2022 – Page 9 – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

A sketch from October 2016

This is a sketch that I did in October, 2016. I don’t think this needs an explanation. But it’s certainly and sadly, looming today.

The Coco Sculpture is finished!

Well Coco is painted. I really like how it came out and it was fun! What a happy sculpture to hang out in my studio.

This is the finished figurine before I bake it. I really should do a maquette of my characters because it makes drawing them a lot easier when there is a model. I find that I can translate the idea in my head to clay much better, too. Plus working with clay is so relaxing. OffContinue reading “Coco Moloko figurine”

sketch pattern to stuffed doll

Here is the stuffed version of my Coco Moloko using what I had around my studio. I thought about going to buy glittery fabric for the frosting, or even just getting another color for the frosting and a different pink for the feet, but in the end I just used what I had in theContinue reading “sketch pattern to stuffed doll”

coco moloko pattern

The second part of the assignment was to create a toy idea for the donut character, Coco Moloko by Zoë Tucker. I started to create a small sculpture and then went back and reread the assignment and it said STUFFED. Drat. I quickly drew this using Procreate and then I proceeded to make a dollContinue reading “coco moloko pattern”

Coco Moloko

I am taking an illustrator’s workshop and we were given an assignment to illustrate a donut character created by Zoë Tucker. Here is my version of Coco Moloko.

A personal favorite

A coconut covered chocolate cake donut. I love coconut donuts.

Cherry chocolate chip donut

A wild combination with cherry icing, sprinkles, chocolate chips and cherries on a chocolate cake donut.

Frosted chocolate donut with sprinkles

Yum!

Found

Hubby and I were out walking and came upon a tree that looked like it had washed out avocados hanging from it. Turns out, it was a mahogany tree. We were awed at the beauty of the tree and the rarity of its wood. An older woman gave us cuttings from the tree and toldContinue reading “Found”