Number 44 of 150

February 18, 2023February 2, 2023Leave a comment

I think I found the old ladies the most delightful to draw.

I originally used a brown, yellow, and black combination which I thought was very stylish. But the client wanted purple, yellow, and black instead. So, that’s what we went with.

An elderly Middle Eastern woman is walking towards the viewer with one hand raised as if waving. She's smiling and looks like she's moving carefully. She has a yellow hijab, white, yellow, and light purple horizontally striped shirt, light purple cardigan, loose black pants, and yellow slide-on sneakers.

Number 42 of 150

February 14, 2023February 2, 2023Leave a comment

Moving onto the adults. A lady in a floral skirt and matching hijab.

A Middle Eastern Muslim woman wearing a long floral skirt, leggings, white blouse, flats, and a hijab. She's standing with her right hand on her waist looking to her left.

Number 29 of 150

January 18, 2023December 30, 2022Leave a comment

Here’s our second muumuu of the batch. Also with a floral pattern, but a bit of a different style this time. I had-drew these blossoms instead of making a stamp. I did copy-and-paste some of them, though. I also painted her toenails.

An old lady wearing a long, red, floral print muumuu dress. She's standing with one hand raised as if waving. She is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. She has her grey hair pulled back into a loose bun at her neck. She is wearing flip-flop sandals and has her toenails painted red.

Number 27 of 150

January 14, 2023December 30, 2022Leave a comment

Moving on to the adults for this batch. She has a nice outfit, doesn’t she?

A woman stands with one hand on her hip. She is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. She has a larger body type. She's wearing a white t-shirt, short jean jacket, leggings, and pink sneakers. Her straight, black hair falls just past her shoulders.

Number 14 of 150

December 19, 2022December 2, 2022Leave a comment

Look at that hair!

Number 12 of 150

December 15, 2022December 2, 2022Leave a comment

Our first adult for this batch. Her headscarf was fun to draw, getting the knot and the stripes right.

Black woman standing with hands gesturing as if talking. She's wearing a t-shirt, cardigan sweater, jeans, and sneakers. She has her hair wrapped in a red silk scarf.

Character: Gwinnura Throthgunahr

December 26, 2021December 25, 2021Leave a comment

An illustration of a dwarf fighter for a Dungeons & Dragons game. Gwin is a middle-aged dwarf with greying hair in a braid coiled around her head. She is carrying a substantial pack that includes a hand axe, rope, a bedroll and a shield. She also has a war axe and pouch on her belt. She stands in a cave tunnel.

This is the character I’ve been playing in a Dungeons & Dragons campaign. Gwinnura (Gwin to her friends, Mistress Throthgunahr to others) is a dwarf woman who has taken the opportunity of her recent widowhood to do a bit of adventuring as she travels away from her late husband’s home and towards the distant dwarven settlement where her daughters now live. She was a member of the town guard before she married and afterward continued helping the village by training the young ones in the dwarven martial arts. Now she’s dusting off her fighting skills to earn a bit of coin on her way across the land, taking in the sights and finding new companions along the way.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

August 18, 20211 Comment

Been meaning to draw this for awhile. She’s wearing her dissent collar. She looks cross because she’s dissenting. (Also, because I had dental work done and it suits my mood.)

The Neighborhood’s Night – Page 15

April 6, 2021March 25, 20211 Comment

Page 14 doesn’t have an image, so we skip on to page 15 from The Neighborhood’s Night by Juliana Catherine. This is the last illustration and the end of the book.

It’s not a completely happy ending because, even though Leena’s back in her own home, Amaya’s family lost their house. This is supposed to be a “tough subjects” series, so a not entirely happy ending is appropriate. But it’s not all bad because Amaya has sent Leena a letter saying how they found a place to live and are doing okay. They even sent pictures.

I made sure it’s the same couch and wall as page 4 so it’s definitely the same house. It comes full circle.

An illustration for page 15 of The Neighborhood's Night by Juliana Catherine. A girl curled up on her couch leans back against her mother who is sitting beside her. The girl is reading a letter and the mother is looking at some photo prints. They are both smiling.

Dancer

December 21, 2020December 20, 20204 Comments

Over the last couple years, I’ve read several human interest stories about dancers or yoga instructors or whatnot that you might not think could excel at those skills because of their weight, or in one case because she had downs syndrome. But they do it anyway, and they do it well. So, I wanted to draw this lovely dancer who is clearly doing what she loves despite the challenge of her body size.