Illustration Friday- Poof!


With a wave of the wand and a poof, the magician disappeared. He was as astonished as anyone but the crowd loved the trick.

I busted this one out really fast and am hoping to get back to work on it some more. I found this vintage magic trick book online. It had great visuals and so I sketched on top of it.

Illustration Friday- Canned


I had a tough time coming up with something for canned… canned laughter, canned ham, tuna can, canning jars? Finally I settled on sardines all lined up in a can, looking all the same. But what if there was one special one?

Illustration Friday – Foggy

The starfish began to get worried… not only was it a frosty, foggy morn- but the good captain was blind in that eye as well.

After I did this, I was reminded of the water in “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak which I’ve read to the kids over and over. I don’t love the story as much as I love the illustrations. It’s funny how visuals can influence you and then get re-imagined.

Illustration Friday – Fierce


I tried doing some fashion-type sketches to pay homage to Christian Siriano (the winner of Project Runway who said everything was ‘fierce’) but they didn’t turn out at all so I had to go back to Plan B – some fierce strappy, red heels! 🙂

Illustration Friday – Hoard

I really enjoyed this week’s topic. A crow was the first thing to come to my mind. I love watching them in the backyard- they are so smart and cautious. We throw them peanuts and watch them fight it out with the Blue Jays…

For this image I scanned in a sketch and then colored it in Photoshop. I used an old collage for the background and I was trying to give it the feeling of twilight.

Illustration Friday – Punchline


“The weather is here. Wish you were beautiful.”

I’d like to raise a frosty, fruity glass to the first day of summer! Yay, it’s finally here!

For this image, I started out by painting the background. Next decoupaged on some tissue paper to add transparency. After drawing the drinks on vellum, I added paint and more tissue paper to the back of the vellum images and glued them onto the background. After a quick scan into the computer, I did some color tweaking and added the text and postcard elements.