Puzzlemania!

I got more of my @Highlights Puzzlemania books that I did some gags for! Super fun stuff! I would have loved these when I was a kid!

Buy them online at highlights.com!

Some new pieces

Hey all
So I had my first portfolio crit the other day at my first local SCBWI meeting! It went well, considering that I just honed in on my style that I'd like to do for picture books. I got a lot of good feedback and encouragement! It's been a lot of exploring and a lot of fails since the conference in LA, but it's all been very good. AND with the help of my awesome husband pushing me to realize that I've had my "style" there all along, but I just haven't been applying to picture books- out our house we call that "not thinking fourth dimensionally." I look forward to doing more in this style for Illustration Friday work as well, to help build up a continuity with all my work. So here are some samples of what I've worked up. Enjoy! And please let me know what you think!

Illustration Friday: Separated

Hello all!
It's late in the week, but I wanted to post for this week's theme. "Separated." When i hear this word I think about things wanting to be separated by they can't be. I was very into the topic of conjoined twins for a long time. I think there is something very fascinating about two being fused together, sharing, loving, experiencing things always together, but they are still separate beings. Anyhoo, enjoy:

Illustration Friday: Round

Hello!
I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! I know that after spending a holiday where all you do is eat, it wasn't hard coming up with an idea for this week's topic of "Round."

 Among many things, I love food, olde tyme stuff, and old men waving their canes in anger. Enjoy!

Illustration Friday: Vanity

Hey everyone!
After a couple of weeks of Illustration Friday silence due to getting ready for the Artache Art Flea Market, I'm back in full effect. A lot of time too I at least do the drawings even without posting them, usually because they are still in sketch form. Here is a fun contribution for this week's theme, vanity.

 

I love the idea that this boogery little guy is vain. He's gross, but I do think he's kind of cute. I used watercolor and pencil on this. I really like my treatment of the watercolor. I've been trying to use pencil more in this way, almost like pen, but with a little enhancement of shading.

Anyways, enjoy and more to come! Thanks for viewing!

Artache Sunday Sunday Sunday!

Hey everyone!
Today is the Artache Art Flea Market at Vermillion Gallery in Capitol Hill! Here's a little taste of what will be at the show:

Come see some them in real life. They wont bite. 1508 11th Ave. We'll be there from 3-8pm! One day only!
Jessixa