I recently finished one of the coolest projects of my life! I illustrated a book for my friend Jeri Baird. I illustrated and designed the cover and made 14 interior illustrations. And it turned out beautiful!
Here are some of my favorite interior illustrations:
I made this illustration to support one of my good friends who just finished writing a middle grade novel about young superheroes! I can’t wait to see it go places. 🙂
These are her main characters.
I was just looking through my art and feeling really nostalgic for the characters in my comics. I haven’t worked on my comics in ages. That makes me pretty sad… These illustrations are between one and two years old.
I made this a few months back. It’s an illustration of me and my best friends. I would love to do more of these family/friend portraits as commission.
Everyone has little distinguishing quirks, the things that set them apart from others and makes their appearance unique. A lot of the time, these are the things we dislike about ourselves. I’m talking about things like, “My thighs are really big.” “I have too many freckles.” “My hair looks really poofy no matter what I do.”
But I think these qualities are what make each of us interesting, and even beautiful.
I decided to make a list of some of my features that I’m sometimes insecure about, but that make me who I am. Here’s the image, with an explanation below.
1. Too tall for personality?
Sometimes I feel like my body is bigger than my personality. As in, I’m a timid person. I don’t like being taller than others. I sometimes wish I could shrink to be no taller than whomever I’m talking to.
2. Smiles when nervous or embarrassed (which is a lot)
Just a funny quirk I have. I smile a lot, but sometimes it’s just because I don’t know what else to do.
3. Eyes are both blue and gold
I consider my eyes blue, but I have this cool ring of gold in the center around my pupils. I actually like this quirk a lot.
4. Incurable hair wings
My hair flips up weird at the sides unless it’s really short or too long. These “hair wings” are incurable. (Well, unless I were to try and straighten my hair, or do pretty much anything with it. But it’s not like THAT’S gonna happen.)
5. Mole on face (Is it more flattering to call it an angel kiss?)
It’s pretty hard to ignore this mole, freckle, or whatever you want to call it. I’ve had it ever since I was a kid. Someone (maybe my mom) once referred to it as an angel kiss, which made me fee a little better about it.
6. Long slender fingers (Good for making art?)
It probably doesn’t improve most of my art (though it could help with the times I’ve worked with clay), but I do like my fingers. My hands look graceful, so that’s nice.
7. Fashion based on comfort, not style
I wear cheap clothes. There are just so many things I want to buy before clothing. There is a certain style that I really, really admire, but I have never worn it in my life. Maybe someday? (Or, knowing me, maybe not.)
8. Big, clumsy hips
I blame it on my hips (my big, child-bearing hips, as my brothers used to tease me as a teenager), but whatever it is, I am sometimes really clumsy. I randomly crash into things like tables, chairs, and door-frames, which always surprises me and often leaves me with bruises.
In my illustration series called “The Faces of Friendship,” I focus on both the good AND bad kinds of friends we can have. Here’s the kind of friend I hope we all can avoid.
I recently have been inspired by the many series of collectible art cards found on NeonMob.com. Collecting art on this website has become a bit of an obsession of mine, truth be told, and I have started getting really excited to make my own collectible art series.
The theme I have hit upon is different kinds of friends, such as the Loyal, the Adventurer, the Cat, the Mentor, etc. I have 40 planned out, in total, and am done with the general lineart for 30 of them.
This one here is the first one that I have tried to color. This friend is called “the Admired.”
If you are interested in joining NeonMob or learning more about it, click here. It’s pretty fun stuff! And artists can earn money off it as well.
I’m working on a big project. There will be lots of really cool creatures. These first three are Nature Spirits. There will be more to come.
Ahhh, I’ve missed you, Llyren! <3
I’ve been trying to make some art for my book lately. Here’s a little something I was able to create. It’s one of my main characters from Dreams Enfolding. Just some sketches.
For a while now, I’ve had some ideas swimming around in my head about a bunch of kids who fight giant tigers and live in a town full of bounty hunters. There might be some vacuum cleaners in there too.
I drew these a long time ago, but just recently colored them, so I thought I’d stick some of them up here.
These are the main 5 characters.
Here are some of the other ruffians in the town. More characters to come later.
