Koi

Trying some negative space painting.

The Giraffe

Another digital painting, again from one of last year’s poems. Though a completely different style this time, obviously. In a pleasant bit of irony, the font used here is called “The Happy Giraffe.”

Wacom Intuos tablet and ArtRage 4.5.

The Owl

Last year I wrote a bunch of animal poems for NaPoWriMo, with the intention of eventually illustrating them and maybe even making a book. Life got crazy and sidetracked that project for a while, but here’s one of them, finally.

Wacom Intuos tablet and ArtRage 4.5.

Ananda Moyi Ma

Ananda Moyi Ma, painted from a photograph. This is my first piece done entirely digitally, start to finish, using a Wacom Intuos tablet and ArtRage 4.5. Probably not the easiest picture to start learning with, but I'd had this in mind to paint for a while, so there we go. Working with a tablet and software takes at least as much getting used to as any traditional media, but it's starting to be fun as I get the hang of it.

Birthday Hedgehog

I felt like drawing something silly on my birthday. Hedgehogs have trouble with birthday balloons, unfortunately.

Colored pencils.

Lion

Watercolor, from a reference photograph. Guy requested a lion.

Parrot

Pen & watercolor, from a reference photograph.