Miniature Ariel Painting For Sale

Miniature Ariel portrait done and for sale! $50 and it comes with a tiny easel for display. This tiny portrait measures a mere 2" x 2". So cute!

Another mini painting! This time it's the Doc! I love Christopher Lloyd. He was so nice when I met him at FanX. 

Me and Doc Brown. Jarrod snuck me back before he signed autographs for a little one on one meet and greet. I went for a handshake, he went for a hug. Sweet fella! 

Order up!

A custom order of mini Star Wars paintings is in the bag! Order your custom minis by emailing me at thecheekywhale@gmail.com. 

K love you BAI! 

Imagination takes over with The Little Mermaid

Finished! Onto the next, this time it's a Beauty and the Beast theme :)

For custom illustrations like this one please contact me at thecheekywhale@gmail.com

The Joker

I've been working on my second ever digital painting. I am so excited about finishing it, but I thought would share it thus far:

The Joker is by far my favorite comic book villain! Especially after Heath Ledgers performance. Who is your favorite? 

Female Nude

Female Nude Original on 18x24 board

Available for purchase $300
If interested contact me: thecheekywhale@gmail.com

Illustration Friday- "Sky"

My contribution to this weeks Illustration Friday topic.

Gollum: Part Two

(See: Gollum: Part One)

I love working from home for the very reason that I get to hang with my kids.

I've always had a hard time with color. Black pen is my comfort zone. But, I really felt (okay, I literally just typed out "fart" instead of "felt" just now. I should have just left it, right?) 

Anyways, I felt like this needed some eerie color emanating from the ring. I have a range of colors that I'm comfortable with, that I always seem to lean towards. Having to step away from that palette is really giving my brain some good creative exercise. 

That being said, I miss the black and white. I hate the middle stages of a painting because it always just looks muddy and unfinished. I just have to be patient, because I know in the end, adding the color is necessary for the emotion I want to create.

Gollums profile has also been a challenge. I drew him without any references, so in order to get his profile right I'm going to get out my Gollum figurine and pose him. 

[Nerd alert: Yes, you read correctly. I have a Gollum figurine. He comes with a rock you can pose him on, interchangeable heads (one for Gollum, one for Smeagol) and a fish. OH! AND...there are even audio buttons on the rock if you want Gollum or Smeagol to talk!] 

Onward:

  As an artist, all of these challenges are good. It's really pushing me out of my safety bubble and forcing me to enhance my skills. And no matter what, whenever I am drawing/painting, I am a happy camper, so the amount of time I'm spending on this piece has been so much fun.

I'm really excited to finish it and post it for you guys to see! 

Beach Baby

Renee commissioned me to do an illustration of her daughter. She wanted a silhouette on the beach at sunset, with her little girl holding a surf board, and she requested some obvious diaperage and the Volcom logo on the swimming suit. I thought the idea was so cute!

Once again, let me just complain about my crappy scanner:
BOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Wait..hold the phone...HOLD. THE. PHONE.  I just realized my scanner is a filthy mess. Maybe if I would just pull out some Windex once in awhile my pictures wouldn't look like I smeared boogers on them. Mystery solved, case closed, amen. I'm sorry, leetle scanner, for hurting your feelbads. You have been there for me through thick and thin. I'll give you a nice wipe down and I'll even use my good rags. *pat pat