Craft schemeing

So, I've been thinking up ideas to make some more felt holiday decorations. Here are my sketchy ideas. Maybe some how I can make these little crafty items into something I can sell or give away. Hopefully soon I will get started on production, progress photos will come.

ps: If you like the designs please don't steal, just make me make you one.

Two guys in a market

I went walking today to one of my favorite spots, the Chelsea Market. It's a great place to sketch people and architecture. So I just sat down and waited for an unaware person to sit at the table in front of me, and ta-dah! These are the sketches.

Progress on a project that's still in progress...

So, I've been working on this little animation test on and off again since last September, and well I'm still working on it. It's a "scene" from the book Wrinkle in Time where Mrs. Whatsit turns into a centaur like alien. The problem is I keep adding and adding, I'm not sure where the finish is.
The first half is animated and then it's just keys, and yes, I do need to reference and redo the gallop a little. I'm sure it's driving all you horse fans crazy.

Dancers in Progress

So I've been feeling all sore throat and fatigue lately, so I didn't go to drawing last night. But I did start on a illustration, that I've been thinking about. Here's the story:

So friend Erin aka Ranger Elf, posted a video of Dog Days are Over by Florence and The Machine on facebook. Which then got me connect with their song Cosmic Love, which then got me talking with my friend Jessica about their song Drumming Song, which on that same day saw that another friend Shanna exclaimed her love for the band in her status, which then I saw a link to friend Rachel's blog where she was being influenced by the song Heavy In Your Arms.

So, I got the mental picture of all of us playing dress up and dancing in a sort of line dance to the many great songs by Florence and The Machine.

Here it is about 20% done....still have a lot of work ahead.

Take Me to the ZOO!

Juno and I went to the Washington DC ZOO! It's just something about the zoo that makes me excited in a childhood way. I did a little sketching, but actually I took more pictures, and I'm pleased with my photos. And I'm thinking of doing little doodles of animals based on these photos later.

Weekend of Travel

I went away this weekend to see my boyfriend at his family's house in Maryland. It's a long distant relationship, I know. But he's worth it, just take my word for it. Here's a link to his artwork: The Art of Juno Mendiola

I tried sketching his niece, but she's a ball of energy so I could only get a few in as she watched Monster's Inc.



And yeah, she did those three poses in less than three minutes.

It's a GLORIOUS day!

I would be a fool not to take a walk outside today. So I headed to the High Line and did some studies. One old man and his wife sat next to me and he said he will be my critic cause he used to paint back in the 60s. I said oh no, these aren't that good. And he responded, Let me see, let me see. I showed him my drawings, and he said that there are pretty good, and he has no patience to do that stuff anymore. I took that as a compliment and bought myself ice cream.