A little bit of drawing...

Just practicing hatch-marking, which I've never done much of. Sure helped the owl drawing--I've always been afraid to tackle them because of their incredible detail. So far, hatch-marking strikes me as the lazy person's out... =)

New In The Shop: Stillness

Remember this layout?



Well, I finally made some stuff from those little birdies:



Of course, I hope you like them!

And A Birdy Layout: Small Treasures

Items used: Birdy from the Birdies Element Pack (just out in the shop today), little butterfly from the Girls'N'Boys Element Pack, overlay from Botanical Overlays No. 1. Fonts: Riesling and Baby Boston.

New In The Shop: Birdies!

I'm totally diggin' these...

Digital Cards? and Birdies

Wow, I've never made a digital card before. That was fun! And, it was a great way to use one of the birdies I've been working on lately--these guys are sooooooooo cute! I don't know quite how to package them, but I'm sure I'll figure out some nifty way to do that... By the way, this card was *totally* inspired by Geninne's awesome series of birds.



Credits: Bird and branch by Heather Taylor. Postcard from a photo by slafko at Stock Exchange. Papers: Katie Pertiet (Designer Digitals, Web Challenge 7/9/06). Overlay: Cherie Mask (2Peas, Museum Papers). Background stamp: Katie Pertiet (Designer Digitals, LetterBox Clusters 2). Font: 1550.

(yellow bus still in hand)

This layout actually took me 2 days! I'm amazed I was able to go to sleep... *lol* I really loved the work of Matte Stephens that I found via drawn.ca, an illustration blog. The challenge this week @ 2Peas is "Art Inspiration", so I chose a cute little birdie of Matte's and closely copied him. =) I learned a lot doing it, too--made all kinds of different brushes to allow me to grunge up the flat digital drawing. Turned out pretty well, I think! Then I adapted the doodles to make a real tree, and I used broad shapes of flat color for the background.

Then, I had no clue what to do.

Eventually I found this cute photo of Allen's from 2005, I think--he was about 2 years old, and we were visiting San Francisco. I extracted him, repainted a shoe that was full of grass (even back then he had big feet, though!), and placed him in the birdie's line of sight.

Then, I had no clue what to do.

So I wrote a poem. *laugh*



your once small steps have led you
(yellow bus still in hand)
through countries of idea and color
and still, with curiosity, you
explore the land of words
chunga floudle marinkajay, you said
--in grand exclamatory style

I hope that the other side of reality
will never be less important
that you will pass through
like Alice,
a citizen of both worlds