Series

So I've decided to make Fitz a series. I completed another one of him. Photoshop (naturally) was my medium. I had a ton of fun with this one. I'm thinking he will be my new mailer. I feel this is what I am truly good at: animal portraits! I am very excited about these :D

Now, it's off to work *booo!*


xoxo, Mo

Another

FITZWILLIAM!
Props to Courtney Wirth who helped me name him :D

xoxo, Mo

WOO-HOO!

I LOVE IT!

It needs some work, but this is what I completed today :D I'm putting out a new mailer, and this is my first idea. Thoughts? So excited about sending them out!

Also, I'm in the market for a cintiq. If anyone has any tips, let me know. I hate to buy one brand new.

xoxo, Mo

Getting my life together!

HELLO WORLD!! Times have been tough lately when it comes to art and how I've been keeping up with it. I recently was given a promotion at work (woot!) so now I am a manager at my job. I have a million new responsibilities and I get paid much more. However, I haven't done a whole lot when it comes to illustrating. I DID, however, complete my images for our new t-shirts which is uber exciting. I shall post them!

Geez, BRING IT ON, I guess lol. I copied the logo we already have. The first is for our burger challenge shirt and the second will go on all the girls t-shirts.

In other news, I'm searching for someone to re-create my website. I hope to find someone soon! I really want it to look good and different. I'm also re-designing my logo and mailer (it's about that time!). I created someone new tonight, and I'm stoked to show him off! Thinking about putting him on my mailer instead of Abbey/Riley. Let me know what you think!

I am in love with this little guy! He's adorable! How funny would it be to see him either smiling with a toothy grin or making a really confused look while mounted on a pretty wall hahaha. I know, no one kills donkeys, but you never know anymore. I was thinking Charlie as his name, but it may be too cheesy for him.
By the way, I wish I could stop listening to this "I Don't Wanna Be In Love" song... I found out who it was by and almost cried. They have got to be the lamest band ever. Okay, I'm outtie. I need to keep on working :)

♥ Mo xoxo

I got my new Hanson shirt in the mail yesterday!!! SO excited!

HAPPY GRADUATION!

Nick and I finally did it. We graduated from SCAD!!

ho hum..

I have plenty of new illustrations to get working on!! In the meantime, I had the day off today which was AWESOMEEE. I work a double tomorrow and Saturday. Ah well..

PS, chatroulette is way too much fun and addicting. If you need me, I'll probably be surfing it while having a drink or two! <3

geesh

I've been working at B & D's so much lately I never get a chance to do anything, much less update my gosh darn blog!!

So I'm doing the t-shirt tomorrow. Two different logos, one for the back of our shirts and one for the back of the new challenge t. Pretty exciting! In the meantime, here is our server board. The girls asked me to take it home and write the essentials on it in permanent ink.. here is what I did!


Alright well i'm off to order a pizza. Yes, a pizza. I'm hungry and I just don't feel like leaving the house! Plus Nick is at work until midnight, I don't work tomorrow (HORRAY!!) and we're going for drinks later.. this means I need a full tummy. Goodnight all!

lalala

So I sent the last two images to the author (Allen I think?) and he said "I love it! we'll talk soon". I don't like this man very much lol. He's not giving me enough information. AT ALL.

So, in the meantime, I am continuing to work on the B and D's logo for their tshirt. Nick is finished with finals today WOOT! so I hope we can do something fun with the dogs. I took them to the park yesterday by myself and we had a great time. I love spending my time with them. So, here is a photo (or two!) of the pups at the park :) enjoy!

Second

I started the second image..

Here she is

I just sent the author this image. We'll see what happens!!

logos and childrens books!

So, I have a HUGE update!!

I may be illustrating an upcoming childrens book. It's his first book he's publishing and he needs an illustrator. 40 pages, 200$ for the book and whatever sales come from it. Not so hot, but exposure is priceless. All I know so far is it's a little four-year old girl with blonde hair and blue eyes. So I have a sketch I will be coloring today at Morris.

I was hired today at B & D Burgers on Broughton Street here in Savannah. The owner hired me and we talked about redesigning his tshirt, adding a logo to the back of the shirt. I am SO excited because I already really like their logo, but I get to try and make it better! So here is my first idea I just cranked out.

Anywho, I will be coloring things today, so I gg and keep working on the sketches! Thanks for the comments. Love you all!

Mo

hams

THE HAMS!!! There are only five here cause the sixth baby is the runt.. too small and still has it's eyes closed. So these are our five little ones! Too much fun playing with them and watching them fall asleep in your hands. ADORABLE.

Little Hams!!

Today, our baby hams opened their eyes and began roaming the cage!! Didn't last too long though and they're back to sleeping constantly. Mom (Olivia) doesn't seem to want to be with them as much and has been doing her own thing today. Dad (Eliott) is still in the other cage and I think he's beginning to become depressed because of his isolation. As soon as the boys are old enough, they will be put in with him.. this is why we have two cages.

Two brown ones (like this little guy/girl) like Olivia, two blonde ones like Eliott, the other two I can't recall cause they're hiding under Olivia, but one of them is a greyish-blue and it's totally my favorite! They will all have Law and Order: SVU names like their mom and dad soon.

Color me silly

My skinny donkey. Color soon.

Character Development

Last night I began working on some new characters which will hopefully make it to the photoshop stage. Sometimes it's hard for me to fall in love with a character enough to want to take it to the next level. Last night's sketches began with copying the Locos logo off of my boyfriend's to-go cup. I was clearly bored, but after that was finished, I felt I was warmed up enough to take on creating something new.

The main page shows an array for characters. starting from the left is my otter. I changed some things about his face to make him more otter-like. I'm still having a difficult time nailing the likeness of a true otter, but I'm getting closer. I put the tiny sea horse in the middle because they're so cute and tiny. My new character, the bear, has his head shot on the right hand side of the page. I really like how I drew him without thinking anything would come of the image. I ended up basing other drawings on that head shot. I put his head on a bear's body in the lower left hand corner, but I think the body looks more like an adult bear than a cubs. As far as the last bear on the right, I don't like him so we can just ignore him lol.

I blew up the bear face just so you could see details better. I really like the way that his mouth seems to be wider than say the otter. This gives the illusion that he has a snout, and makes him more bear-like. The 'star' spot on his head helps him stand out from other bears and adds cuteness. I also love the perky ears and his little teeth. All in all, I'm stoked on further rendering this bear cub so he can join the character group on my website.

Lastly, this otter was the finished version of a compilation of drawings. I mentioned earlier that I spent some time last night trying to work out a cartoonish otter, and I think this drawing encompassed my illustrations as well as the lifelike photographs I had found. Plus he seems really happy and perky.

Thanks for reading! Today will be a fun day.. we're making a trip to petsmart and having lunch downtown. Then later, I get to visit the Illustration building and color these characters! Hopefully I will have another update tonight. Have a lovely day!

sketching

so lately i've been working on some sketches. Trying to find a job has become my new full-time job! So finding time to do some drawing has proven to be difficult... but I do enjoy it when I can!

The first image is a logo I did for my boyfriend's sister. She's a hospitality major and wanted something that didn't consist mainly of a pineapple (which is commonly seen paired with hospitality) so I used a beautiful flamingo holding a plate of fruits in an inviting manor and the center piece is indeed a pineapple. I would have put this into photoshop to finish it, but she only needed a sketch.

The second sketch is my dog Riley. I spent a while sketching him in real life, then ended up cartooning him in my own way. I believe I truly captured his personality by giving him a larger head and ears, and keeping him fluffy and alert. Today I plan to do some photoshop work.. I haven't in a few weeks and I am VERY excited about it!