character design

I'm in this cartooning class where we'll be making some short comics over the next few weeks. I drew up a design sheet for this character, named Kim Hapless, who'll be the star of my story.

She's very laid back, you see.

And in other news, here's an inked drawing of some teenage melancholy.

sketchbook project: finished!

My Sketchbook Project book is finished, stamped and sent! I dare say I will miss it a little. I went ahead and uploaded some scans to this set on flickr. Cover seen above!

It was a really good project for me—I experimented with different media that I'd never given much of a chance before and fell in love with micron pens all over again. I also surprised myself by drawing a plethora of girls in dresses. I guess that has become my go-to doodle these last few months.

But now to return to my sketchbook with the nicer paper!

illustration friday: deja vu

I don't usually work with colored pencils, but I did get a small set of Prismacolors towards the end of the last year to play around with. And they've been great for the Sketchbook Project book, with its rather thin paper.

A little sloppy, but I like the colors.

so close to done!

I have less than 10 pages left to fill in my Sketchbook Project book and the deadline's coming up soon (January 15th, for those of you playing at home)! Here's a page I liked from yesterday:

Micron and watercolor. Actual watercolor. Not gouache for once! But I still need to do something with the book's cover. And that...that will be gouache again.

illustration friday: resolutions

Hey, Illo Friday! :) It's been a while.

Also, apparently the new hotness is anthropomorphic objects yelling at people! (Remember?) Please, don't let this be my theme for 2011...

Edit: Figured I should put up the pen and ink version too. I almost like it better!

lovely couple

I did a few ink drawings for some of my friends' stories this holiday season—and this one is probably my favorite. Quite a pair, yes? :)

rawr!

James ran across this picture on his google reader while I was looking for something to draw in my sketchbook. The result may be my favorite thing in the book so far:

I should probably give him a speech bubble, huh? Also, I've also been going to life drawing sessions at PNCA. And I did some smaller colored pencil pieces (20 or 25 minutes each) that actually fit on my scanner: