Excuse me, miss, you have triangles on your face.

Had some fun with a portrait.

House "Portrait"

Another custom house "portrait" in the bag:

I don't always have time to get a good scan before I have to hand it over to the client, but that's okay.

Eiffel Tower

My latest commission.

Gollum - From Beginning to End

Once again, showing you my progress on Gollum, but this time it has a happy ending! I'm DONE! Finally, finally done. While this has been super fun to work on, it's also been a LOT of work, which isn't a bad thing, just a lot of late nights! Ready to move onto the next project!

So here we go, from the first sketch to the final product:

Getting into character :)

I liked his face just fine but the shadowing didn't make sense, so off went his head.

I hadn't used any reference up until now so I decided it was time to get my Gollum/Smeagol figurine out. He's angry....

But then he got over it when I gave him a fish.

Pretty soon he was following me everywhere. Here he is in the bathroom. Well, his head, anyways.

and here my friends, is the final product:

If you feel like it, head over to the official website and rate it! Thanks :)

Octopus Tattoo

Just wrapped up another tattoo design. Here tis:

Illustration Friday- "Book"

I worked so many hours on this illustration and I ended up starting over because it wasn't turning out how I would have liked. Then I worked like crazy on the second one, and then it was too late to submit to Illustration Friday.

The topic was "book" and I immediately thought about how a good book takes you to a completely different place, as if you're actually in the story. Then the image of my daughter reading "The Little Mermaid" popped into my head, and this is what I came up with:

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! 

Gollum

Drawing Gollum for "The Hobbit" design contest.

Here is my progress in pictures via instagram:

Getting into character...

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Jafar

Thursday is almost Friday!

This is a pen and ink drawing I did for Tom of our little family.
{Please forgive the bad quality}

The third and final illustration from "The Awesome Robots" movie.