Boar Gamer: Day 1

So I heard about this thing today where illustrators design 30 characters- one for every day in November. I'm a little behind, but I'll hopefully have 4 done by the end of today. This is my first one; sometimes, when I'm having trouble coming up with a character design, I start by drawing an animal doing whatever I want my character to be doing, then fit a person into that body shape and facial structure. It's a lot of fun, and it goes by really fast.

Backs of Heads

I know you're not supposed to sketch backs of heads, but that seems to be all I can get lately. People are so skittish. I must look like I'm up to no good or something.

Belated Happy Halloween!

Here's a witch

And some old man pumpkins

Scary Movie

I think I should've just stopped at the first sketch . . .

Prince Preview

Since I'm at work and can only really work on my computer, I end up messing around with Illustrator. This is a preview of a project to come.

Snacktime for Bear

Cartoony stuff isn't really my style, but I'm taking a cartooning class this quarter, so I'm trying it out anyways. There's something kind of fun about doing children's market styling with a dark twist.

Horse and Chicken

It's really feeling like fall outside now, so I thought I'd do a quick little sketch using some fall colors. This time I worked warm to cool, when usually I do the reverse.

Vet Office

I'm still going to make a lot of changes, but I had a lot of fun working on this.

Yellow Lab Comission

Awhile ago, I did a series of a bunch of paintings for Tufts Vet School. They've been hanging in their cafeteria for about a year, and occasionally I'll get emails asking for animal portraits from people who visited. A woman emailed me, interested in hiring me to do a painting of a yellow lab for her daughter's birthday. She told me her favorite colors were pink and purple, and it was super last minute, so I did the best I could with the time I was given. (That's my lovely boyfriend in the background holding it).

Vet Office in Progress

Can you tell which part I had reference for so far?

Summer

This summer, I've been working on non-art related things, so I haven't gotten the chance to draw or paint.
I was going through painting withdrawal, so lately I've been working on this big landscape painting to get it all out of my system.

Bantha Swamp Logo

I made a little logo for my friends' place, which they call Bantha Swamp (after the Star Wars creature).

Blog Header

Just wanted to let you know I changed my banner. . .

Be Brave, Improved

Before

After

Swamp Bears

A quick little painting I did from a hike.

Foxhunt Finished

The rabbit's kind of hard to see, but I wanted him to be hidden. From the foxes anyway. Tricky.

Foxhunt (in progress)

Snuffkin Gets Lost

Book cover for imaginary book by Tove Jansson.

Duet

Zombie