"The Wednesday Addams" of Illustration Friday

Because all of my friends and family think my artwork tends to be a little dark and gloomy... to quote my Mom... "Why does every piece have to have a skull or be kind of gruesome?"
Sam came up with the best quote when looking at all the other work on www.illustrationfriday.com... "You remind me of Wednesday Addams, while everyone else is drawing happy, cute or pretty things, yours are all a little goth and dark, your like the Wednesday Addams of Illustration!"

So I did a self portrait.

Notice the shirt... and the angry little Pom.

Some Old Pieces I Found In My Old Portfolio

Stockings #1 a tribute to H.R. Giger who is one of my favorite artists.

Stockings #2

12 oz. Profit

Illustration Friday... Stay

Original Sketch done in ink then painted over in Photoshop.

Illustration Friday... Remedy, If you like it please follow my blog.

This was my second attempt.

This was the first draft but I wasn't happy with how it came out.

Yay a new tablet to play with!

I got a new tablet from Sam and has it made my digital art experience a lot easier. For a while there I was trying to do stuff with a mouse... although it eventually was done, there were a lot of curses being used. Not at my beloved Mac but at the mouse. I think that is why the new tablet was ordered. Sam was sick of me swearing like a sailor (usually that language is reserved for using a PC). But I digress, I found the concept of this as photo of a tattoo done by artist Steve Soto in the June 2011 issue of Total Tattoo Magazine and loved the concept so much that I re-drew it in pencil and then just added some detail to make it look a little more graphic with Photoshop. The original was on someone's leg I believe and I liked the angle, it made it look like she was peeking out from behind something so I blacked out the background and also made it look like she is peeking out from behind a black curtain.

I am now obsessed with Steve Soto's work and style. I wish to have a few of his pieces hanging on my walls at home, but that would entail skinning some of his clients and that is not right, and illegal, and then you need a taxidermist to preserve them... so yeah I have thought of it just a bit.

Illustration Friday...Midsummer Night

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I prefer ink, but other mediums are fun too.

I found my box of oil pastels while cleaning out my art supplies box so here is a quick still life.

Art comes in all forms...

So I just wanted to give a shout out to my friend Darcy who is an amazing artist in her own right, but instead of Sharpies and Inks like me she does the most wonderful things with food. If you would love to see true talent in the kitchen check out her blog... and follow her!

http://theinfiniteyums.blogspot.com/

Home made Pizza Pops!!! 

Illustration Friday...Launch

On advice from "Ugly Muffin" (check out http://uglymuffin.blogspot.com/ ... for cool Illustration and Art) I joined Illustration Friday where you interpret  a theme every week.

This week's theme is LAUNCH

Because you can launch a paper airplane,  and an introduction... okay thats reaching a bit!

A little hint at upcoming projects... a logo I did.

Tell me friends... How can I get more to follow along?

Any tips on how to get more followers? I am exhausting the friends and family with begging and promising finished pieces in return.

A little preview of a project... my little acrylic robot army.

2 Himilayan Kitties done with a Pigma Micron 005 Pen and a black Prismacolor Marker.

Chewwie- Prismacolor Black Marker and Black  Pigma Micron 005 pen... Demarcation lines removed in Photoshop.

Meh-Meh... same as above.

2 Portraits of the Little Dude done with Illustrator.

Girls of Gotham... and Wonder Woman

So drawing Comic book characters is my new sketchbook exercise... plus doing some research there is not a lot of female comic book artists... and the ones that there are do the kind of graphic novels designed at teen girls who are into princesses and such.

Wonder Woman... who I kind of used  Sophia Vergara as an inspiration.

Classic Julie Newmar as Catwoman.

Harley Quinn

A new version of Catwoman

Poison Ivy, who I used Mad Men's Christina Hendricks as an inspiration.

Check out http://www.joellejones.com/ she is one of the best female comic book artists working today!

The Profile Picture... Changed from this to a new RED one!

Weekend Birthday Card Bonanza!

So May is a busy time in our family and extended family... besides Mothers Day there is a plethora of Birthdays and other occasions. Since my creative juices have been flowing I have gotten many comments about how everyone looks forward to my handmade cards! So here are 2 I did this weekend.

1. A tribute to my golden retrievers Colby and Angus... for Mom's Birthday

Done with Sky Blue and Black Sharpies and a wash of Royal Blue Goache.

Colby (LaLoo)

Angus (The Goose)

2. An Educational card for Sam's nephew (and also talented artist) Aaron.

Done with a few Shaeffer Calligraphy pens and inks... I had no card stock so it is mounted on a file folder I airbrushed and stippled a bit.

Yay, I have 7 followers.

Thank you for following my blog! My 7 loyal followers, of which one is myself so I guess it is actually only 6.

Sam wants a graphic novel about a Super Pomeranian.

I told him a pomeranian doing horrible violent things although funny is not believable... and he said... and Watchmen was?

A little Bit of Starry Night and an Old One from Mom and Dad's Basement.

A little bit of starry night.

And this one I did for my Mom and Dad in 1996.

Edgar Allan Poe... Grey and Black Sharpie

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?
-Edgar Allan Poe


The sun is shining, I should be happy but the goth side of me hisses when the rays touch me... have to keep up the pasty white skin at all costs! I prefer to stay in a cool dark place and play with Adobe Illustrator and my Art Supplies. Who needs a social life?

BACK FROM HK WITH THE BEST SOUVENIR EVER...

Now like most of the tourists to Hong Kong of course I hit the markets. But instead of looking for designer knock off hand bags I was looking for something much more... art supplies. How nerdy is that? Most people take pictures of the tourist attractions like the symphony of lights (which I did) but I was also enthralled by all the graphics I saw there. For instance, when doing construction on an installation in a shopping center, they put up great artworks with the logos on them. I have a love for the asian esthetic of images and art stemming from ancient Japanese influences to modern advertisements for absolutely everything. Sam notices the "Cute Factor" on a lot of the images there and says thats what i am attracted to. Needless to say my creativity was sparked for more pieces for my portfolio so you will have to stay tuned... as unfortunately I have also brought home bronchitis and need to fix that first. Unfortunately the large doses of NyQuil and other cough suppressants are killing my creative juices.

Waiting for next flight

Had a few drinks while waiting for my flight to HK while at YVR


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Check, Check and Check.

Things to do before HK....

• Crazy Pom dropped off at Mom and Dads... check.
• Bags packed... check.
• Fish have feeder... check.
• House cleaned... check.
• Kitties prepped (food, water and instructions for Mom's visits) ... check and check.
• Humidity control anti-frizz hair products which probably won't work.... check.
• IPod sync complete and playlists done... check
• Camera ready... yep.
• Sam packed... nope, but all his laundry done... check.
• Let the countdown begin, in less than 24 hours I am out of this stupid city and downtown arena drama for a while.

New Sharpie Doodle... I have to stop these and work on some actual pieces.