Well that went by fast, and I’m afraid I don’t have much to show for it. Personally 2023 has been a bit of a rocky start for me. But I have remained optimistic and positive that I can turn things around. On a side note, I have been playing Roblox with my kids and in doing so it has given me a bit of inspiration in character design. Kinda fun too
anyone else find artistic inspiration somewhere unexpected?
Now, let us stroll through your studio, wherever that may be, your spare bedroom, garage, or in my case the kitchen table, and let us peek at what you are working on. We are NOT here to critique, but to support and encourage, applaud, and of course ooh and aah.
Yep, February always goes by too fast!
Still working on updating my portfolio. Want to include some black & white pieces to round it out. So at night while we're clustered around the TV, I've been working on those and have been loving going back to graphite ... where it all began! 
illustrator - author - smiley person
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Enjoying traditional media lately.
Received two more rejections from literary agents on my book dummy. Will keep trying as time allows.
This piece is actually finished now(this is an earlier photo of it), I just haven't gotten around to scanning it.
Happy March all!
@Kristen-Lango nice this is awesome. What is the inspiration for it? I kove her face in the early sketch I bet the finished peace is great.
@Melissa_Bailey This is so good Melissa. I love your kids, they are adorable. Those hands!!! SOOO GOOD. 
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@Asyas_illos Thank you Asya! Speaking of toys, I love Roblox! And Legos. Anything to which you can build something and it's not done for you
@ArtistErin aww, thanks so much! It's been so much fun going back to drawing with graphite ... and drawing joyful kids.
@Mary-Ramirez Aw thanks Mary! Honestly the inspo for this is just that aliens always find their way into my work haha it's one of my tropes and I love seeing a kid witness something mystical and being surprised by it
we were asked to paint our imagination of a child, so i made this little drawing
we talked about the abilities that small children are born with and how they develop. And that's what came straight to my mind.
A physicist would disagree, but the metaphor still works for me.
Still figuring out my style and im kind of enjoying myself in the progress
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@Melissa_Bailey So cute!
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@von_Nimmermehr Aw I love it!
@Asyas_illos I’ve been brainstorming a steampunk-themed story in my head lately so here’s various character designs of one of my characters that’s a part of it (my desk lamp doesn’t provide the best lighting I’ve been meaning to change the bulb lol)
@Kim-Rosenlof thanks, Kim!
@MiaNova love it!
@Melissa_Bailey love those rock characters!
@Asyas_illos thanks! They were too plain and boring so I added faces. 
Built this tiny snowman on our elderly neighbors mailbox today he’s pretty happy about it
Halloween in March?!
Hahaha I only just now got around to scanning this piece I did last September. How sad is that?!
@von_Nimmermehr This is so cute! Love it.
Yep, February always goes by too fast!
Still working on updating my portfolio. Want to include some black & white pieces to round it out. So at night while we're clustered around the TV, I've been working on those and have been loving going back to graphite ... where it all began!
