Sketch A Day: Slowly catching up...

OK, so I'm 10 days behind..... arg. Here we go!

February 16th 2013
This is not my own design, I copied it from a tattoo I really liked. I stopped working on it after just 20 minutes 'cause I noticed all those little white lines... you see them? I basically pushed WAY too hard on the pages on top of this one in my sketchbook. Note to self: When pushing hard, make sure there's a solid surface separating your sketchbook pages. Jeez (head shake). Rookie mistake.

February 17th 2013
This was inspired by my other piece called "Flowers of Time" or "February  9th" if  you're referencing from this blog. I'd like to do a series of these. The truth is, I found a protractor and now all I want to do all day long is draw circles. I'm loving the circles. And the octopuses. Wait.... octopi?  Octo.... what? Whatever. Expect more round and tentically things. I spent quite a while on this.... probably around 4 or 5 hours-ish. 

February 18th 2013
I'm trying to design an angry owl for a client. This is about as angry as I could get the other day. DEFINITELY am going to have to work harder at drawing mean things. he's just too cute! 

February 19th 2013
This awesome girl got this as her first tattoo! Go big or go home, right? Apparently, New Zeland hurts the most!

February 20th 2013
This little lady came out of my brain today. No reference, took me half an hour.

Just another reminder that I WILL have an etsy store opening soon that I'll be selling my originals and prints. Leave a comment as to what you'd be interested in and I'll make sure to make it available to you.

Cheers,

- Lisa

Sketch A Day continued...

My my my.... I've gotten lazy. It happened a lot faster than I thought! I hadn't posted in a while because I was trying to get enough sketches together to represent each day and got so stressed about it that I forgot that this is my blog and I can do whatever the heck I want with it. Apparently, that includes breaking my own rules. Oh well. Let's pretend there are enough images.... I'm honestly counting them as I post, I have no idea...  At the end of this blog entry we'll know where we stand, k? (I swear I'm not crazy!)    :/

February 1st 2013
This is a super rough tattoo sketch idea (not for me) that is so not happening! Kinda fun though....

February 2nd 2013
Not my original, I copied this from a tattoo I saw that I thought was beautiful. Like I said before, copying is a great way for me to learn. I think this took me 1.5 hours.

February 3rd 2013 (my Dad's bday!)
I drew this using the technique I learned from the previous pic. There is a watermark on it because , as an artist, you have to be careful with the internet! I am planning on selling the original and prints of this on my Etsy online store (to be announced).

February 4th 2013
Just a martini. And an olive. Took about a half hour.

February 5th 2013
....... So there IS a story here! When I was little, I drew a comic book that centered around these little pencil shaving people. Yep..... Pencil shavings. As people. Kinda like the smurfs. This was my main character.

February 6th 2013
Rough Rosary Sketch - 20 min

February 7th 2013
The first word is Danish for 'strength' or 'strong'. The second is Italian, meaning 'faith'.  

February 8th 2013
A ridiculous design I came up with for a guy who wanted a tattoo to represent the midnight sun in the Yukon. He ended up changing his mind last minute and got a prehistoric angry beaver instead. I'm NOT kidding! I'll try to find a picture. Haha!

February 9th 2013
I started out drawing the roses from a gardening book when it was a slow day at the tattoo shop. When I got home, I wanted to expand the drawing and I LOVE steampunk so this is what it turned into. The numbers literally have no meaning what-so-ever. I just placed them as they came out of my pen. :)  This one took quite some time... probably around 4 or 5 hours-ish. I am planning on selling the original and prints of this on my Etsy online store (to be announced).

February 10th 2013
My beautiful, talented step-sister, Trisha, and her Curtis got married on the 16th of Feb! I carried on my tradition of drawing a characature of them as a wedding card. Congrats to them! Drawn by hand and coloured in photoshop. About 3 hours-ish.

February 11th 2013
Tattoo I did. 1 hour.

February 12th 2013
Sorry about the bad quality photo! An actual painting!!! If you know me and my art, I VERY rarely paint. I'm a bit insecure and think I'm crap at it. My awesome friend, Amanda, hosted a Painting With Wine night at her place and this was how mine turned out. (Side note: we drank the wine, we didn't paint with it.) A really fun night and I picked up some great tips. I might get into this 'painting' thing! I'm debating whether or not to sell it...

February 13th 2013
Hoot hooooooot!! :) I like owls. I am planning on selling the original and prints of this on my Etsy online store (to be announced).

February 14th 2013
Valentine's Day! I don't know why, but drawing this octopus made me SO happy! Like, ridiculous happy. I was smiling like an idiot the entire time I was drawing it. It was my first time and I feel like it was some kind of spiritual happiness moment. Maybe this is my spirit animal....haha Shading it in was another story... I am planning on selling prints of this on my Etsy online store (to be announced). I don't remember how long it took me 'cause I worked on it a couple different times.

February 15th 2013
BAM! Diva mermaid girl! About an hour and a half. My pen ran out so I had to use a different, 'bluer' one (upper left corner). :/

So I made it all the way up to the 15th. Not too bad. I'm going to have to keep on top of this craziness. A benefit of posting these sketch a days is that I'm working on something artistic all the time, no breaks.
 Thanks for viewing the blog!

Cheers,

- Lisa

Sketch A Day!

Friday, January 25th, 2013
Photo of crow as reference : 2.5 Hours

Saturday, January 26th, 2013
What? lol! No reference : 10min

Sunday, January 27th, 2013
Bleeding Beauty : No reference : 30min

Monday, January 28th, 2013
Not my original, I drew this using a beautiful tattoo I saw as reference.  30min

Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
Ugh, not really a fan but I'm posting the good AND the bad on this blog. Photo as reference : like, 2 frikken hours of disappointment!

Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
Made me smile :)  Photo of doves as reference  :  30min

Thursday, January 31st, 2013
Aaaaaaaaaand the photo says it all! Photo of goose as reference (yes, really) : 5min.

Sketch A Day!

Okay.... so I'm committing myself to posting a new sketch EVERY day.... Well, at least DRAWING something every day and posting whenever I have the chance! Hope you enjoy :)

Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Drew using the cover of  Bjork's CD Homogenic as reference. 

Wednesday, January 23, 2013
My reference for this one was a tattoo that I found on Google image search. I loooooove all the awesomesauce shading and I can't take any credit for it because I totally copied the tattoo. The best way for me to learn has always been study.... then copy..... then apply the knowledge I gained from it to new, original artwork.

Thursday, January 24, 2013
Drew this using a real picture of a lilly for reference. Clocked it at 1h45min. :)

Tail End of 2012 Art Trickles In...

A commission for a D&D group :)

Kristen Bell

What to do on a slow day...

A goal I'm working towards is drawing things that are out of my comfort zone:

First Real Post : 2012 Overview!

So the last couple of weeks, I've been racking my brain on what to blog about first. What do I have to say? What do I WANT to say? I came to the conclusion that if this blog is about my art... and my heart, I should just dive in with no inhibitions or expectations and enjoy the ride. :)
2012 was a big year, artistically, for me. My tattoo apprenticeship is chugging along well, I've gotten to a point where I am proud of each piece I do but at the same time, pushing myself to do better. I'm learning not to settle and to try and reach this "potential" that  all my teachers back in high school said I had!

This was my 2012: