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Turtle Power, Moving House

Published July 13, 2017 drawing , illustration Leave a Comment
Tags: design, House, Magic, sketch, sketch book, Story, turtle, Turtle power, Witch, Witch planet, Writing

“Moving House" Work In Progress ©2017 alecia goodman to present

I really like this sketch. My kids and I were brainstorming stories. This is rough, an idea: “A turtle lost while exploring, finds itself stumbling through a dark, secret tunnel that leads to the Witches planet. The tunnel connects two worlds. Magic is heavy in the air and the turtle starts to change once it emerges into the light. Scared it tries to hide in a carved out hole, burying itself under a craggy hill covered in fog. Suddenly there is an explosion and the turtle is huge. What is left of the hill and the witch’s house are perched atop the turtle’s shell.” What do you think, continue to work on this one?

Just a Wild n’ Crazy Saturday

Published May 29, 2016 drawing , experience , illustration , journal , portrait 2 Comments
Tags: art, black and white drawing, drawing, drawings, figurative, fine art, glasses, guy, illustration, journal experience, pencil, portrait, saturday, sketch, sketch book

Well my day has been pretty exciting, really. I have gotten a lot finished today. Not close to finishing just yet though. Is it coming along? I think its starting to…

Early Bird

Published May 29, 2016 drawing , illustration , journal , portrait Leave a Comment
Tags: art, black and white drawing, concept, drawing, figurative, fine art, human, illustration, journal experience, man, pencil, portrait, progress, sketch, sketch book, smile

My starting point for this beautiful Saturday morning… yes the early bird does get the worm. The plan is to just keep going, lets see how far I can get today.

Growing W’s as Books

Published May 23, 2015 experience , Graphic Design , illustration Leave a Comment
Tags: black and white drawing, book, books, design, development, grow, growth, learning, logo, logo design, organic, pencil, sketch, sketch book, wheat, wichita

Recently I worked on creating a logo for the Wichita Literacy and Learning. I had to go through a bit of development, see the sketches below. I like working old school with paper and pencil first, then I move to the computer. The first finished design just was not right. After some thinking and reworking here is the finished design… Do you understand the concept?

Heart Break Charlie, Strong Bond of Family

Published February 25, 2015 experience , Favorites , illustration , journal , portrait 1 Comment
Tags: art, black and white drawing, characters, charcoal, Charlie, dog, drawing, illustration, Illustration Friday, journal experience, lab, labrador, light, painting, photography, relationships, sketch book

Not too long ago I had a blonde haired blue eyed baby boy. We went to a play group at the local hospital here. We met some wonderful moms and dads… making many friends for life. One of these moms, Sarah, let me be part of a super secret Christmas present for her husband. It was a portrait of their fur baby Charlie, a beautiful lab and so sweet too. I finished the portrait and was ready to ship it to her as they had moved, miss them terribly. I was heart broken and sad to find out Charlie wasn’t doing very well at all. As requested I held on to the portrait for an additional week while the family said their good byes. Thank you for letting me create this portrait for you. Media gray paper and charcoal pencil

I submitted this to Illustration Friday for the category of “Strong”. I believe there are strong bonds of family between friends and fur babies.

Remembering Cole, RIP

Published September 18, 2014 illustration 1 Comment
Tags: art, baby, characters, Cole, color, concept, dog, drawing, figurative, fine art, graphic, illustration, journal experience, light, memory, painting, portrait, remembering, RIP, sketch, sketch book

My dear friend had to say good bye to her fur baby Cole yesterday. My heart aches for her, he was such a sweet lovable dog. Thankful I was able to create this beautiful portrait.

“Cole”, portrait ©2013 alecia goodman to present

Moving Pains & the Little Big Project

Published September 2, 2014 Favorites , portrait 6 Comments
Tags: art, bentley, black and white drawing, characters, charcoal, collie, dog, drawing, drawings, duet, figurative, fine art, graphic, illustration, journal experience, light, new, pencil, portrait, sketch, sketch book, space, sugar babe

Recently we moved house… not something I recommend for the faint of heart. I love our new house and I also have my very own room for my studio with a view. Its wonderful. Right before the move I was commissioned for a challenging project. 2 dogs on a 8 x 10, black and white charcoal. It was tricky as the original photograph was low resolution. The portrait was a surprise so I have had to keep this one on the down low until it was revealed. It turned out amazing and I am so thrilled that my customers loved it especially since it was for someone I have known all my life. I will work on posting from beginning to finish so that you can see the process. What do you think of Sugar Babe and Bentley?

Down the Pipes

Published May 22, 2014 Graphic Design , illustration Leave a Comment
Tags: art, black and white drawing, concept, fine art, graphic design, Haiti, humor, pipes, plumbing, shirt, shirt graphic, sketch, sketch book, space, spout, toilet, water

Here is the t-shirt graphic I worked on recently. Although it turned out brilliantly and the customer loved it… it just wasn’t appropriate for them.

Marco Polo, Found You Cole

Published April 11, 2014 illustration , journal , portrait 3 Comments
Tags: art, Cole, color, concept, design, dog, drawing, drawings, figurative, fine art, hide, illustration, journal experience, light, marco, marco polo, painting, pastel, pastels, pencil, polo, portrait, sketch, sketch book, space

And here we go… As long as my customer loves this it is finished. I had a difficult time figuring out the right amount of detail, color (muted versus not), and how much to include of the sofa over all to not take away from Cole. He is just too beautiful, did not want to destroy the focal point with too much background. What do you think?

“Cole”, portrait update 7 ©2013 alecia goodman to present

So Close, Background Yes or No?

Published March 8, 2014 Graphic Design , illustration , journal , portrait 7 Comments
Tags: art, background, black and white drawing, characters, Cole, color, concept, design, dog, drawing, drawings, figurative, fine art, graphic, graphic design, illustration, journal experience, light, painting, pastel, pastels, pencil, photography, portrait, progress, sketch, sketch book, space

So close. Cole is almost finished. Thank goodness, I worry this one has taken longer than it should. Partly because of the detail and also because of my shortage of time with a new baby. Hopefully I can finish this weekend. Now for the big question, does it need some information of the background? If yes than I am thinking a dulled brown or gray to bring in the arm of the chair that would help place Cole. What do you think?

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Posts Tagged 'sketch book'

Turtle Power, Moving House

Just a Wild n’ Crazy Saturday

Early Bird

Growing W’s as Books

Heart Break Charlie, Strong Bond of Family

Remembering Cole, RIP

Moving Pains & the Little Big Project

Down the Pipes

Marco Polo, Found You Cole

So Close, Background Yes or No?

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