And continuing on.....

Another pic of the last session with my major project. Almost done and looking good.


And another vector finished. Its a winter version of my "for sale sign" Yeah I know what your thinking. And yes I still hate winter but other people like it so, what are you going to do.

woman at work

The project is coming along nicely, even if progress is a bit slow. But that's ok. Still applying the background and I'm worried that the rocks on the rock face are maybe a bit too dark in some spots, more then I would like them to be so I going to try to lighten them a bit. Hopefully I won't mess them up. I also decided to work with my coffee ink again as a base for many parts of the illustration. It really does work. Over all the paper I chose seems to be working really well. Its not really light paper but it does have a nice light texture for painting details.


From the previous session in my multi purpose studio.

Cross n Thorns

Yes, I have some new vector art. I thought I make some based on my walk with Christ. I think Its about time and probably an on going theme but not just vector art. I'll probably make more of Christ themed vector art but not at the moment. As always to see older works, check out my web site.

Continued to work with one of my latest major project. I just finished transferring the image to fine paper and started to lay on some colour. Its looking good so far. I'll have a few pics of me working on it in the next post.

Baked good ness

New tasty vector art. Also worked on the layout of the 3 ed major project. Still have to work on it some more. Its taking me awhile to get the layout just right with lots of distractions doesn't help either. Oh well it get done soon and well worth it.

on my to do list

Well, sent in a resume today. Don’t know if the company will be interested and even if they don’t, it’s they’re lose since I have loads and years of experience and a variety of them as well. I can always learn more as well which I also enjoy.
Just finished two layouts out of three major projects. Can’t wait to start painting them.
Scanned some images and patterns as well and I think I fix those on a rainy day.

just a few things

Just finished and posted a small comic based on a cartoon I made in college. You can see it here and to see more of my characters just take a visit to my web site. Also finished and updated one vector and brought it to market. Now to finish uploading the rest of those photo samples to another online portfolio. I'll probably put them in my web site as well.

working on and stuff

Such lonely blogs I have. Sigh…. And I don’t know why. Hay, its just like real life. Wow.
If any one has been reading my other blog at least or even this one for that matter, I may have mentioned that I have successfully made it in and with flying colours too. This web site, it takes small illustrations and gives me intern some nice juicy income. A step in the right direction, finally. But, none the less I just seem to have a difficult time letting people know that yes I can do all these wonderful things and have so as well in the past. Progress just seems so slow going and at times painfully. But here I am world and yes you will be pleasantly surprised of what I can do. Like ice cream with an unusual flavor, they finally had a taste and I think they like it.

And here’s another little taste of my skills. I just finished putting together some samples of my photo/ image enhancement skills. I think it looks quite professional, a very nice visual sampling.

A real bad hair day

This "Purple lion" vector is based on a drawing I did some time in the mid 90's which was for a Tee shirt design, with improvements of course. Thanks for looking.

Sign of the times

New vector art in springy colours. Well technically, morning glory flowers bloom in mid summer around here. But you get the idea. :) Thanks for viewing.

Big apple n girl

Only a few more to go. My latest addition to vector graphics. Enjoy and thanks for viewing/commenting est. ;)

Mission accomplished

Successfully finished fixing those vectors. They only look slightly different since I had to make those compromises but they otherwise look just like the originals. Hopefully in the future I won’t have to worry about those things. Now back to business.

Doh!

Ugh, rats, I had to go back to square one on all those vectors I just finished. All because I forgot not, do something. Eps files do not like transparencies. So now I have to go back and waist my time and fix all my vectors I just worked on instead of making a few new illustrations I intended to.
One step forward, two steps back.

Pretty boy

Today’s vector illustration is in honour of Pretty Boy the late pet cockatiel that was a little sweetie and really enjoyed his outdoor showers by the water dripping off the roof of his summer cage. He was often allowed to perch on his cage door since he was flight impaired. Yes, he did have a mate named Gina who died years before and that's why I illustrated him perched next to a nesting box.

Strawberry Banana Smoothie

A new fruity vector illustration for your eyes to take a sip of. Mmmmmmm Can't wait for warm weather. Thanks for looking.

cider n hot chocolate

Bonus you get a two for one view of my latest vector art. Personally, I'm partial to hot chocolate; I hate the taste of apple cider. As usually you can find older works in my Illustration section at my site.

Grapes n Wine

New vector art. Enjoy. Oh yeah I had to step up my spam preventive cause of some rude jerk.

Bulb Moth with mask

Another vector with a moth n bulb but this time the theme has to do with the hidden danger of these energy saving bulbs. As you know these things have the danger of you dealing with mercury if you drop them. The last theme involved the moth with the marshmallow roasting on conventional bulbs. Regular bulbs use up more energy then the new energy saving mini neon bulbs and burn hotter. Just some interesting things on how I came up with these ideas. As always you can find older works at my web site in the Illustration section. Thanks for visiting. :)

Bulb Moth with marshmallow

Oh look a new vector illustration. It’s been while since I got a chance to work with a vector graphics program but it all came back to me. Haven’t used Illustrator since my last job on a Willy Wonka project when I designed some proto type novelty promotional out door games. Now those were pretty cool. There was that giant gumball cat-a-pult thing where you take a stuffed nerd and fling it at a giant inflatable nerd box. Very cool. Then there was that Laffy Taffy pull machine, which measured your pull string when you pulled on the simulated taffy in a wrapper. It was good enough to eat. LOL Last but not least there was that inflatable gold ticket booth. It’s just like your typical money booth but with gold tickets you can catch. Anyhow here’s my moth with a marshmallow to traditional bulb illustration. Thanks for looking.

Just thinking..

Started work on those vector graphics. Its really tunning out nice.
Put in a new bid for another gig. I wonder if I'll get a gig this time.

moving along....

Not much to say. Still working on that experiment stuff. I hope to be finished fixing up that photo either tonight or tomorrow. It’s a real dozy with all those dust particles. There’s just a bit more to do. Can't wait to finish it and move on to a few vector projects and to get ready those large projects to be transferred to what ever surfaces I will use for them.

Grinning Macaw

Wow new art, Haha I know, its been awhile but here it is. Its a small project I worked on which would be a few hours worth of work. Its just a little doodle I fixed up of well a grinning macaw. Coloured with coloured pencils and markers and made with love. I think in the future I shall probably design this in to a package design for coffee. This illustration and older works can be viewed at my web site. Look for the link under my links. Thanks for looking.

Progression

Concluded my study sketches for my future projects. I’d say they were pretty successful and turned out pretty nice and bonus I have some new things for my Life drawings section. I don’t always have to do those since sometimes my projects are just from a cartoon idea from my sketchbook, but even then if I want my cartoons to have a more realistic look I use reference for that for the colouring and all. I have a few more sketches that I haven’t shown. They are a robe study of a monk with both side and front view, some head sketches and a donkey n cart. I decided not to show them here for now since there’s not much to show.

I put in a new word for another illustration gig. It sounds like a really cool gig with possible repeat jobs too. Bonus, I would have a place in the books. There’s a whole lot of competition for that one and the pay is not bad so I guess if it’s from the grace of God, I will get the job. I’m also at the same time trying out this photo place, If its good I can possible make some much needed cash.

Oh and I started working on a small project based on a doodle. Just finished transferring the image on to fine paper and put a bit of colour on it, so far so good. I would finish it today had I not taken care of a few errands. Not sure when I’ll get to it again since I have all these things to take care of tomorrow and then there’s my busy weekend. Maybe I’ll have a bit of time on Sunday after I take care of my birds needs. Normally I wouldn’t do any kind of painting and or colouring on a Sunday, but I’ll make an exception on that since there’s so little left to do on that one. I shall see.

Ring necks

Some lovely drawings of my pet doves. I have 11 of them to choose from. ;) You can see some of these and older drawings as always in my life drawing area located in my animation section.
Of course I'm happy the way some of these turned out others not so much.

Dirty hands

Some drawings of hands. Notice I have no shadows or shading done. That was done on purpose otherwise I would have used conte or some other medium to easily simulate that.

Costumed men

Some costumed men in clothing of the past. You can find these also and older drawings in my Life drawings section of my animation part of the site.

Costumed people at life

New drawings of costumed people hustling and bustling. Kind of like you've seen at the mall. Only smeller. Haha You can find these drawings and others in my Life drawings area located in the animation section of my web site.

Enjoy the Gooseness

Drawings of white geese.

You may also find these in my Life Drawing section located at my site.

Some life drawings

Just some recent life drawing sketches of a 3 and 7 year old along with a cartoony face.
You may also find some of these at my life drawing section.

To find the time

It seems there's a lack of time to work on my projects as I always get sidetracked with something more essential. Fall and winter seem to always be that way. Of course its the shorter days and all those holidays .
I brought up my small goose lamp from downstairs to make my life a lot easer since lately I’ve been sketching a bit more in by bed room at night. It’s a bit more comfortable and less distracting that way. But for the rest of the stuff when it becomes time for me to paint my paintings will be done in the downstairs studio. Now to find the time.

sketching ideas

Yep it’s been awhile since any thing new was shown. Fear not, 3 big projects are on the way. Just finished most of my research gathering references and viewing the references I already have. Started to draw a few doodles n sketches. More sketching is on the way. Its starting to take shape. In between things I’ll probably have a few little projects posted once I get the major sketching done for the big projects.

OutWorldLiz

I originally drew the sketch on a scrap of paper while taking a break animating a cartoon one night. Thought I'd fix up my alien lizard in PhotoShop for the fun of it. The guy turned out really nice and pretty charming for an alien. The background is a bit mediocre but it does the job that it has to, with out over powering my character. I used a bit of the styles and filter functions in photo shop to make things go faster.

DinoMight

Alright! The final is here. After the help of some nice people to help me choose which one of my logo designs works the best, I ended up choosing this one.
I messed around with colours and finishing touches, I chose this. Tried red but it was too harsh, tried orange colours, but these colours seem to work the best. I avoided too may colour tests with the dino character since it would have looked too much like Barney. I stuck with the green. I later added a plastic effect that I kind of put together from the Styles function in Photoshop to make it look like a plastic sign.
I think it turned out great.
Hay, you guys helped me choose after all. You should be proud.

updated

Just some updates to my site. New pic of a mega man game called Mega man8 in the Secret treasure vault.
Also in case you haven't visited or even bothered to visit yet, I have a newly updated name/sign. I think it looks spiffy.

Also this little thingy.

A new summer version of Summer tabby.
Can't wait for summer.
Yeah I know its a it early for some but for someone who hates cold weather and its only the beginning of it, always thinking of the lovely heat and any pictures of the tropics is a real nice distraction till spring and summer are back.

Dino -bit part 3

Well that was a bit disappointing. Only had a few people who actually cared to take a look. :(
So I waited long enough and chose my next steps with the few votes that people bothered to give me. What else is new.
So if any one cares, here are the character poses I chose for the logos with the help of nice people, with some choices of fonts and word placements. Now what to choose?
The last step will involve the finishing touches and colour.
For those who bother to look and or choose, Thanks a bunch.

Dino -bit part 2

Now what to choose. Which one looks best for a logo design?