A piece of a drawing I've been working on. This is just ink on paper. I'll post the full drawing eventually.

PRODUCTIVITY is DOWN

Between wedding planning and pet care, my illustration and blogging productivity is WAY down. This weekend included invitation printing, TWO trips to the dog park, egg-laying budgies, a cage fight, and some avian first aid. Now I have two calmed down, happy/healthy birds, a stack of FINISHED wedding invitations, and a VERY TIRED WOLFMAN!

US FIXED

Because it's been bothering me since the original post... this is the same drawing with a less ridiculous mouth on Danny boy. Hopefully there will be some new posts soon... there are works in progress.

US

Dan and I, looking pretty on a long day of running errands in this unseasonably warm weather. Ink drawing from a cell phone photo. Digitally colored.

MONSTERS

MonochroMONSTERS! Digitally colored ink drawing.

HANDSOME MAN

Number one handsome man.

WOMAN

A quick sketch (from memory, not super accurate) of a woman I see regularly and am fascinated by.

BREW

Nothing like a cold brew on a warm summer night. Digitally colored sketch.

NEWS

I bought a newspaper today and here are some of the headlines, in ink and colored pencil on bristol board. I think this could be a fun weekly sketchercise.

PRESIDENTS

It's so so hot out today, and it's just as hot in my un-air conditioned apartment... so instead of cleaning like I'd planned, I did a quick sketch (in pencil) of each of the presidents of the United States. Most of them turned out pretty hilarious looking, but this fifth grade worthy art project really took my mind off the sweat stains I surely left on the couch.

CATHOLIC

Both of these are unfinished drawings form a religion series I'm working on. They are in ink and I have no idea how to finish them. A project I'll save for a rainy day.

SCUBA

New idea...brightly colored scuba divers on black. Ink illustrations, digitally colored. I really want to make a few more and have these be a pack of cards, postcards, or prints... but a black background, so much ink.Good idea? Or try again?

DUCKS

A couple more ducks and I'll have a pack of cards!!

MORE BIRDS

Some birds, drawn and textured. All are pencil and ink drawings with digitally colored backgrounds. Number 2 (the light pink one) has one duck colored with markers. Number 4 (the one with the camel head) is digitally colored with.... A CAMEL HEAD!

I'm thinking this will become a card pack eventually. Digitally colored, hand colored, black and white, camel heads? Opinions?

SVEN

Just a doodle.

CLAIRE!

Drawing I got to do for my friend Claire.

The first black and white is ink on paper, (plus some white out). It's ok to use white out on a drawing, right? Only to cover the spot where you spilled the water? Second black and white is what I wish I would've done. Sorry, Claire. The other was digitally colored as I was too nervous that coloring the original would mean starting over.

WATCH OUT

Fly illustration, ink. I can't wait until summer.

HACKY SACK

Taking advantage of the nice weather, I sat outside for a while before work today. I actually heard a girl say this...couldn't believe my luck!

CITY

Still no new cards or frames, but I really have been drawing, I promise!

PARROT PAGE

Rapidly drawn parrots, something of a species sampler. I checked this book out from the library and it's really helping with my scientific name learning project. I wish I never had to return it!