Come back fighting.

Ok i've had a little break from art and stuff and come back fighting. I've finished my latest calender fairytale image here..

But also had the inspiration to get back and do some of my old school stuff, this image i'm very proud of which is saying something as i haven't been proud of my work in a long time.

.Caricatures.

I seem to be drawing a lot of caricatures lately, some chi bi's and some face portraits. I think it's cause it's simple to do yet effective, also it's fun :) and it helps when I have a drawing block.

Here are my latest drawings.

.It.Starts.

It started with an experiment of drawing myself and it looked good, so I drew some one else..that looked good too. All of a sudden the potraits became popular and i'm being asked to draw even more, so now i'm charging :) all details on potrait comissions on my website http://www.wix.com/bex_eden/bex-eden-illustration check it out!

Below is the first few potraits I have done.

.A.Bunch.O.Stuff.

It seems the Alice picture has been put on hold for a while as I've had to work on images for booklet/mini exhibition called What Hull Means To Me. Here is the second image for that, the first image I didn't like much but I like this one a bit more.

..and to continue with the chibi drawings here is my latest one. They are fun to draw and simple enough to colour and i think they look cool :)

.The return of Alice.

As well as working on an image for a booklet on 'What Hull Means To Me' I've drawn another Alice image to keep me going. All it needs is a bit of colouring, this is the line work of it, with stylized border also drawn by moi.

.Comparing.Styles.

After re-assessing the situation and approaching water colours with a different style here is what I got as the end result.

I would appreciate feedback, good or bad as it always helps. Me myself I like this new style, it suits this purpose more and even though I also like the other style that one suits limited things but work sometimes.

.Race.For.Life.

This year I have decided to once again take part in the Race For Life. I will be walking it (because I haven't been training this year) with my sister and mum, we will all be wearing feather boa's, fairy wings and face paint. It;s all in the name of raising money for Cancer Research, so if anyone feels kind enough to sponcer me here is the link to my online sponser page http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/rebeccaedenruns Thanx to all that donate as every pennt counts! and to those who are also taking part good luck raising money and have fun! x

.Reading.Space.

The final acrylic on canvas painting finished! Here are a few close up shots of the picture and some of the smaller details on it, i've called the image 'Reading Space' It will eventualy be for sale somewhere if anyone is interested but for now it resides in my room waiting for me to do more painting to put with it. :)

.Current.Projects.

Here is my second idea for the FireFox competition, simple but quirky.

...And here is the acrylic picture i'm working on at the moment, lots more work to be done on it, but it's getting there :)

.FireFox.

Finishing off my last sock monster ( for now ) and wokring on ideas for a FireFox compertition, this is my fist idea going back to my messy paint look with outlines, what do ya'll think so far?

.Mini.Project.

Setting myself project is one thing. Sticking to it is a whole new story!

So I've set myself a project which I will be forced to stick to as it will be in my face everyday and inexcusable. I've hand made another mini sketch book which I have labeled 'A Doodle A Day' you get the idea of the project from the title. Starting from February 1st 2011 I will be doodling one thing a day in this book until it's complete, not matter how good or bad the doodle may be I will do it.

This book is only small so it won't seem like a big task every time I doodle, also it will keep me drawing everyday and possible lead to ideas for other drawings.

.Drum.Guy.

Continuing on with my quest to create strange and ridiculous creatures based on musical instruments, my next instalment is Drum Guy. ( line work below, soon to be coloured )

.Mr.Guitar.

Here is the line drawing of my latest idea!

Characters based on musical instruments and types of music, this is Mr.Guitar and he's strumming away.

I'm going to experiment with a digitally colouring technique and a hand painted version, depending on which looks best i will use that coloring technique for the next image.

.Advice.

..So true. Bur like Alice 'I give myself very good advice, but I very seldom follow it'

.Illogical.

After going back to basics and taking up good old fashioned pencil drawing once again, it has inspired me to start working on another picture book. Usually I write the story, research elements, re-write and work parts THEN do the illustration. This technique seems the logical way of doing things and most people would take this route, but I'm not most people and love to be illogical :) so I'm doing it backwards..

The plan is, continue drawing pencil sketches relating each one to the previous drawing there for creating a story line by letting it fall in to it's own path. Once I think the images have reached an end i will organise them in to a story line and add text if necessary and see what the end product looks like!

Here are a few of the drawings and doodles I've done in the last few days...

.Back.To.Basics.

After a long time of no inspiration I decided to go back to the basics and have another go at simple pencil drawings, here are a few I've done recently.

.anything.goes.

Now that the 'This is not a sketchbook' has been send back to america, it felt a bit empty with out having it to doodle in..SO! I made another one of my own 'The Anything Goes Book' which will as is suggests on the cover be filled with random things. Watch this space to see how it turns out!

.people.people.people.

Yet another competition under way with the theme 'Embracing Our Differences' with the goal of creating a billboard sized image with lots of detail. My idea is many many many drawings of many people from many nationalities all merged in to one big drawing to reveal another drawing if you get my drift. Here are a few simple line drawings which I've started with, much more people drawing is on the agenda as I want to get as many as possible in to the big picture.

..zombies.continued..

These are the final two images of the zombies that I managed to get finished, so I've ended up sending all of them off to the competition.

..Zombie..

Last minute project I thought I'd have a go at, for an online magazine asking for zombie images. I've never drawn zombies before so it was something new and very fun to do I thought. I managed to get 3 images drawn up in one day but only one coloured so far, and as the time span between me finding out about the competition to when the competition ended was 3 days I think I've done well to get even this far. Here is the stage of the first zombie, already send off to the competition, if I get the others done in time I will also send them.