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I really enjoy your illustration. I don't think it looks too slick...but then I'm not a painter. I think your composition is great, details and expressions wonderful...the only nitpicky thing is maybe more detail in the purple flowers...but even that doesn't really bother me all that much since I'm more focused on the worms.

Great job!

I love this. You did a wonderful job painting it. I don't think it looks to slick and to me it does not look digital at all. It is great. I don't work in Painter IX as I usually do the freehand work so I am always impressed with people who can do it this way.

I am looking forward to seeing more of your work.

Becky
www.pooka-art.com

Nice composition, great expressions on the worms. Looking forward to seeing more of your work.

Great work Diane! It is so fun and full of life and energy. Great composition and characters.

To my eye the leaves in the very foreground need a bit more detail and less blending - they should have as much detail and sharpness as you have given to the caterpillars as they are closest to the viewer.

You could also perhaps slightly fade out the leaves that are more in the background to make the foreground pop out more, but that's being a bit picky.

Look forward to seeing more, and welcome!

This is great. I do think you have blended too much. I learned something the other day about Painter. I was looking for depth in color and thought that paper texture and blending might help but realize that if I just make the texture in my strokes and mix-up the colors a

To make the background fade away but not look blended away use your strokes to blend between plant and background especially on the edges. Take a look at Jan Dolby's blog images to see what strokes can do.

I do really like these worms though.

Beautifully drawn!!!

Wow! They look so soft and comfortable. I want to wear them to sleep... and I think you did a good job on crease.

I'm in love! with your pyjamas!!
Just wonderful, Andrea! There is absolutely nothing to criticise here!! They're fabulous!

love the soft blues in this. fab work as always.

Wow! I marvel at your ability to draw infinitesimal detail which adds so much to your overall drawing. You actually drew the individual threads that make up the thread holding your buttons! Never mind the details of the buttons! Wow!

I would love a pair of these! I love the whimsy of the buttons :-)

Oh wow, you make me want to crawl into mine right now! You have captured the softness of your subject so well! I just want to reach out and touch the screen.

I do hope this turns into a very comfy series.

I enjoyed your shoe series so much that when I finally bought a really 'cute' pair, I decided that it would be a good reason to (eventually) draw my own series. But your pyjamas are even more cute; this conveys such a nice sense of coziness. This will be great fun for us all to watch!

You've mae these look so soft and comfortable! I love getting home from work and changing into pyjamas to lounge around.

I really like the way you draw!

Oh, there's nothing quite so snuggly and cosy as a good pair of 'jammies'. They'd be high on my list too.
The creases look fine to me. You did a great job to convey the softness of the fabric on this.
Don't you ever get blobs and other such annoyances with your ballpoint pen? I'm sure I would. What brand do you use?

Andrea, I love looking at your work and cant wait to see what you will do next. I put my Old Navy PJ pants on after work. Hint: buy them a bit big and try them inside out. You wont be sorry. Seams on the outside everyone! do it.

There's nothing better than soft purple pajamas and these are both! I love my jammies and practically live in them when I can.

Wow, thank peeps!

I seem to have found another subject that people feel passionate about - jimjams!

I thought I was the only person that changed into pyjamas immediately after getting home, but obviously not. Actually I know my sister does it too.

I really hesitated posting this drawing as I wasn't particularly happy with it. I'm glad I did now! Cheers!

A beautiful drawing!would love to see all your others..you're inspiring me to get a pair so extra too!
ronell

Toothbrush, totally! And very well done, too. This would be great on a dentist's wall.

I saw the toothbrush immediately - good work!

As always, gorgeous. Now brush those teeth before you go to sleep...

Great job! I hope you did this well on your pearly whites!

Lovely cropped composition and another brilliant sketch!

i have to confess that i guessed too :P great sketch.

Yes it's obvious - to me anyway!. Looks great, love the close up and cropping.

Thanks guys.

I did think it looked like a toothbrush but sometmes you do wonder!

The cropping was due to a mistake I made - but you knew that anyway didn't you??!

Cheers.

Oh my goodness ..this is so cool...looks like MY toothbrush...lol

your blog and your drawings are very very good! congratulations.

You did that with a ballpoint pen? That's brilliant!

WOW, what an interesting viewpoint! Greaet job on this fun one.

I think it´s the same kind I have! Great job, as usual. I am so impressed with your drawings, they are so inspiring!

Actually, I recognized the squiggle of toothpaste before I noticed the toothbrush - weird huh? What a fantastic job you've done--as always!! I think I'm going to start calling you the "Ink Master."

Oh, very cool!!!

Thank you all for visiting and your kind comments.
I really appreciate them. Thank you.

:-D GREAT viewpoint of the toothbrush!

I could tell it was a monkey wrench right away!

Just kidding... ; )

Once again your prowess with ball point pen amazes me. The cropping may have been a mistake, but it was quite serendipitous. Beautiful sketch.

looks exactly like my own toothbrush.

Thanks guys.

I am amazed that this ballpoint sketch has created so much response. It's funny how that happens!!

Cheers.

At first I thought it was a worm.

Then a bit of a small intestine.

THEN a toothbrush.

LOL!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the journey!

Toothbrush - without a doubt! Lovely drawing and I like how you cropped the image too.

Great job on the toothbrush. Yes, I saw it right away!

No question in my mind about the toothbrush. I love your drawing style. This toothbrush is beautiful, and so are those beets. I wouldn't eat a beet for any amount of cash, but I adore your drawing.

Like all your drawings this is absolutely charming. I saw the toothbrush instantaneously. But your unusual crop made me notice something I'd never seen before in that toothbrush style--the design seems to incorporate a squiggle of toothpaste!

As always, Miss Joseph, a fantabulosa piece of work. I always look forward to your new posts ~ especially those with tenuous Kate Bush lovely lyrical links (how's that for alliteration?). More power to your pen, my dear!

this could be/is totally tranlatable to a large public sculpture! I love the dramatic shape. Quick, call HANES and see if they need a sculpture in front of their corporate sock headquarters.
And I LOVE the small blue thing pages too. Fantastic!

Andrea, this is wonderful! I can almost tell you needed your 'fix' and what better way than listening to an interesting program.

I love drawing while listening to things like that, relaxes you! Your style is so admirable, the drawing is wonderful. Never thought socks could be drawn so well! Keep up the good work, Im a big fan :)!
T

I love your drawings! So creative. I have an old pair of shoes for the sock. Check old shoes half way down april's posts. Keep up the fantastic work.

Thanks for your wonderful comments. I have joined EDM but I am finding I don't quite understand how to post. I am not really tech savy. Feel free to back channel me at [email protected] Thanks again for taking time to look at my site and leave comments!!!

Thanks guys.

I did wonder whether people would tell what this was a drawing of! I didn't know whether others would see what I was seeing!

Brian - I am not really tech savy myself, to the point that I don't even know what 'back channel' means!!I found the EDM site pretty easy to use, if there's anything you'd like to know just ask and I'll try to help. If you have worked out how to use the message board then there'll always be somebody to answer you questions. And don't forget to introduce yourself there. Your blog is really nice.

Mr Tim - the tenuous KB links are all dedicated to you, my friend!

Cheers everyone. I appreciate your comments.

What makes it so incredible, Andrea, is how you lay on that ballpoint pen with such vigour! The intensity of the colour is due to that, and that's what makes these ballpoint pen drawings of your so memorable and so absolutely captivating!

The way you get such seamless values with that ball point is what amazes me the most! I can FEEL the roundness and depth -- absolutely WONDERFUL!!

You have a way of making the ordinary look beautiful and so enjoyable to view ... even the obvious sock. How can that be?

This beautiful burst of colour brightened my whole day!

Thanks guys!

Ryan your comment just brightened mine!

This is brilliant! Not overworked at all ... I love the blues, and what gorgeous depth and shading.

G'day Andrea,

Too heavy with the pen? Er, no.

Overworked? Er, no.

Always a pleasure to see your work. Have you noticed how you've been steadily climbing the list at Aussiejourno's Weekly Blog Awards?

More power to you.

David
http://david-mcmahon.blogspot.com/

This is so beautiful Andrea...the blues you've used, is breathtaking. Who would've thought sock could be heightened to such glory? I also adore your previous post ..I'm a little blue thing...it is amazing work. I like the one with the title, the theme almost asks for it...
Your style is so distinctive and different and interesting,(I think I'm repeating myself here..) I love it!
Ronell

Beautiful! ... and a ballpoint pen at that?! :)

As I've said with some of your other work, this is excellent. It's amazing how you've taken and old ball of socks and put so much lif e into them..I absolutely love yor style and always look forward to seeing your new posts.

Thanks guys!
I really wasn't sure about this one when it was finished but actually it's grown on me now. Cheers!