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Cosmic Dancer Doodle

andrea — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:25:02 +0000

Happy Labor Day weekend, everyone. Get your sparkly boots and don’t you dare wash off your makeup for 3 full days of glam rock excess and debauchery! That’s how people celebrate Labor Day, right?

A little doodle done in pencil on paper, then colored (with much restraint and subtlety) in Photoshop.

Yum yum yum

andrea — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:33:30 +0000

I did a little mouth doodle at work and then turned it into a mod psychedelic yum pattern.

Detail:

Done with pencil on paper, then colored in Photoshop. “YUM” is set in Helvetica Neue.

Salem’s Lot Vampire Doodles

andrea — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:14:26 +0000

Gab and I watched Salem’s Lot (1979) over the weekend. I generally prefer horror movies to 4th of July festivities. Fireworks are ho-hum, but gore’s never a bore. Salem’s Lot was pretty good, though perhaps we shouldn’t have watched the uncut version. It could have run a bit peppier. But I did enjoy it. I did some doodles inspired by the show while I was taking breaks at work today.

All were done with pencil on paper. Color and texture added in Photoshop.

Happy Father’s Day Card From a Bird

andrea — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:41:53 +0000

This bird is thinking of her awesome dad. I made this card for my awesome dad.

Started out with pencil on paper, then inked the lines in Illustrator and added color and texture in Photoshop. The typeface is Designal Regular.

Best Friends: Trout Businessman and Leopard Businessman

andrea — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:29:04 +0000

When Trout Businessman came onboard at Big Cat Co., Leopard Businessman and Trout Businessman had to overcome their differences in order to work effectively together. Leopard Businessman kept wanting to nibble Trout Businessman’s fins. But then they went out to after-work drinks a couple times and they complained about their wives to each other (Trout Businessman can’t stand it when Trout Businesswoman just lies there like a dead fish). Now they’re best-work-friends and like visiting each others’ cubicles and gossiping about Ocelot Boss and Salmon Secretary.

Doodle done during breaks at work. I might ink and color this in the future. Oh, the future!

Three Monsters For You

andrea — Mon, 24 May 2010 00:23:03 +0000

These guys have formed a complex barter system, based upon chocolate chip cookies, ice cream, and massages.

Pencil on paper; texture and color added in Photoshop.

Incredibly Terrifying Monsters

andrea — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:51:20 +0000

Dog Walkers

andrea — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:32:37 +0000

I did some hard drive excavating today and found these cuties, a few dog walkers I did a couple years ago.

They were all done with pencil on paper, gone over with ink.

Merry Christmas. Time for Crafts!

andrea — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:20:33 +0000

Merry Christmas Eve, everybody. My family does a Secret Santa gift exchange and I wrapped my presents this morning. I used brown Kraft paper to wrap, then I freehanded a design in pencil on the smaller gift. Then I colored in the lines with a silver gel pen (purchased from JetPens.com) and a thin-tipped Sharpie. Start:

Finish:

I taped this awesome textured red-and-black origami paper on top of the larger box on the bottom and then stacked the smaller gift on top.

Gotta go make some pierogi and drink some egg nog. Have a great day, everyone!

Worm Doodles and Duck Doodles

andrea — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:32:37 +0000

These are some doodles that I did while taking breaks at work this week.

Pencil on paper. Cardboard and color added in Photoshop.