MonstersGo! Dragon Kitty

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022Leave a comment

A couple of weeks ago, while waiting for a response from a client on a project, I created this MonstersGo piece. It was based on a child’s drawing by a kid named Violet. Then, when I was almost finished, I got my client response and had to get back to real work. I popped it up on Instagram real quick, I but didn’t bother with my other social media at the time. Well, now that project’s finished, so I can get back to sharing this little dragon kitty all the places I normally share stuff. Here you go!

A redrawing of a child's drawing. A monster that looks to be a hybrid of a cat, bird, dragon, and something with cloven hooves. It hovers in front of a cheery blue sky.

A child's drawing. A monster that looks to be a hybrid of a cat, bird, dragon, and something with cloven hooves. It hovers, isolated on white.

Monsters Go – Lily N.

December 17, 2021Leave a comment

Today I participated in the Monsters Go illustration prompt. That’s where professional illustrators recreate monsters drawn by children.

This week’s art was by a kid named Lily N. Here was her drawing:

A child's crayon drawing of a monster by kid artist Lily N. It's a purple monster with a lot of eyes, blue feet, and turquoise shaggy things in it's hands. — Art by Lily N.

And here’s my version of it:

My version of the many-eyed monster from the previous drawing in a professional style. I interpreted the shaggy things to be some furry things it's juggling. They also have eyes. — Art by Karen B. Jones

And here’s a link to Monsters Go on Instagram.

Color Version of Inktober #22

November 6, 2020November 2, 2020Leave a comment

Here’s a color version of my faceless chef.

An illustration of a woman in a chef's uniform standing with a spoon in her hand. Drawn in a simplified style without a face or detailed hands.

Color Version of Inktober #21

November 5, 2020November 2, 2020Leave a comment

Two babies in color this time.

An illustration of a human toddler and a young dragon curled up around each other, asleep. The dragon is green and the toddler is black.

Inktober 2020 #31 – Crawl

October 31, 2020October 31, 20202 Comments

So, since this is posting on Halloween, I thought it should be a Halloween themed image. So, the two things that come to mind with crawl is creepy crawly bugs and crawling babies. Bugs only seem really Halloweeny if it’s a spider or if they’re crawling over a corpse. I already did a spider this month and corpses are gross. Trying to not go for too gross since my target audience are kids.

So, a Halloween-themed baby.

I doodled a baby pumpkin-head, a baby Dracula, a baby Frankenstein’s monster, and a baby zombie. By the way, baby zombie? NO. Not cute. Bad. Very bad.

And I also doodled this baby Death, which is the one I liked best. So, that’s the one I finished off for today.

Whew! This is the last one! I’m done. I hope you enjoyed the month of inktober as much as I did. Thanks for watching!

A black and white cartoon of the personification of Death as a baby skeleton in his traditional robes crawling along with his scythe in one hand.

Inktober 2020 #30 – Ominous

October 30, 2020October 30, 2020Leave a comment

I considered several possibilities to answer this prompt, but you know what? Sometimes the less you know, the worse it could be.

A two panel comic. The first panel shows eyes in the dark, wide open with pupils contracted. A thought bubble reads, "IT'S QUIET..." The second panel shows eyes in the dark, narrowed with suspicion. A thought bubble reads, in smaller text, "TOO QUIET." — \

Inktober 2020 #29 – Shoes

October 29, 2020October 24, 2020Leave a comment

This is about the cutest concept I can think of today.

A cartoon, line drawing of a baby boy who has pulled off one of his shoes and is chewing on it. We can see he has just two front teeth on the top.

Inktober 2020 #28 – Float

October 28, 2020October 8, 2020Leave a comment

When I looked through this year’s Inktober prompt list for the first time, I saw this prompt and I knew immediately what I wanted to do with it. So, I’ve waited all month to do this one, and I finally got to it! Yay!

I may come back to it and add in shadows and maybe colors later. But not today. 🙂

Six girls at a slumber party play light as a feather, stiff as a board. Only, this time it actually works! The middle girl is levitating in the air. The other girls are chanting while the floating girl says, "This feels so weird!"

Inktober 2020 #27 – Music

October 27, 2020October 27, 20202 Comments

Siren song counts as music, right? I hope so, but really… I just felt like drawing a mermaid. 🙂

It seems like every time I draw water, I do it differently. This style seems pretty good for mid-ocean swells.