Illustration Friday: Sweet

Someone's got a bit of a sweet tooth!

I promise, one of these days, I'll put up a non-IF related post. Where would this blog be without Illustration Friday?

Illustration Friday: Tension

I've posted this piece once before, in a post with a lot of pictures of this sort, but when I saw this week's IF topic, I couldn't think of anything more appropriate. This is definitely one of my older pieces, and maybe I'll redo it and build it as a series, but I love the feel of this picture.
Growing up with all that tension, can you imagine what it's like when they're older?

Illustration Friday: Farewell

"Farewell, farewell!

 One kiss, and I'll descend."

For Illustration Friday's "farewell" theme, the most tragic farewell I can think of.

Also, the most whiny.

Illustration Friday: Yesterday

First submmission to Illustration Friday!

Maybe something along the lines of...did you hear what happened yesterday?

Blue Lagoon

Sometimes, I get distracted.

Usually my distractions are completely unproductive, but on occasion, it's due to an excess of creative ideas luring me away from what I should be doing.  This makes my procrastinating slightly more productive, but that much harder to resist.
This time, it was a mermaid. A little paper mermaid hiding behind a waterfall and calling me away from everything I knew I really should be taking care of. So, naturally, I went after the mermaid -

starting with a papercut waterfall...

 messing with the lighting...

 trying out a fluorescent...

and voila!

 Maybe putting off constructive work isn't all bad.

That was a terrible moral of the story. Bad bad bad.

Get back to work, Shana.

Ice Cream For Two

Ink on paper, effects and color in Adobe Photoshop CS3

Another old fashioned photograph style piece. Anyone for a milkshake?

Bundle up!

Today is my birthday. It is also Christmas.

Yes, I am a Christmas baby. That is a fact I would probably be bitter about were it not for the other fact - that I don't actually celebrate Christmas. Instead of being bitter, I get to have half the world in lights on my birthday, and everyone is just so happy they give each other presents in my honor. And were it not for the fact that I was born on December 25th, I would not have the wonderful nickname Jesus, as I do today. 

Since there's nothing that can make you feel cozier than the snowiest time of the year, some wintery concepts for another portfolio project.

 

I don't know about you, but these make me want to grab a mug of cocoa and a blanket and have a Disney movie marathon.

 

So, a very merry birthday to all you Christmas babies out there, and wishes for a safe, happy, and cozy year to all!