Pin Up Girl studies

I've been working on some Pin-Up girl studies. Here is some of my works-in-progress and illustrations from my sketchbook. Hope you all enjoy!

Some My Little Pony artwork for fun :)

Haven't been updating my blog as I should have so  here are some My Little Pony pieces I did for fun. Hope you all enjoy, more to come soon!

Sorry the lighting is not better on my watercolor here.
I only took a few photos on my phone before I gave it to a friend :)

Good Girl / Bad Girl Art sketchbook study

I feel that it's important to exercise my painting skills every now and then with a fun and quick sketchbook entry. Getting away from the computer and working with traditional painting materials is something I enjoy doing in my spare time.

This week my exploration focused on Good Girl/Bad Girl pin up art. I used classic photography of Veronica Lake and Betty Page as reference. I painted in duotone colors to help emphasis the good girl/bad girl personality.

After doing a few Veronica Lakes and Betty Page studies, I experimented with some Japanese Sumi-E painting sketch paper. I still am getting used to its organic texture but after a few test runs I created these two mermaid pin-ups. I'm somewhat happy with the results but I will want to explore this more.
Enjoy!

1950's inspired Betty Cooper

Just for fun, I decided to do a Betty Cooper study. I haven't drawn much of the Archie Gang in a while but I have always loved Archie Comics since I was a kid. Archie, Betty, Veronica, and Jughead were always there for me as a kid and some of the first inspiration for me to start drawing.

If your a fan of my blog, you will know that I work often with Martin Powell. Recently, Martin asked if I would ever consider drawing a Betty and Veronica for fun. Almost instantaneously little hearts swirled around my head at the thought of revisiting Archie and the gang on my sketch pad. I got out all my old comics, had a few giggles, and started doodling this lil' 1950's inspired Betty. 

Just wanted to send out a little thank you to Martin for the inspirational conversation from me and, none other than, Betty Cooper!

Sea Nymph Study

Here's a Sea Nymph/Mermaid study I was working on in watercolors. Not a final finished product, but thought I would show some of my experimentations with stylized water elements and perspectives.