inspiration: how to make a repeating pattern

as seen on http://www.designspongeonline.com/

how to make a repeating pattern

inspiration! so i won't forget.

the artist as an organ grinder in the distant past

pencil, then ink, then watercolor in sepia-like tones. just because.

( pard in the parlor )

i am lucky to have a wonderful handmade journal/sketchbook from superdilettante, featuring all different kinds of paper including this yellowed page from an old dictionary. i decided to use it as a drawing prompt, and made a single illustration with images based on the words and definitions on this one page. can you figure out what all the references are? i think i highlighted most of them in red for you.

coffee and banana

process sketches from an illustration project for a friend. proposal began with a cell phone conversation:

"hey, remember when you drew a picture of a hot dog for me?"

". . . a hot dog?"

"yeah, a hot dog."

"oh. wait, was it a dancing hot dog?"

"yes!"

"okay! i remember that."

"right. so do you have time to draw me a banana? and maybe a cup of coffee?"

news flash: i buy stuff

this month it felt like i was getting a lot of packages delivered to work. i felt important.

defense!

an oldie, from the vaults. this was a one-off card i made for a friend years ago, wishing her luck on her thesis defense:



the blonde-haired girls are both me, with different hairstyles.

shirtless guy with his chest painted is my favorite, though!

new stuff soon...

when all else fails, draw television

the march 27, 2008 episode of America's Next Top Model, expressed in real-time tiny illustrations:





maybe more like this soon. i do like my programs.