berry colors and kaleidoscopes on the shelf
As someone who LOVES playing with color, I’m a little obsessed with the Design Seeds blog. I have quite a few of my favorite color palettes bookmarked (and bunch of other ones pinned on Pinterest), and this is one of … Continued
heifer with cheese, yo
See what happens when I get bored? You get random illustrations of movie quotes. They’re getting kind of addictive. I’ve seen this movie too many times to count, and it never stops being funny.
smilings my favorite!
I’m jumping on the Christmas bandwagon and doing another Christmas picture. I was driving in the car this morning, thinking about what kind of illustration I wanted to do next (yup, those are the kinds of things I think about…don’t … Continued
a zebra and a lime crawled into a blender…
Lime green keeps butting it’s way into my artwork. I had every intention of making this piece strictly black and white, but lime green had other ideas. It insisted on being included. Orange tried to sneak in too, but I … Continued
the time has come {the walrus and the carpenter}
I’m on a roll! I just finished my third illustrated quote in three days. Do you recognize this one? It’s from Alice in Wonderland, when Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum tell the story of the Walrus and the Carpenter. Although … Continued
the dude {abides}
I had a blast creating this. I love, love, LOVE this movie. If you can quote this movie then you and I will get along just fine. When I decided I wanted to illustrate another quote, this one immediately popped … Continued
imagination > knowledge
I love illustrated quotes. I was poking around the web one day and came across a bunch of beautifully done ones over on Pretty Zoo, which inspired me to illustrate some new ones of my own. Playing with type has … Continued
peppermint {getting in the holiday spirit}
Color schemes first, compositions afterwards. That’s how it always seems to go. It seems like the older you get, the more Christmas sneaks up on you. Remember being a kid? Each passing day felt like an eternity. An eternity to … Continued
rainbow sherbert
Last week I started and finished this picture. Wow. It’s like a dish of rainbow sherbet threw up all over the paper. I think this is the first time I did the outlining in a color other than black. The … Continued
birds on a lightpost {winter blue}
On Friday I woke up and there was snow on the ground. Not a ton of it, but enough to remind you that winter really is coming, and that you’d better brace yourself for three and a half (at least) … Continued