I’ve dealt with death before, but always felt rather detached. Or, I’ve been aware of the role that death plays from a very young age and accept it as a natural part, or extension, of life. I guess this is the closes it’s ever hit though, and the effect it’s had on me is much different. Not much more to say than that for now.

Here’s a little dragon, not un-like my previous post, that I think she’d enjoy. A little sketch of a gentle hearted lizard that smells something delicious on the breeze. Rock on little fellow, and I hope you find what you’re looking for.

-j

I’ve been doing some sketching here and there, but I haven’t done nearly as much art as I’d like. Yesterday was the first time in months where I had a sustained session. I ended up doodling and just getting comfortable with painting again. It felt awesome to be painting again.

I’ve been quite absent from this blog for a while and this was one of the projects that led to it. I was hired to redesign and implement Frog Hollow Farm’s new ecommerce site. They switched from a custom ecommerce solution to Shopify. I was able to get up to speed rather quickly and help them reach their target launch date. And I got to add in some cute illustrations ^_^ I also did quite a bit of product photography for the site which was interesting. I’ve always loved photography, but in the past have tended more towards landscapes and portraits.

Today I finished up this quick illo for a splash of holiday flavor on the site in time for Halloween. Fun Fun!

I think I’ll make a promise to myself though, that on the next image I work on, I create a location (rather than just the gray background)!

I’m not sure what this guy is up to, but more practice in rendering form and texture is always nice.

I’m liking this guy, dubbed “The Admiral”. I want to do something else with him, but I’m not sure what. I did a quick splash of color on him and an armor tweak, but I’m not at all satisfied with where he’s at. These will work as exploratory sketches for a later painting.

Oil on canvas
8″ x 8″

A sketch painting I did this afternoon in between work projects. It lacks any real specific design, but was a fun and quick mood piece to break up what I was doing. Also, I hadn’t posted anything in a while!