Day 6

I did this not at work :)

I was afraid I'd miss the day since I worked a double and woke up late.

Day 5

So it's no secret that I'm developing a comic. I plan on it being online but I'm quickly realizing it takes soooo much work. Here are two characters from the story. I'm in the process of figuring out how everything will look stylistically.
Here's one of them:

And here's his sister:

I'm working on coloring her right now and I'm kind of liking how it's turning out.
Posted, just in time :)

Day 4

30 minutes to spare. I went out for drinks with a friend and Rich. I drew all day but didn't finish anything so I've revisited an old idea. I'm not sure what she is..... would be fun to make a story for her. I've drawn her a bunch of times...

Day 3

Today was really difficult for some reason. I couldn't thing of what to draw, and then tried too hard. I finally just gave up and choose a couple sketches I did that I don't completely hate. Tomorrow I'll have more time and maybe I'll get excited about something. Also, my scanner automatically adjusts the images I scan. I'm going to have to play with it so it stops doing that. It makes some images hard to read.
Here I was just trying to loosen up.

Day 2

I had a dream last night that my dog, Stella, helped me defeat the Darkspawn. It was pretty awesome. So this is for her. I may add some chaos and destruction in the background if I get motivated.

Feb 1st Sketch

Didn't post my first sketch yesterday because frankly I did it, but forgot to post it here. Ooops! :D
Anyways, this is just a doodle of a character for a comic I'm working on in my spare time. Obviously it's not much to look at since she's walking away.... yeah, sorry about that! I'm hoping to relearn how to paint in photoshop so you may see this again as another day this month if it looks pretty enough.

I just signed up for a challenge called Draw Every Day February. Starting tomorrow, plan to see a new drawing/ sketch each day this month!

Zoo Mug Layout

This is a sample assignment I did for Nanco Nancy Toys to be considered for a job. I still haven't heard back from them as they may not know till the end of October how many people they might hire for contract illustrators. The woman who interviewed me really liked my work so we'll see.



Minnesota Zoo Mug- Illustrator
July- 2008

Click to enlarge....

hello....hello hello hello

Oooh! I'm updating on anna's new iPod touch! It's proving to be a pain!
I'm not going to let this journal go to waste I've decided to use it as a journal and art blog. Though I could make a new one for life stuff,
that's no fun though.
This one finger typing sucks.
to be quick, life is a bit crazy right now but my financial status is improving in a week or two, my love life is in termoil, and artwose I'm doing very little. I did, however apply for a concept illustrator job for a toy and souvenir company. I won't find out about it till october. They really liked my work quite a bit.

Okay, goodbye for now, maybe a more in depth post will come shortly. Maybe it will include art?

Status: internet is dissapointing

So I've been having trouble updating recently. I don't have internet so I need to save a couple bucks and try updating from a coffee shop in the next day or so because when I try to *borrow* internet from neighbors it just ends in pain and misery. I'm sorry!

AlsoI'm putting watermarks over my art that I upload from now on specifically because I'm worried about this Orphan Works bill everyone keeps talking about. Check out the Illustrator's Partnership for more information about this bill.