Smile and hugs

I'm in "needlotsofhugs" mood...Maybe it's all because of autumn, I don't know...but here is my virtual hug to you ^__^

Calendar for 2011 - part II

Another two illustrations for my calendar, this time October and April.

I'll put originals of paintings later for sale. They are done with Derwent Inktense pencils on Canson paper (300g/m2), size 14 x 19 cm.

October:

 April:
 

You can see first trhee illustrations for the calendar at my previous blog post.

Birthday Creature

Birthday Creature for Sketch-o-daily challenge on sketchoholic.com

Fungus Creature

Fungus Creature for Sketch-o-daily challenge on sketchoholic.com

P.S. My first digital drawing in my blog :)

Calendar for 2011 - part I

I'm working on paintings for the calendar, which will be available in Deviantart Prints Shop.

The theme of the calendar will be - "Little moments of happiness", there will be positive and cute illustrations inside.

Originals of paintings I'll put later for sale. They are done with Derwent Inktense pencils on Canson paper (300g/m2), size 14 x 19 cm.

Here is paintings for January, May and September:

January - "Together"

May - "...he loves me...he loves me not...he loves me!!!"

September 

Body art

I’m always open for something new and interesting, so this time I tried myself in body art. I spent this weekend (25-26 September) on Motoshow and HTG Custom Show 2010 – the biggest auto show in Estonia, doing body and face paintings. It was great experience for me!

I was painting mainly on children, so I had to paint very quickly, cause they can’t sit still for long time… It was quite intense work, but fun :))

When it was possible, I let children choose the colors and details for their paintings, so they were able to participate in creating process.



It was so nice to see, that all these little paintings I did, made people little bit happier :))

Last photo - peacock feather painting on my hand :)

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What else am I doing?

I'm working on my projects, new paintings and couple comissions, also have an interesting ideas in my head for the future.

One of the projects is a calendar for the next year, there will be very positive and cute illustrations... hopefully :) 

"Save a Whale. Eat a Mermaid"

This painting is for the challenge on Sketchoholic.com. Goal was to make an illustration for the following: 'Save a Whale. Eat a Mermaid'. I finished this in time, yahooo... :)

Tomorrow evening I'll update this post and write here about the voting results.

Update: So, voting is finished and here are the results: I got thrid place.

I want to thank people who gave me their votes! Thank you very much, I really appreciate it!

Sketches

I'm sketching every day, so on my table and book shelves... hmm... everywhere around me are piles of paper with sketches and drawings. I desided to show you some of them.

The first sketch is for the challenge on Sketchoholic.com - illustrate the following 'Save a Whale. Eat a Mermaid'. I think it's cool challenge and it's fun to do it... hope I'll find enough time to finish illustration in time.

Here is another mermaid sketch. I can't say that I'm a big fan of mermaids, but I like to draw them.

Next is life drawing. I look on somebody short time and then try to sketch him. This is not easy for me... people move all the time, goes away and so on... at the begining I thought that this is impossible mission, but whit the practice sketches become better and I really hope to improve this skill much more.

Bellow - random sketches.

The first one was made while listening Coldplay - "Fix You"

Creature From Under the Bridge

My submission for Children's Illustrators Club August topic: Creature From Under the Bridge.

Autumn

Just little illustration :)

Maybe I'll use it for the calendar on Deviantart... I'm not sure yet :)