Kitty used to deal with the uninvited guests. The dragonet wasn’t sure what to do with this little freeloader.
Category Archives: Sketches
Inktober Day 5 – Blade
Inktober Day 2 – Wisp
Will o’ the wisp…..I got this sketchbook back in 2018 when I attended an Artsnacks Inktober outing. I came home with a lot of freebies, this sketchbook and my favorite Kuretake grey brush pen being two items from that haul. It’s a 4×6 Bee Super Deluxe Mixed Media sketchbook and I love the paper. It’sContinue reading “Inktober Day 2 – Wisp”
Sloth plant revealed
I haven’t been posting these but this week is a little different. It was a sad week but it was also a week where the sloth plant finally bloomed. Sloth plant you ask? Yeah, what was that plant I called the “sloth plant?” I wasn’t giving this plant it’s given name until I saw flowers!Continue reading “Sloth plant revealed”
A page spread develops – artistic process
These are my sketches for a page spread that I am doing for my children’s book course. I had a ton of ideas and I did a bunch of thumbnails, but I opted for the simplest design in order not to get frustrated, and could complete it within the time frame allotted. Advice that IContinue reading “A page spread develops – artistic process”
Spice is nice
Just a little spicy sketch…..
A little girl named bug
Here is the second character sheet with the little girl in the story. Her name is Bug and the balloon named Bob is her best friend
Black Cat Appreciation Day
Today is Black Cat Appreciation Day. Cleopatra is our black kitty that we found, literally, on the street. Or she found us. She ran right up to me and was “no bigger than a bowtruckle.” Cleo lives with my daughter in a nice house in Orlando. Cleo has been the inspiration for lots of myContinue reading “Black Cat Appreciation Day”
My final pose submission for Bob
Here is my character pose submission for the Illustrating Children’s Book Course that I am taking to up my knowledge on illustration submissions.
Another balloon character
Here is another version of my balloon character for the course I am taking. I got carried away the first week and did a bunch of them. The inspiration for this one was the Snow Punk in the movie “Jack Frost.”
