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ten things…a quick list

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

I admit taking my cue for this from my fav illustration blogger, Penelope.
So here’s my list of ten things to be happy about right now…(how’s that for being positive?).

long walks in the warmer weather
my sketchbook
a new wacom tablet
completing projects that have been hanging over my head for months
seeing the first robin (come on Spring!)
my warm, [...]

Artrage experiment

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

 

Just my first cut at using the software Artrage to digitally “paint” one of my drawings. I kinda like it. It was hard adjusting to the radically different interface (I’m used to Photoshop…love CS3!) but hey, it had some features that I couldn’t get in the beloved CS3.
This was a drawing I did on [...]

IF Topic: Tales and Legends

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Eliza Dolittle is a character that has always fascinated me. I read the play, Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw) in middle school and it was years until I saw Audrey Hepburn (one of my favs) play Eliza in the musical, My Fair Lady. I love the undercurrent idea in the story of Pygmalion that happiness [...]

It’s been a while…

Tuesday, December 25th, 2007

I’ve been temporarily removed from doing a lot of creative work (or work of any type) by a serious illness. No worries, though, I’m on my way to recovery and the needed rest has really recharged my creative batteries, no matter how much of a bummer the route to the rest was.I was hanging [...]

Kipling’s Princess

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Perhaps this might be Mowgli’s love interest in the Jungle Book. I do so love Kipling and read all of his stories as a young child. I remember feeling the terror inspired by Shere Khan, the tiger nemesis of all the jungle. I do love a good story and Mr. Kipling had a way with [...]

Tamara Traylor: Illustration and Design