Illustration updates

Just a little something something I'm working on. This new monitor the boy bought me for my birthday is so amazing. It's big and bright, and really makes working on artwork a million times better.


I'm also in the process of waiting PATIENTLY for the FedEx guy to arrive today with the art prints I ordered. My printer seems to have a problem printing 8x10's, so I ordered a few from an online printer in hopes that I'll just use those guys until I upgrade my printer. The only problem is, FedEx shows my order as delivered today at noon and it's SO not delivered. I went to the main office of my apartment complex to see if it maybe got dropped off there. Nope. So now I get to stew all day, and wonder if/when/who/why/how so/where my order is. I'll give it til 6 today, and then I'm going on a rampage of the emailing variety - subject line: Where the frak are my prints?!

sketchy sketchy

I forget if I mentioned I've been trying to sketch, draw, doodle, do any sort of pencil to paper situation at least once a day. It usually turns out well, since I spend my lunch break at work drawing.

Just thought I'd share a few of my recent pieces.





Eventually I'll get around to coloring these and making some prints to list with the others I have in my shop!

Unemployed - Day...what day am I on?

I finished another drawing. I've been trying to be a good artist and actually do art everyday. I joined a group on Flickr called 365 Sketch and you're supposed to post a picture of a sketch or something of the like each day to help motivate/inspire you to draw everyday. I'm on day two and I already almost forgot. If it hadn't been for my typing these words in this here blog I would have. I need to make some lists of things to remember. And then some lists of my lists and so on and so forth. I can't even write things to remember on my hands anymore because I forget to look at my hands. Anyways...here is my latest creation...

I'm thinking she needs a proper background. But I don't want to take away from the main subject. I don't know. I need some input. I'm so indecisive. I think I'm becoming a fan of the brown outline though. This is the second one of my drawings where I used brown. It looks a little less harsh, or bold. More natural? I don't know. More soft? I'm not sure how to describe it.

Unemployed - Day 4

I don't want to talk about it.




But I will talk about another drawing I finished. (I actually completed more than one, but I don't feel like uploading them ALL) . Anyways, I'm having trouble deciding if I should stick with digitally coloring my drawings or hand coloring them. I really like the streamlined look of digital, but at the same time I feel like they might look too simple. What constitutes too simple?



This drawing was inspired by my roommate Yesenia's hamster Hammie, who has since passed. He was as big as a guinea pig and loved yogurt drops. He's also known for his huge balls, but I didn't include them on the drawing. I thought they might overpower the drawing...

It's over!

Christmas, that is. Thank god it's over because I'm super tired. But I got the most amazing gifts. First off I got a 3 in 1 printer/scanner/copier which I'm so relieved to say will be wonderful for printing out my paypal shipping labels. I'd like to go to the post office as little as possible. It's a Lexmark brand, which I've heard isn't that great. But I'm not using it for high end stuff, so I should be fine. I haven't tried out the scanner yet, but I really hope it's decent because that brings into play my other gift. $600 in cold hard cash! I'm going to put it towards an Epson art printer so I can make prints of my artwork. Hopefully, HOPEFULLY, the scanner attached to this Lexmark printer is capable of making decent scans of artwork.
Now I just have to jump on creating some more art!
Besides that stuff, I also got a mountain of beads (seriously, I'm not even joking), clay (also in mountain size), a pair of shoes (that don't fit as well as I'd hoped, I'll have to look into that), videogames, and a huge pots and pans set. Cool right? I was literally JUST talking with Lou about how I wish I had a nice new set of pots and pans and then my uncle goes and buys me some. He must be spying on me. But wait...that's not all...I also got a 26" flatscreen tv! I was a good girl this year, obviously.
And now it's time for some relaxation with the game Eternal Sonata that Lou was so kind as to aquire for me...on my spiffy new television.