Tree
This is an element of a thing I’m working on for someone right now. I was playing around with texture and thought this sort of looked cool. So, here is something else!
This is an attempt to teach myself a bit more about making something look old, using “dirty” textures, and just layout in general.
It started as an attempt to make a desktop wallpaper (which does exist, if anyone wants it) but morphed into a record album cover ‘cause I thought it worked better this way.
The Raccoon Suit
This is a Fan Art submission for the 4th Annual Mario Marathon for Child’s Play Charity. There are a bunch of people playing every Super Mario game LIVE, right now, on www.mariomarathon.com!
Donations buy new toys, books and video games for sick children that are stuck in hospitals. It’s a worthy cause if you have a few spare bucks. Go on and check it out!
This is my first submission for this year. I wouldn’t have been able to think of this idea without my friend Caitlin.
Cotton Weave/iPod Drawing
This drawing was done for my friend Lisa to be included in a project she did last year. I had to draw an object that meant something to me (if I recall correctly….) My iPod is something Shally gave to me for my birthday, and it’s one of just a few things that I use absolutely all day, every day, so I picked it to be my object for this project.
It was also an exercise in figuring out how to draw the cotton sock. I used to draw things as just a series of gradients, but If you look at a piece of fabric closely, you’ll notice that it’s a bunch of threads. So, how do you draw that?
Short answer: take a photograph, play around with levels in Photoshop, and then put it over a drawing of an iPod.
The Cats
I did a doodle of some cats the other week that I thought I should colour in. I was playing around with the Reddit “look of disapproval” and drew cats to go along with it.
I like to imagine what they’re looking at.
This drawing was another try at using texture in a background, and also in trying a new way to colour stuff in. I’ve been experimenting with using brushes a lot in Photoshop, and some of that shows here in the way the texture of the fur is showing up.
The smallest cat is a russian blue, which was particularly difficult to colour. Their fur is surreal. Highlights, shadows, mediums - all at once! I’d like to take another crack at it soon.
Just the same, this drawing makes me laugh. I hope you enjoyed it.
