Trouble Comes in Threes

Trouble Comes in Threes, originally uploaded by alida saxon.

Trouble Comes in Threes
12" x 16.25" Colored Pencil on Yellow Ochre paper.

And it's finished. I'm pretty happy with it. The setting makes me think this chap is proving to be an unpleasant welcome party at the train station for some unfortunate people.

Prints available here.

steampunk (untitled work in progress)

steampunk (untitled work in progress), originally uploaded by alida saxon.

Here's the last update before I finish it. All the really tedious work is done and now I get to focus on what I consider the fun part - working up the highlights and deepening the shadows. Beyond this point is where you find out if the piece is really going to glow, no pun intended.

Dance

Dance, originally uploaded by alida saxon.

This week's Illustration Friday theme is "dance", which gave me a good excuse to get this little idea that's been floating around in my head for a few weeks.

Drawn freehand in adobe illustrator this morning. This one took about two hours, too much of that time fussing over the placement of the cats and music notes.

steampunk (untitled work in progress)

steampunk (untitled work in progress), originally uploaded by alida saxon.

Just a little update on the progress. I'm layering now, not bothering with the robots or any great details. Things looking pretty flat at the moment as I work in establishing the underlying colors in spots like the billowing steam.

I also made my final edits to the composition. You'll notice I eased the lines of clouds to all fall down toward the left hand corner, exposing more of the left hand robot. I felt the clouds weren't interesting enough cutting of everything at head level.

Steampunk (untitled work in progress)

Steampunk (untitled work in progress), originally uploaded by alida saxon.

That sketch I did a few days ago is coming into shape as my latest project. I decided to do it on yellow ochre paper, since it'll give those nice brassy undertones for robots and it's a great color for doing skin tones on. I've just got the sketch down so far, and some of the highlights lightly worked in.

I haven't touched the billowing clouds of smoke/steam around his body yet. I haven't decided to go light or dark with those.

Jungle

Jungle, originally uploaded by alida saxon.

I've been a bit slack about participating in Illustration Friday the last while, so this morning I did a quick illustration up for this week's theme "Jungle". Very quick and loose, maybe an hour in Adobe Illustrator.

The EXCITING adventures of Jenny, Grocery Clerk

The EXCITING adventures of Jenny, Grocery Clerk, originally uploaded by alida saxon.

I think most of us are better off without a Narrator in our lives.

professor robot

professor robot, originally uploaded by alida saxon.

I'm going to need some photo reference for this one to go anywhere. Drawing tweedy victorian chaps aren't intuitive for me - stating the obvious there. But I like the composition so posting it with flaws intact. I've been wanting to do a steampunk sort of illustration for a while.

Night Hunt

Night Hunt, originally uploaded by alida saxon.

Night Hunt
11"x15" (cropped to 10.5"x14.5")
Coloured Pencil on Black Stonehenge paper

You saw this rough a few days ago in a concept sketch, and I just finished it an hour ago. I don't know if anyone will see this on a friday, but I didn't feel like sitting on it till Monday.

Prints available through Zazzle.

And here's a little sketching to tack on the end of this post. It appears I've added a new shadow monster to my stable that wants to stick around. ;)