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Daily Creativity: Ishime

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Daily Creativity: IshimeDaily Creativity: Ishime

Ishime is a character that I’ve tried to draw before but never got as close as this. I’m getting better but, I still need to do more work I think before I’m read to add her to my illustrations. She’s a panther cub with purple eyes and a white streak of fur on her forehead. She believes that she can become invisible if she slathers herself with perfume, everyone lets her believe that. She was created by a good friend of mine, but has stayed with me all of these years. Added to Rory’s friends long ago. This is just a snapshot, will scan later. I’m waiting on a new cable for my scanner. Pencil on paper.

Day two of lent purge has also been done. Removing items from the house is liberating.

Daily Creativity: Usagi (Ous/Osu/Oss-agi!)

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Daily Creativity: Usagi (Ous/Osu/Oss-agi!)Daily Creativity: Usagi (Ous/Osu/Oss-agi!)

As many know, I practice Yoshinkan Aikido, a common word used is Ous (aka Osu aka Oss) which is like Q’apla in Klingon, it can be used for anything but no. It’s a shortening for a whole expression, but is used often to mean more than the original meaning. It’s slang that was picked up by dojos, and many arts you’ll hear it. It sounds a lot like the beginning of the word for Rabbit, Usagi. So I got it in my head to draw a rabbit aikidoka. So here is my Rabbit in a hakama. Markers on Paper.

Daily Creativity: Eggplant Constrictor

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Daily Creativity: Eggplant ConstrictorDaily Creativity: Eggplant Constrictor

It’s Ash Wednesday so that means it’s time for Daily Creativity every day again. This has become a favorite time of the year, not just for me, but for a select few of my followers, and that’s awesome. This year Tek and I have decided to try something we have seen people posting about, the Lent purge. This year, every day we will each choose something to purge from our home. If it can be donated, it will be donated, if not, it will be trashed or recycled. We also will be donating the clothes we have been gathering for far too long and actually donate them. The goal is once a week to drop things off. I’m excited for this, stuff is a big stress, getting rid of it should help. And hey, in a few years we will have to down size for a year, so it’s a good time to start that.

Today’s Daily Creativity, The Eggplant Constrictor, is a spin on a drawing I’ve done before. It’s a character for a children’s book I’ll likely never write. Simon, the vegetarian snake. You’ll notice that this is a bad image, it’s a snap from my cell phone. I’ll scan it later, but I wanted to post tonight. I finished a commissioned piece today and sent it out, I can’t share that till the job is done. I hope they like it. When it is approved, there might be changes or redrafts, I’ll share. And there is another piece a while ago that I never scanned, I’ll post that later.

Markers on paper.

Daily Creativity: Celtic Circles

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Daily Creativity: Celtic CirclesDaily Creativity: Celtic Circles

I painted this back in December but couldn’t share it until later because it was part of an Epiphany present for my brother. He’s very connected to celtic imagery so I thought this would be a neat idea. When I was drawing this I was trying to get the two circles to look like they were orbiting each other. It’s a bit abstract, but to me this is my brother and his wife, they are perfect for each other, they share their celtic activities and I wanted to express that in a symbolic way. I highly doubt anyone would see that in this image, not even him. This is a watercolor mixed with a bit of ink outlining.

Penquinaut! A Penguin steampunk astronaut who knits is Not a Daily Creativity

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Penquinaut! This Penguin steampunk astronaut who knits is not a Daily CreativityPenquinaut! This Penguin steampunk astronaut who knits is not a Daily Creativity

This is a commission and so it wasn’t a Daily Creativity, meaning I spent less than a day on the piece, this piece I spent a lot more time on. I made this for someone who was part of a knitting team on ravelry. There were certain themes to follow, like their team name, and then adding knitting to it, and finally a touch of steampunk to reflect the personality of the person. I had a few sketches and ideas and ended up picking this design. I mixed media here, using masking, water color, ink, and pencil, to create the depth that I was looking for. My goal was rich colors to really flesh out this design. Also, if the planet the penguin is standing on looks familiar and you’re a fan of the Little Prince books, there is a reason for that. I placed the penguin on the Little Prince’s planet on purpose. It wasn’t part of the commission, that was just something that worked for me. By the time this posts the physical art will be in her hands, she’s had the digital for months.