Art Nouveau style

Sorting through some work from school I came upon a product illustration I did for some kind of natural hair care serum or something. My first post is from when I was first sketching it.

And being the Art Nouveau nut that I am...

Sketch

Concept sketch:

Watercolor and ink final:

They're cute, they're going on my Etsy

I wanted to do a little linoleum carving lately, so I cut down a piece I had to make tiny little animals expressing their love for you.
*retch*

Here's the linoleum, I'll post the prints when I make them.

I want to track my progress...

I'm doing a piece dealing with the death of my brother, and it's a painful piece to work on. It's taken me months to even get as far as I have on it. But I know there are a ton of changes that I am going to make on it.

So here's the sketch and the first bits of the painting.

I still have no other name for it, other than "Vengeance"

Body Image Doll

This is the rough cut out of the editorial illustration I did on body image. I'm still working on an updated version of the complete illustration.
I couldn't help but cut her out and assemble her. Although, I see issues with the doll, I'm going to correct what I think needs correcting in the final illustration. Then I'll go and have it printed out and then I'll reassemble her!

Then I'll take a photo of the completed doll and scan the art. Because a scan of this thing doesn't do the colors and the assembly justice.
(remember, this is a rough)

(I already know that there is a wonderfully talented artist who makes amazing art paper dolls. I found her stuff while doing research for mine. I'm not stealing her idea or concept, since I had the idea to create this before I found her.)

More schoolwork

Just a doodle to practice some transparent acrylic techniques. They have a different feeling than watercolors. Both of which I have to practice more of.

A doodle of my cat, Lucy Fur in transparent acrylic, ink, acrylic ink on gessoed illustration board.

Yet another school project

Which it seems that's all I've been doing lately. I don't have the energy or the creative metabolism to do my own thing. And I'm aching to!
This assignment was to create a product poster for Apple's iPod and I chose a theme of rock and roll.
I have a lot of friends into rockabilly things, and took this idea to another level. I didn't want a static piece where a girl was holding an ipod and listening to music, so I made it abstract.

I should have some of my own art soon.... I hope




And I'm realizing that watercolor is painful to master. I'm not aiming at mastering it, but I wish it was a little more easy, like oils. Or maybe it's because I'm so used to using oils and the ability to correct mistakes with that medium. Ooops, it's not the right color, that's ok, we'll blend it right in! In watercolor, you put that color down, it's down. Unless you realize your mistake right away and can mop it up. Just make sure you have the right color to put down afterward. I'm also learning that my hand-lettering skills leave A LOT to be desired!