More Christmas Art

This is a drawing I made for my sister as a Christmas present. She's traveled all over the world and lived in Japan for a number of years, so I wanted to incorporate a traveler figure somehow, and of course, a GIANT rabbit too. Please don't ask me to explain that because I doubt I could make any sense of it. It's just a curiously random drawing. The title is:

"Despite Having Never Encountered One of Such Massive Proportions In All Her Travels, She Found It To Be Surprisingly Docile"

India ink on paper
8" x 10"
2011

Happy Holidays :)

Hoping everyone has been enjoying the holiday season, wherever you are!

I managed to squeeze in some time to make some Christmas presents for family members this year. For instance, I made this for my brother. He's a Star Wars fan. I figured if anything, Jabba would be really fun to draw. His dialogue translates to: "Go Work Out You Weak-Minded Burnout Scum!". Jabba doesn't really have any nice names for people, so this is what you get :)

I'll post some more images of art gifts I made for people tomorrow.

Saints Commission Update

Just wanted to share a photo of a commission I did a few months back for a relative. This is how the drawing looks framed (colors are a little off in the photo).



You can see a better picture of the work itself in this archived blog post:
http://scritchyscraps.blogspot.com/2011/10/saints-commission.html

Vexadorae

Sometimes I have a hard time coming up with names for my drawings. If it's a made up creature, it can be especially trying. In this case, my friend Reid came up with the name.




This is one of the pieces on view at Stranger Factory in NM for the Winter Salon.

Saints Commission

This is a drawing I was commissioned to do by a relative. He wanted an image of Saint Francis and Saint Clare, with specific symbolic elements included. The bricks and the birds are examples of this. I looked at many different references for the figures, including statues and paintings of the saints. With the trees, I wanted to create a reference to the medieval arch that appears in much art from that period.



"Saint Francis and Saint Clare"
India ink and watercolor on paper
8" x 10"
2011