Sketch backlog

Here's some highlights out of my main sketchbook (I have three that I actively use at the moment, plus the one that's watercolor paper) from the past several months. 

Surf's up

Here's a painting I've been picking at for a while. It started as a technical exercise more than anything else--I wanted to see if I could manage the different textures of the surf and wood--but, well. It seemed a bit too, technical exercise to keep my attention.

See if you can spot the thing that wasn't in my reference photo.

Watercolors by the river

Heeeey so I finally got around to scanning a pile of my backlog from the past, er, several months. These watercolors are from a couple of weeks ago when I had the chance to go paint outside a bit, and are from the same vantage point, just looking in different directions.

Not shown is the blue heron that kept flying majestically up and down the river.

Rooftop Reading

Here's a digital painting I've been working on for the past couple of weekends. It's been a while since I've done anything with this detailed a setting for fun, and it was nice to see that at some point I've gotten a lot faster. A couple of years ago this would've taken me a week's solid work, instead of maybe eight or nine hours total.

This was all done using Corel Painter (and am I the only one who always wants to know the exact media/technology used to make something? So many artists don't say), partially based on a photo I took last year, partially out of my head.

Details!

Progress screenshots can be seen here

Demon and Bunny is a book!

Hey, so remember Bunny and Demon? Their first adventure is now a book, with the story by Treelobsters: Bunny and Demon Go on a Picnic. You can buy it here:
http://www.blurb.com/b/5504054-bunny-and-demon-go-on-a-picnic-13-x11
http://www.blurb.com/b/5521316-bunny-and-demon-go-on-a-picnic-10-x8
(note that there's two size options)(it's very pretty and you should buy it, yes)(pretty pictures and a moral of Friendship, what's not to love?)(this is my idea of subliminal advertising, it seems)

Green hills, muddy river

Quicky watercolor sketch looking out over the Ohio river. I did another painting during this session but I hate it, and you can tell I was getting bored while painting it as I gave up trying to make it look cohesive and just started doodling houses in the corner.

In case you're wondering where the river is, it's that yellow-ish streak towards the left. I felt like the roaming herd of children watching me (which is what happens you get when you paint in a public park) weren't very impressed.

CVG2014 sketchbook

I went to Convergence this past weekend, and as I tend to do at cons, spent a lot of time drawing while listening to panels. Below are the results. One scan is one page, and except for the city, which took a bit longer, I didn't spend longer than an hour on anything.

If you're looking at this and wondering just how many pens/pencils/markers live in my purse, the answer is LOTS.