Something Old: part 2

The second of the art I did in May for a contest in which the theme was to draw the web-admins of the site, basing their "portraits" on their screen names.

In other news, I've been very distracted this past month by a project. A friend and I are self-publishing a book. She's the writer and I'm the illustrator. I'm quite pleased with what I've gotten done so far. That's all I have to say for now, later.

Something Old: part 1

Here something I did in May for a silly little contest, as a sort of Mother's Day present for my mom. There are two more, which I shall post shortly.

The point of the contest was to draw pictures based on the screen names of different web-admins for the site.

Postage Stamp Gardening

I went to a lecture yesterday on "Postage Stamp Gardening," which is about tiny gardens. Since all the space I have for gardening is a tiny balcony that applied to me. Since it was at the local library (that I once worked at) I picked up a pen and piece of scrap paper to doodle while I listened. (I always grabbed scrap paper and doodle while I worked there, so when I go there now the urge is strong). Here's what I did (usually leave the doodles with them now, but I kept this one):

The words are something the lecturer said more than once.

In other news, most of the art I've been doing the past couple months has been fanart, which means I've been posting more frequently to my deviant art account than here. Otherwise I've been trying to get a job still.

Door Zombie

A week ago Monday I doodled the following:

on a little piece of scrap paper, and on my daily walk, I stopped by my friend's place and taped it to her door. Later I had the feeling she never got it, that someone else took it. I asked today, and I was right, that she never got it. There was a piece of tape on each corner, so I don't think it blew away.

I'd left a doodle on her door before, but it wasn't anything "cool" like a zombie, so it managed to stay put till the proper recipient came home.

Happy March to You!

I've been busy, and still am, but have decided to post an old doodle here to keep this blog from getting stale.

From my notes from when I was at the Shivananda Yoga Ranch last June. She was right at the very edge of the page.

Hope you all had a good St. Patrick's Day. I forgot to wear green, but the day was lovely and no one tried to pinch me green-less self.

Happy V-day y'all

Happy Valentines Day to you!

A this time of year I usually go nuts and do a lot of sugary-sweet v-day related art that is drowning in pink and hearts. Not this year. Just couldn't work myself up into the mood.

But today I managed to squeeze out a little love.

In water color! This is quite rare for me. So rare in fact that I only just bought me some watercolors last weekend. (I probably have some around here already, it's just been years since I touched them). 

I dislike working with watercolor, really. Though this one wasn't so bad. Maybe I'll get used to them the way I eventually learned to love using ink and nibs. Love what some people can do with this medium. 

This lil' thing was made on a little watercolor postcard I was given a pack of years ago. Finally used one. Good for me. Second watercolor I've done in as many days.

Ninja Thing #2

Made another installment of "Ninja Thing," which is what I call Challenge Week 4's entry in my mind.

Here it is:

It was fun to do.