mad men: betty

And here we have Betty, the privileged former model-turned-stifled suburban housewife. I'm not altogether happy with this piece, but I'm also tired of working on it; the (spoiler alert) former Mrs. Draper is not one of my favorite characters, so I suppose it's only fitting that she was the least pleasant to draw.

basset hound eyes

I'm working on the third in the Mad Men series - Betty - but she's giving me a bit of trouble, so in the meantime here's a sort of sad, wistful little woman I doodled over a cup of tea this afternoon.

mad men: peggy

Peggy Olson, scrappy secretary-turned-copywriter with questionable taste in both men and hairstyles. At least she's not wearing those weird little neckerchief things anymore.

mad men: joan

I'm a huge fan of Mad Men; I think it's one of the most riveting shows on television. So of course at some point it had to work its way into my sketchbook. Chistina Hendricks' Joan is gorgeous and feisty and hands down my favorite female character. The other leading ladies are in the works, but it seemed only fitting to start with Miss Holloway (I refuse to use her husband's last name on account of him being a whiny, raping man-child).

girl detective no.1

First things first: I am a terrible blogger. Fact. Sorry about that.

This is the first thing I've worked on in a while, but look! It's a finished piece and everything. I'm way into yellow right now, and weird riding pants, apparently. This little lady sleuth doesn't have a name yet, but I'm pretty fond of her so I guess I should figure one out. In my head I've just been calling her "girl detective," which reminds me of old pulp comics and hardcover Nancy Drew books and makes me want to write a slightly spoof-y 1950's mystery story for her to star in. There would be stolen family heirlooms and secret passages behind bookshelves and most definitely a creepy groundskeeper who is revealed to be a red herring in the 11th hour.

Anyway, I like her. I'd place bets on seeing more of her in the future. (Notice I didn't say "soon." I don't want to get crazy here.)

aviatrix

Has it for real been over a month since my last post? Wow. That's shame, that feeling there. Sorry kids. Obviously I've been in a bit of a creative slump lately. But tonight I felt like drawing, and this is the end result.

You may or may not be aware, if you know me in person or otherwise, that I am slightly completely enamoured (I know that's the British spelling, but it just looks wrong without the u) with all things flight-related. So while I suppose she could be an adventurer of any sort, to me she is unequivocally a lady pilot. I'm pretty fond of her, actually. And her sweet costume, which I would totally wear on a daily basis. You will probably see more of her in the future, if I ever draw anything ever again before I die. So there's like a 70/30 chance.

allyson's wonderland

I finished this piece a little while ago for Allyson Magda of Allyson Magda Photography. She wanted an Alice in Wonderland-ish illustration with her adorable Jack Russell Terrier, Gunny, as the White Rabbit.

I haven't done a serious digital piece in a while, and I was reminded of why I have a love/hate relationship with Illustrator. One on hand, I do like the end result, and I like that it lets me experiment and change things without scrapping the entire piece. But the downside is that it completely puts me in ocd zoom mode, where I work at 1200% of the actual size (which is usually 25-50% bigger than the final print size to begin with) and get hung up on miniscule details that no one would ever notice. For this reason it takes me at least twice as long to complete digital pieces. I should really work on that.

But! I'm pretty happy with how it came out, in the end.