emmy the great illustration

Hey hey! I'm super excited today because this week I responded to a Twitter callout via Amelia Gregory, who runs the fabulous illustration blog Amelia's Magazine.

This week she needed a few illustrations for some upcoming articles, and I jumped on the opportunity. She needed an illustration for an article about the singer Emmy the Great. I listened to her while drawing the portrait and I absolutely loved her! She's very folk-y and has a beautiful voice.

This is the illustration I created, using Micron pens & watercolors. I somehow completed it in one night! That's definitely the fastest thing I've ever done haha...

Check out the article here!

This week I'm also working on a custom portrait of my co-worker's 3 sons for father's day. I will be posting that soon!

Stay tuned! Have a great day :)

-gabrielle.

works in progress drawings

So I finally gathered the energy to take pictures, plug in my camera, upload the pictures and even edit them! (Because the paper color was gray)

Here they are, in the order that I drew them. I'm still thinking about whether or not I should add some elements of color or more design... if you have any suggestions please let me know what you think!













-g.

ian macarthur

Ian MacArthur is a very talented (young) artist and designer from England. His surreal illustrations are created using pigment pens and watercolors, embellishing his portraits to create a unique and vibrant explosion of creativity.

His client list is extremely impressive, working with Nike and MTV to name a few.

Take a look at these awesome prints!

-g.

more postcards!

I had a super-productive day today! I basically spent all day on these postcards.
Here are three different sets of postcards. Each set will have 3 postcards. I still have to lamenate these and mat them to another paper but here they are...

Set One: Travel







Set Two: Love/Friendship







Set Three: Internet Memes







Hope you like them! Will be on my Etsy sooner or later.

-g.

Postcards

I am working on a couple sets of postcards that will soon be on my Etsy account. I'm thinking there will be about 3 or 4 sets with 3 or 4 different cards in each set, but right now I have only a travel set and one of a love/friendship set.

The postcards are about 4x6 hand drawn with zig pens and then watercolor painted on top. I will have to mat them to something so they are sturdier. On the back will be regular postcard things (probably hand written.)

I am also thinking that since postcards, and mail in general, are becoming outdated, that I would sell the postcards already stamped... It would kind of be annoying on my part to buy a whole bunch of stamps, but I think people would be more likely to write it and put it in the mail if there was already a stamp on it. Comment on what you think, it would help a lot :)

A couple of pictures of the cards.






It was unintentional at first that I did a travel theme... maybe I subconsciously want to go somewhere. Actually, yes, I do...

So, please tell me if you would buy these on Etsy (or at a craft fair)... they would come in packs of 3 or 4 but they would all be different and all handmade :)

-g.

Sunday Night Sketching

Can't stop drawing deer. Even when I am not drawing them, I keep seeing them all over the place in random things.

Did this one on pink index cards, with zig pens.


Lookin' tired, goodnight.

-g.