My new tool

I am excited to share that I ordered a Wacom Intuos3 Tablet and UPS delivered it last night! This is a big step towards switching over to digital illustration. I am impressed with the product thus far even with only having an hour or two to experiment with it. It seems to allow for boundless creativity. I will share more updates soon.

IF - Baby

New Changes

Over the past few months I had been contemplating changing my medium from pastel to digital. I love working in pastels because they have such vibrant colors that can really add to the beauty of art. I never thought that I would switch away from them. I started to realize that the pros of working on the computer might outweigh the cons. I can work much faster digitally, I can work anywhere, and it doesn't make nearly as big of a mess! (Though I never minded being covered in pastels, I really felt a part of my work) :)
Below is my first try on the computer. I love to run, but I am slow but would love to run fast some day, so my little symbol for myself is a snail wearing a rocket on its back. This inspired my illustration below.

IF: Excess

This illustration was inspired by my fat cat Sebby! My husband and I just bought a HUGE bag of kibbles and he went crazy! As soon as I saw the theme I knew what I wanted to draw. He always makes me laugh.

Sebby

Posting Hiatus

Well it seems it has been quite some time since I have posted on my blog. For the past 5 or so months I have been working very busily at my day job amongst that there were a couple of life altering events. I lost sight of time in the midst of it all and next thing I know its almost December! I picked up my pastels about a week ago to continue working on a long overdue project and am very excited about how it is coming out. That inspired me to get back into gear and continue on my career path.
I have recently become a member of and was added to the advisory board of a new site that will be launched in the near future called JaMuse. I am very excited about this site and will post more about it later on. It will prove to be a very useful tool for anyone in the creative profession.

Illustration Friday: Poem

Dancing in the night rain

Illustration Friday: Twist