IF: Swarm

For this week's Illustration Friday topic "Swarm". This is actually another coincidence. I doodled a page of butterflies in my sketchbook earlier this week (see the original doodle below), and yesterday I turned them into an illustration/a new print for my shop. It actually fits this week's new topic perfectly. : )

IF: Layer

I love playing with colors and shapes. Drew some scallop borders with color pens while watching TV and then scanned them into Photoshop and played a little bit. Then I checked for this week's Illustration Friday and found out the topic is "Layer"... Guess I am gonna use this one for it then. Perfect! : )

Illustration Friday: Sweater

For this week's Illustration Friday

Chicken Doodles

I really need to go back and start doing more Illustration Friday again. I got to know many talented artists online because of that site. I was trying to do something for the past week's topic "Chicken"... Oh well, didn't make it in time. So here are some of my chicken doodles from the sketchbook. :)

Illustration Friday: Adrift

A drifting hobo dog...

IF: Similar

Mushroom hair

IF: Balloon

IF: Pretend

For this week's IF topic: pretend

IF: Strings

This week's topic is perfect for me! : )
Here is a real photo of me and my cello Tony.

(Photo credit: Geoff Greenleaf)

IF: Sugary

IF: Clique

Inspired by the Jazzercise clip I blogged about earlier. Hot dog!!!

IF: Clutter

Most of the time my head is all cluttered with thoughts / ideas and I can't rest well unless I release them somehow. This is kind of a self-portrait too.

Girls on Wood Panels

I put the girls on wood panels over the week.





And also we went to check out Dick and his booth at the Westport Art Fair. Look what we got. Isn't it awesome?

IF: Routine

My favorite routine everyday: Sleeping!

IF: Soar (Sour, actually...)

Well, I guess I totally misread this week's topic. Too later! I've already submitted my idea. Oh well... I think I need some ice cream now, or maybe some lemon flavored sorbet...

IF: Forgotten

She is running late for her party and she realizes she forgot to paint her toenails for her peep-toe shoes...

IF: Baby

This actually came from what happened the past weekend. My friends and I were playing this really great board game called "Apples to Apples", and I put "elitist" and "baby" together... We all thought the phrase "elitist baby" sounds so hilarious. But really, the word "baby" just sounds funny with pretty much any word in front of it. If you don't know what "gold plated diaper" mean, go to this link and watch it! It's my all time favorite, funniest SNL sketch ever! YAY!! MORE COWBELL!!

PS: "Apples to Apples" is really a very simple game but it's so much fun! The basic concept of the game is simple: you match the adjective card on the table with a noun or verb card from your hand that you think is the perfect (or funniest, or most ironic...whatever) match. But since each round of card matching is judged by a different player at the table, you can use it to your advantage to play a card that you know is a shoo-in for certain judges. It's great for a big party too.

IF: Wide

Wide Feet : Wide Hat+Bag : Wide Cup for Ice Cream: Wide Cupcake: Wide House

IF: Seed

IF: Wrinkles