Bugs Where they Shouldn’t Be!

What started as a random doodle got wildly out of control. It looks like I’ll be shoving any remotely bug-shaped Pokemon into jars for a while. Stop by every once and again to see how things are coming along, or just watch my social media to see them as they’re done!

Post Christmas

The Art of Peter Pan

There are very few people who are not familiar with the boy who refused to grow up. The story of Peter Pan is close to our hearts: a memorial to our childhoods—and to the children we still are. 

Walt Disney's animation is so popular it seems to overshadow James M. Barrie’s original story. When someone says Peter Pan it’s usually Disney’s version that jumps to mind: red hair, green suit, a pointed hat with a red feather. It was in 1953 that Disney got ahold of Peter Pan, and the version of the world and characters he created has been the prevailing one ever since. 

Illustration: Berry Picking

Just a bunch of wasps. 

  

Illustration: Goose Girl

In which a pedestrian encounters a goose.

Illustaration: Octopus Lunch

Illustartion: Into the Forest

A homeless illustration.

Made with ink and watercolors.

Illustration: Dark Hallways

I should not have drawn this.

There's so much writing stacked up for me to work on right now: Concerning Bycatch is still running full steam, paving the way for writing full length novels of my own; I've officially begun work on Aunt Lira's Stuffy which I intend to publish by the end of the year; and there's a whole shoal of short stories floating around my head just waiting to be preened and polished for submission to various writing magazines.  So of course I work on art. I mean, it only counts as procrastination if you have nothing to show for it, right?

This piece is actually the back-drop for a much bigger project.  I'll lay out more details when I get around to working on it properly, but for now, I'll just say it's another animation attempt. Even though I really didn't have time to be making stuff like this now I'm glad to have it done. It moves the project from the realm of 'potentially good idea' to 'project to be done in the future' even if it takes a while to get around to it. I've been wanting to do this for a long time and even that small shift feels very good.

Illustration: The Candle Dragon

The Candle Dragon.

Winter Pines

I picked up Krita again over the weekend.  I've used the software before and liked it, but actually sitting down at a computer and painting can be difficult.  I usually use my Ipad for coloring: it's handy, portable, and easy to pick up or set down as the day allows.  I have an app I very much like called Paper53; It has one of the best traditional brush sets I've seen, and with a bit of persuading, can turn out  lovely results.

All of my early art was colored that way, having something functional only made it harder to dedicate the time to sitting in front of a computer.  As it turns out though, I had no idea what I was missing.



Initial values test.

 

Old Sketches

The first few posts here will mostly be catch up. I've been tending to my Instagram for some time while this blog sat here empty. Now I get to move all my sketches from there to here, and find something to say about them.

This first batch of sketches are all on the older side, done about a year ago. Usually, the more I look at my own art the more I want to burn it, but these are some of the few doodles that stood the test of time.