Harpies, Horns, and Graphic Design Wat.

I've fallen behind on vectoring but have continued sketching quite a lot (guaranteeing that I'll never get around to vectoring them all I guess). The deadline for this is fast approaching so I'm trying not to get sidetracked and complete it. They need monsters and I'm hoping I can get a good print of my Medusa and this gal to submit. Continuing with mythology monsters, Harpies are fun to draw, I'll have to do more...put that on the long list of arty things I want to do. Horrible photo, meant to get a better scan but then started vectoring anyway.



If anyone else in Lancaster wants to contribute to this charity event here's the info:


They are not expecting your most awesome work ever because of the deadline and the target consumer, and it doesn't have to be framed or anything.

I've recently become a graphic designer. I know, what??, right? But considering I get 40 hours a week and much better pay then my previous job it wasn't that hard of a sell. Currently working two actual jobs while working on my art...I'm going to be very busy.

In other arty related news/stuff one of my favorite watercolorists at deviantART, tir-ri, is selling prints of some of her art and the money will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross. I had to buy one, as her Wendy pieces are my favorite, and the least I could do was donate something to their relief fund. Go here, she's awesome.

See? Awesome:



And continuing the arty-things-I-spent-money-on over at miss monster's site I bought ram horn barrettes and they are fan-frickin'-tastic. I'm pretty sure I'm going to wear them non-stop.



So that's it for now, should have the finished Harpy up soon, and then I'll work on the Barbie vector/pet commissions/super heroines/Goat girls. Yeah. One of those.

Pink, Goats, Sketches.

As I have been dealing with some sort of flu for several weeks followed by a sinus infection (which I always thought sounded so harmless but it is a major pain) which I am still in the midst off I haven't done too much art lately. I have sketched some however, and completed one vector. Which is impressive to me at least, since my ears have been ringing on and off and my head plants a bomb behind my eye periodically that is motion triggered.

Here's the vector. For a bit I thought it would be fine without any sort of background but then stars saved me again. Stars are a convenient life saver for me when it comes to bgs. Had a lot of fun with the color pink. Think this will be my new promotional postcard.



Also here's some sketches, including the doodle that started this vector. "Sheep go to Heaven, goats go to Hell" is a lyric from Cake that's been stuck in my head and thus prompted the sheep/goat people sketches.



The first sketch page there is a Harry Potter fanart of one of my favorite characters. I still have to work on the Modern gods series, and then maybe I'll get to vector Luna. Hopefully I'll be getting better soon...either that or my head is going explode as I still have no antibiotics. Let's hope for the getting better thing.

Pocketful, Pokemon, and Unimaginable Horror.

Finished the submission for Pocketful, yay. Have like three different versions but I think I'm happy with this one, and it's due today so I should send it in.



Yes, that is a girl whose name might be Penny, with some sort of hot drink and a goat. Also, playing a ukulele. Because. Goats are cool. A bit freaky in the eyes, yes, but I have fond memories of my aunt's goats...mostly me just feeding them anything I happened to rip off a plant or had in my hand. They loved me. There's also a memory of finding the birth sack, that was a bit gross but the baby goat was one of the most adorable things I had ever seen up to that point so it was worth it. Ukuleles are also cool. I think I might be able to learn how to play one if I tired. They don't look as intimidating as a guitar. This logic follows right?

It's Pokemon Facebook Profile pic month or something again. I'm featuring the same picture I did last year for it, because 1.) I don't want to do another Pokemon fanart, and 2.) Jigglypuff is bitchin'.




Text was inspired by this Mr. Crazy Pants here. Unfortunately I know people like this guy. I may be so lucky to have them comment on my Illustration facebook because of this too. Sweet.

I haven't been getting much sleep the last couple nights, and I blame our neighbors. Not for being loud or shouting their domestic disputes to all creation at 4 AM (which they are prone to do) but for doing some renovations or moving or whatever it is the house that's one house down from us has been doing. I'm pretty sure there's some health violations going on over there because this street's pest problem has seemed to increase. So I hear what I think are mice in the walls. And while this shouldn't be enough to keep me awake combining that with having once read Lovecraft's The Rats in the Walls it's lead to some insomnia.

So if I never post again it's not entirely impossible that I've been dragged down to some monstrous ruins and have been eaten by gibbering de-evolved people. Just saying.