Illustration Friday: SMOKE

WHY are the weeks so short?! I can't believe how fast they go by... and I can never, NEVER catch up!

Oh well. This is a sketch I had done during the week, but didn't get a chance to develop. I was hoping to give it, ah... I don't know - a POINT! there is no reason for it. I can't explain it. It's a mystery to me. How frustrating. I tried to play around with coloring in photoshop - but it SUCKS >:| I figured I had post it anyway so the last hour I spent on it wasn't a complete waste.

Having a bit of bad week if you couldn't tell. Queen of Optimism I am NOT. :(

But I do have to new IF topic to look forward to tomorrow!

-m.

Illustration Friday: WIND

Ran out of time AGAIN! I really need to learn to manage my time better. Was upset to miss the the Orange&Black competition too, but I was happy to see SO many participants! Kudos guys, excellent!

Anyway, this is another very old piece, my first official/complete unicorn illustration - the one that started it all (pretty much). I figure it had to be a pretty strong wind to kick up that amount of hair. ;)

new piece next week - FOR SURE!

Illustration Friday: GHOST

4x5" polaroid transfer, mixed media
Late again. Keeping up, but barely.
This is really, really, old. It always seemed ghostly to me. I was doing as many transfers as I could afford at one point, but this was one of the few that I framed and kept.
I had another idea, a drawing - I'm working on it, but I just ran out of time.

Illustration Friday: SMITTEN

I'm a little behind on this... but it's getting in just under the wire. And it's not quite complete. This is the underpainting stage. I am excited to finish, so I'll be sure to post it again as soon as it's done.

It's the closest I've ever gotten to a finished Illustration Friday themed piece it was conceived and executed solely for Illustration Friday. I know this shouldn't be such a big deal, but it is for me - any pieces I've created solely for IF before were either sketches or quick digital renderings. It'll be tough to finish this and start the new theme tomorrow, but I'm looking forward to the challenge.

Illustration Friday: TROUBLE

Jackal Jack: Trouble-maker.
At least, that's always the way I imagined him; Conniving and mischievous.
After my posting for QUIET last week, several IF followers expressed an interest in seeing more of the animal playing card series I did. Luckily this week's theme fit the bill. :)

Illustration Friday: QUIET

Okay, sleeping beings aren't ALWAYS quiet, but sleeping aardvarks that float in the night sky? That says quiet to me. ;)
This is something I did it as part of a four piece series of (African) animal playing cards. Ace Aardvark, Queen Quagga (a zebra), King Kudu (antelope), and Jackal Jack. I did them as self-promotional pieces.

Illustration Friday: PHOBIA

This is Arius. He's a flying giraffe... with acrophobia, that's fear of heights. Sucks to be him! ;)

Anyway, looks like I unintentionally took the summer off from IF! But I have been busy. I've updated my website: www.melindabeavers.com. Gone on several trips: New Mexico, Las Vegas, Paris, Tunisia. I even got through reading "Gone with the Wind", so you can't say I've been idle.

Been itching to get back to IF though, and even though this is an old illo, I’m looking forward to getting some new stuff up soon!