Rocketgirl!

(Submitted to Illustration Friday theme - Perspective, because I needed perspective help on the rocket from a friend who is a very talented 3D artist.)

A little bit steampunk, a little bit pulp (get it... orange... pulp), this piece is for The Sunshine Show at Bear & Bird. I'm really waiting til the last minute to submit this one - due tomorrow!



This small painging (6x6) is done with very thin glazes of acrylic over very detailed pencil drawing on clayboard. I have a removable panel with a fake retro advertising message, made out of balsa wood. Can't decide if I want to make it permanent, can't decide on placement either.



Step-by-step:

Sea Lion Dream (Lost Selkie)

Continuing with my Dream concept (Armadillo Dream), this month's piece is about a selkie that lost her seal skin and can't get back to the sea. The giga-monstrous crab? The creature came to me right before I fell asleep - we call him Crabicus.

My step-by-step:


rough sketch 1


rough sketch 2


rough sketch 3


rough sketch 4


color comp in photoshop


pencils 1


pencils 2


paint 1


paint 2


paint 3


paint 4

I will be submitting this to this month's Howley's local artist show. The theme is "Out to Sea."

UPDATE: On the wall at Howley's!

Photo by Amanda Linton

Muddy

Taking a break from my big painting project - this little illustration is for Illustration Friday theme, "Muddy". I think this is a bit of a self-portrait. I don't think I liked getting dirty when I was a little girl, though eventually I became a tomboy.

This is a pencil sketch colorized in PhotoShop with watercolor brushes.

My First Interview (Citylink)

GASP! It's out! My very first interview! And it's a 2-pager! I assumed it was a feature on multiple artists from the Howley's art show, but no, just me... Boring me... I think I will be hiding under the covers for a week.



Here's a link to the online version.