more mill city men

A watercolor painting of one of the Mill City Men. Continuously working on improving my watercolor skills and figuring out how I want to render these men. Not quite the style I want yet, but getting closer!

collin for mill city men

Collin from Mill.City.Men. He was so fun to render! <3 Original MCM post here.

the completed books

Three handbound little concertina books, roughly 5x5 in. in size. Each with an original story told from a dog owner's point of view, about how their dog makes them happy. The stories were heavily based on my own experience as a dog owner. The color scheme, dog character, and speech bubble motif on the covers were all taken from the brand. Created for Purina's Be Happy dog food brand.

a corgi

A corgi drawing/watercolor for a dog project.

Patriotic Flowers

Watercolor and India ink.  These anemones were meant to be for my sister-in-law's bathroom, but after I finished them, I didn't think they were really her style.  And also upon reflection, the color scheme is very patriotic...which was not my intention.

Been away, busy watching Dexter!  Through season 2...

third [and final] tattoo lady

She has been bludgeoned to death - I promise that this is the last post with her.  This is the final, soft feminine version.  Pinkish and simple.

Here are the other two versions:

Original black and white drawing.

Dolled-up, comic book-esque, moldy digital version.

India ink and watercolor

Working on getting reacquainted with India ink and watercolor, as they are both fairly cheap and quick-drying, compared to oil paint.  So this guy is what happens when I free-hand and don't do a preliminary drawing.  A bit quirky...I mostly love that he has a succulent among his books. <3

And this is what happens when I do a preliminary drawing and have more control with the brush.  I stole this woman from here.  Mayhaps she will end up in my etsy store.

Thursday Throwback: Old Mascots

Once upon a time, I had a personal website, and these were the mascots I created...

From L to R, T to B: Curly Sue the Vampire, Pain (the recovering victim?), Echo the Nymph, and Tré (that's pronounced "tray"). I'm not sure where these kids came from, but I thought they were pretty cool at one time. Ink and watercolor from middle school.