Brachiosaurus Mama and Baby
I think some variation of a long necked mama and a baby is in everyone’s mind. In part because that long neck is so fun to loop in your drawing and second because this is a large animal with it’s tiny...
View ArticleGallimimus Playing Tag
I like to make my base drawings in a reddish hued pencil. I feel I can better build up my line. I enjoyed this for the Gallimimus as I wanted to give them feathers, since it seems very likely they...
View ArticleDino Yoga
Continuing with making animals do yoga here is a Euoplocephalous in downward dog. I chose to put this specific dinosaur in a yoga pose because generally when I see him, he seems very stiff and...
View ArticleThoughts Going out to Boston
Today all thoughts and prayers are going out to Boston peeps. Stay safe. We will overcome this. You can’t keep Boston down.
View ArticleSleepy Plesiosaurs
Did you know technically Plesiosaurs weren’t dinosaurs? They were large swimming reptiles instead. I feel I should say “were” because, of all of the currently believed sitings they really couldn’t...
View ArticleFinal Page
“Criss Cross Apple Sauce!” A T Rex sitting cross legged. That was a mind twister to draw. Bringing the book to a close I wanted to have a few of the dinos from the book give one last look to the...
View ArticleMasked Storytelling and Little Books
At my son’s preschool Monday I helped to lead activities for the day. My partner and I set up two prepared art/creative projects for the kids, 1) making masks we designed and 2) creating...
View ArticleHiccup
Well, the regular scheduled programing of my blog has fallen to the wayside again. I’m afraid I am going to have to admit defeat of keeping up with it at least until mid June. Work, other...
View Articlethe Fun Part
“getting there is half the fun; come share it with me” – Kermit As I work my way back into an illustrating routine which, is guaranteed to be interrupted again in just 8 weeks, I have changed up my...
View ArticleCowboy on a Parrot
I am so grateful for Alicia starting Twoodle. It has been a wonderful exercise for making new illustrations and finding new members of the community. Thank you for pulling us all together. This is my...
View ArticleOpossum wants to play with Tiger
A little risky fellow has tangled himself up on this tiger’s tail. We will have to see if this tiger’s interested expression is based on hunger or playful curiosity. This is the color comp for my...
View ArticleMoo Cow
My time has still been absorbed by the piece that can not yet be shared. So, here is something a little old, the cow from my son’s word/image game that I made for him. I made this while he and I were...
View ArticleTrick Fox
Sometimes a piece can just not come together. This skateboarding fox has been frustrating me since last week when “skateboard” and “fox” came up as twoodle words. I couldn’t get the motion and shape...
View ArticleFinished Tiger and Opossum
Here is the Tiger and Opossum. I finally got them finished up tonight. For a refresher here is the pastel color comp of them. Happy ComicCon to all those tabling there this week!
View ArticleAt Boston Comic Con this weekend!
Well my art will be at Boston Comic Con at the Fanartica Table. We are Table AA348 Please stop by and say hello to this wonderful group of artists. They will have prints of my letters, the Animals in...
View ArticleTaking Back Ground
I seriously misjudged how I would feel the last month of pregnancy. I only remember working almost 9 hour days the last month of my last pregnancy so, I didn’t see it coming that I would not be able to...
View ArticleGood Intentions Fall Through
Well as hopeful as I was to get my blog set up with scheduled posts it just didn’t happen. My pregnant brain did not bring it together for me to make new art that I wanted to post for you. Also the...
View ArticleNew Set of Specimens
Well I had a baby 6 weeks ago and in 1 week I’m participating in APE. I couldn’t wait to participate in APE when the year began but, I didn’t quite realize how close it came to my baby’s birth....
View ArticleAlternative Press Expo 2013
APE is in three days, it’s twoodle day, and I’m celebrating inktober with many other artists. I hope you check out all the great art being made behind those links. To check out my work stop by table...
View ArticleAPE 2013 Recap & Octo-Puss in Boots!
After my second year participating in APE I feel I am settling in to the Art Community of San Francisco. I was lucky enough to have a table right next to my friend Emma SanCartier with OddFauna. Thank...
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