Miss Hippo's Diner

i had this toy hippo when i was a kid, and i used to pretend she was a cook who owned this dinner where the other toys would eat at. good times.

Kitty

quick photoshop chick

Romeo and Marbles

my cats :)

El Strape

this is El Strape (pronounce Strap-A)and this is my first 1st for toasterdoodle, where we pick a theme and show the process of how we got there, so we's cans learn from each others :)

Hope you check it out!

Meh

my cat has the cutest meow. i wanted to do this technique for a while now and the muse hit my last night.

Waiting, Wishing, Wanting, Learning

okay so i forgot the lyrics (it's a Dave Matthews song). but i was waiting for what seemed like a long time, but i managed to keep myself occupied with color pencils.

Bunnies!

this bunny caused a ripple effect of bunnies in class one night....

and this one followed shortly :)

Chickens & Pen

Doc Oc

i saw this guy during our 1st sketch session at costco. he was hard to miss!

Dino Smile

i like dinosaurs. i have color pencils i don't use. this was the result.

Some Water Color

the paper in my new sketch book is a little thicker than normal, and a light coat of water color does a heap of wonders! i wish i had more colors (my wc set is 16). i know i can mix colors, but i hate not being able to recreate the colors i had before. oh well! good practice right?

Brown paper Goodness

just some brown paper fun

Black and White... and Red

i don't play with black as much as a i like.

Study this!

some studies i did on one of the sketching sessions. i love this time period in animation, the designs are so fun!

Kung Pow

my friends and i had a little sketch session last night- and this is one of the things i drew.

Pen Scribblies

drawings i did when i was stuck in the car for maybe 40 min.

Shadowy sketch

Astro=NOT!

i like putting blotches of color in photoshop and just scribbling over it, playing with shapes. most of the time i don't like what comes out but thought this one was good enough to save :)

Old but Fun News

scanned a newspaper clipping about a funny cat story. thought i'd share!

Sketch Dump

just more random stuff. i want to go back to some and tighten up a bit more. till then

Holister the Rat

remember the rat I said I wanted to make simple? this is him. I drew him with a pencil and cleaned him up in photoshop. Most of the time I clean up my work in Illustrator, but I just go with whatever mood I am.

Spooky the Teapot Ghost

Spooky the Teapot Ghost was one of my favorite books when I was a kid. He doesn't look like this, but I thought it'd be fun to draw my version of him :)

and he never had a little spider friend... so that's another thing I changed!

Frostbite will Kill ya!

When You Were Young

by the Killers

My Name is Steve...

Look, A bug

Isis- our "Little Deer"

Isis, our Basenji, was helped yesterday to ease her pain, after struggling with fanconi syndrome for over the past year.

She was a great dog, an interesting dog, and a great example of the breed. But most of all, she was our first dog. Any other dog that we get after her will be living under her shadow, because she set a high bar.

We'll miss you "little deer"-

Drink Me!

drink is a funny word.

Monkey

i haven't smoked in 5 years and yes, most of the characters i draw smoke.
subconscious?
maybe.

Ox

Rat

i want to simplify him more, but i wanted to see where the sketch took me :)

Randoms

Heads

Agent Trace

an agent. an agent of what? I don't know...

Brother Bear - What Could Have Been

i was going through my morgue and found these 2 images from Brother Bear. Interesting to see the approach that could have been. I remember reading something about Bambi being a huge inspiration for the visual look of the film, it does after all take place in the woods. These are the only images I have ever found, and I am glad that I saved them when I did.

Purple Rain

so... much... rain!
wanted to something quick. so there.

Happy Valentines Day!

my card for my hubby. we like movies :)

Heart archeology

life is still a little chaotic with the move & internet being so wack. but here is a little something.