Wedding Illustrations

Below is the sketch and the final illustration of a piece that was part of the invitations sent out to our wedding. The content of the illustration was completely my husbands idea. 

It was originally going to be the save the date card, but time grew short!

Final piece.

Originally the colors for our wedding were orange, light blue and green. During the invitation design process, I nixed those colors and replaced it with red and cyan and brown.

The sea dragon and the mermaid princess

A few Fridays ago I had the joy of hanging out with my best friend and her 6 year-old son. We gathered at her kitchen table and made art. Her son is a budding artist, a child that already can sit for hours and create images on paper that surpass his age in ability. He is able to connect to that strange meditative state that most artists can obtain, the kind of state where time passes without note and it happens to be three hours later.

I drew this on that evening. I think I had his approval when he said the monster behind the mermaid was scary, and he wished to keep it for his gallery wall. I convinced him to let me take it home first so I could scan it, but I would return it to him later. I might buy a frame for it this afternoon if I am up to braving the severe cold.