Art by: Kassandra Heller

Flowers in her hair

2012-01-19T16:40:00.000-08:00

Did a couple of warm-up illustrations this morning!

Tammy's In Love

2012-01-14T14:10:00.000-08:00

What a week! I've been stuck in bed sick with the flu! Being unable to do much I watched a lot of movies. A guilty pleasure of mine is to re-watch the Tammy Tyree movies (Tammy goes to the Doctors and Tammy Tell Me True...). That is what inspired me to draw Sandra Dee as Tammy.

Hey Santa!

2011-12-23T08:55:00.000-08:00

Getting Ready for Christmas!

Before she was Queen

2011-12-16T10:02:00.000-08:00

Elizabeth

2011-12-15T10:43:00.000-08:00

I love spending my day watching BBC Period Dramas and drawing.

2011-12-14T14:09:00.000-08:00

Raspberry Fields

2011-12-08T16:12:00.000-08:00

Alice eats raspberries

Club Penguin

2011-12-07T14:36:00.000-08:00

Check out the first ever animated Club Penguin short that I had the pleasure working on with Oddbot animation, with Disney Interactive.

Cute girls.

2011-11-30T08:19:00.000-08:00

Drew these girls and someone pointed out that they looked like grown-up Power Puff girls but drawn in my style.

Detroit Tigers!

2011-11-27T17:55:00.001-08:00

On my flight back to LA from Detroit I was able to catch the Tigers game on TV. (This was back in October) I did a bunch of sketches while watching the game here are some of the less messy sketches from my sketchbook. I didn't draw any of the players in particular just inspired by them and their

poses.

Bark bark

2011-11-17T08:34:00.000-08:00

The ugly rat dog, bottom center, actually lives in my neighborhood. He walks around the street and snarls at people.

Starbucks

2011-11-16T15:08:00.000-08:00

Saw this couple at Starbucks early Sunday morning on Vermont and Hollywood.

Jackie

2011-11-04T09:11:00.000-07:00

Axe girl again!

Axe girl

2011-10-19T08:50:00.000-07:00

She's pretty cool.

Star Trek girl

2011-10-04T09:34:00.000-07:00

Chris Houghton and I teamed up on this illustration! I drew it and I asked Chris to use his amazing comic book skills and ink it!

I love Star Trek (the original series) so much I often daydream about who I would be if I was a character on the show.

I drew myself in uniform. Here are some characteristics I would have on the show:

-I would NOT fall for captain Kirk’s charm.

-Aurora and I would be BFFs since we’re the most sensible women on the ship.

-I would be a strong independent woman not afraid to be sassy and kick space butt.

-I would be a researcher who gathers samples from new planets. This would mean I’d have to tag along with Capt. Kirk and the boys during mostly every episode… of course.

-I’d have big hair and a lot of eye makeup obviously.

-Okay maybe I’d fall for captain Kirk’s charm during the occasional office party after a drink or two.

Heartless

2011-09-08T11:53:00.000-07:00

You can click the image to see a larger and more detailed version!

If I were a wicked queen I’d have fun dressing the part.

2011-07-11T18:05:00.000-07:00

Wolf Man!

2011-07-08T11:38:00.000-07:00

Take my picture!

Gloomy

2011-07-02T09:28:00.000-07:00

Sometimes your mood doesn't fit your surroundings.

Illustrator and Photoshop

Ready for the dance!

2011-07-01T08:45:00.000-07:00

Dressed up!

Here comes the sun

2011-06-30T09:30:00.000-07:00

Here comes the sun, little darling

Sailor Moon

2011-06-29T08:36:00.000-07:00

Fighting evil by moonlight, winning love by daylight!

I recently re-watched the first season and was itching to do a drawing of Sailor Moon. <3

Indubitably

2011-06-28T08:47:00.000-07:00

Hello good sir! Goodness your jacket is puffy!

Indubitably!

2011-06-27T15:43:00.000-07:00

"Forget them, Wendy. Forget them all. Come with me where you'll never, never have to worry about grown up things again!" -Peter Pan

Sweet dreams

2011-06-25T08:56:00.000-07:00

2011-06-24T09:40:00.000-07:00

Summer time tunes!

feathered friend

2011-06-23T20:14:00.000-07:00

Little princess and her feathered friend.

Just scanned a ton of sketchbook pages! I had a lot of fun coloring this in Photoshop so I think I'll try to color my sketches more often.

2011 Pasadena Chalk Festival

2011-06-22T13:54:00.000-07:00

I joined the GirlsDrawin'Girls and 600 other artist in the 2011 Pasadena Chalk Festival! Nicole Filiatrault, Melody Severns, Sasha Palacio, Chelsea Rebecca, Kari Kilpela, and, I tackled this 16 ft. x 8 ft. chalk mural together!

We did the mural based on my illustration of the GirlsDrawin'Girls mascot, Gigi!

Getting started!

Check out my ninja-like-form adding finishing touches while trying not to smudge the chalk.

Photos by Kari Kilpela!

Done! The finished chalk art turned out even better then the digital version!!

The GDG Volume IV book!!!!

2011-06-08T22:14:00.000-07:00

You can now pre-order the new GDG Volume IV: The Way Nature Made Her

Each GDG book has some sort of pin-up theme and this years theme is Plants. My plant was the mint plant. Here is a pretty little lady, wearing her mint hat, playin' the acorn, and singing with her bird pal.

Grumpy cat is grumpy!

2011-06-08T22:01:00.000-07:00

If you have a grumpy cat like my cat then maybe you'll enjoy this illustration.

Love Birds

2011-05-18T11:55:00.000-07:00

There is a big tree right outside of my art studio window. This tree seems to be the hot place to be if you're a bird because there is a whole party of birds and boy are they loud! Haha my poor cat, Simon, who wants so badly to party with them. Sorry Simon you're not invited.

Spring

2011-04-13T13:33:00.000-07:00

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I'm flying back to the nest err... North Carolina tomorrow to visit my parents! I can't believe the last time I saw my mom and dad was waving goodbye out the window from my husbands car on our way to our honeymoon..that was June 20th of last year! Well I'm going back to visit as a gift to my mom for her birthday. Plus I have A LOT of laundry to be done.....just joking. ;)

Anyhow here is an illustration I did this morning while drinking my morning coffee and watching General Hospital.

Beep! Beep!

2011-04-12T11:56:00.000-07:00

I've been reading Little Lulu before I go to bed lately I think that is what inspired me to draw this little guy!

Picnic

2011-03-26T19:41:00.000-07:00

Please click the image for a larger size otherwise it kind of looks blurry.

Nothing like a little banjo play'n to complete a romantic picnic. Wow, look at that picnic! Pie, wine, sandwiches! Ingredients for a perfect lazy afternoon if you ask me!

Sketches on the train

2011-03-16T22:57:00.000-07:00

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Here is a messy sketch i did while riding the train home from work. Drawn in my sketchbook with pen and colored in photoshop! I'm not sure who she is maybe a forest princess?

Lumberjack Girl

2011-02-18T09:12:00.000-08:00

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Simon the lion!

2011-02-04T15:05:00.000-08:00

This is Simon! Chris and I adopted him a few weeks ago form the Glendale Humane Society! Simon is 11 months old, his favorite food is everything, he loves to chase anything and his special talent is catching crumpled up pieces of paper with his front paws!

Sketchbook!

2011-01-19T16:18:00.000-08:00

Last week was my first time going to Drink and Draw. It's a great way to meet a few artist that live in the area. Here are a few sketches I did that night!

Ramona Flowers is not impressed.

Playing the triangle.

Gandalf ponders...

Frodo don't wear the ring!

Angry cheerleader from Glee!

"Hey there, hot shot!"

2010-12-03T21:00:00.000-08:00

Here is a rugged, but friendly cowboy monster tipping his hat.

Little miss octo-princess

2010-11-30T14:08:00.000-08:00

I'm singing a song!

2010-11-28T10:39:00.000-08:00

I decided to take an old sketch from one of my sketchbooks and finish it in Illustrator!

Haha I like looking at my final illustration next to my rough drawing!

I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving! Mine was awesome! I even cooked a few dishes! I made black bean salad, vegetarian gravy, and a zucchini pie.

Here are some old Thanksgiving sketches!

Zombie vs. Woman

2010-11-16T23:19:00.000-08:00

I was watching The Walking Dead on AMC on Sunday and drew this in my sketchbook. There is a lack of strong zombie fighting women in the show so I decided to make one up.

CTN-X and GirlsDrawinGirls

2010-11-16T11:15:00.000-08:00

I will be at the CTN Expo in Burbank on Friday and Saturday! You can find me at the GirlsDrawinGirls booth on Friday from 12-3pm. I'll also be walking around showing my portfolio.

28 artist from GirlsDrawinGirls recently joined forces to create one illustration filled calendar for 2011! So if you come to the CTN Expo stop by the GDG booth to check out the calendar for yourself. Plus get it signed by the artist!

Katherine Waddell and I collaborated on the month of April! It was a lot of fun to collaborate with another artist! Check out the entire calendar on the GDG facebook fanpage.

Hey! Halloween 2010!

2010-10-26T16:38:00.000-07:00

A living-dead bride..still pretty cute!

Halloween is one of my favorite days! I've always had a very spooky and happy Halloween as a kid. My dad and I would team up and go door to door on Halloween night with one goal: collect more candy then last year! Sure that might sound like your average Halloween but you don't realize how thought-out and planned my dad and I would go about achieving this sweet goal! We would drive 30 minutes to my grandmas house because her neighborhood had more houses! We'd bring 3 pillowcases; pillowcase #1 was the pillowcase I held when going door to door. When my bag started to look somewhat full we'd unload it into pillowcase #2 (my dad held onto this one). This was so people giving out candy felt sorry for my lack of candy and gave me bigger handfuls. Pillowcase #3 was for just the potatochip bags because those took up to much space in the candy filled pillowcases. It felt like my dad and I where pirates! At the end of the night I'd dump all the loot from our pillow cases on the floor and organize the treats by most favorite to least favorite. Most favorite was always Reese's peanut butter cups. Least Favorite was pennies.

Now I'm to old for trick-or-treating but there is still: carving pumpkins and baking the seeds, watching semi-scary movies, and having fun with friends! Oh yeah, I love Halloween!

Extras from the last post!

2010-10-22T12:37:00.000-07:00

I thought I'd separate the items from the illustration from the background of the last post. I really enjoyed creating all the objects in this image.

Purrcasso 2010

2010-10-20T23:41:00.000-07:00

This illustration was done for the Purrcasso Art and Craft Gala where many talented artist have donated pieces of art to be sold to raise money for the Berkeley East Bay Humane Society.

Here is a fashionable girl who has many dresses to choose from but favors the more feline option!

Here is more information about the event:
The fifth annual Purrcasso will take place Saturday, November 6th and Sunday, November 7th, 2010.
Please join us Saturday night for a silent auction and entertainment, including music and mingling with artists.
On Sunday, we will be offering lots of fabulous handmade crafts for
pets and pet lovers in addition to beautiful art featuring cats and
dogs.

2865 Seventh Street (at Heinz)

Berkeley, CA

http://www.purrcasso.org/

Sketch! Sketch! Sketch!

2010-10-08T23:42:00.000-07:00

During my free time I like to watch my favorite TV shows and sketch. Sometimes I like to try to capture the character from the TV show or sometimes I just feel inspired to draw my own characters. You never know what might inspire you! I was watching a TV show a few days ago and the main character had such a unique fashion sense that I had to draw it!

Super Maid!

2010-09-25T12:30:00.000-07:00

I have a lot of fun projects that I'm working on this week...Unfortunately I'm not allowed to show anyone! So in the meantime I thought I'd do another Girls Drawing Girls weekly theme to update my blog.

The theme was french maid! I did a super maid! Cleaning up the city one criminal at a time!

Yeah! Sketchbook time!

2010-09-24T14:25:00.000-07:00

LOST Sketches :

John Locke peeking out from behind the bushes and Hurley

Hurley tuckered out and Sawyer

I live in L.A. now!

2010-09-19T15:16:00.000-07:00

This illustration was done in Adobe Illustrator for the Girls Drawing Girls Blog. The theme was Japanese Fashion!

I moved to Los Angeles from Detroit 2 weeks ago and I love it here! I'm just a short walk away from down town Los Feliz!

Summer: Part II

2010-08-19T13:28:00.000-07:00

I drew this fishy-lady for the Girls Drawn Girls theme of the week on their blog!

This summer I was able to attend the San Diego Comic-con! This was my second time attending the big convention but my first time behind the table selling comics!

One reason i was so excited to be at the convention was to have the chance to meet fellow Girl Drawn Girl members!

I'm horrible at taking photos so I was happy to find this one online! Here I am running the booth with the super nice and talented illustrator, Susannah Mosher.

When I wasn't at the Girls Drawn Girls booth I was helping my husband Chris and his brother Shane promote Reed Gunther at their table! I even did a few free Reed Gunther sketches for fans when Chris was away from the table.

**Oh! That reminds me! Did I mention Chris and Shane recently released issue 4 of Reed Gunther?
Yep! It's my new favorite of the Reed Gunther series!

I left comic-con exhausted and excited to get back to the drawing board!

Summer: Part I

2010-08-17T20:07:00.000-07:00

The last time I updated I was just a few days from walking down the aisle!

Well....

Photography by: Patrick Daly

Chris and I are now married! Whoohoo!
It happened! We tied the knot June 19th!

My bridal party! From left to right: Me, Kaitlin, Leah, Don, and Zina!

Of course in the winter I did some rough sketches of how I wanted my bridal party to look! Haha! Actually I did tumbnails of how the center pieces might look too but I'm not sure where those drawing are.

Here is a photo collage of the the invitation process.


cake topper

More photos of the wedding are available here!

I have so much more to update about but that news will have to wait till the next post!

I can't wait!

2010-06-09T10:59:00.000-07:00

Sketchbook!

2010-06-07T20:04:00.000-07:00

Robbin Williams

I've been busy with wedding stuff but still drawing in my handy-dandy sketchbook whenever possible! Don't want to get rusty, right!?

Liberal Arts notes

2010-05-20T14:18:00.000-07:00

I'm in the middle of moving out right now and I was throwing out some old notes from my Liberal art classes (don't worry all the knowledge is safely stored in my head now so I no longer need my notes) I thought I'd share with you some of my doodles I did when I wasn't taking notes.

This is of my classmates sitting around me during class.

I draw food and people eating food a lot when I'm hungry during class...

My teacher from Ethics class was always fun to draw!

This is from my WWI class.

Graduation!

2010-05-18T05:37:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the lack of posts but I was very busy Graduating!!!! :D
Chris and I now have our BFA majoring in Illustration! YEAH!

At a time like this I'd like to reflect on some of my highlights during my time at College for Creative Studies...

One highlight would have to be creating great friendships with other amazing artist! My teachers and friends at CCS filled my time at college with encouragement, love, and, tons of inspiration!

Another highlight was getting a summer internship at Fisher Price in Buffalo!

The best highlight of all was meeting Chris Houghton my fiance and best friend!

The best feeling right now is that I'm confident that I'm leaving CCS with many tools that will make me a very valuable and smart illustrator.

I want to give a big thanks to my Mom and Dad for all their support. I was lucky enough to have parents that always supported my passion for art and even helped me go to an expensive art college!

I'd like to thank all of you who have read and commented on my blog or facebook! Seriously! I started this blog sophomore year with the goal to consistently update it. It's great to come home from a hard day at school and get such nice comments!

Haha okay enough Reflecting! I'm so mushy at times like these!

Walk in the woods

2010-05-07T06:52:00.000-07:00

If you've been following my blog for a while you'd already know I love drawing this abominable snow monster!

Remember my storyboards 2 years ago!

Newberry Show

2010-04-27T05:56:00.000-07:00

030/100

I had a BLAST at S.P.A.C.E!!! I'll update about that soon but right now I have homework to crank out! I'm finished with classes this friday! whoa!

A big "hello" to all the new friends I made at S.P.A.C.E!

This weekend!

2010-04-20T22:18:00.000-07:00

029/100

This week has been nothing but writing essay after essay for me so I'm looking forward to this art filled weekend coming up!

Where will you be this weekend? If you live near Columbus OH you should visit the S.P.A.C.E. comic convention! S.P.A.C.E. is the midwest's largest exhibition of small press and creator owned comics. Sponsored by Back Porch Comics!
Here is a map of the convention center! I'll be at table 47!

Chris and Shane Houghton will be there promoting Reed Gunther! -Table 52

sneak peak!

2010-04-20T10:11:00.000-07:00

Here is a exclusive sneak peak on the game board I'm working on! It'll be finished soon! It's really big and has a lot of fun characters!

Too windy out for a hat!

2010-04-16T08:20:00.000-07:00

028/100

This summer is going to be really exciting! I'm graduating college, getting married and traveling all over the place!
I'm so excited but overwhelmed so I'm taking everything one step at a time.

First thing on my list: complete 2 more weeks of school!

Meow mixes-a-lot

2010-04-14T19:06:00.000-07:00

Pets are wonderful to have around. I want an orange cat and/or corgi! I can't wait to have a pet to keep me company during these all night work hours!

Oh well, at least I have Papa Hammie! He's the most loving hamster ever! He loves Koshi cereal and banana.
Here is a picture of him:

The only draw back is that Papa is too tiny to play Frisbee with...

Lets keep on dancing!

2010-04-11T13:34:00.000-07:00

025-27/100

I think I'll come back to this one later and fix a few things. Ugh my work looks really washed out online and on my laptop! (I work on a desktop during the day)

Wow the weekend just flew by! One of my weekend highlights was seeing How to Train Your Dragon, directed by Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders. Wow it was great! If you're on the fence about seeing it like I was, I'd tell you to go see it now! You wont be disappointed.

Working Girl

2010-04-07T10:40:00.000-07:00

024/100

A quick drawing that I inked then scanned into Photoshop and colored.

hang on little tomato

2010-04-04T17:09:00.000-07:00

0023/100

sigh. I'm exhausted! I have so much work to do in such little time.

I guess these feelings influenced the expression of this little pixie i drew in my sketchbook!

Foxy Lady

2010-03-30T07:55:00.000-07:00

022/100

I did this in illustrator CS4 -I can't believe CS5 is coming out this April! So soon! Wow, in 4 weeks I wont be able to get a student discount on software because I'm graduating the first week of May! :O

Howdy Starla!

2010-03-29T17:46:00.000-07:00

021/100
If I'm drawing 100 girls there is no way I couldn't include a drawing of Starla from Reed Gunter!

Bubblegum and roller skates!

2010-03-28T17:02:00.000-07:00

Remember when I posted those roughs of this girl showing off her sweet roller skating safety gear? Ta-da! Here is that character all digital and colored! I had a lot of fun designing this youngster! There is more to come of her and other characters in this style.

Finished!

2010-03-25T15:30:00.000-07:00

020/100
Caramel apples! Actually I'm not a big fan of caramel apples. They're too big! I like to dip apple slices into caramel though!

The apron was inspired by the apron my mom got me for my bridal shower gift! Except it had cupcakes not apples on it.

making caramel apples!

2010-03-23T21:05:00.000-07:00

20/100

Yum caramel apples! So here is my process work for girl # 20. First I draw a rough with blue and red pencils. I use two colors for roughs because I hate taking the time to erase so sometimes I just draw on top with a different color!

I've been illustrating almost all my girls with pencil but this time I'm going to color it on the computer so I started putting down my lines with illustrator.
Now its ready for color! But color will just have to wait till tomorrow I have a big test to study for!

sketch book post plus alice!

2010-03-19T12:27:00.000-07:00

Magic Trick

Kaitlin

No Chin

No Chin 2

It's been awhile since I posted some of my sketch book pages!
Hope everyone has a good weekend!

019/100

Hello sunshine!

2010-03-17T11:29:00.000-07:00

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fabulous felines!

2010-03-10T13:04:00.000-08:00

A purrrrrple cat! (haha could resist)

Now that I'm healthy again I'm back to work at the computer lab! I have some goals to achieve during my short spring break and this nasty cold really set me back a couple of days! This morning I thought I'd warm up with some cute cat drawings!

meow!

slowly recovering!

2010-03-09T20:04:00.000-08:00

017/100
Well I'm almost 100% back to my ol'healthy self!

gold and red

2010-03-08T10:32:00.000-08:00

016/100

sorry for the lack of drawings lately. Mid terms got pretty crazy and now I'm getting sick! I need to get better in time for my bridal shower so today I'm resting and watching The Jerk.

sock-hop!

2010-03-03T20:08:00.001-08:00

015/100

Mid-terms are almost over with! Phew! It has been a busy week!

Matching eyeshadow

2010-03-01T20:14:00.001-08:00

014/100

The last girl was wearing mostly all blue now this girl is wearing mostly all orange! What will be next? I don't even know! :D

White Hair

2010-02-28T21:19:00.000-08:00

013/100

So stylish and so fierce!

green pants

2010-02-27T20:50:00.000-08:00

012/100

2010-02-25T17:47:00.000-08:00

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Hmm... I'm not sure which version of this I like most! What do you think?

Here is a preview of the next girls to be posted. I draw a few girls during my small pockets of free time. Each day I color one of the girls, scan into the computer, fix my mistakes using photoshop, and finally I post the finished illustration here! Tada!

Thanks everyone for all the nice comments! I really feel encouraged by your thoughtful comments to continue my 100 girls challenge!

To many feet, not enough arms.

2010-02-24T19:24:00.000-08:00

010/100

I have a normal computer chair that rolls around but I'd rather have this chair that walks around. I'd never have to get up for anything! "Take me to the refrigerator!" I'd command!

Sounds of the Night

2010-02-23T21:52:00.000-08:00

009/100

Well with this I was starting to draw a princess singing to her bird friend but I thought that was to common so I changed the princess a vampire and the bird to a bat. The vampire's dress is pretty risque but she is "The Queen of the Night" she can do whatever she wants!

stray cat strut

2010-02-22T12:38:00.000-08:00

008/100

I did this one in Adobe Flash! It was my first time inking in Flash but thanks to Bob Flynn's tutorial I was able to figure it out!

There are a couple of things about this illustration that I'd like to change but for now I'm posting it like this!

Try out Bob Flynn's tutorial: Here!

As much personality as a rock.

2010-02-21T11:54:00.000-08:00

007/100
Some girls always look mad/bored or too cool for the world.

Robin Hood!

2010-02-20T21:22:00.000-08:00

006/100
hmm... I know I've watched a version of Robin Hood with Robin as a female character..but now I can't find it on Google. Does anyone know of this movie? I remember it being a "made for TV movie".

Well this girl isn't necessarily Robin Hood anyways! It's just a girl who is on an adventure.

Coen brother's Fargo

2010-02-19T18:36:00.000-08:00

This is Marge from the movie Fargo by the Coen brother's.

Space: The final frontier...

2010-02-17T22:25:00.000-08:00

...These are the voyages of the Starship, Enterprise
Its 5 year mission
To explore strange new worlds
To seek out new life and new civilizations
To boldly go where no man has gone before

004/100

Hips Don't Lie!

2010-02-16T21:05:00.001-08:00

003/100

Sometime I like my sketchbook scribbles so much I decide to take it to the next step!
The belly-dancer* I drew on Monday during history class and the other sketch I did for Valentine's Day a couple post back.

*Did you know the correct name for belly dancing is actually "Oriental Dance"? The Arabic name for it is raqs sharqi, which means "dance of the East/Orient", and the Turkish name is Oryantal.

Princess in Pink

2010-02-14T17:56:00.000-08:00

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Just your average princess!

Happy Valentine's

2010-02-13T13:29:00.000-08:00

This girl either has lots of admirers or one admirer who is really in love!

Well I joined this fun group called Girls Drawing Girls!
They have a blog challenging members to draw 100 girls in a 100 days! Well, here is my first girl. 99 to go. :)

Bright colors!

2010-01-26T07:38:00.000-08:00

Just a simple drawing of a cute blue haired girl.

Right now I'm working on a lot of digital illustrations, so sometimes I just have to take a break and draw something on paper.

Just have to mix it up!

Safety first!

2010-01-24T07:03:00.000-08:00

Here are some roughs of a cute girl pointing out the importance of safety gear!

Noone puts Coco in the corner!

2010-01-22T17:08:00.000-08:00

Hey! It's Conan's last Tonight Show! I can't wait to see what he does next. Who knows maybe he'll enjoy his next show on Fox even better!

A sketchbook with a theme: It's Not Easy Being Green!

2010-01-22T15:58:00.000-08:00

So I've started a themed sketchbook. I'm slowly filling this sketchbook with this quote in mind:

"It's Not Easy Being Green!" - Kermit the Frog.

Jim Henson's most lovable Muppet, Kermit, made these five words famous. With this quote I'm going to draw everyone and everything who might share Kermit's pain.

Here are some of my favorites so far:

Can you find Chris and I in this crowd? ***scroll to the bottom of the post for the answer!

Green with envy

If your a fan of the The Green Lantern you'd know he does not enjoy the color yellow. The Green Lantern would not enjoy Spongebob as much as I do...
Turning green every time I was angry would be a disadvantage plus your clothes get torn to shreds! Not practical at all!

***answer: Bottom right corner! The couple eating a hot-dog!

sketch book post!

2010-01-15T07:56:00.000-08:00

The first week of my last semester has been completed! I already have so much to do!

Putting together a portfolio is so frustrating. I've heard that a successful portfolio should only be around 12 pages (give or take). I understand that its more practical for whoever is looking at it... but its so hard to pick such a limited amount.
It's as if you have this big exciting story you want to tell someone but you must only use 12 sentence to explain it.

Anyways, here are some more sketchbook pages!

Sketch book 2

2010-01-12T19:30:00.000-08:00

Similar to a few weeks ago I scanned my completed sketchbook and posted some of my favorite pages!

Okay, so maybe you would've enjoyed these thanksgiving drawings back when it was thanksgiving... but I happen to really like these drawings even if its not thanksgiving!

Later I'd like to make a simple PDF of my entire sketchbook so that if anyone wanted to they could flip through the pages as if they where holding the book themselves. That's right front to back pages of scribbles, mess-ups, lost thoughts and coffee rings you'll have it all in one PDF!

more to come!

Silk Screening

2010-01-08T07:43:00.000-08:00

I'm relaxing in NC with my parents this winter break. I'm sick but I'm getting better ...tis the season right? Soon I'll be back on my personal jet-copter back home to Detroit but for now I'd like to share with you something different from my usual illustrations. Last semester I took a silk screening class.
It was great to learn something new but I have to say silk screening is a alot of hard work!! Silk screening is not something for the weak! Overall it was worth the work beacause I have stronger muscles now and some great prints!

Here are some of my Prints:

This one is from an old photo of my dad.

I saved my scraps of paper from previous projects and weaved all the scraps together to make these.

Wedding bells are ringing!

2010-01-02T17:33:00.000-08:00

Remember my last post hinting that 2010 will be a very important year for me!? Well, not only am I graduating this May, Chris and I are getting married this June!! Chris and I will be having a small wedding and I just can't wait to have all my close friends, family and new family together to celebrate our big day! Yes my plate is full this year but it's a lot of good and fun things keeping me busy!

Here is the Save the Date postcard Chris and I collaborated on. Chris did the front of the card and I did the back.

Of course I drew up what I imagine my dress might look like. Actually I just found my dress today and it doesn't look like this at all! ha!

happy hoildays!

2009-12-27T08:57:00.000-08:00

I'm excited for 2010! Something tells me it'll be a very important year in my life!

Don't fall in love with a Vampire!

2009-12-13T12:37:00.000-08:00

(8x11, color pencils)

I was inspired to draw this at first because I was reading Jane Austin's Emma. Later I decided to add vampire teeth to the man. :P I'm not sure why I did but vampires are cool right?!

One more week till Christmas vacation!