face doodle

I did a face doodle. But somehow lost it while saving. Sigh.

sketch

i've been falling behind quite a bit. I have been drawing, just not posting, and I hope to remedy this soon. Here's the beginning of a sketch I'm working on. The park closed and security shuffled me out before I could get very far. Who knew parks in the city close so early! It was a lovely way to spend the evening after work. I'm trying to get practice in drawing buildings, something that was never a strong-suit with me.

other art

a photo by bluelily17 on Flickr.

Art I post here is usually vector, or photoshop. Thought I'd post a picture I took of a few rocks I painted after listening to a TED conference.

its snowing out...

Felt the need to change my background to reflect what the city will look like tomorrow (on twitter). When lake shore drive is shut down, stuff flies off of Wrigley field, and CPS schools are actually closed for a snow day, you KNOW the weather is bad in Chicago.

rabbit

2011 is the year of the rabbit, so I designed a cute bunny. I'll put it on something in my zazzle store.

pinup

Ok here's the pinup illustration I've been working on. I think it's as far as I'm going to take it.

baby shower illustration....

I'm working on invites for my friend's baby shower. I'm quite happy with how they're coming out since I have free reign to design. I still think it needs flowers in the grass below the stork.

I've also been drawing different exercise drawings this week, I may find time to scan and post them here later this week. For now, here's a low-res preview.

Oh twitter.

I was going to update my background with a WIP background until I made a new one that's even better...but turns out I can't seem to update my new Twitter background. So here's a doodle I did.

big jaw

This is my sketch for the "sketch of the day" on sketchaholic. I'm trying to draw more, since I love to draw and I don't really get to do so in my day job.

Fungus Creature

Here's a look at my sketchoholic entry for their daily drawing topic. This is my version of a fungus creature.

whiskers sketch

I'm sketching a topic of the day. Whiskers. As you can tell, I only spent a really short time on it.

Survey

This is off topic of my normal drawing posts. I work for a small company that does sales and I created this survey on holiday office gifts. It's completely anonymous, and only 3 questions long. I'd appreciate your honest opinions on this as answers will be in our next newsletter.

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Relax Label

I did another label for TEK, this time a c0-branded item that will be handed out at a convention. I didn't have much room to work with but I think it looks fine. The customer had a specific font and colors.

Dessert

Candle lid labels

So they went with another direction. I like these best anyway.

Product design

The candles with my labels have been put together! This is one of their school fund raising kits, retails at $19.00 from The Enterprising Kitchen. Its neat to see a design put together and raising money for at least two good causes!

skull

Take 2 on candle labels

Here's a lighter version that the client asked for with a few minor changes to match the tin that the candles come in.

I'm still drawing!

I've been busy enjoying the outdoors, drawing a bunch and getting things done. Here's something I just did for a charity. They're the holiday candle labels for some new scents.

midnight drawings

Last night, midnight. Me= drawing due to sketchaholics, a website I learned about through imaginism's newsletter. Its a website full of interviews and drawing groups via the internet. Its a live broadcast, you log in, and they suggest a topic, and everyone draws. You post your drawing after an hour, and then everyone votes on their favorite. If your into winning, you can usually win something in their contests. I joined up because I like drawing with others. Check out ttp://www.sketchoholic.com/ for more info!

Oh and here's my drawing from last night - the ancient spiritual leader.