Paul Bunyon

Some more photoshop practice. I've been getting a lot of inspiration from the website drawergeeks.com. This is Paul Bunyon as a youngster.

Coming off a very nice weekend celebrating my hubby and I's first year anniversary at my Grandmother's beach house in Morro Bay. Wish we had been there more than a day and a half, it would have been nice to have some time to paint or draw something. My step-grandfather is an artist and his paintings are all over the house. Lot's of inspiration that makes me want to grab a brush and get to work!

Everyone tells us the first year of marriage is the hardest. I told my husband that if the past year was the hardest then we should be pretty good for the future!

The Chic Chef

Here's some more digital painting practice. This is after I discovered Sarah Mensinga. She's my new favorite artist!

The face is very similar to Sarah's stuff, but I put her in a Chef's outfit because I've been watching a lot of cooking shows lately. I'm a sucker for Master Chef. It's just so neat to see what they come up with!

Starting school next week. Hopefully this will be my last semester. I'm trying to think happy thoughts and not scared out of my mind thoughts!

Chow for now!

Star Wars Study

Practicing my digital painting. I have a really hard time doing studies like this because it just seems wrong to not at least try and create something that's only mine, that's original. However, my painting isn't improving and I think doing copies like this would probably help. The one on the left is by Greg Peltz. He did a whole Victorian Star Wars series that is on his blog and it is fantastic! So considering Star Wars is one of my favorite topics, I thought I would kick off my studies with this. Mine definitely isn't a mirror image, but I'm fairly satisfied with it!

Finger Lickin' Good!

Summer is going by quickly and I still have so much to get done! In the mean time, here is a label I made for some homemade BBQ sauce that I cooked up for my friend's housewarming party. It's kind of weird having a pig on it, like some sort of cannibalism, but I just didn't have the time to come up with something else.

Dale- Chip Soon to Follow...maybe

Here's a character I decided to render. Created him awhile ago based on the shape of a bowling pin and somehow he turned into a goofy Chip and Dale character. Ever seen that sketch with Chris Farley and Patrick Swazye? No? Well google it! There's my inspiration!

On summer break, though I wouldn't exactly call it a break. Working on some different projects for some different people. Also trying to get some more stuff done for my portfolio. So far it's just been random characters, like the Butcher's Kids. Starting tomorrow I am going to force myself to do environments. Most specifically environments for my thesis.

The Butcher's Triplets!

After this morning's post I decided I wanted to get this done. Got rid of the rhyme and added a third kid. I just really liked the idea of having three. Sort of an homage to my maiden name- Triplitt for those of you that don't know.

I'm awaiting a facebook critique, so we shall see what happens with these kids!

The Butcher's Kids

Here's some characters I have been working on. They are definitely still in progress as the rhyme doesn't really work with the Son. As a fellow artist pointed out, while he pulls of the dumb look rather well, he certainly doesn't look "quick". So now I must either change him, or change the rhyme. Currently I am leaning toward changing him. Or maybe both, and having triplets (pun intended ;P) instead of twins.

Working towards building up my portfolio and Thesis this summer so I can get a jobby job once I'm finished with school. Also have some side projects going on that are great practice and keep me on my toes!