Editorial Art – Page 30 – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

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.

Little girl and her balloon

Here is my latest creation that I did for a workshop.

Balloons of summer

Playing with my character while listening to Don Henley….. The red balloon has his hair slicked back with his Wayfarers on and he’s off to join the Boys of Summer.

This song, both the English and German versions, have been a source of inspiration for me. I am taking a class that I actually purchased last year during a “big sale” back in November. Glad it was on sale then because I am not sure I could spare the finances now. Our assignment is toContinue reading “99 Red balloons…..”

So I took a class…..

I took a class to learn how to build up my portfolio for editorial work. It was a good class. I stepped out of my comfort zone and did the class projects on Procreate. I prefer to use the good old fashioned way to create art but wanted to see what I could do withContinue reading “So I took a class…..”

Inktober Week 3

These are posted daily on my Instagram account but I am posting these weekly on my blog to give your mailboxes a breather…. Inktober Days 15 – 21

Second Day of Christmas

“Believe”

Now that I have a few minutes…..

The past several weeks have been busy for me. I am still working on designs for my Zazzle shop. I have out sketching for our “It takes a Village” Sketch Club show. And I was organizing it, rounding the sketchers up so they had opportunities to sketch in Patchogue so they would have something toContinue reading “Now that I have a few minutes…..”

Today’s kitty

Today’s kitty is a bit of mixed media. I cropped the reference a lot to get the peeking head that you see here… Reference photo from the Sktchy app.