Diva hippo

Character sketch for a short story illustration. I love this big lady already!

dinner sketches

November 3, 2015
Attended a dinner event and sketched during the speakers.

Inktober: football Sunday night

October 4, 2015
Love watching football late Sunday evenings. These guys came from my head and are looking pretty solid.

Halloween costumes 3

October 1, 2015
Couldn't bear to ink these two cuties and lose the sketchy quality. I love them. Kids in vintage costumes.

Inktober: Halloween costumes 2

October 1, 2015
Inktober sketch. Kids in vintage Halloween masks. Really liking them.

dude in a hat

September 22, 2015
Inspired by M. Sasek.

another one reading

September 1, 2015
Little girl reading. Looks almost too pixie-ish.

party time!

August 26, 2015
It's mouse's birthday apparently.

random ugly character sketches

August 26, 2015
character sketches, including a mermaid per Jo's request

dogs on the brain apparently

searching for character styles

digging for ideas

thumbnail sketches for a potential book project

grinding away

random little girl character sketches

August 11, 2015
rough sketches I'm not too happy with, but there they are.

not an eraser-related incident, just frustration

August 5, 2015
Thinking about book characters. I love little girls in cute dresses with Peter Pan collars and Mary Jane shoes. Poor little book-balancing girl is my favorite but I cannot get her arms right, so armless she remains.

where does inspiration end and imagination begin?

August 5, 2015
Random girl character sketches. The right one seems a bit too Seuss-inspired for some reason.

And the dog… Maurice Sendak never gets out of my head apparently.

sometimes I really dislike my sketches

…but I sketch away anyway.

searching for personality

study of people inspired by mid-century illustration

ladybugs

July 15, 2015
study in ladybugs

Character Studies

Trying to get some characters out of my head. They never look like what I'm thinking.