July 21, 2012

Today I have another drawing of John Henry!

This one's caption says "John Henry's parents always reminded him that he already had a pet. But Bubbles wasn't very exciting and John Henry didn't like him very much".

Cheers,

Red

July 20, 2012

The first sketch today is an adjustable wrench. I bought it at a garage sale for like a quarter. It's made in the USA! CRAZY! Also, AV took it to work and got it all cleaned up for me :D Now it's all shiny and new!!

Now I need to build some stuff I think. Or possibly just open some paint tubes....

Next is another drawing of John Henry. This is more of the style that I'd like him to be.

The caption reads "John Henry always wanted a pet."

Cheers,

Red

July 10, 2012

Today I drew a cartoon-y little boy for a story I wrote :D

I want him to be a little more realistic I think. Also I think this style is a little too anime for what I want.

I guess I'll have to keep working...

Cheers,

Red

July 7, 2012

I drew a slightly creepy child today...

Yay...?

Cheers,
Red

May 1, 2012

I've gotten through FOUR whole months of my sketch resolution!!

I'm pretty proud of myself!

But not as proud as I am about today's drawings!!

I set out to practice drawing some more children and fully expected to end up with a whole miniature zombie army. But I didn't!!! I might actually be able to illustrate some books that wouldn't give little children nightmares.
 

I used reference photos again, from here and here!

Cheers!
Red

April 30, 2012

AV and I want to write a children's book so I figured I should get some practice drawing children for it.

Regrettably, I am not that good at this...

Today is a day of little zombie children.... First up we have a little broken necked catastrophe:

And this one is just generally creepy :(

Obviously I'm going to need a little more practice. Or I suppose AV and I could just write some really macabre stories...?

The worst part is that I used reference photos!!! 

This one and this one.

Cheers,

Red



Let's Go to the Beach, Baby

I also finished a toddler outfit today. This isn't 100% finished actually, but since I don't have a toddler with an upper thigh and waist I can measure, it's done*.

The outfit includes a diper cover, a little sun hat, and a sundress with adjustable straps.

The front of the sundress.

Back of the sundress and the hat

The straps cross across the back and have button holes for a hidden button located on the inside of the dress. I worked really hard to match the pattern along the bottom of the skirt on the back seam. I would say I did pretty excellently :D 

Again, I apologize for the sideways photos, I don't know why this is happening...

Cheers,

Red

How I did it:

McCall's Pattern M4424 in XL

*The diaper cover requires elastic in the waist and legs but the pattern tells you to measure the child and add an inch to the measurements. So, short of completely making an arbitrary guess, I can't do that part.

Fairy Tale Princess Dress-up

Last summer I picked up a little white purse and a pair of girl's red dress shoes at Goodwill. I was planning to make a dress-up set but I just never got around to it.

Fast forward a year and I finally had the time and drive to do it! Presenting the Fairy Tale Princess Dress-up Set! Both the shoes and purse are blue, purple, and pink with white stars and a lovely silver sheen. If I had a kid I would dress them in these things all the time!

When You Wish Upon a Star!

If you have a little girl with size 10W (I don't know what this means?) feet, I have a pair of adorable shoes for her!! These would look so so cute with a little frilly white dress :D

Cheers,

Red

How I did it:

Find a pair of shoes. Fake leather works best.

Paint them with thin coats of acrylic paint.

Stuff the inside with newspaper and spray the outsides with clear spraypaint (3+ coats)

Let dry at least 3 days (to get the tackiness and paint smell out).

Wear them and be awesome!