to do it. Love those kiddos :3

wee painting!

This is from way back when - I'd say maybe around 2007? My friend Mie and I sometimes made "wee paintings." This little guy is 3x3" and I found it in with a bunch of relics from my illustration studio.
*sigh*
I so do miss having a studio... Just posted it for funsies - it's the only one I kept and I still love it.

forest friends

Some more of my homemade stamps!  I've been so crazy busy making gifts for Christmas that I haven't had time to do my self-portrait or any comics, so once the holidays are over I can finally get back on track!

gettin' crafty

I got a bit of work done this weekend, though not as much as I had hoped. For the last couple years, I've been making my own wrapping paper by drawing with sharpie and white paint markers onto brown kraft paper - but this year I'm gettin' all fancy and making my own stamps to make my wrapping paper.  I carved these stamps out of giant super cheap erasers and I must say, I think they worked out rather well.

a taste

Just a little taste of the work I'm doing for Paradigm this October.  They are only sketches though...  The second image is just a very rough idea, the first image is more the direction I'm headed in, though like the second image, there will be more ornate details.  I'm working in watercolor, acrylic, fabric and wood...

the S.S. HEARTBREAK

Here are two illustrations I did yesterday and today - the top one being my very first submission to Illustration Friday based off the word "sail." The bottom one was the first completed, but then I decided to go back in and make it somewhat more detailed, though I think I like the simple one better for some reason.