Time: the thing that waved as it passed by

I can't believe how quickly things are moving now. The freelancing I began this year has continued to increase and it seems I don't have much 'me' time anymore.

Oddly enough though it's been my lack of time that's encouraged me to begin completing my own things in any spare second I have. Dare I hope that my procrastinating days are numbered?

I won't hold me breath counting on that, but it is a rather nice feeling to end a day knowing you've accomplished something on the infinite 'to do' list.

As far as projects go I have a number of things in the works. The current and partial list is as follows: 3 acrylic paintings of various sizes, 1 children's book, 2 sets of clip art designs each week, 1 ink drawing, 4 fanart images and a partridge in a pear tree. Ok so the partridge is a bit of a stretch but you get the idea. The insane thing about all this is that I'm still poking around looking for work! Can we say masochist?

silence interrupted

Lots of new things happening in my world lately. The freelance work is picking up a bit which always make me feel important...yay!

I'm also in the market for a house. It's going to be a huge step for me as a single lady and all, but I'm just dying to get something I can decorate just beacuse I want to. Yes, I'll admit I'm a home improvement show junkie. Give me a can of paint and let me at it!

I'm not looking forward to mowing a lawn, but on the upside I might finally be able to get a dog.... or a cat ....

A Day In The Life...

sometimes being a ghost isn't all it's cracked up to be....

I'm not really sure where this concept came from. The thumbnail just kind of appeared in my sketchbook one night and I decided to follow through with it for the latest Illustration Friday theme. Comments welcome. :)

A new style

As mentioned in my previous post, I wanted to try out a new style. Completely disregarding the fact that it's morbidly cute, I like the way it turned out. This also happens to be the first Illustration Friday entry I've managed to complete. Go me!

The necessities of busy work

Have you ever noticed that when you're completely swamped all the best ideas start springing forward? I think they lie in wait to jump in only when there's no time to actually implement them. The little buggers...

At this point I literally have books chocked full of ideas that I either haven't had the time or the motivation to implement. I think I might be starting to change that.

Creatively speaking, things have been going well for me as of late. Just today I had a new idea for a digital art style that I wanted to try! With any luck, I'll be finishing a post for Illustration Friday rather soon as well.

Ironically enough it's my complete dissatisfaction with my 9-5 that's fueling my little trip down the creative well. I've been tunneling a lot more energy into freelance work that 'low and behold' people actually appreciate having made! It's an interesting concept that as of late has left me feeling much better about myself.

The celebratory Independence Day sketch

Every year during my family's Fourth of July party/reunion I make a sketch. This is my example for this year.

The coloring is due to the quad color colored pencil I was using. (I'm not actually sure if that's the correct name for it, but it's a good description.) Basically, it's a colored pencil that has four colors of lead: blue, green, yellow & pink.

Road Construction (concept sketch)

This idea came was inspired through the Art Project system at wetcanvas.com. The assignment was to create something that portrayed a job in a fantasy world. I chose a snail and gave him a letter carrier to play off of the phrase 'snail mail.'

While sketching the thumbnail though, I decided to add in a obstacle in the form of road construction. Yet to be added is the 'construction crew' as I have yet to decide on a species to make them.

Overall, I'm happy with the color scheme. I rarely limit my color pallete when I work digitally, so I found this a refreshing change. I'm also happy with the body language of the mail carrier.

I think I might toy with the composition a little more, but overall I'm pleased with the preliminary.