Alice in Wonderland and Squitten.

I've been thinking about the whole Alice in Wonderland thing with underwater creatures. I guess I drew these sometime mid last year, maybe earlier, but I've never posted it. I finally finished outlining and scanning it, so here it is for you!

 

Alice and the caterpillar


Alice and the mad hatter



And something not related to Alice. My new squitten. One is ohm nom noming on a muffang. The other one saw a lobster.

Sweet Cephalopod! (teaser)

We all know that I love cephalopods. It's really no secret, but oh this new stuff I'm making will be a sorta secret. I'm working on sculpting little creatures, painting them, then placing them inside a felt cupcake (or other sweet). The only way you'll know what's inside is if you cut open the sugary goodness! Here's a preview of the little critters:

Custom Nautilus

So this month must have been nautilus city. Maybe they're gaining popularity? Maybe my awesome sewing skills make them more popular? Maybe people realize they must have a nautilus in their lives. Whatever the case, I made two this month. One was a pretty big one with ninety tentacles! Yes, count em, ninety. I was afraid that it wouldn't look nice because it was completely overstuffed with tentacles. You'll see the customs below.

 

Since I have a show coming up in May, I decided (of course) it must be nautically themed. I guess pretty much anything underwater would work for me.I started with this funny looking fish.
 

Holiday Lite small works show

So a few of my paintings are going to be in the Holiday Lite small works show. I guess as long as they're smaller than 10"x10", then I can submit it. Here's a few paintings you'll see there if you want to stop by the Clayton Valley Frameworks in Concord.

Coloring attempt... parts one and two?

I tried to color something digitally a few months ago and realized I really know nothing about shading or color theory. Bright colors that don't clash, right? This is how that turned out:



I tried again this weekend using colored pencils. It only takes me half an hour to draw the crab, but a whopping six hours to color it! Goodness gracious. I still need to make the little guy eat something tasty.

Illustrations - Random bus doodles

Random bus doodles while sitting on the N car to and from work. Sometimes I like staring at people talking on the phone while drawing because they think I'm drawing them. I like making them feel a little self-conscious.

Illustrations - My Stuffed Kitty!

I always loved the squitten thing... you know, head of a kitten, body of a squid. Anyway, most of my doodles and drawings aren't too expressive. They're blank-faced cephs that stare off into a distance. I tried to give these guys a little more life, but I'm not sure if that was exactly achieved. What do you think?