new sketchbook

started a new travel sketchbook (one that I carry around with me for quick sketches). Here are some entries so far:


felt marker
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felt marker
sketched while sipping coffee at a downtown Starbucks, after a trip to the art gallery.


felt marker


felt marker
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felt marker
sketched during a break from shopping at Pacific Centre in Vancouver.


felt marker

autumn

some pics from my walk today... they are cell phone pics, so the quality is crappy. But I enjoyed the fall colors very much!

fish

these are some lame attempts at pencil crayon/colored pencil drawings. *reminds self to look up tutorials online*


colored pencils
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colored pencils
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ink blobs + compressed air = fun!

Did some more "ink splat" drawings tonight. Oh how I love air in a can! -grin-

These are made by putting a good-sized blob of ink on a piece of paper, and then spraying it with a compressed air can (supposed to be used for cleaning keyboards, etc. this is much more fun) Sometimes I even got a coating of frost on the paper, cuz the can gets cold and shoots out white icy frosty stuff. Weird. After the ink is sprayed around, and I like the shape, I add to it with felt marker and make a pretty picture. Well, I hope they're pretty. To me they are. *shrugs shoulders*


ink and felt marker
bigger bird

not sure what this is, or where it came from. I started off drawing a bird, then a bat, then back to a bird with it's head being blown off. Like I said, not sure where that came from.



ink and felt marker
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This is random lines/circles, stemming off from a hand-like shape in the centre. I like this one, will probably color it.




ink and felt marker, composition in Photoshop
bigger jellys

This one looked like a jellyfish to me. So here are some jellyfish. I knew those Vancouver Aquarium pics would come in handy someday. :) This one will definitely be colored and prettyed up.

what i did at work today

i am always being told by my co-workers that i need a sign. I am not a morning person, most people that know me, know that very well. so... today we actually had a bit of a break from the craziness that has been work lately, and ta da! a sign is born.




turn it around and....



make your own sign! hooray for free stuff!

transport logo

built in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop


built in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop

haven't posted for a while. sorry. here is a logo I did for a friend recently. Their church was having a big huge event and she was in charge of the Transport team for the event. And they had logos for each of the volunteer teams. "Gold is the main color, and somebody else on the team really wants a heart in the logo" Okey dokey. FYI: Jamat = community.

too much windex?

digital collage / mixed media
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the layers beneath the picture

This is a response to an event that happened one quiet Sunday afternoon.... I was lazing around reading a magazine, when all of a sudden there was a loud *BANG* at the back doors that open to the backyard. A poor bird had flown into the glass doors and knocked itself out. At first I kind of panicked and was wondering what one is supposed to do with a dead bird. I was looking at it, then it blinked and I realized it was still alive. I started to pick it up, and it sort of flipped itself over onto its feet, but just stood there. So I picked it up again, and carried it over to the fence where the trees are, and it flew up into the trees. I'm assuming there's lots of bird nests back there.


The sketches incorporated into the collage:

ballpoint pen
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ballpoint pen / felt marker
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photos used in the collage:





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