Thin Pen Portraits

I spent the week trying out a thin pen to create my portraits. Unlike my favorite felt pen, the narrow tip of the Micron pen forced me to be more careful and conservative with my lines. I often found myself practicing each stroke before I committed it to paper. Of course, this means it is much more difficult to finish a drawing in 10-15 minutes.

I LOVE the way my hatching looks with this pen, though!

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Ferret

Trying out a challenge to myself - to create "finished" pieces with a limited color palette on a consistent schedule. I am still working out the final guidelines. I think I would like to challenge myself to use a new texture in each piece as well. I've had this unfinished sketch in my sketchbook forever. Even though I'm not entirely happy with it - it feels great to finally have it done!

Ice Skating Characters

Twinbee

Trying some new ways of picking colors for my digital pieces. I was not aware that Illustrator has a tint slider. I feel much more confident sticking to a very limited number of hues with a tint and shade for each. This illustration uses only three: blue, pink, and tan. Twinbee is one of my favorite video games - it perfectly captures the weird concepts and bright colors that find their way into my work. Not sure where this pose came from, but I didn't want it to waste away in my sketchbook.

Rainbow Bisque

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