what else? GIRL DOODLES!

when you're not sure what to do because of a lack of focus, a need to procrastinate, desire to avoid dealing with dreaded taxes or organizing your (filthy) art desk, etc ... a simple solution is--draw some girl doodleheads!! Works wonders everytime! (none of those other things get done but, hey....look, cute girl doodleheads...)













And if you have an 8-11 year old girl---you might want to pick up the first couple "My Sister The Vampire" books, written by Sienna Mercer. Yours truly did the book covers! (There are 4 in total and the first 2 are out now)
Book 1 "Switched"
Book 2 "Fangtastic!"
It was a treasure of an experience working with Allyson, Joel and Chloe over at Harper Collins! Oh, how I hope they hire me again!!

Shoe Dreams

This is a doodle---of sorts. I drew the girl without any plan. I had fun drawing her, but clearly, there was an element missing. I couldn't just have her standing there like that. She needed SOMETHING. So, I think the shoes kinda work. I mean, girls LOVE shoes and think about them often. Well, at least, I do.

Hooray for shoes!

Girly Doodle Heads

Hello! This here "illo" is really just a bunch of doodleheads thrown onto my scanner for the fun of it. They're not particularly excellent or anything...it's just that I draw girl heads ALL THE TIME (it's like a weird habit) and I've got a shoebox full of 'em and what the heck else am I going to do with them?!! (actually, I plan to collage them onto paintings, someday) Mainly, I needed a little something new on the ol' blog here so this seemed like a no-brainer. And it was just the sort of thing I could waste some time on before getting "real" about the assignments I have before me. I've been a busy, drawing maniac over the past few weeks and will be for a few more too. It feels good to wrangle several projects and I'm actually doing a pretty good job at it.... that is, considering my tendency to procrastinate and my ability to become completely distracted by shiny objects or food.

Ok, ok...work beckons....
Have an exquisitely lovely day!

Testing, I. 2. 3.

Yes. It's been a long time. Excuses come later. Just wanted to post SOMETHING. GEESH, I desperately needed some kind of update!!!!! This here is a quick thumbnail comp for a bookcover. They went with a different design I had so I suppose it's okay to post this one.