30 Day Monster Girl Challenge: Part 1

Day 1: Harpy

Day 2: Centaur

Day 3: Slime

About 6 months or so ago I noticed a fun exercise over on tumblr that people were participating in.  At the time I couldn't do it because I was beyond knee deep planning the wedding and trying to finish my Monster Show piece.  The exercise was titled "The 30 Day Monster Girl Challenge" and I decided to print it out and hold onto the challenge list until I was a little less busy.  Above you see days 1 thru 3.  I'm hoping that I can stick with it and see it thru but alas, I have a new painting to finish in conjunction with the same ol' humdrum of work.

If you're interested in doing your own, the challenge list can be found on Tumblr here.

OOOOOOoh!  And before I forget!  If you live in the Los Angeles Area and you're into puppets, the Muppety kind, a very good friend of mine is doing a puppet construction workshop this coming weekend (February 9th, 2013 from 2-6pm).  It's a beginning puppet construction class, so even if you don't have any inkling of what you're doing, she'll walk you thru the process!!

Alternate version of Puppet you will make in Lori Lane's beginning puppet class!

She's currently doing a promotional giveaway and you can read about that more on her blog.  Here is also a link to more information on her class and how to sign up.  Lori is a sincerely a wonderful teacher and it's an opportunity I wouldn't let slip by.  Read more about Lori Lane and Chatterbox Puppets here!

Red Hot Valentine

 

Well, I didn't quite get all the Valentine's done again this year.  I'm going to continue blaming the plague I just got finished recovering from.  But I did get this little guy done just in time.  Happy day that's about red and pink stuff. . . and don't forget, chocolate in heart shaped boxes will be 50% off tomorrow.

Deep Sea Diving

As I previously mentioned, the last couple of weeks I've been working on mermaids, one of my least favorite mythical creatures.  The tiny mermaids were for a synchronized swimming team.  One of the team members contacted me saying that they'd like to have necklaces made of their mascot, a mermaid, and that their team colors were red, white and blue.

The client chose the tiny mermaid with her hair in a bun, and with the starfish decorations, because in synchronized swimming, when you swim your routine you put your hair up in a bun with Knox Gelatin and usually bobby pin in some sort of sequined hat.

After the client made her decision I decided to do a recolor of the girl with the octopus on her head in a color pallet that I find more appealing.  It's the little synchro mermaid's cousin, the deep sea zombie mermaid.

Finally, I couldn't let my three day weekend pass with out doing some painting.  Got out the blue paint and another Angler Fish appeared.  This one is just another Mini Painting, and measures 1.5" x 1.75", and is in gouache (of course).

 Above from "Zombies in Love" by Scott C.

And in closing, I had the opportunity to go check out a pretty awesome gallery show/book signing/drawing demo over at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, CA with my friend Brianne.  They were releasing "Zombies In Love" by Scott C. and it was a ton of fun.  They encouraged people to dress up in prom clothes or as zombies, so as I was walking around looking at the beautiful original paintings from the book, I was surrounded by zombie prom attendees. If you live in the Los Angeles area I totally recommend checking it out before the show comes down on the 26th of September (2011).  If you don't live in L.A. you can pick up a copy of the book over at Amazon.

What a Randomly Productive Week!

Well, I guess I made up for not having anything last week!

This last week was blissfully productive.

Up at the top is a more detailed, colored version of a doodle you may have seen last week.  My friend, and former coworker, Natasha has one of the more unique personal style's I've seen in a while.  I think it's a  strange concoction of retro chic, latin flair, and a side of the 80's just to confuse you.  Either way, she's got some RAD outfits.  Black and white sketches just don't do them any justice.  Someday I may have to make a paper doll out of her just so I can document all her cool clothes.

Then the day after I finished the giant Natasha drawing (It's 22" long!), I sat down and finally finished a second mini-painting I started around the same time as the Skull-tart one.  Like I said before, I got these awesome neon watercolors when I went the Mother-land last summer.  I have no idea what I'll use them for in the future, but Rosie the Sugar Skull turned out pretty decent!

As usual, if you're interested in taking her home, you can purchase her in the Crypt of DOOM!!!

And finally, half of my Valentine's are complete!!

I've been working on these little punks for over a month.  I hit a snag when I accidentally mixed an RGB color pallet with a CMYK one, but after getting it all sorted out I was able to finish these three!  Sadly I didn't meet my personal cut off date for posting them in the Crypt of DOOM, but there is always next year!

Hopefully next week I'll post a "work in progress" of two big projects I will be starting this week if I'm going to stay on schedule, til then, have a good week!

Greetings 2011, Nice to Meet You

Well, I'm not sad to see 2010 over.  It had it's shares of ups and downs just like any other year, but I must say I won't be missing it much.

Cheers to a New Year!

La La Land

Well, I'm officially in the middle of another run here at work. The first episode of the second half of season 13 airs tomorrow night (Wednesday, October 7th, 2009). We've been pretty busy getting something nice and offensively funny ready for people.

We've been sketching a lot at work lately. We expanded something we started last run called "Kreative KY: Lubrication for Our Funny Bones", so now we doodle for 20 minutes every morning. We've been posting them every week over on the website Issuu. I'm in charge of making sure everyone's stuff is up and pretty looking.

Below is a quick image I made for the cover. I wanted to do one of those flat owls everyone LOVES so much. So here's my weird owly-bird thingy. I would call him "Owlor", but I decided that this is Owlor's little brother Cletus.



On the 24th I'll be participating in another Art Show over at Monkeyhouse Toys. It's superhero themed, and since I'm workin' like a mad lady, I'll be showing the Wonder Woman piece from the "Golden Age of Heroes" show again.

Boobies

So, um, yeah. . . I don't know why I made her topless. . . sometimes I just don't wanna draw clothes on them. Maybe it's like a deep seeded psychosis rooted in the fact that I never wanna get out of bed in the morning, hence not getting dressed. . . although I always live in my Slimer and the Real Ghostbusters pjs, and that's kinda dressed. . . right? Rambling again. Time for bed.

In case you're curious, it was done in Corel Draw X3 and was inspired by this artist I found on Deviantart that goes by the name Blush Art.