you gotta freelance! a neat lil project just finished up for an ol' agency client o mine. i play the part of the frazzled freelancer. :-)
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a daily introspective journal (bwahahaha!) of my life as an illustrator, via my work, my kids and my really odd brain. yeah, that sounds about right.
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the reflection's changed a bit. sigh. a super oldie first digi oil attempt. circa, um, 2009. happy friday 8 -)
my interpretive studies from FASHION WEEK. sigh...it's sooo much easier DRAWING these than it ever will be for me to make even a matching hankie. i can barely sew on a button. "-)
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©COPYRIGHT 2013. MB ARTISTS, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. some little woolie doodles...sigh...wish i could knit. happy friday! "-)
yeeeeowch! HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! XOXOXOXO
c'mon, people. you KNOW what i mean. my mother actually had several and i think i wore a white cashmere one, under a vneck sweater for a 6th grade holiday concert. it's a fun lil character study! an alpine dickie...good for urm, yodeling? broom hockey? a rowwwwr! dickie. somebody feed this unhappy waif some edamame beans. shelled.
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©COPYRIGHT 2012. MB ARTISTS, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. and get back to work! lil color concepts for the MB storybook catalog. :-)
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with be-hatted snowmen and goofy goofy families! the merriest of season to you and yours! xoxoxo froggie
©COPYRIGHT 2012. MB ARTISTS, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. annnn oldie, i know, but i'm coo-coo for cocoapuffs this month...no extra time to draw. :-( except draw for real, you know, for bills and fame and fortune? BWAHAHAHAHAHAH! (she's losing it, reeeeally losing it this week. too much to do.) haaaappy friday!
working on pbear studies for an upcoming book project....and he needed to get out of my head and stretch his legs! happy friday! :-D
some misc. whisk (hee hee!) and fun with my lil "wiggle doodler" in animation-ish. :-) hope everybody had a great holiday! hitting the p90x cardio today...burn off those sweet potatoes! "-)
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sure. you tell yourself that. trees don't eat lil fuzzy woodland creatures. then how do you think they grow so nice and big? a post halloweenie. happy friday! "-F
a quickie on my lil pad. :-)
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he doesn't want to eat any goats or hobbits. right now, that is. "-) happy friday!
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oh you LUCKY queen! <| :-) happy friday!
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some early concepts for a paper doll series - the winter versions. (oh sure you can go sleeveless in the artic! as long as you have your foxes!'-)
© Copyright 2012. Shoofly Group, LLC. All rights reserved. a character from an ed. assignment and i really felt like drawing a fuzzy sweater. it's getting colder each night! "-)
awwww...it's not THAT bad, kid. (except for kohlrabi and stuff getting stuck under your bands.) one from a series of direct mail illustrations for a local orthodontist. :-#
a verrry early xmas request for a friend who plans waaaay in advance! "-) a portrait of her daughter, for their holiday card. and now back to our regularly scheduled october!
i don't normally do this but i got this lil scholastic halloweenie book and i LOVE it the illustrations! yay, dan krall! :-))) here's dan's book - i think it had a DIFF cover a while back...on, DRAWN! maybe? must have been an early pass and then the pub went with this. it happens - A LOT! '-) SKELETON CAT @ amazon
as if you could. but i would, just to feel them swish about my toes...although that water might be kind of peaty and organic. and you couldn't open your mouth because of all the koi poop. on second thought...maybe i would just...watch. an oldie - that was also comissioned for a children's hospital wing somewhere in texas. nice to know it might help a little kid feel better, thinking about
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working on an 'office character portrait" for an ad agency. they wanted "edgy character designs." spent some time with the bunch, sketching and watching...and they were cool with me posting the finals as i go - here's the first 2! enjoy the office tension. "-D
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Hard work and a lot of balance. Also something that requires skill not only in creativity and artistry but business!!! And people unfamiliar with the trade think it is a glamorous profession! Take care. :)