Mary Poppins

Rewatching Mary Poppins and just had to try and capture the beauty that is Julie Andrews.

Quick mornin' coffee sketches

Some quick mornin' coffee sketches I drew up in about 20 min or so, just for fun.

Sketches, just for fun!

Been pretty busy lately and haven't been posting regularly on my blog. So I thought I would quickly post some of my warm up sketches I draw before my workday starts.
These are just for fun :)

My Little Pony : Frank Frazetta The Egyptian Queen / Rarity Mash up.

Here's my Frank Frazetta The Egyptian Queen / Rarity Mash up. I had to cutes-ify it with Rarity and Spike.. and of course Opalescence. 
I posted this sketch a while ago and finally had a moment to finish it for the amazing Paul Lau and his awesome Core Games store up in Vancouver! If your up there, go and check out the original at his cool store!

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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!

Lois Lane Pin Up

Just for fun I decided to do a fun illustration of Lois Lane - drinking some coffee and being sassy, of course. :)

Coffee Girl Pin Up sketch

Although I'm in the middle of a lot of projects right now, I always still find myself sketching!
Here's a little coffee girl pin-up I did just for fun, with a little 50s feel to her. Enjoy!

Star Trek Vs. Star Wars, Sci-Fi Lady Style!

There's been a lot of Star Trek and Star Wars talk lately, especially with the new Star Trek movie out (which is fantastic!).

One day after a in-depth conversation of the Star Trek and watching Carrie Fischer's video where she announced her possible involvement in the new Star Wars movie, I started doodling and came up with this fun cartoon. Thought I would finish up the line work and color and put it up today. Both  Lieutenant Uhura and Princess Leia are such power house independent women. It only seems right that if two characters where to settle the "What's better - Star Trek or Star Wars?" debate, it would be these two ladies.

Custom Motorcycle Helmet Paint Job!

FUN STUFF! I did the concept images for this custom motorcycle helmet image for my friend Raf. Very cool to see the process from sketch to final!

The final images were done by Nub (yeah THE one who paints the bikes for OCC and PJD)
Here are the sketches I created for the image.

Geek Girl Tech Support

Here's my most recent pin up.

I love personalities that are both cute and and strong, with a smart edge.

Kaylee from "Firefly" is definitely one of my all time favorite characters.

I decided to create my very own confident lady who knows how to get a 
job done and isn't afraid to get her hands dirty!

Here's my take on gutsy tech chicks that are more naughty than nice!