Happy Holidays!

Sorry, all, but I've been unable to make pretty pictures due to the fact that I'm making most of my Christmas presents because I have yet to learn my lesson. So instead, here are pictures of the minor Christmasification that took place here in Nashville. Since we're going to be gone for most of the Holidays, I didn't want to get tooooo into it, but I couldn't help but do a little bit.
(PS: That is a scarf that is holding up the ornaments)

Balloon

So far untitled, digital

I really did have a plan for last week's illustration, and I really did intend to get it in on time, but the illo got complicated and so did the cleaning. I might still get a chance to get it finished up.

This one also got a little complicated, I spent a long time on the background and on the balloon, but I do think it turned out pretty much as I pictured it. I like the way the colors look. I did, however, have to put Santa in green, so I went for more of a Victorian style for him. I'm still a little bit unhappy with the way the presents are, but I couldn't think of anything else to do with them, and it was time to let it go.

Hopefully today, I will also get the blog decorated for Christmas...

Pretend

"Leiafly" Digital Collage

For this week's topic, after thinking of the "Pretender" series, I thought of my niece, Leia, who often likes to pretend things, and we often don't know what she's pretending. For Halloween she was a butterfly-fairy-angel, and I've sort of just a little bit modified her costume here (affe has the original pic on her site). I've also paintified her, since her hair was going to be way to hard to work with...which I understand is an everyday issue. She's really pretty adorable. It's possible that she might need a wand. Something I'll have to think about. I've also made a forest version and I can't decide which one I like more:

Wise

"Wisdom" Digital

The theme for this week's Illustration Friday is 'wise', and while I'm sure that there's a whole parliament posted at the moment, I happen to love owls and couldn't pass up the opportunity to make a pretty picture of one. So here she is, my mascot of wisdom, the down-to-earth, head-swivelling, friend to Athena.

"Wisdom" Digital Painting

This week's theme was 'wise' and while I'm sure that there's a whole parliament posted on Illustration Friday right now, I happen to love owls and had to take this as a good excuse to make an owl illustration. So here is my mascot of Wisdom, the down-to-earth, head swiveling owl. Also, it was fun to play with the Old English font.
Also, I find I enjoy seeing peoples conception sketches for their illustrations, so I thought that I'd post mine.