Better Late Than Never, I Suppose…

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 | General | No Comments

I finally finished what was supposed to have been my holiday card this past year. Yep, I’m still behind in just about everything from 2007. I just uploaded it to GCU for Christmas 2008.

The Filled Heart Parts 1 & 2

Monday, February 11th, 2008 | General | 1 Comment

These are scans of the original and the 3d card. I didn’t look at these until after I did the new version. It’s funny how the image has changed a bit.

Choose

Saturday, February 9th, 2008 | General, Illustration Friday | 4 Comments

I painted this image about 14 years ago in my purple & silhouetted people phase. The original was done in watercolor and acrylic on a brown paper shopping bag. Two years ago, I recreated it digitally in order to make a template so I could build a three-dimensional Valentine’s card from it for a small competition (it won). This time, I decided to go back to the rough digital and clean it up to make it available for sale on Greeting Card Universe. Conveniently, it also happens to fit this week’s Illustration Friday theme.

The inside of the card reads, “Of every heart, I choose yours. Be my Valentine!” I realize it’s a bit of an odd image for a Valentine’s Day card, but Happy Valentine’s Day!

Blanket

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 | General, Illustration Friday | 4 Comments

What is it about February? I had actually finished the pencil sketch for this one when I realized I drew pretty much the same idea a year ago for “crash.” That was posted February 9th of last year if you’re curious. This version is a lot better. I can definitely see myself improving as I go along. Drawing 29 pages of book in the last 2 months helped quite a lot too (4 more pages left to draw and then I get to start coloring it). Incidentally, you may notice both cats have little hearts on their sides. That’s because they’re modeled after our real cat, Char, who really does have a black heart on his left side.