Aliens?

Color Study

Okay, next project was a color study....relaxing.....nothing fabuloso, but gettin' me back in a groove.:)

I can color!

"Bad Draw Day"

Yesterday, I had one of those days when it seemed like I couldn't draw anything! Ever have one of those days?

I'm hoping I'm better today...we'll see.  I haven't picked up a pencil, yet....:)

Squirrel Sketches

Squirrel sketches....preparing to illustrate children's stories about squirrels....

Busy Bee

Been working with Photoshop today.  You might say I was a "busy bee."

Working on SIMPLIFYING my designs.  This was a good exercise...not to mention fun!

Ideas....

I have many (too many, I'm sure) notebooks filled with ideas (and shopping lists).  I think I need to create some kind of anthology....anyway, I was thumbing through them, looking for something....maybe some organization would be nice, too......and I stumbled upon these sketch-ideas. 

Think I'm gonna have to do something with them.:)

Tumblr, the Continuing Saga

Tumblr.  I'm there!  It's starting to make sense to me, now!  Inconceivable (she says, with a lisp)!

Check it out....I put some work on there that isn't on this blog....never before seen by mankind!!  Well, I wouldn't go THAT far, but it's not all the same stuff, as here...just some.  Also, I've reorganized myself there. 

Haven't really re-blogged, yet, but I'll get to that.

Tumblr Superstah!

Okay, ya'll.  I have some breathing room, now, after submitting 42 illustrations to the author of the children's book I've been working on! Phew!

So, I've finally put myself on tumblr.  I barely plunked something together yesterday - a couple of paintings and a comment to "stay tuned," but I'm there.  Will post updates and links, as I have more content.  I hate to admit this, but I'm having a little trouble understanding how to navigate around and get things done in there.  Guess it's like anything new. You just have to get in there and work with it!

I do love the look of tumblr, though. It's easy to look cool, even if you aren't very cool in real life......

 (shshsh, don't tell anyone....how do you spell "shshsh"? Is it ssshhhhh, or shshshsh, or sshhsshh, or what?)....Guess I ought to google it, as I do all my other spelling and grammar questions.

Well, anyway, sorry about the rambling.....watch for me on tumblr, and I'll be looking at all your wonderful and inspiring art there, too!

If anyone would like to leave a comment, I'd love to hear tumblr suggestions!

Kicking Horse

Afternoon fun/sanity preserver.

Penguin Girl/Deep Thinker

Hmmmm. What is she thinking?

Ctrl+Paint

Okay, now I've watched some of the ctrl+paint tutorials (it's how I spend my free time, these days). Looooove them! He even includes assignments to do at the end of each one! Many of you probably already know this stuff, but for me, being new to Photoshop, it is fabuloso! I reckon that, even if you've been around the block some, you could still pick up some, or a lot of, gems. Matt Kohr (hope I spelled it right) is a great teacher!

I've posted one of the videos on my resources page. Just scroll to the bottom. Enjoy learning!