Angels, Angels, Everywhere

Earlier this year I had a project to make a set of angel cards.   For a while, I was seeing angels, angels, everywhere! There were four types...they all had the same basic design, but different details...dresses, hair, colors.  It was fun to have a project with angels, but it also took a lot of work to plan and make each one unique, yet still part of a set.  There were also special colors and themes to use as well. Here's an example of how one turned out:

Once I sketched and inked them, I used Photoshop to color them in. Getting the color schemes right took a little time.  Here is an example of the inked version before and then the color version after of my favorite one.  I think I had some angels looking over my shoulder during this project to help me finish!!

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Happy Birthday!

It's my sister's birthday today, yay!  So I decided to make this a birthday-themed post.  My sister is one of the few people who can actually get me to draw when I'm feeling not-so-inspired, so her encouragement means a lot to me.  I try to draw her a picture on her birthday, so I included one I just finished today, with a baking theme because she took a baking class recently.  I also posted last years picture I made as well (which I still need to color!)

Also, she found another picture I did for a friend who loved mini ponies (edited a bit with some stickers she put on for a scrapbook).  So happy birthday whenever your birthday may be!!!
And of course happy birthday to my awesome sister, Jackie! :)

Last Hurrah for 2011

A little late but better than never!  I went to see the Nutcracker this past December at the Warner Theater, a show put on by the Washington Ballet.  It was a cozy, smaller venue, which was nice because you could really see the dancers and costumes.  I wanted to do some pictures inspired by the show...a scene where the Christmas tree grows larger and larger when Clara shrinks down to the size of the Nutcracker and Mouse King and a battle ensues...or the dance of the Sugar Plum fairy.  At least I got one done in time for the holidays!