dusty blog. be-gone, dust!!!

it's been so long since a post! I'm changing that.

I've been looking at a lot of illustrators lately. In the last couple months for some reason it feels like the fog has cleared a bit--I think i've decided pretty definitively that illustration--I'd like to do editorial illustration and illustrations for books, that this is what I want to do with my life. For a long time I felt pulled in a lot of different directions in terms of a career. Anyways.

I'm obsessed with this illustrator Ping Zhu right now.  dry brush! so much energy!

I also am looking a lot right now at Jillian Tamaki. her style is so diverse; it's kind of incredible

delicious!

i also discovered this guy through behance the other night: Bastien Quignon. check out his portfolio. He has some gifs posted on there--i didn't know you could post gifs on Behance. I thought this was pretty lovely; it could make a really nice pattern in repeat.

meanwhile I've been messing around with color. here's a sketch--using colored pencils, a leaf I was working on yesterday. I really like your suggestions about abstraction. I need to find some exercises for composition as well.

What are you up to these days? It's been so long since we talked. Are you filling in at the art offices these days? What's new??