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A tree found in my favorite park on campus. From my sketchbook.

This is inspired by the book of Dede Orkut which I'm reading at the moment.
Pen and ink with watercolour. Each page 25cm x 17.5cm. Click to enlarge.

A fragment of the artwork from the game board of The Game of Spodunk showing the first two squares. It's very unlucky to land your goose on La Popesse.
Pen and ink on watercolour 28cm x 9cm. Click to enlarge.

Four more sketches for the latest card game.
Pen and ink with watercolour, 11cm x 5cm each.Click to enlarge.

Another attempt at a decorative back to The Cards of Uut. Still not sure about this one.
Woodcut 30cm x 20cm. Click to enlarge.

In trying to work out a decorative back to my Cards of Uut series of woodcuts, I got a bit carried away with the drawing and created this pen and ink version.
Ink and watercolour 36cm x 26cm. Click to enlarge.

Card 29 in the current series is now ready.
Woodcut 30cm x 20cm. Click to enlarge.

Card 27 in the current series.
Woodcut 30cm x 20cm. Click to enlarge.

This strip is sung to the tune of How Much is That Fishstrangler in the Window?
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A pleasant enough evening round at Brinsley's discussing, amongst other things, debt factoring at Royal Bank of Scotland and a tree with fish for leaves.
Pen and ink with grey marker. 18cm x 12 and 9cm x 9cm. Click to enlarge.

i'm so happy that these are done!!! and, i'm even more excited to ship them off tomorrow to liz so she can hang in them in her baby girl's room:) i am actually pleased with the way these turned out. i love the colors and the concept(s). i hope baby isabelle looks up at them and they make her SMILE:)
liz and i spoke today about doing a piece for her niece miley who LOVES cows! so, i'll be sketching some ideas for that this weekend. super excited for that one as well!:)
BTW~I WILL BE SELLING PRINTS OF THESE IN MY ETSY SHOP NEXT WEEK...STAY TUNED...

just a sweet little sketch/drawing to honor cupid and my favorite day (pathetic, i know). ANYWAY, i am totally crazy about these tinted graphite pencils from derwent
http://www.pencils.co.uk/product.aspx?mid=733
they are just fabulous! i used them for the whole drawing-dry on the branch, leaves and little hearts and wet for the adorable little love birds:)oh, and a touch of ink on the branch as well.
happy hearts day!:)

View over the Bosphorous from the balcony of a one star hotel in the red light district of Istanbul.
Pen and ink 15cm x 20.5cm. Click to enlarge.

I'm starting to branch out a bit,
Pencil and watercolour 11cm x 21cm. Click to enlarge.

I had this idea today for a comic book called The Brain Yard.
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Howdy y'all!
I hope everyone's festive season was outstanding, that your batteries were re-charged and your pencils well sharpened for this brand new year.

Here's my first contribution for 2011…

This year we got a little tree, an “elf” tree if you will.  Maybe 3′ tall, it’s so cute!  I was afraid it would be “enough” but my husband and I really like it.  I kept the decorations simple and mostly red: homemade magic mushrooms, glittery poison apples, Seuss-ian candy globes, fairy lights and, of course, my vintage paper garland.

Speaking of, if you haven’t already, make sure to enter the Vintage Paper Garland Giveaway.  It’s a short run (ends later Tuesday night) so I don’t want anyone to miss a chance to win your very own paper garland made by me!  A winner will be randomly selected Wednesday, December 15th,  and announced on the blog.

Happy Weekend, folks!  I’m working on a big-ish illustration project that is consuming most of my creativity right now (although I might stop for a sewing break at one point).

an older piece from last year, but SO appropriate for this week's i.f. theme of "sneaky"!
me and my brother on christmas eve..."sneakin' a peek";)

Card five fresh off the press.
Woodcut 30cm x 20cm. Click to enlarge.