DAK Day: Slow Tortoise, Fast Gestures

I took a little break from work today and went to Animal Kingdom to do a little sketching. Not too much came out of it, but I did do a pretty decent sketch of a tortoise.

I also did some gestures at the Festival of the Lion King show. For those of you who don't know, gestures are very quick sketches done right on the spot. They normally range from a few seconds to 15 or 20 minutes, and should capture movement and not be too detailed. They were my favorite things in figure class in college; I'm a very sketchy drawer naturally so they're a lot of fun to do; and the quicker the better. I loved doing gestures while watching movies or shows, and dynamic action poses were the most fun. Cirque du Soleil marathons on Bravo were the best. I haven't done any since I graduated, so I was a little out of practice, but given that and the fact I did these in a dark theatre, I thought these turned out pretty good. If you haven't seen the Festival of the Lion King show, I highly recommend it. It's like a short Cirque du Soleil themed to the Lion King with awesome costumes. And the Tumble Monkeys are amazing. I wish I could have done more with them but they were so fast and did so many flips it was hard to keep up!

Wuv, Twu Wuv Is What Bwings Us Together!

One of my best friends from college got married recently and I decided that making them a pair of custom Vinylmations would be a really unique and cute wedding present. At least I really hoped it would be. I liked how they turned out, so I was sure to document them before I gave them to the happy couple. And these I share with you!

The groom, complete with sculpted top hat, real bow tie, glossy shoes and little gem button and cufflinks.

The bride, with a real dress with glittery top, tulle veil, a tiara made from a prefectly sized necklace charm and bow complete with gemstone.

The happy couple in Disney's Wedding pavillion, complete with Cinderella Castle in the background.


Just some romantic atmosphere pictures around the Wedding Pavillion. It was a beautiful place, my ideal wedding atmosphere. ;) I did a lot of girly giggling and wistful sighing while I was there.

And of course, no wedding is complete without some pictures at the Grand Floridian Resort, the absolute image of luxury and romance.

The actual wedding was a dream, I had so much fun and I could tell the bride and groom did too.

Dinosaurs!

My little nephew mailed my boyfriend and I a little picture the other day so we decided to return the favor and send him some back. Here's my contribution. Who doesn't love dinosaurs?

Foxxy Fox

Nothing special, just a little cute fox doodle I did while I was watching a movie. Nice rough pencil sketch, nothing Photoshopped about it, just pure pencil on paper. :)

Cute By Way Of Hoth

Well it has been a while, hasn't it? How is everybody doing? Good I hope.

So this weekend was Star Wars Celebration V here in good ol' sunny Orlando, and I had the good fortune of being able to go. Now of course, my brain is in 'Star Wars' mode so I decided to do some good old fashioned fan art with a cute spin; something which the Star Wars fan base is pretty lacking, I noticed browsing through the merch floor. I can fix that. Here, for your viewing pleasure, is a cute, friendly Wampa (he must have just caught himself a Rebel snack to be in such a good mood), and my favorite creature in all of the Star Wars universe, the Tauntaun. He's just too cute to be sliced up and used for sheets, if you ask my opinion.

Both of these were done in Illustrator, in, oh, about two hours if you take Netflix distractions into account. I've been wanting to do some cute Star Wars fan art for a while so I'm glad I finally got around to doing it.

Molly the Owl

I have been swept up in the Molly the Owl craze! For those of you unfamiliar, check the website here: http://www.ustream.tv/theowlbox Molly is an owl expecting her eggs to check any day now! A live webcam was set up and people watch her as she does cute owl stuff and takes care of her little owlets-to-be. My friend Lisa sent me the link this morning and I was watching it the background as I worked. What a nice way to let the workday breeze past. Thanks Lisa! Owls are very cute when they sleep btw.

So I turned it on just now to see if any hatching had taken place and I decided to a super quick Photoshop sketch. And by super quick I mean under 5 minutes. I never work this way but I like it, so hopefully I can do more the future. It hones my storyboarding skills, which have seen better days unfortunately.

I Like Hugs

So......yeah. It's been WAY too long since I posted anything. I have been crazy busy for a very long time and unfortunately that means my blog gets a little neglected. I was talking with a friend and this idea popped up and it was too cute to not do. He really likes hugs.