What I've Been Up to Lately: Summer 2017, Part II

This is the second part of this post about all the things I drew and made over the summer while I wasn't blogging. The first part was last week.

What I've Been Up To Lately: Summer 2017, Part I

I haven't updated since May and I'm only kind of sorry about it.  I'm still making stuff and drawing, but the pace of production has slowed significantly.  

Sketchbook Round-Up: Volume 29

Mer-May! 

What I've Been Up To Lately: April 2017

Spoiler alert: It was drawing.

What I've Been Up To Lately: Spring Cleaning Edition

I recently cleaned out my workspace, getting rid of a bunch of stuff and reorganizing everything.  I also tackled my project list with an unprecedented focus and determination.

Lil Deer Hat

Fawna Hat pattern by Julia Belsante

I think I could fill my days making cute stuff for my tiny baby niece.  I also feel like my sister would endorse that venture.  She found a hat similar to this one on Pinterest and I hunted down a suitable pattern.

What I've Been Up To Lately: December 2016

I know it's been awhile, guys.

Sketchbook Round-Up: Volume 28

This was my fourth consecutive month of drawing challenges and the pattern of decreasing enthusiasm definitely continued.

Sketchbook Round-Up: Volume 27

#drawlloween 

October was my third successful month of participating in drawing challenges, though less so than the two previous months since I had multiple missed days requiring catch-up. I broke away from #yayeveryday2016 and switched over to #drawlloween2016.

Punk Rock Squirrel Girl

Squirrel Girl and Tippy Toe

I was recently hired to draw a punk version of Marvel's Squirrel Girl and her little sidekick Tippy Toe.  The colored pencil really stands out on brown paper which ties into the whole woodland theme of the character.  Thanks for making my job so good, guys!

Roses Afghan

On September first I became an Auntie!

My baby niece was over a month early and her birthday present wasn't finished yet.  I had to hustle, but I had it finished by the time I visited her. 

I used this chart I found on Pinterest to create the roses with Loops and Threads Snuggly Wuggly Yarn that appeared to fade gracefully from pale to bright pink, but in reality it created pale pink roses and bright pink roses. There was no in between, and in a couple of them, you can see the hard transition.   The rest is basic granny square with a continuous join and a border.  

#YayEveryDay2016 Drawing Challenge - September

#YayEveryDay2016 's September Prompts

I decided to continue with Toby Oliver Dean's #YayEveryDay2016 drawing challenge into September after my success with it in August, and I'm pleased to tell you guys that I kept my perfect score!

#YayEveryDay2016 Drawing Challenge

Aug 31 - Telephone Call

 Unfortunately, I didn't hear about Toby Oliver Dean's #YayEveryDay2016 drawing challenge until Danny Brito provided the prompt list for August.  As I've mentioned on multiple occasions, I love a good daily challenge because of the community element (feedback and accountability), the structure (it's every single day), and the opportunity to push my boundaries (OPP - Other People's Prompts).

Cthulhu

 Cthulhu 

When I was approached to draw something Cthulhu-themed for a baby's nursery, I may have wept with joy. This guy is my favorite thing I've ever drawn.

What I've Been Up to Lately: Future Auntie Edition

In which my sister's pregnancy inspires me to make a million adorable baby things.

Saint Sebastian

The call to artists for Larkin Arts' national juried show was the perfect opportunity to pull out this painting from a couple of years ago and give it a total overhaul. 

Sea Hag Update

2013 vs. 2016 

I've been having a little bit of an existential crisis lately and even briefly considered going back to school, but was dissuaded by the idea of oppressive debt and generally complicating a life I've worked so hard to simplify.  Since we live in the future, I have access to pretty much anything I want to learn anyway. 

Armed with that can-do, autodidact attitude, I decided to give Skillshare another try and signed up for Christine Fleming's first Art School Bootcamp installment, which focused on the elements of design and composition techniques. The assignment for that class was to use the techniques she discusses* to update an old piece of our own artwork.  Sea Hag was one of the first things I did when I decided I wanted to make art again three years ago, and I feel really good about how much progress I've made since then.

*briefly - I think the whole class took less than an hour. Skillshare is excellent for people like me who are deficient in the attention department.

What I've Been Up To Lately

In which I am both eternally grateful and filled with melancholy in the course of a single post.

It's been awhile, guys.  Over the past month and a half, I got divorced (I mean, pretty much.  I'm just waiting for official decree or whatever.), spent two weeks on the other side of the country for my best friend's wedding, fulfilled a lifelong dream, worked my booty off preparing for a craft show that was an unmitigated disaster, and then spent three days feeling sorry for myself and watching movies.

Sketchbook Round-Up: Volume 25

In which I set a literal fire out of frustration and then took a class.

What I've Been Up To Lately

Drawing, a little rebranding, crochet, and sewing!