Illustration Friday-Heights

So I started off with a digital piece, and then while I was doing the 1/2 day at work yesterday I had enough down time to sketch in my little sketchbook. And I ended up liking this sketch more than the digital piece. Its not that I dont like the digital piece, but it has a lot of perspective that it throwing me off [one of the few things that i didn't/dont like about my school was that their was no perspective class.] so I ended up submitting the pen drawing I did, not the digital. Here is were I am in the digital and would love feedback on it.

Illustration Friday -Vocal

Its been awhile. Lots have things have happend. None of which I can tell you about but trust me when I say that you have not been missing much.
I needed to get back into the grove of things and Illustration friday usually allows me to do so with the different topics.

This weeks topic was 'vocal'. One of the most vocal things in my like right now is the cockatiel that we inherited when my aunt passed away last summer. This bird has quite the personality and has no qualms about speaking up when it wants something. But try and pet it or to bring it out of its cage and the darn thing hisses at you and gives you the death glare to end all death glares.

very quickly done in photoshop cs3. maybe 4 hours? but i did manage to get is gonzo beak. :)

(side note, yes he has a gonzo beak, yes his beak is long, and yes we routinely bring him in to get his beak trimmed and worry over the amount of feathers he looses but we have been assured that he is healthy and happy and we are doing everything for him)

New Pieces

So a new year has begun, and apart from working extra hours at my job and now teaching art to kindergartners and preschoolers life itself has been busy. But I was able to finish two art pieces, one was started back in 2011 and the other I started back in January.

The one back in 2011 was based off of a lot of frustration and anger that I had been feeling due to a lot of artistic block as well as outside influences. This was done in photoshop cs3. it started as a piece for anger and quickly began to take form to the frustration that I was feeling. If you have ever been frustrated about something that you have no control over then you can understand the feeling of being bound and unable to move.

take from it what you will.

The one that I started back in January and then had to be shelved is my raven. I have a love of ravens and elephants and always love to draw them. We have had such strange weather in colorado for the past few months. Some days its late 60's to early 70's, and then others it barely goes over 30 degrees. On the days when it snows the urge to make a snow fort and a calvin and hobbes style snowmen is very strong. On days when it is nice and sunny the urge to clean out the garden and start planting and planning things is also very strong. The is the longing for spring, and the hope that it will soon be hear.

Please comment and if you have a critique please share and thank you.

IF-Fuel

No day 5 art from th 30 day challenge. I was called in to sub for work, and had no time to do it. Also I have many friends and its hard to pick which one is a Best Friend.

Besides its thursday which means its Illustration Friday time...

this weeks word was fuel, and this weeks art was begun at work [before i was wacked in the lip with a child's head and given a fat lip].

Left-handed pen, Sharpie pen, Sharpie on sketchy paper.

Day 4

Day for was favorite place. Mine happens to be Disney World. Done over 1 hour if that. I had no time today because of the snow and such. again done in photoshop with a 30 day challenge found here

30 day challenge

day 2 and day 3

Day 3 of a 30 day challenge.
My favorite food happens to be apples, I can eat an apple a day or anything with apples.
My favorite are gala but I also have a fondness red or granny.
I added the tea from my favorite mug because honestly that's my what i like to 'eat' the most.

and here is day 2
ay 2 from a 30 day challenge, digital,

my favorite animals are bats, done with no reference

self portrait

I found this 30 days 30 ieces of art challange, and decided that this would be a great way of working on my digital art and making it bigger and better than ever.
the picture if you dont want to click the link below:

devaintart page

the challenge