Anijha's Canvas...In Progress

I was planning to have Anijha's canvas finished by today, but, with little notice, we had had to accommodate family at our house for almost our entire Spring Break.  Needless to say, some of our plans were pushed back or completely usurped.  Still, I made some progress on the canvas and can probably finish very soon.  I think the final canvas will look quite different from the process pictures I'll post below (in a good way), but you can get an idea of where it's going.  For this canvas, the only requests I was given were flowers, hearts, peace signs, and fluorescent colors.  While Eze's design with Superman and Batman came to me almost immediately, I actually struggled with this one.  Anijha seemed pleased with the mock-up drawing, so I hope she'll be pleased with the final result.  Until then, here are some process pictures...

Eze's Finished Canvas

Finally finished Eze's canvas.  My job and other things have kept me from painting as often as I'd like.  Minus a few small touch-ups, though, I think this one is wrapped up.  I'll post the beginning stages of his sister's canvas very soon, maybe as early as tomorrow.  I hope not to take nearly as long on hers.  With Spring Break coming up, I should be able to finish hers then if not before.

Langston's Second Canvas: Joseph

This is the other canvas I've been working on, Langston's first name:  Joseph.  It's much like his Looney Tunes canvas but with Hanna-Barbera characters.  I have about three more characters to draw and will start painting soon.  

Eze's Canvas: Stage One

These are a few pictures of a canvas I'm working on for Eze, who is the son of Langston's primary teacher/caretaker, Anya, at his daycare.  The design was pretty much up to me, except she wanted it to involve super heroes and sports.  So, here's what I came up with:  the entire background will look like a basketball.  I've written his name to look like a comic book title, inspired mostly by the lettering for the X-Men comic book covers.  And his name is flanked by Superman and Batman, two of his favorite super heroes.  The pics aren't great due to a combination of poor lighting and the pencil not showing up well on the orange background.  I have everything drawn except the rest of Batman.  You can see that I've only finished his chest so far.  I hope to start painting in the next day or two.    

Delving Into Digital Drawing

I just drew my first picture on a digital tablet; I am borrowing one for now from my friend Adam to get accustomed to it and see if I want to invest in one myself.  The biggest adjustment is looking at the computer screen while you draw instead of the tablet (like you do with a regular piece of paper and pencil).  Though I grew more comfortable with the process and using the tools within the hour or so of playing with it, I'm still thinking I might invest in the slightly more expensive model that allows you to draw directly on the tablet.  It will be a while before I can afford that anyhow, so, in the meantime, I may grow to like this version just fine.  I'll post my rudimentary attempt below. 

We're taking our first official family vacation this summer to Disney World.  Needless to say, I'm excited and already counting down.

Ornaments for Langston and Alciedo

Here's the second ornament I scuplted and painted for my son.  It's the other character I mentioned before, Eduardo, from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.  These two were fun and I'll likely make at least a couple more from the show next year.

This last ornament I painted for my young friend Alciedo.  He'll be eight at the end of this month.  Alciedo is a young artist, and we regularly exchange drawings.  I'll post some of our artistic correspondence at some point, I'm sure.



Langston's 1st Canvas: Finally Finished!

I just hung it in his room today.  I've got a couple of full-canvas shots and several detailed shots of each of the characters.

Next up:  His first name, Joseph, surrounded by Hanna-Barbera characters.  I'll post some pictures of the canvas when I get started sketching, hopefully within a week or so.