furniture puzzle

why doesn't furniture fit were you think it will ?

Moving day!

Helping the boy move his boxes to our "new" place : )

Migraines suck : (

too many migraines this week : (

owl

quick owl deign- enjoy!

best. birthday. present. ever!!!

real quick doodle- as you can probably tell, I've been busy with birthdays and engagements and all. Crazy!!!

bunny cookie jar...

...wonders where all the cookies have gone too! I need to bake more often.

(and of all the things going on in my life right now, this is what i draw- apologies! it's been a bit overwhelming, and my head hurts, so super simple drawing tonight)

Gamer Girl Pitch

My pitch for Gamer Girl!

Gamer girl, v 3.0

Another run on the design for my Gamer Girl show pitch

Opal Eyed feeding frenzy

Inspired by our glass bottomed boat tour on Santa Catalina Island.

Santa Catalina Island

I call this one "between the bald eagle and the replica bald eagle's nest"

Gamer girl design 2.0

Damon's been helping me iron out some of the Gamer Girl designs; this is my pass on a pass he did of yesterday's design. (confusing, yes?) Anyway, like this one better; more developed, but still has a way to go.

In other news, I'll be out of town this weekend (sans internet access- horror!), but I will still be drawing, so check back Sunday for a weekend's worth of drawings. : ) Enjoy!

gamer girl design

So, I'm trying to work some designs for a pitch I'm doing on Monday to Fox. Here's some character concept stuff I was trying to work on- I'm not the best at character design, but it's something! : )

150th post!

Yup! it's my blog's 150th post. How happy!

In other news, saw a crazy car fire today outside work during lunchtime. My office mates dubbed it the "ford exploder." It was pretty impressive! Luckily, nobody was hurt, but we got to see the fire truck arrive and them put it out. Talk about a lot of melted plastic! (interesting fact- those "popping" sounds that you hear when a car goes up in flames are either the tires popping or the airbags going off)

Migraines

Still fighting off headaches. This one isn't trying to be morbid (I swear!), just more illustrating the pain, and wanting it to be picked out and taken away. (shrug) I don't know, I just drew it : )

Athena and owl

Been fighting headaches all day; sort of inspired by athena, her owl, and heads splitting open (I know, I know, athena sprung forth from Zeus's head, but bear with me). enjoy!

paris, je t'aime!

Just watched Paris, Je T'aime, and it made me homesick for Paris : ) It's the foreign city I've visited the most over the years, so I have a special fondness for all things Parisian.

Illustration Friday: Heavy

Here's my take on Illustration Friday's theme, "Heavy." Maybe a little influenced from this week's episode of Lost, perhaps? ; )

Artist's block

Had a hard time thinking of something to draw tonight; finally came up with this one. It's my take on the Hans Christian Anderson tale of the Little Mermaid where she washes up on shore with her new legs. Because yes, apparently I'm still on a mermaid fix. ha ha!

Koi Mermaid

Ok, I don't consider myself obsessed with mermaids, they're just fun to draw. : ) Or maybe I'm becoming obsessed. Hmm... either way, enjoy!

Sea Witch

Ok, if you take evil vampire snake dancing Selma, and cross her with a mermaid- you get this cute little Sea Witch with Moray eel!

Betty Page Octo-maid

More sexy girls! This time, octopus meets mermaid meets Betty Page. Fun!

dusk til dawn

Just caught the last half of "Dusk til Dawn" on tv; gotta say, vampire aztec snake dancing Salma Hayek= HOT!!

Hummingbird book

My sketchbook is an old book about hummingbirds that I got from exlibrisanonymous.com , and they keep some of the cool original pages in with the sketchbook pages. I'm feeling under the weather, so I decided to do something simple and play around with some of the original illustrations and draw on top... enjoy!

Illustration Friday "Garden"

I'd like to be,
under the sea,
in an octopus's garden,
with you!

(for illustration friday, with apologies to the Beatles)

Lunch in the park

Brought my sketchbook to the park today at lunch- seriously saw this guy walking his dog. Quite comical- I'm not even exaggerating!

Cheetah

Was reading a very interesting article about cheetahs and cheetah conservation in my Smithsonian magazine and was inspired. Very interesting stuff!

at the beach

Just a super super quick sketch in photoshop. enjoy!

Henry the Hexapus

Saw this news story today about a six-legged octopus (well, a hexapus) nicknamed Henry, and thought the name was quite entertaining.

Late night scribbles

Finding shape from random scribbles- a lovely little character in old victorian riding habit who just got left behind by her horse. And now- sleep!

Yangtze Study, part II

Spend some more time on this color study again - really nailed down some photoshop brushes I've been enjoying and figuring out my color palette better... I'm especially happy with the left hill w/pagoda. Enjoy!