Time for a Touch of Whimsy

As much as I love charcoal drawings of leaves
(and I srsly do)
I felt I needed to take a break and do something different.

So I perused through my files of old drawings and found an Inktober drawing that I really liked:

I've wanted to see it in color ever since I finished this sketch.

It took a slightly different turn than I had originally imagined, but that's how the creative process goes sometimes.
Here's the finished piece:

You can find it in all the Suspended Dreams shops. Check it out. Like it. Share it.
Because that would be great.
Thanks!

Skull Nouveau

Latest painting:

Made this with a specific friend in mind. Started as a really small sketch in a really small notebook. Thanks to the magic of technology, it's now a fully realized, inked and colored finished piece.

Thank you Wacom tablet I LOVE YOU.

Oh yeah, and Manga Studio. You helped, too. Thanks.

Line and Texture

I sat down with my Wacom tablet the other day (after dusting it off and apologizing for neglecting it for so long in favor of crochet) and stared blankly at my computer screen.

Waiting for inspiration.

(which is fruitless, I know, but I do it anyway)

When none was forthcoming, I just started moving the stylus around.
Opened some new brush files.
Played with my favorite colors.
Drew a flower.

And that's when Inspiration walked in.

I still have more ideas, so I'm not done with this style, yet.
I see aquatic life.
The moon.
Gears.
And more leaves.

Because nature.

I'm calling this collection Line and Texture, you can see it on Redbubble (click here) and eventually I will add a new section to the Gallery on this blog.

Thanks for stopping by. If you have a minute, we should connect - show your support, let me know what you think I should try next. Thx!

Hobbit Calendar

I've been awake since 5:30 this morning and after 3 hours I finally got The Hobbit calendar put together.

Click here to look at it now!

It's available to order from the Redbubble shop (link is at the top of the page) for $24. No lie, calendars are my FAVORITE Christmas gift. I'm really depressed when I don't get a calendar for Christmas, so I'm really happy this is done in time for the holidays.

And because I'm feeling generous, I want to give out some FREE art in celebration of the calendar being completed. To the first 5 people who buy a calendar, I will send one of the original sketches of The Hobbit illustrations.

Want free, original artwork? Order a calendar and then talk to me. One of these could be yours:

Hurry!

Puppets of Hyrule

I know. I know.

Legend of Zelda.

Where are the Legend of Zelda puppets?

Good question!

Look no further, friend. Here they are:
 

Full color version, for people who are into that

Three tone version, for people who are into that

I really like this image for the fact that these three characters are bound together, by Fate, by the Triforce, but Ganon constantly seeks to sever the connection. The characters were loosely based on Twilight Princess versions, but I think this sums up almost all the Legend of Zelda games.

I've been playing Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask on the 3DS and holy-freaking-crap it's awesome. The graphics are beautiful and changes/updates to the gameplay are excellent.

It's also given me some ideas about Link, and masks, and strings, and puppets. Stay tuned, more Legend of Zelda puppet fan art is coming your way.

(btw, these pictures are available on shirts, hoodies, notebooks, and lots more over at Redbubble, give it a quick browse and let me know if you think they look good.)

Birthday Art is the Best

Painted this for a friend's birthday. She treated me to a trip to Utah's Living Planet Aquarium a while back. We took our sketchbooks and made an "art day" of it.

We settled in the Shark Tunnel and drew the Nurse Shark (vain, beautiful creature; I'm sure he was flirting with us) and Manta Rays (one in particular, jealous of our fraternizing with the nurse shark), and these strange unicorn fish whose name I neglected to learn.

It's so fun to give original art as a birthday gift. I love making it and it's personal and meaningful to the recipient. Way more special than anything I could pick out at the mall.

Would you like to give someone a personalized gift of original artwork? You can ask me about commissions and see more of my work on my Facebook page by clicking here.

Love you all. Stay beautiful.

Bilbo in Mirkwood - In Color!

Finished!!

It has crossed my mind that these pictures would make a fun coloring book. Anyone know where one would go to have a coloring book printed, bound, and distributed?

Share if you do. And if you don't, head over to Facebook.com/KennaArt and leave your mark.

Peace out.