Turkey Vulture

I've opened up a store selling pieces like this new one. Please click here to check it out. Thanks!

Open Market + Great Horned Owl

I hear owls at night when I'm at my mom's house. It could be one of these?

I'll also be showing/selling again (like this piece) at the semi-annual Open Market alongside some really amazing artists. It's a great place to support artists while picking up some unique gifts for Christmas! Click here for more info.

American Kestrel Print

I'm doing some birds of prey - this one is the American Kestrel, which can be commonly seen perched on telephone wires and buildings. Not quite sure yet if I'm satisfied with the colors.

Fashion Pencil Sketches

i love legs

Raven

This is the process in how I create a bird print. I pick a bird I've seen, in this case the common raven and my most simple print to date, and I sketch it.

I scan the sketch and use it as a template in which I trace it in Illustrator to refine and edit the shapes. I play with the color and decide how many layers of color I want to carve.

Next, I flip the image and print out the Illustrator version and use it to transfer the image onto the block.

I carve away.

Then, I mix the paint and test the colors on paper.

I roll the color down and burnish. I let it dry between layers and hope that when it's all done, it comes out decent.

This one was easier - only 2 layers and 2 colors.

Old Sketch, New Post

I've been lazy with drawing, but I'm doing other(hopefully productive)stuff....like cleaning. I found an old pen sketch I did while in Taipei.

Year of the Tiger

The colors are WAAAAY off on the image, but I'm trying my hand at poster design. I had to include certain information, including a Chinese character, as well as limit the palette to only 3 colors. It was challenging and fun. I hope to practice doing more in the future.

House Wren

I sold some framed prints, like this wren, at the recent Open Market and met some cool artists! Thanks to everyone who stopped by and thanks for supporting artists with a purchase!

Quote of the Day: "Fear is useless. Faith is necessary. Love is everything." Martin Sheen

"Sometime it is an artist's task to find out how much music you can make with what you have left." Itzhak Perlman

Perfect, especially given the times.

Yay! Got Chosen

Cliff Swallow

After hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst, I found out that two of my pieces were chosen to appear on the American Illustration site - I'll take it! I was thinking I'd get shafted this awards season, especially given the record number of entries in all the competitions this year, so it was a very pleasant surprise. Congratulations to everyone who got in - I look forward to seeing all the amazing work...and am totally inspired to work harder and do better.

Quote of the Day:
"Success is not to be pursued. It is to be attracted by the person you become." Unknown