I see a red door and I want it to turn black...

It's a beautiful day. Autumn is in the air, the kids' trip to the dentist went better than planned, and I don't feel like doing a darned anything before dinner! So I played with Painter. So there.

PS...the seething, retro reference in the post's title really has nothing to do with anything! I just like the song. More so there. :D

PPS...does a "come hither" glance count as some sort of welcome? I'm saying so! For the sake of Illustration Friday.

Proceed with caution...

....and wear asbestos gloves. Another 'Illustration Friday' whoop-de-doodle that was also created for a little experiment over at Epilogue.net. I need to work with Painter more often, to keep control of those damnable brushes!

Woman In White

Just a painting I've been fiddling with, over the course of the month. I wanted a sort of glowy vibe, something etherial, something somehow modern, but not. Bah. Time to work.

No tentacle love FOR YOU!

I pulled a literal all-nighter and 'finished' this for Art Order's 'Drow vs. Mindflayer' challenge. I'm not happy with the design at all, but there are tiny portions I enjoyed, so it wasn't a TOTAL loss. My sons, ages 9 and 11, were my models and the 9 year old wasn't overly impressed with the fact I gave 'him' boobs, but he was faboo with the grimacing expression. I want to thank Melissa Findley for pushing me to finish, regardless, because it helped me get yet another step closer to actually implementing plans to shove my art in the direction I want to go with it. *phew; that was a blathery sentence!* Anywho, thanks, Mel! And good luck on the challenge! I think you'll kick purple ass...

Hollow?

I've got such an idiot crush on Butch Walker. And I'm way too creaky for such foolishness, but hey, let an old woman have her harmless fun! I hardly ever do fan art, but I was gifted with a ton of colored pencils, so I finally put them to use. Prismacolors on plain brown cardboard. I'm sure it'll decay in a year. Oh well! Nothing gold stays...and Butch has the sexiest hollow cheeks in the biz. So that's my loose tie-in for Illustration Friday! Ta!

She's Come Undone

I lieu of actual work, I opted to do an Illustration Friday thing. More and more I'm looking at my age, and my life, and saying to myself "Self, why aren't you doing what you truly want to do with your stinkin' art?" No more commissions. When I get finished with this last, rather weighty batch of assignments, I'm done. Finito. I'm breaking out the traditional media, and putting on my beret, and tripping the art fantastic. (Ya think because I've put it into words it'll happen this time? We shall see...)

Anywho, Illustration Friday's topic is 'Cracked'. Funny, that.

The Endless...Desire...

Dang it, haven't had a chance to keep up with Illustration Friday, so I'll slip this little bit of artistic masturbation in here. This was created for ConceptArt.org's CHOW challenge, found here: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=157526 (If you're a member, get over thar and vote!)

Yup, it's inspired by Klimt, and Gaiman, and Sandman, and the fact I really should be working on paying gigs. At any rate...enjoy! We all need a little desire.