Pretty Ladies

Sketches from the coffee shop.

Stormy Weather and Great Balls of Fire

Two more new illustrations. An amphibiously traveling tortoise character leads some humans to shelter, and a mysterious shape shifting fire creature makes a rare appearance. Click to enlarge, as usual.

Bruce

An experiment in the style of J.C. Leyendecker. One of my favorite artists for inspiration.

Oil, 14 x 18 inches

Woodland Folk

Forest fairy tricksters!

Figures Decoratives and Color

I've been thinking about borders lately. I would like to do more of them.


Also, I've been toying with the idea of opening an Etsy shop with little prints of sketches and such. This has led me to more experiments in digital color with my sketches.

(original sketch here)

What do you think? Let me know in the comments section.
Is an Etsy store a good idea or just a time sink? Do you like the color or would you rather have the simplicity of the black and white line?

Fire and Snakes!

Two more new illustrations, painted in oil as usual.

Long Awaited

Thanks to everyone who watches my blog and sits through all of my practice work and sketches waiting to see illustrations. I know, it's been a while, but I have a bunch of new images to show you! Images which I will divulge over several posts. (We can't have too much fun all at once)
So here are two creature illustrations, painted for an upcoming table top role playing game. Both are painted in oil and finished with a few color tweaks in photoshop.

Cafe People

Some more somewhat tonal sketches. I think the girl in this set is starting to look overworked, a danger when working this way.

Tom

A Monday night portrait.

Oil, 16 x 20 inches

Tone Continued

I've been trying to keep up the somewhat higher level of finish that I've had in my sketches lately. Just for a change. Maybe it will stick, maybe not.

A Little More Finished

I was sketching this guy at the coffee shop the other day while he was working on his computer. He didn't move much for about an hour, so I just kept going with the sketch.

Sketching Along

Continued

Sketches

Two Pencil, One Ink