Sunday, July 27, 2008

Denim Animal Life Drawing

Just a warning: this image is HUGE.
I wanted to "save" a pair of old jeans I had. Very comfortable and a pity to throw out. So I sewed Deer skin patches over the holes, and took a Sharpie marker to them.
The Topic: Some of my Favorite Canadian Wild life.
These jeans hold even more of a value to me as the Sea Lion on the bottom right pant leg was the one from the Vancouver Aquarium, named "Tag". My sister called him "Bernice's Boyfriend" becuase I adored him. Sadly, he died on July 1st as a result of Oral Cancer.
I got some really funny looks at the park when I was sketching some of the animals... on a pair of jeans. Very entertaining. :)

Friday, July 25, 2008

Batman II

I have been a crazy amount of work lately. It's so varied from drawing to craft making to sewing, I don't even know what to put up first. So I'm working chronologically.
A set of 4 thumbnails I did as a "mini gallery" to figure out which of the four I'm going to choose to polish into a full fledged image. I want to do a "Batman and Robin" image, a la "Teen Titans" or "Animated" Batman. However, depending on the image, I might go for more realism, or comic book style.
I like the idea of Giant Batman towering over a wee little Robin- very "protective father" (Gasp! I said the "F" word!) concept. Inspired by that awesome scene in "Teen Titans" with Robin and Slade ("I already HAVE a father!").
Two images are- literally- "under the wing" types, where as the other two just looming over.
I guess I'm going to put this to a vote. If I have more time, I might do more than one.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Slip Cover


I wanted to post the Deer Skin Slip Covers before I had to skedaddle to work.
After I finished both of them my room had a pleasant odor of burnt deer skin.
I actually kinda liked it. :)
Both fo these are for sale, and commissions are welcome. :)

Bears and Elks

Did some animal sketches today. I wanted to burn images onto deer skin slip-covers I made. Decided to go with an Elk for the pale deer skin, and a Bear for the dark roan-red skin.
I might post images of the actual slip covers tomorrow.

Monday, July 21, 2008

The Knights

These guys were a collaborative of interests both me and my sister share.
Big on mythology, and the classic "knights in shinning armor", my sister's horse obsession, and my love for animals- I was obviously going to try and take a stab at doing this topic and these personas.
I have to admit, I kept my sister's in mind when doing the Red Knight's horse, and myself when doing the Blue Knight's horse.
You can expect more from these guys in the future... including a White and Black knight.

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Batman II

Oh Bruce, you've gone too far.

I went to see "The Dark Knight" today. What can I say- it's turning out to be a fantastic movie summer for me. "Wall-e" and "The Dark Knight" have made it unforgettable. Highly recommend both those movies.
Now excuse me whilst I bask in fangirl glory. I have art to attend to. ;)

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Loofah

Some of our household objects have the worst jobs of them all.
I realized this today while cleaning. I looked over to my loofah and noticed... well, a hair comically sticking out of it.
I laughed. And then drew this.
Yes, it is *that* kind of hair.
Don't even want to think what the toilet scrubber has to go through.