Stopgap

The final for my pulp: Red Passion. (I am actually planning to re-do this in a painted style, the only reason I didn't go with a painted style from the outset was the fear that I would not be able to make it good... {sigh} but I think it'll be really nice if I find the time to re-do it)
Another final that I am not done with. This is watercolor, and a little digital correction/combination. I still have some painting I want to do on the originals of this, I'll post the new version when I get a chance.
Ah children's book. The terrible chaos and fury of children's book. This is more or less how it's going:
I am pleased, though the progress is slow, there's a lot of working things out and I am having some fun with it.

Love and coffee,
~Anne

Mini-update

The sketch for the Pulp cover. It's due today but it may be a little while before I save the final in a postable format. I saved the sketch a bit ago so I figured I would finally post it.
Sketches for the celebrity portrait for Ill II:
Serious hugs for anyone who knows who these two are.

Love and coffee,
~Anne

Kids Book character designs

Justin made a suggestion about the style for the kid's book and I have tried to work it out:

Love and Coffee,
~Anne

Pulp Cover for Computer Ill

Just got back from the woodshop,could really use a nap :) but I have much to do and little enough time! Here's a little update on Computer Ill. After the turn-around/3 image project Prochnow assigned us a pulp-fiction book cover. I researched the old pulp books and looked at perhaps a hundred covers. I decided that the funniest of the pulps were the "adult reading" books, specifically the lesbian books. I decided to do a soviet themed cover and I titled my book "Red Passion". Here are the sketches for the cover:
Should be good, wish me luck!

Love and coffee,
Anne

Top Secret Project

Deer for Ill II

Illustration II we got a story about a kid who's dad used to take him hunting and the kid shot a deer when he was 11 and the father later killed himself. It wasn't great but at least there was some imagery to work with. I started with thumbnails. The one I wanted to do is in the second image:
Thiel did not want me to do that image. No. No, Thiel liked the stupid picture with the human head mounted as a trophy. :( IT's SO STUPID. But I did it anyway:

Love and Coffee,
~Anne

Computer Illustration

We had to do a turn-around or three images of a character in different situations for computer illustration. I initially did a girl in the style I intend to use for the people in the kid's book:
But as you can see, I was having trouble making her look like not plastic. SO, I opted to do something else:

Liv was the biggest help ever. I met up with her on the Saturday before this one and she showed me some really useful tools. I couldn't have done it without her help.

Love and Coffee,
~Anne

The desk

Joe and I completed this desk awhile back but I never managed to post the photos, so here they are!
^_^

Love and coffee,
~Anne