Lady night life

This probably turned out a little more sexy than I intended, but that's alright. I liked how it turned out. Mostly playing with purple and lighting here. I'm going to start contributing to iStockphoto, so this is a piece I'm using for submission.

UPDATE: This week's Illustration Friday topic is "Poise". I looked up "poise" in the dictionary and this is what it read: "Graceful and elegant bearing in a person". I guess that sorta' fits, so I'm submitting it.

Sketches and such (and I'm on Twitter)

I haven't posted anything in a little while, so I've decided to throw up some random sketches from my sketchbook to let you know I'm still alive and drawing. My wife was using the computer with the scanner, so I decided to take a bunch of pictures of my sketchbook. I kinda' like the look.

I recently signed up for Twitter. You can follow me @CIllustration. I'm working on a birdie drawing for a Twitter badge, and some of the sketches are below.

I've also been doing some client work recently, and I hope to post some of that soon. Until then, feast your eyes on these awesome drawings.

Parting of the Red Sea colored

Well, I've been working on this one all week, and I'm not sure if it's done. I thought I'd post it anyways.

Speaking of nature acting in unnatural ways, LOST is on!!



UPDATE: I'm submitting this to this week's Illustration Friday topic: "Breezy". A while back I watched a Discovery Channel show that gave a scientific explanation to some of the miracles in the Old Testament. I've always found this stuff very interesting. To me, a scientific explanation to a miracle doesn't make it any less of a miracle. In fact, it only reinforces the miraculousness of God using natural events for His purpose.

However, the particular episode I watched talked about the parting of the Red Sea, and gave an explanation as to how this could have happened naturally. They hypothesized that a large wind (or "breeze") came down and blew the sea down, revealing an underwater ridge, which the Israelites used to cross. I saw a problem when they said that the "breeze" had to be over 100 mph sustained. Wouldn't this blow people into the water (especially children and the elderly)?

I'm not trying to start a debate—only providing an explanation as to why this illustration fits with this week's Illustration Friday topic: "Breezy".

Parting of the Red Sea

Here's a sketch I did yesterday depicting the famous Bible story from Exodus: The Parting of the Red Sea. I'd like to continue with this one so stay tuned.

Well, off to church to learn more Bible stories.

Illustration Friday "Time"

As the week drew to a close, Jeffrey thought he had all the time that the weekend could give. Unfortunately, Mrs. No-fun has different ideas on how Jeffrey should spend his beautiful Saturdays. No exercise for you, little Jeffrey.

Promos and such

Here is a near-finished version of an illustration promo postcard I'm working on. Not much to say. I hope to start sending it out next week.

Promo workings and New Year

Hello, all. With this new year I am making the move to full-time freelance. It's a pretty scary move, but the right one. I am taking this opportunity to focus my marketing on gaining more professional illustration accounts (most of my clients are design-related). Below is a sketch of a promo-postcard that I will be sending out in February. It's going to be fun.