Recent ATC's

A few recent ATC's i did for illustratedATCS.com

October swap for grrrdjules, she likes wine, the circus & elephants among other things so the goal here is to incorporate those elements into an intersting composition.  I would have likes to have a background and darken up the table and made the bubbles/balloons get bigger as they floated to the top but that's all things to recognize for improvements when i'm planning.  Watercolor & ink pen - the colors arent as intense on the card.

like so:

also,

Manga swap sent to Japan.  I decided to sign up for a swap taking place in Japan, mostly because i am fascinated with japanese imagery.  So I did Chun Li & Honda (prismacolor markers), Ghost in the Shell (watercolor), Rockman & Rush (colored pencil) & Scott Pilgrim (ink).  I'm most proud of the colors with the streetfighter card, the rest are blah to me and i've really lost my sense of how to use colored pencils in my opinion. 

Update 10-02-10

Newish art, well maybe new scans of slightly old art:



First was the sketch, i guess it's a sketch that i've been working on for a little while, i finally managed to finish it, spreyed it with workable fixative. A can i've had since college, does anyone else use this stuff. Normally if i'm spraying it then i dont need to work it again so i need to get a permanent fixative or something. Anywayhere it is, some high contrast piece modeled off of an image from knitting magazine. I'm pleased with it but if anyone knows a way to do a heave black space and make it look smooth then i'm all ears. I managed to lay down a layer of charcoal then go over that with 6B pencil. I suppose i could have taken my time and used all 6B but maybe it was in a bit of a rush to finish.


Then a set of the 3 finished ATCs that i did for a Mythology swap at IllustratedATCs.com. Pandora in ink and Prismacolor markers, Sekhmet in pencil and a watercolor wash and Enchantress & Hela in pencils. Hopefully they have some happy new homes. I'm currently working on manga cards for another swap and eagerly looking forward to finishing and mailing them off. With any luck i'll send it on time and you will see it sooner than later.

Artist Trading Cards - She-Ra

I did a She-Ra, actually a couple of them for my March swap partner



I trade whenever I have free time at Illustrated ATCs
let me know if you want to trade one sometime =)