Here I am working with my Wacom graphics tablet on my laptop. This is more-or-less how I think I look when I’m working. Sometimes there’s also a cat.
As you can see, it doesn’t really take much. I don’t even need a studio unless I’m framing prints. Just me, my laptop, and my tablet.
I sketched this today. I was playing with expressions. I wonder what they’re so nervous about.
More sketching. I think this lady knows she’s all that. 🙂
I was doodling tonight. Thought I’d share.
I’m not entirely happy with the composition. It feels sort of unbalanced, somehow, no matter how I crop it… Dunno. I may need to work on it some more. *shrug*
I really like the colors and the way I drew the guy, though.
So, here’s my “Girl Reading” image published in the November/December 2014 issue of the SCBWI Bulletin.
Thinking about how my oldest is 9 going on 10. She’s growing up so fast. I’ll have to have “the talk” with her this year, I think.
This was an exercise to practice drawing different expressions on the same character using Adobe Illustrator. I didn’t bother with shading it, since it was just practice.
I initially drew these in a completely different order, but arranging them this way seemed to fit them into a narrative. The second from the last was originally supposed to be a yawn. I’m not really sure why I turned him into a zombie. It just sort of happened.
Here’s a spot illustration for the September issue of 435 Magazine. A ratty cardboard box containing a tangle of cords and old electronics and a Lego boat.
Judge Owl sits at the bench, gavel in hand—er… wing.
Karen B. Jones - Illustrator 