Animated Inanimate objects: Pomegranate Frog

This is a piece that I am so fond of, I was inspired by another artist who made dragons out of different foods, and from that I thought of a toad made from a pomegranate, and his toad lumps would be the seeds. 

The piece is done on vellum paper with soft pastel pencils. I unfortunately found out very soon that the dusty pastel doesn't stay on the paper very well, so I had to be extra careful not to rub the paper.

I like the use of shading I used, I think it looks like something someone would put in their field  book 

Super Hero Self Portrait: Manga Style

For my super hero self portriat I decided to draw myself as a ninja. I had never tried to replicate the style of manga art and I wanted to do something new. 

I'm very pleased with how this turned out, though it took a few times to get the body shape and movement perfected. 

This goes down as one of my favorite pieces this year, it was one to test my concentration and patience, and the quality shows for it

Hardest Medium: Colored Pencil, Beta Fish

I was sad that I led myself into picking my least favorite medium, until I discovered vellum paper! It makes the colors blend so so so much better, because I hate how colored pencil blends on sketch paper. 

This whole project surprised me with the turn out, I love the contrast between the green and white, and the shading is magnificent. 

Here's a finished piece!

The pencils blend smoothly on the thin, waxy paper.

Update: Strange interior, Broken Record Head

Here's the record added, I also added cartoonistic lines that help the viewer know the record is spinning, makes it almost movie like.

While working on this, I realized the head was kinda bland, so I spread the acrylic paint on kinda thick on places that I wanted to highlight. You can see it on the next picture how the ear is outlined. 

I think I need to add to this a bit, the color is boring on the outside, and acrylic paint really isn't my favorite..