Tea, Anyone?

Hello! I have had a little tummy bug, so I have been just hanging around my apartment today. As a result, I have a new pic. Enjoy!

Something new

Hello friends! Talking with a friend of mine about a week ago, we decided that a space theme is great for kids artwork. Therefore, I have launched a new "line," so to speak. Space Babies! I am certainly not abondoning Spacegirl, this is simply in addition. So here is my first picture in the Space Babies line, entitled "Catch a Falling Star." I also have to thank my friend Kristin, for having such beautiful babies, as I was using pictures of her children, when designing this picture. Thanks!

Back on my Forest Moon

Actually, I have been back for awhile, but Spaceman was here for 10 days, and I have been working (erm, in Space of course) every day since then. It is really lonely to be apart from him again, but I am alright. I haven't had time for much drawing, but I have some ideas, so I will be getting back into it soon!

Star Stealer. . . finally!

Sorry for the delay - here she is. This one isn't my favorite, mostly because I scanned the drawing. Usually I take a picture of it with my camera, which maybe sounds like it wouldn't turn out very well, but I like the way my ink lines are not quite black and so standout against the black background. Since I scanned it this time, the outline just blends in. In the future, I may redo it, because I really, really like the way the stars on her jewelry turned out. For now though, here it is:

Exuses and Harry Potter

Hey all! Sorry I have been away for awhile. I have had a terrible cold and have also been super busy. I do have a new drawing that is almost finished. It has actually been almost finished for quite awhile, but I just haven't had the motivation to put the finishing touches on it. Soon though, I promise. To give you a little teaser - it is called Star Stealer. Dun, dun, dahhhhhhh!

In other news, I just finished reading Harry Potter. I won't really comment on it, because I don't want to give anything away. Suffice to say, I pretty much couldn't put it down until I finished it. And now, what is there in life to look forward too? Ah yes, movies 6 and 7 will be out someday. There is still Harry Potter stuff to look forward to! Hmmm, I hope that J.K. Rowling will start another series, but I feel that it is likely she won't. I don't know. I guess I just don't want to get my hopes up. I just really enjoy reading her books. Fantasy is perhaps my favorite genre of all time, and hers are so rich with detail. Anyway, I can always start reading from the beginning again. :)

Living in space takes its toll on Spacegirl's tummy

I'm sick. Not terribly so, but just enough so that I don't really feel like doing anything. Yet at the same time, I am bored. I tried drawing, because I have some ideas for pictures I would like to draw, one with Spaceman and Spacegirl, and one with Green Lady, but I was feeling to lazy to make them as detailed as I want them to be. So I gave up. I promise I will be posting them sometime soon.

Spaceman is at school right now and won't be home for a couple of hours. Poor Spaceman, he has been working so hard. It seems like he is either at one of his two jobs, in class, or doing homework. I am really proud of him, but I miss him so much too. Especially when I don't feel well. Come home Spaceman!

Show Down

Here is my latest installment in the epic of Spacegirl. In this picture, we find Spacegirl and Green Lady in a rare face-to-face confrontation. Green Lady cannot bear it that the stars, the most beautiful things in the universe, are not in her possession. She is determined to collect them all for her private collection, and Spaceman and Spacegirl don't want this to happen, as they believe that the stars are for everyone. It makes me think of famous works of art that have been stolen from museums. The thieves deprive the public of the art, in many cases not for the money, but simply for the feelings of power they get from owning something so beautiful. This is the Green Lady's motivation. She wants to hoard all of this beauty for herself.



This picture shows Spacegirl, who has stolen a star back from Green Lady in order to return it to its rightful place in the heavens, fighting off Green Lady, who is attempting to stop Spacegirl. The fact that Green Lady is able to shoot lightening directly from her hands is very much Star Wars inspired, but adapted to fit this type of art and the design of the Green Lady. The gun that Spacegirl is using inspired a bit of a debate between me and Spaceman. He said that it should look more like a gun. I said I wanted it to be unique and interesting. He said, "a gun is a gun." And therein, lies the problem. I don't like guns. I didn't grow up with hunting or anything like that, and I just don't feel comfortable with them. And I definitely am not interested in them. So, I wanted to make Spacegirl's weapon look really unreal. The other thing is that Spacegirl uses different guns and I want them to be interesting from a design perspective. Anyway, here is the picture.