Creative day

Had a moment yesterday where I was feeling down about my work - especially one of my current projects.  But after a very inspiring and creative class this morning (my classmates are so talented and awesome ^_^) I went home and did some personal illustrations.

So first, cameo-shaped inspired octopus tentacle! (I need to draw more octopi, it's been too long)

Second, got around to illustrating the christmas card I'm going to send out this year.  Really excited about this!

Stitched up Chinese Zodiac

I'm getting a calendar made at Black's, and wanted to do something quick and illustrative instead of photographs.  So I made these chinese zodiac designs up.  The plan was to overlay a texture and be done - but I wasn't happy with just that.  So I played around with them and came up with a "Kirby's Epic Yarn"-ish patch-y look.  In the compilation below, I just pulled them off of their individual calendar pages, so the colours are a little unorganised when put all together but they make sense on their own.

Below are some examples of the calendar pages, and a close up of a few of my favourites.

Cheetah roughs

Sorry for the lack of updates, got sick for a week and then was super busy the next so I've fallen behind a bit.  As I catch up this week, here are my roughs for the cheetah illustrations. The cheetah will get it's pattern during the digital painting phase ;)

Thesis - Ostrich

Some more thesis sketches, this one is for a piece on the ostrich.  Apparantly you can ride ostriches - definately want to try this before I die.  ALSO they don't stick their heads in the ground to hide - total myth - instead they lay flat on the ground so that from a distance they look like a mound of dirt.

Thesis - Springboks

Time to start getting some stuff going here - I've been busy planning and starting on my thesis for my final year of illustration.  I'll be illustrating some animals annnnnnd... animal hybrids.  Because they're cool.  (other reasons too, but mostly because cool).

Here's a look at the initial drawings for the springbok illustration.

 

Delicious Heart Cookies

Another day of sweetness adventuring.  Today I made some delicious heart cookies!  I painted them myself! (if you don't get the references, go watch Legend of Neil now, its a webshow about Legend of Zelda with comedic happenstances and old men tomfoolery)

I like turtles

I went on an adventure to Bulk Barn today, came back with turtle molds and chocolate :D  I present, mint flavoured turtles!