Dolores Umbridge – WIP 2

Moving right along, here’s the finished lines without color.

Umbridge 2 500I suppose I should mention that the illustration is copyright by me and the characters and story are copyright J.K. Rowling.

Dolores Umbridge – WIP

Here’s a sketch of an image I’m working on just for myself.  I’ll post the final when it’s finished.

Umbridge 500

School Fundraisers Illustration

Here’s an illustration of mine that’s in the November issue of 435 Magazine.

School Fundraisers - Final 500

Missing You

Miss You 2
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.

Assorted Drinks

Some drinks drawn for Hart McLeod for a Kazakh textbook.
Assorted Drinks

SCBWI Bulletin

scbwi 200I’ve just received an email telling me that one or more of my pieces will be used in the November/December 2014 issue of the SCBWI Bulletin.  I’m not sure which pieces were chosen yet because I’ve sent them several recently, but it’s always nice to get into this publication.  They’ve published me twice before.  SCBWI stands for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and is a publication for its members.  Illustrators for their issues are chosen from submissions sent by their member illustrators and are paid a nominal fee for one-time publishing rights.  It also gets me some exposure on a national level that I don’t normally get.

So, that’s very cool.   I’ll post again when I find out which images they chose.

Growing Up

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.
Growing Up

Guy’s Face with Various Expressions — And a Zombie

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.  

Guy's Head with Various Expressions

Box of Junk Illustration

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.

Tangled Cords Final 500

Judge Owl

Judge Owl

Judge Owl sits at the bench, gavel in hand—er… wing.