Archive for November, 2007

This is my submission for Illustration Friday! Yay, my first one!This weeks theme is ‘Excess’ and I immediately thought of the Holidays! Excess presents, food, etc… and how appropriate to use a pig ;) Don’t forget to head over to my sketchbook to give Piggy a rating!

Here’s an illustration I’ve been working on this week. I’m obviously in a wintery mood! :) We’ve been getting quite a lot of snow here in Ottawa – a big difference from this time of year in Nova Scotia (where I’m originally from)! I need to get my act together and start making submissions for Illustration Friday. This past week’s topic ‘Zoo’ just wasn’t festive enough for my liking ;) But that’s besides the point…

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this one! I’m still trying to get my new illustration style down so I’d love to hear if you feel it fits in with my other illustrations and if my kid’s are consistent with the style. I wasn’t quite sure how to show the glass of the window so I added a light opacity of white and cleared a spot for the kid’s faces (just like they wiped off the frost). Does that work? Is there another way I could do it? I’d love to hear your thoughts! …or just tell me what you think by rating it in my sketchbook!

Thanks everyone!

I’ve posted a FREE desktop wallpaper in my store. Every time I switch my blog theme, I’ll post a new wallpaper for you to download!

I’m also going to try to post a new illustration very soon. I’m having a pretty busy week so far …I’ll hopefully have something up by the end of the week. Check back soon!

I’ve just recently added a few illustrations to my sketchbook page. Feel free to hop on over to give them a rating! I’ve posted my latest one below. This is actually my first illustration of kids in this style. Let me know what you think!

As with many other creative individuals, I love change. My plan for this website is to change the design seasonally. I love the changing seasons and will update my site at the beginning of each new season. Especially here in Canada, the changing seasons are so beautiful, and they’re such an inspiration in my artwork. The design won’t change completely (so you’ll still know where you are!), I just plan to change the main illustration and text/accent colours to match. So it’ll be more of a ‘seasonal facelift’ rather than a complete redesign :)

I’d love to hear your thoughts on my website design and general usability. Is it easy to get around? Are there features I should add? Elements that are unnecessary? It would be great to get your feedback and I’ll make an effort to incorporate all your great ideas!