illustration – Page 35 – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

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”

Refreshed sketch

I have been updating some of my work digitally. This was always one of my favorites that I did several years ago and I decided to give it a digital facelift. I purchased the bouquet in the pumpkin during a festival in Cape May and did the sketch immediately after I took it home. IContinue reading “Refreshed sketch”

My updated two page spread

I toned the blue down quite a bit and added some accessories to the gulls.

My two page spread

Here is the two page spread that I submitted for my class and what I previewed in yesterday’s post: One week if class left…. The text is from a story written by Zoe Tucker.

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

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.”

Feedback time

Folks, I am working on putting a portfolio together and I am taking an illustrator’s workshop. My assignment this week is to take the character in the story and draw up a sheet with expressions for one of the characters. My character is a balloon named Bob. Here is what I have so far….please, ifContinue reading “Feedback time”