Kristen's Sketch-Blog

Thank you and stuff

2011-04-11T23:04:00.007-05:00

Wow! What a great week I had. My Etsy Shop is doing well. Thanks to all the wonderful folks who've purchased art. I'm very close to getting that CATscan bill payed. I've been searching for more artwork to sell and will update the shop soon. Here are a few little "Thank you drawings" I included in the packages to the folks who bought art.

Another cool thing happened on Friday. Animation mustached-Guru Jorge R. Gutierrez came to the art museum here in Kansas City and talked about his life in animation. It was a truly a funny/interesting/inspiring experience. Everyone should hear his story. It will change your life. I know I just used the word inspiring but I haven't felt this inspired in a looooooong time. It's made me want to get into animation again. I'm sick of working these non-art jobs. Frankly, I suck at them. The only thing I'm good at is drawing. I really want to get serious about this thing. Can a person like me who went to school for illustration still become an animator or character designer? I think I have the goods but not the schooling.

Thanks for reading. I'll have some more art to post real soon. I love art process posts and feel the need to do one of those again. Oh yeah, and my b-day was yesterday. I'm getting soooo old. Blaaaaargarg!

Brain (F)art

2011-04-07T01:10:00.012-05:00

Hi folks! It's been a while since I've updated. Earlier this year I got quite ill and at one point the doctors thought something seriously was wrong with me. I ended up having to get a CatScan. Luckily things turned out ok and I'm feeling much better thanks to medicine. I even made a comic about my whole CatScan ordeal:

*The CatScan was really expensive so I decided to start an Etsy Shop to pay for it. All the money I make is going straight to the hospital bill. If you like my artwork please please please buy something. I'll add more stuff to the shop this weekend. A special thanks to the folks who've already bought art.

Here's some more recent doodles from me.

catbus

2011-02-04T02:43:00.008-06:00

I don't know why it's taken me so long to see My Neighbor Totoro, but I finally saw it and LOVED IT! Where has this movie been all my life? Here is a silly CatBus doodle of my dog and I.

Be back soon with more art.

Ghost World, Amy, and spacey girls.

2010-12-20T23:59:00.007-06:00

I'm sure many of you have read Ghost World or seen the movie. This was my take on the movie version of Enid and Rebecca.

Here's a little bit of my process. There were many more re-drawings but I couldn't find all them.

This portrait is near and dear to my heart. My lovely friend Amy who I use to babysit loooong ago, was married this fall. (She's also an artist/crafter.) I did two illustrations of her. One with her husband Adam and the other of her sewing her pretty bow designs. I totally forgot to scan these before I left for the wedding, but she was kind enough to take some photos. *Thanks Amy.

lastly some spacey chicks...

I'll be posting more new stuff in a few days. I have some drawings I want to sell via etsy. Most of them are fairly small so they won't be super expensive.

Scribblebook pages

2010-12-02T12:54:00.005-06:00

Kali makes an appearance on this page.

Anyone else watch MiSFiTS? I tried drawing Kelly.

Page 13 is dedicated to hunka-chunk Harvey from this infamous beard eating youtube clip.

Thanks for visiting. I have more stuff to scan ...so please come back soon.

sketchy stuff

2010-09-25T03:41:00.005-05:00

Hi folks! I Thought I'd post a few sketchbook pages. These are all mindless doodles I do to get my brain and drawing hand working.

I'll make a proper post soon on what I've been up to since my last post. Also, I finally got a new computer. YAY! My old one was in bad shape. Most websites and blogs wouldn't work on it and it was constantly shutting down.

RIP old iMac.

hello again

2010-07-27T04:38:00.007-05:00

jeeez! I haven't posted in a while. have I? I don't have much to share this time because I've been on vacation and this past month I took a summer school course.

Here are some recent Commissions. The first one is Tara and Willow from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the second is Bette and Tina from the tv show The L Word.

salads and monsters

2010-05-21T20:06:00.005-05:00

I thought I'd finally post some concept art for a comic I'm working on. It's called The Salad Monster and based on a dream I had as a child. In the dream my sister, Melanie turned into a monster due to eating bad salad dressing and tried killing me. I haven't figured out the ending yet. Writing is very difficult for me, and I doubt this will be done anytime soon.

Here are some photos of Melanie and I when we were growing up.

Last are some quick sketches of the 2010 graduating class of the local high school. I found the photos in the newspaper. (I'm trying to practice getting a likeness in quick sketches)

April and May art-dump

2010-05-13T18:44:00.009-05:00

Jeeez! I really thought 2010 was gonna be the year I started posting more but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Here's a nudie I drew last night. It was inspired by this photo.

I started a new sketchbook last month, here are the first 3 pages.

*fun fact*- the fancy girlies at the bottom of page 3 are based on some embarrassingly tacky photos of my sister an I from a GlamourShots shoot we did back when we were kids.

Here's a drawing of Marlo Meekins. She's not only an AMAZING artist and Friend but she's a Youtube SuperStar now.

Here's a happy viking and his kitty

last but not least a creepy looking chick.

Thanks for visiting my blog. Check back next week. (I'm already scanning artwork for a new blogpost)

February and March Art

2010-03-18T12:52:00.008-05:00

I'm a little behind in posting. Here's a crap-load of artwork from last month and this month:
Lady Gaga's new video, Telephone inspired these 2 drawings.

*I made these next 3 doodles, thanks to They Fight Crime

Fashion and Figure drawings

2010-02-03T03:40:00.006-06:00

Hey folks! Oh Wow, a whole month went by already? I'll try to be better at posting more frequently. I know for sure I'll have at least 1 drawing a week because I recently started going to a figure drawing class at my old college. This is my second week and I think I'm getting a little better. I hope going to these sessions will help make my drawings more loose and fluid and help me not rely on photo refs so much. Also, I hate drawing in public, it's a fear I'm trying to get over.

I did more fashion drawings too! These were based off some models I saw in a 1960's knitting magazine. Last but not least are some pages from my sketchbook. I have 2 pages left to fill up and then I can start a new book. huzzah! Thanks for stopping by my blog. Come back again.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

2010-01-07T09:09:00.004-06:00

After seeing all the kickass artwork from the Hey You Guys Art Show, I was inspired to do an illustration from from one of my all-time favorite 80's movies: Girls Just Want to Have Fun.

This drawing above is based on this scene and the beginning of this scene from the film where Janey and Lynne first hear about the dance contest. That part always cracked me up because they are too focused on the TV and forget all about the child they're babysitting.

Also, the character Lynne Stone has the weirdest fashions in the entire film. So I had to draw her in her grasshopper hat outfit:

New art for the New Year

2010-01-06T11:41:00.003-06:00

Yeah...I haven't posted since November but I was going through a drawing funk. The holiday season always stresses me out ...hence the drawing funk.

I'm out of my drawing funk and ready to post new art:

Here's a recent commission for some funny folks. (I love that I got to draw them with bruises and blood.)

Next are some doodles made after looking through a vintage girlie magazine:

doodle dump

2009-11-14T19:21:00.008-06:00

This is a recent commission about Japanese Street fashion ala the Fruit books

These were done for the "Small Stuff 3 Show" at Bear and Bird Gallery. *gouache, markers, color pencil and GLITTER were used.

I re-did the Blue Glasses drawing for a friend. This one is closer to the original sketch.

Here are some more doodles of Bette Milder's hideous fashions from the movie Big Business.

Lastly....some pages from my doodle book.

call the fashion police

2009-11-10T04:16:00.007-06:00

So, the other day while in the food court I saw this lady pass by. I can't believe she went out in public dressed this way. She had on one of those ugly-ass fake body shirts. Only in Missouri you'd find one of these fashion disasters. I need to get out of this place or else I'm gonna turn into her.

Anyhoo, Stay tuned..I've got a BiG Art Dump planned.

Wonder Woman Day IV

2009-10-23T03:17:00.003-05:00

I almost forgot to post the drawing I did for Wonder Woman Day. She's done in marker with a little bit of color pencil on some nice 8.5x11 paper. If you like what you see you can bid online for it here.

**Bidding Ends on Saturday October 24th**

Yay!

Harley Quinn in Pink and other stuff

2009-10-03T22:02:00.012-05:00

Hi Friends! Got a bunch of art to share this time. First thing is a Harley Quinn piece I did for The Marla Bea Benefit. Proceeds go to breast cancer research. (that's why she's in Pink, folks.) Bidding starts October 12.

Next is a painting I made for my grandparents. They're big into gardening.

This is a drawing of Bette Midler from the 1988 comedy Big Business. I can't get enough of the ugly fashions in this movie. I want to do some more.

The rest are sketchums:

Mermaid Comic

2009-09-21T07:00:00.006-05:00

My friend Casey is moving to Florida and I wanted to make her a going away present. There's a place/tourist trap in Florida called "Weeki Wachee Springs" where hot women dress up as mermaids and swim around in a giant aquarium. I thought it would be funny if Casey and I got a job there and here is the result in comic form. *Extra Special Thanks goes out to Tek! for helping me come up with better mermaid gags.

Looking back, I wish I could change the way I colored it. I love simple color pallets and this comic is all over the place. It makes me cringe seeing it in thumbnail form. One of the biggest struggles was trying to make Casey goofy looking since she's very pretty in real life.

Here's a bonus page I had to drop because I ran out of time and the poop joke didn't make sense.

Anyhoo, I think she liked the comic, I was able to give it to her in person. Here we are trying to be SEXY, just like in the comic.

Pink Sonja and other stuff

2009-06-19T22:24:00.007-05:00

I'm working on an art piece for The Marla Bea Benefit. Proceeds from this auction will be donated for cancer research. Right now, I'm trying to figure out what to draw. You're supposed to draw a strong female character and the color pink should be used. So far, I have 2 ideas.
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Idea #1 Red Sonja becomes Pink Sonja

Idea #2: A Superheroine flying in the air and her dust/smoke is in the shape of the pink cancer ribbon

sketch dump time.......

abusing my markers

2009-05-28T21:28:00.004-05:00

Markers are expensive! I wasted a bunch of them on some of these sketchbook pages.

It looks as if I vomited ink all over the last one. ha!

Pu$$y Galore!

2009-05-26T21:17:00.004-05:00

Been drawing kitties lately.

This post has been brought to you by the original Pussy Galore:

Draw me naked in a hideous manner

2009-04-20T11:25:00.006-05:00

That's what he asked for....

Here's a drawing I did for my pal Dave after I got an email from him asking why I've never drawn him naked in a hideous way. (like in the silly "Tunnel o' Fudge" drawing a few posts below) Since I've already drawn myself going #2 with someone, the next best thing is drawing me going #1 on someone ...and that lucky S.O.B. is Rev. Dave. hehee!

Looking at it now, I kinda wish I would have done this drawing with a few extra panels so it would make more sense. oh well.. The concept is, I was hiding in his shower and pissed on him without his knowledge. The shoe thing is an inside joke. He wears the same kind of shoes every day. So, I figured he must wear 'em in the shower. The hardest part was figuring out what song he should be singing in the shower when he thinks no one is there.

super fems for sale

2009-04-13T19:28:00.008-05:00

Soooo...My plan to get all those super hero chicks drawn for the local con didn't go as well as I hoped for. I got seven drawn, but threw away two. I was only at the convention one day due to bad weather. And I only sold one piece. (the silk spectra) wahhh.

If anyone would like to buy one, I have paypal ($50 each) please contact me via shmisten[AT]embarqmail[DOT]com (I'll throw in a free sketch) Oh, and these are all done with markers, paint and color pencils.

~~Black Canary SOLD~~

She-Hulk

~~Vampirella [SOLD]~~

~~Death (from Sandman) SOLD~~

~~Silk Spectra II [SOLD]~~

Ivy, Harley and Puddin'

2009-03-12T21:08:00.003-05:00

Here are some pre-sketches of my favorite batman villains.

Super Pooper

2009-02-26T22:29:00.004-06:00

I'm currently trying to get a bunch of superheroin drawings done to sell at the local comicon next month. All I have to show are some practice doodles. So far I'm planning on doing She-hulk, Power Girl, Big Barda, Death, Cat Woman, Black Canary, Marvel Girl and Princess Leia. If anyone has any suggestions of other comic-y characters I could draw let me know.

i forgot about these

2009-02-05T03:20:00.006-06:00

oops! Meant to post this last year. (better late than never)

I had a dream one night of a woman wearing a dress made out of bacon and decided to finally draw it.

This one was a joke between my friend and I after I showed him the first bacon dress. (Apologies to the real Kevin Bacon)

Pickle Boobs? wtf was I thinking?

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This post has been brought to you by Bacon

Crippled Again

2009-01-29T19:00:00.004-06:00

CrippleCon was Funtastic! For all of you who didn't go.....you really missed out.

My goal going there was to draw draw draw, but that didn't happen. I had way more fun visiting with friends and making new ones. One of the themes for this years con was "Droppin' a Deuce" Here's my submission: The Tunnel of Fudge starring Marlo Queefkins and I. (kudos to Sean for coming up with the title) As I mentioned before, I didn't get much drawing done, and of course this poopy piece never made it in time for voting.

I won the "Funniest drawing" award! Yay! but I feel like an ass since I didn't draw it there. It was for the comic I did of Marlo a few post below. Here's a silly pic of me with the incredibly cute trophy StacyKakes made.

While, I was there a few people drew me:
Marlo's

Sam's

I'm unsure who drew this one

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This post was brought to you by the dried jizz Marlo and I found in our hotel room.

Sing along with me: Jizz in the Chair

Cripple Con

2008-12-09T02:04:00.012-06:00

Come stalk me in January!! You'll be disappointed when we meet but you'll have a great time at Cripple Con.

If you like drawing crazy/mean/dirty caricatures please join the fun next month. Here's a video to show you what to expect:

Take a look at these caricatures some nice folks did of me last year:

Me, Marlo Meekins, and Sam Gorrie pictured here.

where the hell have I been?

2008-11-30T23:56:00.005-06:00

Good question. To make a long story short. I got a job a few months ago (non art related) and it's been draining me of creativity.

Here are some new pages from my sketchbook:

...and a Scarlet Witch drawing I never finished:

*******Edit*******
Now fixed, thanks to Chris's Kirby Dot suggestion. Thanks Chris!

Wonder Woman Day III

2008-10-20T00:22:00.007-05:00

The Wonder Woman Day Charity Auction is coming up very very soon! Sunday, October 26, 2008 to be exact. They are raising money and awareness for Domestic Violence shelters and a Women's Crisis Line. Please go and bid on some cool art.

Here's my piece, It's done in marker and color pencil on gray toned watercolor paper.

The Commish(uns)

2008-08-01T11:09:00.007-05:00

Thought I'd update the blog before I leave for a weeks Vacation in sunny Minnesota. Below are some recent Commissions.

Andrew Willmore's adorable characters Jenn and Bueno:

My version(s) of them:

This one was really fun, cause I'm a huge Buffy the Vampire Slayer nerd. I nearly peed myself when I got the opportunity to draw these characters.
Buffy Cast

My Version of Buffy

Willow

I'm working on Faith right now:

This isn't a commission but a fun little dirty comic/card I made for my buddy MarLo. I'm obsessed with the new nicktoon The Mighty B and was inspired by their style. I'm posting the edited version since it's kinda graphic and dirty ...Plus, I know my grandparents visit my blog. Only Marlo and I will know what's truly under those censor bars.

sketchbook pages and stuff

2008-07-23T00:18:00.011-05:00

I don't keep a "normal" sketchbook.
I prefer to cut and tape my doodles in it.

an attempt a Caricaturing some peeps:
Zack

Emily

Katie

Paul and Jert

Heri

Me carrying my friend Ed in a baby-backpack

Some Fashionable Chicks:

More Stuff:

New Year Post!

2008-01-01T16:57:00.001-06:00

Happy New Year Everyone! Yeesh! It's been a while since I posted. I guess I'll have to blame it on the holidays. I went to Minnesota to visit family and friends over Thanksgiving. One of my favorite parts of the trip was meeting my cartoony gal pal CaseyBug. You can read about our fun fest over at her blog.

Here are 2 months worth of drawings and a few ones from this past year that I've never posted.

*Also, I'm low on the cashflow, so if you want to buy any of these drawings or commission me send an email to shmisten[AT]hotmail[DOT]com

Wart-Tina

2007-11-03T03:19:00.000-05:00

Looks like they started the voting process for The Arena Girl Challenge at the Fist-A-Cuffs Blog. Go Vote! Please add Wart-Tina in your top 10.

Here's a progress drawing of her. This was the first time I tried inking a drawing. ...yeesh! need to practice that more often. I also added some pre-arena-girl-sketches.

Dr. Sketchy's Fun

2007-10-28T00:03:00.001-05:00

I've been wanting to do life drawing again ever since I saw some amazing figure drawings by the man the myth the legend; Mr. Urban Barbarian. Inspiring stuff, huh? Anyhoo, My technical skills have been lack-a-lacking and I find myself drawing the same poses over and over. Luckily Dr. Sketchy's came to kcmo and I'd like to think my art's been benefiting from it. Thank you Dr. Sketchy's!

Back with a Vengeance!

2007-10-20T23:32:00.000-05:00

...as the title states: I'm Back! Back for good! Back for frequent updates. Back To Break your Mothers Back! Back Back Baaaack! Sorry! I got a little carried away.

Sorry I've been gone so long, but it's been a crappy few months and things are starting to get better. Anyhoo, Just wanted to apologies on the lack of updates. I'm surprised you still visit this blog.

Here are 9 pages from my sketchbook. I don't really keep a sketchbook cause I always draw on scrap paper or post-its. I decided to cut out all my drawings and tape 'em to sketchbook pages. (Hope you don't mind the messiness) The pages get naughtier and naughtier. The last one make me chuckle...eh! You'll see why. :)

Oh Yeah! Please Vote for my Fist-a-Cuffs girl; Wart-Tina. She's part of the Arena Girl Challenge. Wart-Tina needs some lovin'

Wonder Woman Day Painting

2007-10-19T04:44:00.001-05:00

I was lucky enough to be a part of the Wonder Woman Day II charity auction. The money goes to Domestic Violence Shelters & Crisis Lines. Go and bid on my painting! It's 11x17 and done with acrylics, gouache, and color pencil.

*mini update*
Just wanted to add some pre-sketches. I like these more than the one I chose because they were more Va-Va-Va-Voom! but couldn't use 'em since they weren't kid-friendly

update

2007-06-19T11:09:00.000-05:00

This lovely lady is sorta kinda based off a cute character
from a Pepe LePew' cartoon Who Scent You?

oh yeah, before I forget. If you want to see some new drawings check out the new group blog I have with my ol' classmate, Ed. The Sour Delicious Blog. The Sour Delicious Blog

Painting Process

2007-03-07T16:48:00.000-06:00

Hey Look at me! I'm posting again and 2 months haven't gone by. This is so unlike me. I like it!

Last month I got a chance to do a Vampirella commission for Jon, he has an amazing collection of Vampirella art. I was really excited to do this piece since I've never drawn her before. Anyway, Jon had the coolest concept for the piece. He wanted Vampirella to be in the Miss Universe pageant. but, we're talking the REAL Miss Universe pageant with Alien beauties competing in a pageant. Of Course Vampi would win since she's hott stuff! Funny huh?

Here's the final piece

Step 1. Concept thumbnails.

Step 2. Pre sketch

Step 3. Re-work the Pre-sketch since some of the aliens looked alike.

Step 4. Transferred the sketch on the Nice watercolor paper.

Step 5. Added a Gouache Wash (I dare you to say that 5 times in a row as fast as you can) over the piece.

Step 6. Added some white paint and some color pencils to the aliens.

Step 7. Started painting Vampirella. I used acrylics, gouache and color pencil on her.

Step 8. Finally done! tweaked a few things and added the names on the sashes. (I wish my hand writting wasn't so horrible I think this would have looked a lot better if I had better lettering skills)

Welp! I hope that gives you a glimpse into my painting process.

oh and 1 more thing: Guess who's Mom was in a Pageant?

guess who's back?

2007-02-25T23:13:00.000-06:00

So, it's been a couple of months. Been a little busy ....been a little lazy. But I have Lots of stuff to share! Plus more next week. I've been playing around with markers lately. I've yet to figure them out, but for now I'll keep experimenting.

The Drink and Draw Book

2007-02-08T04:38:00.000-06:00

The Drink and Draw Social Club book is finally here! Yay! I was lucky enough to go to a Drink and Draw in LA last September and because of that some of my artwork is in this Big Beautiful Book! Good times! Good times!

Please get your grubby little paws on it! I promise you'll LOVE it! Check out a funny interview with the crew on newsarama.

*last but not least ...if you're in LA on Saturday Feb 10th be sure to make it out to Meltdown for their Book Launch Extravaganza! Oh how I wish I could attend this!

I'll be back soon to post some new art!

*UPDATE*
Photo's from the Launch
Pics 1 Pics 2 Pics 3

After looking at all the photos from the book Launch I felt like I was there. And I kinda was ...I guess. I noticed they hung up a drawing Dan did of me. How Cool is that? Thanks guys!

November Doodles

2006-11-30T19:47:00.000-06:00

Been stuck in a rut this month. I guess it's bad luck. Does anyone know of anyplace that's hiring in the Kansas City area? I can't seem to find a job around here. It's going to be a Blue Christmas I guess. If anyone wants to buy any art they see on this blog send me an email to shmistenAThotmailDOTcom and we'll work something out.

Okay! On with the ART!

This is a cartoony version of my father. He was a great football player back in the day and went pro for a short time until he hurt himself.

I thought these Singing Ladies looked like they were at a Marlo Meekins Convention.

...and speaking of Marlo. I'm running out of drawings to share, so you get to see this little one I made for her from when we met last month. Awww Fun Times! Fun Times!

....and more random doodles!

sketch-a-palooza!

2006-11-04T22:09:00.000-06:00

Hey! I'm back again. Last month was a lot of fun! I got a chance to visit California for the first time ever! I had a blast!

There was a Wonder Woman Day charity auction that happened at the Wonder Woman Museum. I was lucky enough to do a painting for it. Here's the painting and some pre-sketches for the piece.

Alright! On with the regular sketches and stuff! .......

Back from the dead!

2006-08-28T23:00:00.000-05:00

Thanks to Trev for that hilarious 28 Days Later photo-manip above. Ha!

Guess What? I'm back! Back for Good! I hope you haven't given up on me. I just needed a break from the ol' sketch-blog. Over that long long long period of time I was gone, I got a chance to make a sketchbook with 2 talented guys: Gary Ham and Scott Tolleson. You can buy our Book if you click that handy dandy paypal link to the right!

On with the art!

thanks and stuff...

2006-04-23T22:30:00.001-05:00

Thank you for all the Birthday comments! I should have invited you all over for birthday cake. hmm... there's always next year. Oh! and I have great news on the car wreck! The officer found the dumbass driver responsible for the wreck. Yay! Whoo-hoo! I feel great because when we got into the accident she made this huge deal like it was all my fault. She was such a drama queen about it. ha ha! Sweet Victory!

on with the art

I'm obsessed with Raquel Welch. Here's proof. I'm sure you'll see more drawings of her in the future. I recently came across a goldmine of her photos.

Birthday Girl

2006-04-10T01:29:00.000-05:00

Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birthday to meeeee ......Happy Birthday to me!

So today is my birthday, I'm 26 now! Whooo-hoo! I'm old!

It's been a few weeks since I posted something, sorry. It's been a baaaad drawing week or 2 for me. Also, a week ago I got into my first car wreck and totaled my car. Some dumbass was making a turn while I was going straight and we had a little fender bender...leaving my car undriveable. Luckily I wasn't hurt too bad. Just a few bruises. I'll shut up now and post some drawings.

About the last 2 drawings: I love The Sopranos and Paulie Walnuts is my favorite character. The last drawing is a Buttaface: A woman who has a great body and an unattractive face. Everything looks good on her but her face.

Long time no post

2006-03-26T01:30:00.000-06:00

Hi Again! Did you forget about me? I was gone so long I figured you might give up on me. Now I feel like singing this song! Spring Break was wonderful! The mural turned out Great! A Big Thanks to all the nice folks who emailed me mural painting tips!

**Check out Corbett Vanoni's Blog. He recently posted some hilarious drawings of yours truly! haha!**

It's been a couple of weeks and I have a bunch of drawings to post.

Break Time

2006-03-04T04:06:00.000-06:00

I wanted to post something before I leave for my Spring-Break trip. My best friend Sarah is pregnant and I'm spending the week with her. I'm going to be painting some stuff for the baby room. (If anyone out there knows anything about mural painting and has any tips, please email me. I have no idea what I'm doing) I'm ready for this vacation to start.

I have some Cool News! Earlier this week I was asked to join The Morsel's Bloggery! I'm so excited about this! I can't believe I'm sharing a blog with Gary Ham, Scott Tolleson, and Dean Yeagle! They are such amazing artists!

I wish I had more drawings to share but I haven't had much time to draw this week.

return of the post-its!

2006-02-19T20:48:00.000-06:00

Hey look! I'm back and I've been doodling on post-its again! Wheeeee! I couldn't help but to be inspired to after seeing this post on Gene Blakefield's blog. Cool huh? I think he's onto something with the coaster doodling thing! Thanks for the inspiration!

..... more doodles

It's been a Year?

2006-01-23T02:42:00.000-06:00

....well almost.

I can't believe it's been a year. I'd like to think I've improved since my first post. This sketch-blog has really helped me get into a habit of drawing everyday. (even if that meant drawing a little doodle on a post-it.) I'd like to give out a BIG Thank You to all the kind folks who've stopped by and left comments. I'm always curious to hear what others think of my doodles, good or bad. So Thanks guys! Happy One Year Anniversary!

---onto the drawings!

I'm sure you thought the madness of the cupcake girls was over but muuhahaha... it's not. I'd like to dedicate this cupcake girl to the talented Marc Crisafulli! He's a big fan of these crazy girls! :) ha! wink wink

Thanks again to all the cool folks who've stopped by my sketch-blog! xoxo

Crappy New Year!

2006-01-10T22:32:00.000-06:00

Happy New Year Everybody! I wish I had more to post but things got a little busy last week and I haven't had time to draw much.

* I just realized that I'm still typing in '05 on my doodles, Ha! I really did these in '06. Ha! I'm such a dumb-ass!

This past weekend was a lot of fun. My lovely cousin Michelle got married. It was great seeing her and the rest of my family again.

In other news, school has finally started and I'm already starting to feel overwhelmed. ...sheesh

Major Sketch-Dumpage! HUGE!

2005-12-30T00:14:00.000-06:00

I've been neglecting my dear sketch-blog. I'm sorry. I'm really enjoying these few weeks I have till school starts again. I've been drawing like crazy and have been catching up on my new favorite HBO show. Yes, yes.. life sweet at this moment.

back on track

2005-12-11T13:19:00.000-06:00

Thanksgiving Vacation was great! I definitely needed it. By the time I got back I was drawing like my old self again. It feels good to be back on track. I have tons and tons of sketches to share. I usually draw on typing paper so I had about 15 sheets of stuff to scan and group together. But I'm Finally Done. yay! Hope you dig 'em.

*CLICK* them for ginormus versions

Craptastic Sketches!

2005-11-23T03:33:00.000-06:00

Have you ever had one of those weeks where everything you draw looks like crap? Well, that's how I've felt this week.
I'll start with the decent stuff first. Marker Doodles! I drew these Monday night. I'm really starting to like coloring with markers, I need to buy some more, I only have 6 colors
*CLICK for larger version*

As I mentioned before, It's been a baaaad drawing week for me. These are probably the worst sketches I've ever posted on this blog, they are really rough and messy. Be Warned!
*CLICK for larger versions*

Also... in other news.. I got a haircut last week, and have bangs now! (haven't had bangs since I was 13)

Have a Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! I'll be up north visiting family in Minnesota

back with a vengeance!

2005-11-07T00:10:00.000-06:00

...well not really. But I am back with some new stuff!

**edit** Nov 9 New Post-it drawing (scroll down)

....Alright, I've got to get back to a major art project. See ya!

hello, I'm not dead

2005-10-16T20:09:00.000-05:00

So it's been a while since my last post. Things have been crazy lately.

Recent sketches

I drew this for the October Drawing Jam

...and I found this old sketch that I never posted

My sister Melanie came down over the weekend and we took some fun photos at the park.
1 2 3 4 5

not much of an update

2005-09-27T00:36:00.000-05:00

Hi... Here's the latest batch. Sorry for the lack of updates.

Based on a photo I found on Flicker: Power-Tool Calendar Girls

Sketches

sidetracked

2005-09-11T03:32:00.000-05:00

I was supposed to spend the whole day painting and doing homework, but as usual I got sidetracked and doodled for a while. I can't help it! Once I start, I can't stop! Here are the results:

Shrimp Girl and a Hypnotized Mom?

Inspired by the ShillPages site. (I love the gal on the top left)

Hawaiian Girls Have more Fun! via kozyndan.com

new scribbles

2005-09-05T18:14:00.000-05:00

School has started for me again and this means less time to draw the fun stuff. (sigh) Although, I am taking an Illustration Techniques class that seems like fun. I'm excited about that class because they let you draw cartoony stuff. I couldn't get away with that in other classes. They seem to frown upon the cartoony art at my college. (sigh) Here's a preview of the first project I'm doing in that class. I'm actually going to attempt to draw a background, I figure it will just be a simple beach scene, but I'm open to suggestions. I really don't want the bg to distract anything from the hula girl.

....Some more doodles and scribbles I've done since my last post.

Well, I totally wasted my 3 day weekend and I have über homework to finish up.

Good Times

2005-08-23T03:21:00.000-05:00

Vacation was great! I had a fabulous time visiting with friends. ...Did I just say fabulous? Guess I did. I just wish I was able to stay longer. Unfortunately, the day after I got back, I went to the Emergency Room. (First time ever in the ER) That's the main reason I haven't posted anything in a while. I didn't feel like drawing, all I wanted to do was stay home and sleep. Luckily I had a breakthrough on Saturday and couldn't stop drawing till 5 am. Here are the results:

cut and paste

I love the blondes hair, reminds me of a croissant. Yum!

oodles of doodles

A color version of Miss Mary Mary Quite Contrary

V-a-c-a-t-i-o-n

2005-08-08T00:43:00.000-05:00

This week should be lots and lots of fun!
I'm going on vacation (a much needed vacation) to Illinois and will be visiting some old friends. I'll be taking the train for the first time. (got any train-traveling tips?) I'll do my best to get some sketching done during the trip. I'm leaving Wednesday and will be back Sunday. I'm really excited but extremely nervous.

Alright enough blabbering here are the latest sketches:

I like the way her thumb turned out.

I hate drawing backgrounds.

Saw the movie Kalifornia for the first time ever and fell in love with Michelle Forbes hair-do if you can't tell by the sketches above.

more doodles from last night.

A little dash of Color!

2005-07-31T21:22:00.000-05:00

I revisited my markers these past few days. Its been since last April since I fiddled with them. I was super-inspired after seeing Anton Bogaty's fantastic new Blog. Please check it out. My jaw drops every time I'm there!

onto the art!

I love this creepy little girl. She really scares me, but I love how she turned out!

Weird and wacky shapes in the girl on the left.

Every time I look at this girl, I know there's something wrong with her. I don't know if it's the top of her head or if it's her face.

Don't ask! I must have been hungry when drawing these.

Kind of goofy-looking, aren't they?

Sketch-Dump! Whoo-hoo!

2005-07-14T00:36:00.000-05:00

So I've been scanning 2 weeks worth doodles, trying to sort the good from the bad from the ugly. I hope you dig them

Pinups! Pinups! Pinups!

2005-06-26T18:11:00.000-05:00

It's a Pinup Party at my sketch-blog today!

This drawing was based off a cute hair-do my mom had in college.

Since this is a pinup post I thought I'd post a few links to some of my favorite finds on the net. (Thanks especially to SuperiorPics for most of the links. My new favorite Site)
♥ Marilyn Monroe
♥ Joey Heatherton
♥ Anita Ekberg
♥ Brigitte Bardot
♥ Retro Times

In other news.... Guess who bought some new books?

I recently picked up Meet Mr. Product and All-american Ads 40s. Yes, Yes these books are truly Magical.

gloomy-doomy

2005-06-11T23:28:00.000-05:00

This sketch-blog needs an update. Unfortunately, I don't have much to update. Its been one of those gloomy-doomy rainy weeks. sigh... I don't feel much for drawing when it's gloomy-doomy. Here's all I have from this week.... wish there were more to share. Sorry.

Girls, Girls, Girrrls!

2005-05-30T23:16:00.000-05:00

Fresh new drawings from this weekend! Woo-hoo!

and another Dude from that cowboy book

A wonderful surprise entered my email this weekend; this lovely portrait was drawn by my Drawing Board friend em. Thank you soooo much I adore it! adoooore it! Thank you!
Please check out these links to a few of my favorite Drawing Board threads by the talented em
thread 1
thread 2
thread 3

hello

2005-05-24T20:00:00.000-05:00

Wow! I really suck at updating.
here's some new stuff. I really enjoy looking at these old western books. There's tons of cool old pictures in them. These drawings were inspired by the cowboy book.

and here's another typical Kristen post: all heads and no bodies.

I'm taking a watercolor class this summer, here's a few fun studies I did.

Lastly, I wanted to post these cool drawings I received from rti9 and Elliot. Thank you so much! they warm my heart.

boob-a-licious!

2005-05-15T12:21:00.000-05:00

I know I keep saying this, but I'll try to update more often, bear with me folks :)

and an old drawing jam piece that I recently finished

*edit* For rti9 :)

Took my lovely dog Roxy out for a walk today.

and another weird one of me. (I look like I just got a collagen injection)

Drawings and Books

2005-05-08T23:30:00.000-05:00

Happy Mothers Day Mom!! I love these old pics of her, she's so cool.

It's been super-great having a break from school these past few days. (Even though I start summer school tomorrow, and at 7:30am, Yikes! I'm not a morning person) blah, Enough about school, More amazon.com stuff arrived this weekend! Yay! I now own Brandon Ragnar's book Chromaphile and Jason Little's Shutterbug Follies Check them out if you haven't yet.

And today I bought the coolest book at Borders! Oh how I love it! It's calledKrazy Kid's Food!: Vintage Food Graphics I love all the character designs throughout the book. It's a really cool, I can't stop smiling. Oh happious Glee

Alright since this is a sketch-blog, let there be sketches. (waves magic wand) *Poof*

whew, longest post ever!

I'm still alive

2005-05-05T02:03:00.000-05:00

Been really really really busy with school and today was my last final. I'll post more tomorrow. Sorry for the lack of Updates. :(

*edit*
New Drawing Jam piece, not one of my best, I may go back to this one.

birthday girl

2005-04-10T19:32:00.000-05:00

Well.... today's my 25th birthday I don't know if I should be happy or sad. I'm leaning more towards the sad for some reason. I feel as if I should have accomplished more by 25. (school-wise and career-wise) Hopefully # 26 will be better

On Friday I bought 3 markers as a birthday present to myself. I want to learn how to color with them. Here's proof that I tried. (key-word tried) I think I'll get better with more practice and with more markers.

Have any of you fine folks heard of Radio.Blog? It seems kind of cool and I think it's free. I found out about it the other day when I came across a cute little Illustrated Blog: La Plume du Chat Noir

New Look

2005-04-06T00:08:00.000-05:00

I went a little crazy the other day and re-designed the sketch-blog. I'm pretty happy with the colors but not with the logo. Oh well..

SNAP!

My Amazon.com stuff arrived today! I now own the Cherish Soundtrack! Ya know, You can't go wrong with a soundtrack that features 2 Hall and Oats songs :P hee hee

blah

2005-04-02T23:59:00.000-06:00

These last few days have been pretty sucky! I've been getting migraines again. Oh how I hate those. Also I can't seem to draw anything decent. I'm not off to a good start this month, hopefully things will get better, especially since my birthday's just around the corner. (the 10th) blah!
here are 2 recent oekakies

Also, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY AMY!!
(please excuse my crappie photoshop skillz

They Fight Crime!

2005-03-26T22:15:00.000-06:00

Don't you just love those generator sites ? I can spend a looong time pressing the refresh button over and over and over again.

"He's a scrappy albino waffle chef who dotes on his loving old ma. She's a high-kicking gypsy bodyguard on the trail of a serial killer. They fight crime!" Thanks to my favorite name generator site They Fight Crime!

"Princess Ventriloquist" Thanks to the Superhero Name Generator or this other Superhero Name Generator. (I forgot which one)

some girly-girl sketches and recent oekakies

pinup

2005-03-23T23:26:00.000-06:00

...sketched a little pinup gal tonight. I hope you like her. (please ignore the poorly sketched chair)

yikes!

2005-03-21T00:39:00.000-06:00

Guess what happened to me Saturday? I got my first speeding ticket. I was going 88 in a 65. Oops! (I was just trying to pass some slow-ass cars) I have to pay $208 bucks, Yikes!
I didn't get a lot of drawing done last week. School seems to drain me of creativity, it's quite scary. Hopefully this week will be better.

Technical Difficulties

2005-03-15T17:48:00.000-06:00

I seem to be experiencing some technical difficulties today. My Internet connection dsl-modem-box-thing isn't working. Looks like it will be 2-3 business days till I'll get a new one in the mail. Also, my ipod didn't turn on today. It's weird because I just bought it a week ago. I seem to have the worst luck. Ha!

Thanks to everyone who stopped by and left comments these past few days. I'm really glad you're enjoying my sketch-blog. I'll post some new stuff when I get the new and improved dsl-modem-box-thing.

Wow! I'm Post-Worthy!

2005-03-14T00:19:00.000-06:00

Wow! Wow! WOW! I practically peed my pants today when I saw that Scott Thigpen posted something in his blog ...and DRAWN! posted a nice little something about my little ol' sketch-blog! I'm so HAPPY!! Thank you for the kind words. You've made my day..no Year! Thank you!

Here's something from tonight.

My fun-filled day of getting my haircut and colored didn't go as well as I hoped it would. In-fact, it sucked! I'm so angry and sad about the whole thing. I'll post pictures and some stupid stick-figure drawings of the whole ordeal soon. I'll give you a little preview of the lame-ass cut they gave me. argh!! I'm so sad/mad about it!

more girly-doodles

2005-03-10T23:15:00.000-06:00

My lazy week has come to an end. It's been great sleeping in till noon everyday, but I'm actually going to get off my ass and do something tomorrow. I'll be driving 2 hours just to get to the mall. I'm hoping I can get to a salon for a much needed haircut possibly a new stylish haircut and color? I need a new look, I look the same as I did in highschool (give or take a few 9,000 pounds) I need to look older, more my age.
I'm so jealous, my father has the weirdest luck. He got to meet John Travolta the other day. Mr. Saturday Night Fever flew to the Air Force Base to see some of the planes and my father got to chat with him for 20 minutes or so. I've never met a celebrity :(
Did some drawing tonight. Thought I should post them and a dorky picture of me as well! (... still working on my Drawing Jam piece, Thank You Amy for the jungle ruins idea)

*edit* one more :)

drawing the drawing jam

2005-03-08T02:53:00.000-06:00

So there's a new Drawing Jam up. (I never finished last month's oops!) This is the picture I'm drawing. I'm having a bit of trouble with it. Her hands and feet are a bit odd so I'm going to fix them soon, and I don't want to draw the blow-up chair that's in the photo. Got any ideas on what I could put underneath her? I originally wanted her to be in some kind of jungle amazon environment. (like she's some kind of jungle queen or something) Anyhoo, if you have any ideas, comments or critiques I'd love to hear them.

I took Roxy to the park yesterday. I kept trying to take pictures of her but she's so damn fast! I thought this one turned out funny.

Alright It's late and I've gotta go to bed. Good Night.

ready for a break

2005-03-06T00:23:00.000-06:00

School Sucks! This is the worst semester I've ever had. I have a feeling it's because I'm not taking any art classes. I think my art is suffering from it. When I got home from class yesterday I fell asleep at 5pm and then woke up this morning at 10am. It was a crazy week and all I needed to do was sleep all day. Anyway, Thank God for sleep because it gave me enough energy to draw some crap tonight. and I do mean c-r-a-p! (you can see what I mean about how my art is suffering)

more post-its!

an oekaki girl and a sketch of amy (I can't believe you're going to be 16!! and to think I used to babysit you! Argh I feel so old)

I bought the The Art of The Incredibles last weekend and got inspired by their magazine cut out characters.

I'm so glad it's the weekend, I had another horrible week at school. Luckily next week is Spring Break. Time to Relax, and I need it, Badly! I was planning on going to St. Louis but I have a feeling that's not going to happen. I guess I'll have to go and visit one of these weekends or something. I'm so bummed. ;..( (sob... sob)
Here's a cool art link I came across the other day!
and here's a gross link that makes me want to vomit especially the nail section. yuck!

doodling in class

2005-02-26T01:27:00.000-06:00

I'm really not doing so great this semester, probably because I keep doodling during class.

I'm visiting my grandma this weekend, I haven't seen her since Christmas. We'll probably do a lot of shopping. I need a new pair of shoes and some make up. I'm watching Cold Mountain right now. Wanna hear a fun-filled-fact? One of the actors in the movie Charlie Hunnam and I were both born on the same day, same year, and both in England. Nifty huh? Too bad I don't have a sexy accent like his :( Oh well.

This is what happens when I play too long with photoshop,

and here's a creepy picture of Little Miss Roxy

post-it post

2005-02-21T01:35:00.000-06:00

Got inspired by Jeremy Vanhoozer's post it doodles. He's awesome! The top left one is dedicated to Sandra Dee, who died yesterday. Oh, and the lower right one is a recent oekaki.

I'm baaack

2005-02-19T23:07:00.000-06:00

This past week was pretty stressful. I'm glad I finally have the weekend to relax. I rented some movies today, The Grudge and Saw They were both pretty good. I really enjoyed the audio commentary on The Grudge, it made me laugh.

I did some sketching tonight

Last summer I went to Powell Gardens during their "Festival of Butterflies" I just found 3 pics from the trip. I liked that they all were orange-ie lookin.
Click here for Pretty Pictures

cam whore!

2005-02-13T03:47:00.000-06:00

I'm kinda pissed 'cause I really want to draw but can't
since I have uber homework to do. I just bought a bunch
of colorful paper and I'm itchin' to draw and paint some girlie art.
After studying all day, hilarity ensued.
Sorry for the Cam-whoreness

also, here's a pic of my lovely sister Melanie and her friend Val
at a calico system concert. Ahh I Iove my sister.

Since this is a sketchblog, here's an older sketch and a new oekakie.

view making-of oekakie

oekakies are fun!

2005-02-06T13:18:00.000-06:00

Here's one from last night.

and some older ones.

one more!

feeling inspired

2005-02-04T00:56:00.000-06:00

Feeling a little inspired tonight. I love Terry Taylor's Medusa illustration and had to try one myself.

I'm also trying to finish up my version of the new Drawing Jam. Here's a little preview.

Yawn!! I'm tired and I wanna go to bed. Good Night Blogger Friends.

my dog's depressed

2005-01-30T23:55:00.000-06:00

How's it going Blogger friends?
I think my dog Roxy is depressed. She's not used to cold weather, since she's a desert dog. (I used to live in Tucson and recently moved to the midwest) I also think she misses her best dog-friend Belle'amie. They went on fun walks, chasing rabbits, desert rats and coyotes every morning!
poor Roxy!

I'll try to add some new art soon. I'ts been one of those weeks when everything I draw is pure crap. There's a new Bettie Page Drawing Jam that I'm gonna try to do.

whew..

2005-01-25T23:16:00.000-06:00

Hello Blogger friends!
My computer has been in the shop this past week. I had to do a complete erase and install. All of my files/drawings since 2001 are gone.. and all my mp3's are gone.. oh and some photographs are gone.
I'm such a dumb-ass for not saving most of my files.

Here's some recent sketches I've done.

I drew these while watching "Teenage Robot"