I decided the other day that the story of Three Billy Goats Gruff would be fun to illustrate. So of course I immediately started drawing ogres. I don't usually draw scary things, but I think these are scary enough for a children's story. I'm partial to the second guy.
And since I much prefer drawing happy things, here are some other recent sketches.
I don't really draw people like this, but sometimes it's fun to be more stylized that I normally would.
I can't decide whether I'm done with this yet. S'pose this is what happens to me when I don't have a deadline. Thoughts?
I've had the drawing for this painting sitting on my workspace for months. I needed to step back from my swamp piece for a while so I decided to start on this one. It's pretty far along, but I have a bit of work to do yet.
New
This was originally a piece I did my freshman year in college, (see the original version below). I used pastels, but since I don't use them anymore --too messy-- I decided to rework it in acrylics. It was a good concept and I figured I'd make use of it.
Old version
I've been painting the sketch of the swamp from my previous post. Below are a couple of versions along the way so far. I'm far from being done, but I'm having a great time with it.
And a little further along:
Here is the next scenery piece I'll be doing when the swamp is finished:
I may use the above as my postcard mailer if I am pleased with the outcome.
A fun personal project I've been working on
My goal is to be working as a full time freelance illustrator by the end of 2013. I have become spontaneously ambitious in the last few months; suddenly at the beginning of this year I felt the push to get serious about this, so here we go!
Steps I've taken so far:
1. I have a continually growing mailing list of over 100 companies so far that I would like to do freelance work for. It is divided into 4 categories: Books, Magazines, Greeting Cards, and Organizations.
2. I have a website that I'm happy with, finally.
Things I need to accomplish:
1. My current portfolio has a lot of gaps. As of now it is comprised of mostly zoological and editorial illustrations- I'm happy with the quality of the work, but I am capable of a broader range. My end goal is to be doing children's books, so there are some big holes needing to be filled. I am going to be adding: - character sheets - scenery illustrations (beginnings of one painting below) - more narrative work
Super excited to paint this!
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I love them all! I don't think I'd want to meet that first guy in an alley though...