goodbye summer

ARGH am on a hiatus from work, but I've been busy! with what, I'll say once I'm at liberty to, but in the meantime, yay art.

first, a couple of logo-type commissions I did for some very lovely dog-people:


logo done for Kelly Hayes for her kennel, Offshore! Kelly breeds Wirehaired Pointing Griffons; it was my first time I've actually drawn one, and it's always interesting for me to study a breed I'm not that familiar with. You can check out photos of Kelly's dogs and her dog photography at her website.


English Cocker Spaniel for a website banner. :) as far as I know it isn't online yet but if I do hear anything I'll update this with a link!


Illustration I did for Wielder of her characters, prismacolor pencils on recycled paper. First time using coloured pencils to draw a full background and everything, and I'm quite pleased with the results. I've been using the computer (and failing which, markers) so much lately that it felt good to break out the pencils again. Wielder's own illustration work is fabulous, I definitely recommend giving her art a peek.

okaayyy on to more personal stuff!


I made some silly doodles of my friends and I hankering after our various ethnic foods. I think I succeeded in making a lot of them look like themselves which made me happy, it seems I only really get comfortable drawing people after I've been friends with them a while. still, was a good excuse to practice and I intend to keep doing so.

here's a great idea from fox-orian on deviantART, an influence map!

as an artist, it was interesting to sort out the various things that inspire me -- quite a task since I've been inspired by a lot, and quite overwhelming at times. I think I did a good enough job listing things from my childhood up to the present day, but likely this isn't something that will ever be set in stone, since my art and artistic goals have evolved so much over the years - some of these areas are increasing in size while others are decreasing, and no doubt I'll keep finding more and more new areas to add to this. still, I try to take a little something away from everything I come across.

if any of my other artsy friends decides to give this one a shot, do link me - I'd love to see. :)

more stupid video game fanart

coloured the silly doodle I made of Kirby and Rick. I love Kirby's Dreamland 2 and I've been playing Super Star Ultra like a madperson.

Parasol Waddle Dee, you're my favourite helper!



I'm convinced that (if it wanted to, which I doubt) the Kirby franchise could birth the most adorable and disturbing example of cartoon violence. dichotomies intrigue me, and impossibly cute small things that kick a large amount of ass has always been a favourite - explains my love for Kirby and the Powerpuff Girls, among other things. expect more drawings in this vein. :B

more doggie/wolfie stickers I made for people:



(all characters © their respective creators and do not belong to me.)

and silly doodles of the boyfriendthing because he's abroad and I can:



still not much personal art other than stupid doodles, but at least I'm drawing. :)
I've been doing so much animation at work that I'm proud of, I can't wait to update my reel! :D

back in the saddle

hi blogworld!

sorry for the hiatus. I really did intend to make posting a habit, but last month my wallet and phone got lost and that kind of threw me off track for a while. life's been getting better though, so no worries there.

most of the drawings I've been doing lately have been work-related, so I can't really post them right now. I've been back into animating as of recently too -- the first serious animation I've done since my thesis pretty much -- which feels AMAZING! :D I do need to start drawing for me again, though, and hopefully this time I'll actually start doing that instead of just talking about it.

here's a sticker sheet I did for my good friend and fellow SVA-rtan Mike (to whose blog you should also pay a visit):


I loved drawing his birdy bros! it's always fun trying something a little different from what you're used to. my drawings have been getting steadily looser since animation school and I hope this trend continues.

more custom stickers for various people, because I've been doing them quite a bit and they're hella fun:







all this art is kind of old-ish but yep, just checking in for a brief life update -- and also because I do want to average a post a month at least, heh. hopefully art and updates will be more frequent in the future now that I have a schedule again. :D

hello hello

to break this awful habit I have of not posting, here's more stuff people paid me to do:

pet portraits for a couple friends!





I am still taking orders for pet portraits if anybody is interested. :)

I've also been very busy with sticker-making -- I love sticker-making so much! will save those for another post though, I still have to sort out all the scans and photos. I've got an account on etsy now and once I stop procrastinating I will have to get active on there with art. such a lovely site!

couple drawings of a new character of mine. or rather one I've had for some time now but only just managed to be able to draw to my satisfaction.



more about her later on, if enough people want to hear about it. I figure I should stop being such a wuss and post more about my personal art here, since most of what I seem to post are random crap and work-art.



I was having a not so nice day. but it's all good now.

♥ !