Here's a little Illustration I did for my friend Katie.
Fall Pumpkin Picking
Well, the leaves are all down, except for a few pesky stragglers on the sycamore tree. My husband and I spent the better part of Saturday cleaning up what seemed like an ocean of fallen leaves. Our dog Lucy had a wonderful time rooting around in the piles. Fall is my second favorite season, right behind spring, because it is so colorful, and you can't beat the wonderful traditions of hot apple cider, football, and getting cozy on the couch on a Sunday afternoon.
I've also observed something interesting about pumpkins this year. Children are drawn to them. They can't resist attempting to pick up the largest one they can handle and lug it around with a proud expression plastered on their little faces. Thank goodness for Fall and pumpkin patches!
Flower Dress
Just a fun little Illustration for an otherwise drab Wednesday evening.
Bicentennial Woods
There's a place not far from my home where you can enjoy a little bit of nature. Bicentennial Woods is part of Acres Land Trust, and organization that purchases old growth forests in North Eastern Indiana to conserve them. They've created some amazing nature preserves that are wonderful places to hike and spend some time in the great outdoors. I often take Lucy to Bicentennial on walks. Today we sauntered along Cedar Creek, through a groove of sugar maples, and along a marsh. We saw a deer, or rather the white flick of its tail as it bounded away, chipmunks, squirrels, crows, and plenty of beautiful fall scenery. Times like these are when I feel closest to God.
Learning to Animate: Part 2
This took FOREVER but I was fairly pleased with the results! A bit more complicated than my little blue bird. I wanted to mention a bit about the process of animating in Photoshop. It's very similar to traditional animation. You draw a new image for each new movement you want to capture. For my animation I chose to create the action at fifteen frames per second. That means I had to make fifteen drawings per each second of finished animation!