Can you see it in my eyes?

People always tell me that I capture a little bit of myself into all my drawings. I believe all artists do so... I see it in my friends work all the time. This time, however, I thought I'd do a self portrait...I don't remember the last time I drew myself intentionally-- probably in highschool for a project. Anyways, heres a fast mirror sketch.

Fountains, Gardens, and more Fish World!

Promo Banners, icons, and a fountain...

The Omelette

Here is the other recipe I whipped up (literally)... I am loving that website (www.theycookanddraw.com) ...this is my 2nd submission. I got a lot of positive feedback, and decided to continue doing more! I had -- as always- and amazing time doing this. I freakin love art! ...and when you combine that with food-- you have a very happy Abz. ;) Anyways, enjoy!

Pig and Chicken

Just don't tell them where it comes from...

More farm animals to come...can you handle it?

The Farm

The whole fairy-tale icons have been kinda put on hold for now... it's an antsy group of...millions out there. They always want something fresh and exciting. Farms are huge on Facebook-- so, we're doing a little bit of farming ourselves. Here's the "build it yourself" barn. (it comes in about 13 'pieces', some of them are put together below, making up the skeleton of the barn).

Lots of fun animal updates to come shortly... and I do mean lots! Hope you guys like this. :)

Just a preview of the sort of crazy animals on this farm-- more to come! :)

The Illustrated Smoothie Recipe!

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Hey guys...! Well, I finally had time to finish this piece that I started last week. The very fun website "They Draw and Cook" has a bunch of illustrated recipes done by fellow bloggers and artists. (Anyone can submit!) I thought I'd contribute and throw in this little bit I did; A delicious summer-time smoothy for all to enjoy! ;) I had a great time doing this.

Started in vector (which looked like the below art that I've been posting), then I took it to Photoshop, and added a whole bunch of crazy textures and detail. I enjoyed the process, though it does take quite some time! Anyways, hope you guys like the art...and the smoothy! :)

Thanks again to http://www.theydrawandcook.com :) Check it out, lots of diverse creative chef/artists!

Prince Charming

Well well well, what do we have here? The little frog below has magically turned into this little heart-breaker. (Magically, of course, if you mean days of non stop dedicated work.) Maybe not a heart-breaker-- but a rich and charming prince. (Gotta keep the fantasy as unrealistic as possible, you know what I mean? Give the people out there some hope) ;)

I also threw in the process of how I go about doing my work.

Sketch done in Adobe Photoshop, and the renderings were done in Adobe Illustrator.

So yep...the latest addition to the whole fairy-tale theme. Care to guess what comes next? ;)

P.s, seriously people-- suggestions would be appreciated!

Happy 24th Birthday to Me!

I can't believe a whole year has passed....It feels like just yesterday I was celebrating my 23rd! Gotta enjoy life before if slips away from us all eh? 24-- wow....still absorbing that. Anyways, happy weekend to everyone out there...and happy birthday to me! :)

Frog & Sword

Can anyone take a willllld guess what the next illustration might be? Hmmm...

This is the new mascot for the game Garden World; it's also what I used to create that textured "f is for flower" art piece a few posts below. :)

Grandfather Clock

Thought I'd classy up things and throw in a vintage Grandfather clock in the mix. This is animated in Flash, (drawn in Illustrator, as usual), and will have the actual time display in the fish tank once purchased/ won. :)

Next up on the to do list: Princess? Perhaps! Stay tuned, and please- give in your ideas, I'm kinda running out of "classy/girly/fairy-like" items to come up with....

Anyways, hope you like it! :)

P.S, If you haven't figured it out by now- the FW stands for Fish World.

Princess Carriage

To go along with the whole princess castle theme, and the unicorn- we decided to come up with a princess carriage! Of course, we changed up "Max" up a little bit for this one, dyed his hair pink-- poor fella. :)