Newest craft project

The beads were getting tiresome, so I started covering cheap vases with magazine clippings. I really like the effect, and I'm pretty happy with what I've got so far. Here's the three I've made, two with cherry blossom patterns (the flowers are drawn on craft paper) and one with a subtle leaf-and-berry pattern. They've been coated with a sealer, and are so far proving pretty sturdy. If I get the method perfected, and get an interest, I might start making ones to sell on Etsy or otherwise.

More craft than art...

I love to draw, but really my passion is simply to make stuff, whether it be drawings, painting, or jewelry or random things I don't even have purposes for.

In this case, here's a bracelet I made of paper beads today. I haven't made paper beads since I was about 8, but I had a lot of free time today and didn't want to go anywhere for fear of spending money, so I spent most of the day reading and doing this.

More Caricatures

Just a few more caricatures I've drawn lately that I've liked. I think I've gotten better at linework and bodies, but still have a long way to go before I can get exaggeration right.



This one I just liked for some reason.



He asked to be skydiving, and I was pretty proud of myself for pulling it off.



These two had just gotten engaged two days before, and she was very VERY excited about it. She asked for the ring to be in the picture, and for her to be smiling. Then she mentioned the engagement at least once a minute. They seemed pretty happy with it, even said they were going to use it for their announcements.

Koi Mistress - WIP

Just something I worked on for a couple hours last night.

Some couples sketches

I'm still not drawing stuff I'm really proud of yet at BG, but here's some sketches I like, just to get a sense of what I do all day.




The woman had a shirt that said "I Bite" on it, so I tried to be clever with it. T-shirts are usually a great place to insert your own jokes or digs at the person.



This couple sat down one at a time, so I didn't get a picture of both of them as they were, so you can't see it but the woman had a gold tooth with a heart cutout on it. I usually am terrible at making couples sketches have good interaction, so I tried bring them together a little more by having hearts come out of her tooth and wrap around him.



I think the whole reason this couple got their caricature done is because the woman wanted his chin on paper. I have two things I really dislike about this sketch - she smiled a little sideways, but my attempt to draw that just looks kind of awkward, and the arms at their sides make it really obvious just how bad I am at interaction.

That's it for now.

A piece I'm working on

So this is something I drew on Wednesday. It's not finished, but I'm not sure where I'm going with it yet. It's too purely decorative at this point - which is okay sometimes, but I personally wanted more out of it.

It needs some kind of background, but I'm afraid if I add one I'll sacrifice the contrast of the black and white tree with the colored cranes... because if I make the background black and white, it'll make the detail on the tree less obvious, but if I make it colored the cranes will fade into it.

I considered making clouds out of the silver ink but then the strings will fade away. Also, none of these things are going to transform it out of "purely decorative" yet... I need something more interesting in there. Problem is I really don't have a concept for it... I just have been drawing paper cranes a lot recently and wanted to do something with them.

Something new...

So, I'm creating an art blog.

We'll see how this works out.

Meanwhiles, here's some quick sketches I did while watching Sweeney Todd. They're not very special or anything, but I kind of like them.