These started as doodles I did on an airplane. My big exciting plan is to finish the drawings, then trace and color on the computer, and then make a really nice poster of this. The poster will be both educational and entertaining (this means it will be edutaining).
These were done in pencil on paper and then I just added a little color and texture in Photoshop.
As a fun experiment on my day off from work, I video-screen-captured myself making today’s drawing in Illustrator using QuickTime Player’s screen recording feature. Unfortunately, QuickTime conked out for the coloring portion of the drawing in Photoshop.
But I got everything that I did in Illustrator – all the scintillating Bezier-ing with the pen tool. The Illustrator work took me an hour or so. I compressed it into a more watchable two minutes plus. Here she is, for those who like to watch other people use Illustrator, at a really fast pace.
This is a frog-type alien guy. There are some things in his life he wishes he didn’t have to do. They are:
5. Exterminating shneekphors. Although they eat his flowers and spread disease, he thinks they’re kind of cute.
4. Going without eating for more than 15 minutes.
3. Fangmorgering.
2. Taking his vitamins.
1. Flossing.
I sketched this out with pencil on paper, then traced outlines in Illustrator, then brought everything into Photoshop to color.
A couple old illustrations of cute girl kids. One has a special friend and one is about to meet a friend.
Arm Friend created September 24, 2006:
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Who is There? created December 18, 2006:
Here are three examples of cardigans. If I were a feathery creature with unique taste in headgear, my go-to outfit would be a cardigan and underwear. This costume is not constraining, allowing one to squat and run and lurk in children’s dark closets without impairment. And it is also fashionable but charming, leading all the girl-monsters to believe that while you may shop at American Apparel, at least you’re putting some thought into this whole thing.
