birthday cake

digital, photo manipulation; 2008.
had fun with this "Leap" theme entry for both Illustration Friday & Inspire Me Thursday. perhaps i'll revisit this four years from now, circumstances allowing.

Shirley

colored pencil, marker, paintmarker, wax crayon, pen, pencil, digital finishes; 2008.
a long-gestating idea spurred on by this week's Illustration Friday theme: Multiple.

basks in free-soil

digital, 2008.

by the seventh beer...

mixed media: collage, wax stick, paintmarker, acrylic, watercolor, digital text; 2008.
prompted by this week's Illustration Friday prompt: Theory. i don't really drink beer, so i wouldn't know...

unrequi-- unsent card

digital; 2008.
this was a bit harder to do, surprisingly. try the LiteBrite for yourself. i'll look for some sorta MarioPaint app that this process was reminiscent of, to me at least. good times.

here it is again, as it appears better-ish either smaller or blurry. or best with eyes completely closed.

Branch essoft ly brea_k in g

digital; 2008.
quick sketch done using The Scribbler, a "generative illustration toy" by ZeFrank.com. you could try it too. go crazy. er.

G. G. G.

paintmarker, colored pencil, ink; 2007.

back&forthTorso/(saudade today version)

original pen, marker, paintmarker; 2008.
this version faces the opposite direction, has the added-yet-unexpected low-res cam flash effect, & the resulting blue tint. a remix of a song previously unheard.

unshaven

gel pen, 2008.
for William Henry "Bill" Maudlin.