Innocent look

Trying to sketch more, here's tonight's quick effort.

Valentine for Joe

Joe and I usually don't do anything for Valentine's day. We never really felt the need to. But after almost 10 years of marriage we are turning a new leaf!  So tomorrow we're gonna make a great dinner at home and spend some time together. Here's what I made him tonight as a present. Click for a larger image!

Happy Birthday Grandma!

The coolest grandma in the universe turns 82 today!  All she ever wants for her birthday is to go watch her team, the Pittsburgh Penguins play.  Watching her enjoy the game is almost as good as watching the game itself. Happy Birthday, Gram!

Birthday Mermaid

A friend of mine asked me to do a drawing for his daughter's birthday, which is today.  I like to sketch, but painting frustrates me. He likes to paint, but not sketch.  So we collaborated, and here's what we came up with. Happy birthday Leah!

Here's my sketch:

And here's his colors:

Fairy faces

Sassy Sierra

It's been a while.  Here's a quick sketch of Sierra, looking more sassy than usual

color!!!!

Attempting to not suck at color by keeping it simple...

Ballerina

Just a quick sketch for the night

Island Girl

Joe and I have an upcoming trip to Kauai planned. It inspired this.

Island girl

Foxy

Quick sketch tonight

Lyra and Pan

I've been reading The Golden Compass. Here's a sketch of Lyra and Pan in the north. Click for a larger image.

Sucker Punch

Joe is way too excited for this movie. Took a quick shot at knocking out a drawing of Babydoll.

....it's been a while

Rainy day sketch collaboration with a friend. My rough sketch:

And his colors.


Pretty colors thanks to the talented Gabe Sprenger.

....here you go, Alex.

As requested by Alex last post....Cinderella as Cyclops.

Cinderella-ey

I haven't been drawing in a while, so the best thing to get me back into it is something super-girly-sugary-sweet. So, inspired by a Mary Blair-ish Cinderella book I've had since I was a kid (and in really bad condition, a testament to how many times I'd poured over it) I decided to do my own version of the Cinderella portrayed in the book. I remember being disappointed by the movie version of her mouse-made dress as a kid because it was pink, while the one in the book was yellow. Plus she had lime green shoes in the book. How awesome of a combination is that? If you're a fan of Mary Blair you should pick up this book, it's available at Powell's :

http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=61-9780736421515-0

Hopefully the color version won't be as much of a struggle as it usually is.

Sketchy heads

November was a busy month. This is what happens when I'm super busy at work and I get a bunch of schedule printouts that keep changing....I draw all over the back of them.



Click on each for a larger image.

Olivia's nest

Click for a much larger image. Did this as a template for a friend's new website. Check it out! http://oliviasnest.com/blog/

Fashionista

Just in time for fashion week. Actually, I did this one a while ago and completely forgot about it. Here she is, post-cleanup. I'll put it in the queue for clean up and paint!

For Allie

Here's a birthday sketch for my god-daughter. I drew it and Joe did the colors. I think it came out really well. The original sketch is really huge so that she can print it out poster-style and hang it up in her bedroom. Happy birthday, Allie!