Lisa Gloria's Sketchbook

New and Quirky Digital Downloads

2012-01-19T13:53:00.000-06:00

I love making little illustrations, and I wanted to make some t-shirts.... or totebags.... or prints.... or magnets.... And then I realized - you should just go ahead and pick. Then we won't have to add the transportation costs and greenhouse gasses and wrong-shirt-size problems in. Also, I can offer you my favorite kind of gratification - IMMEDIATE.

Thus, the digital download. I put them on Etsy for starters but eventually I'd like to have a whole library you can get even MORE immediately since you won't have to wait for an email from me. But for now, Etsy. Print them on stickers, cards, scrapbooks, tea cozies... even use them on your website for inline images. Sure, why not!

Go, take a look.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/90943905/crazy-love-1-digital-download-20-15
http://www.etsy.com/listing/90943905/crazy-love-2-digital-download-20-15

Digital - Poor misunderstood boy

2011-12-30T11:59:00.001-06:00

Illustration Friday - Sink

2011-12-18T12:00:00.000-06:00

It's been a while since I participated in Illustration Friday! This octopus only fights a little bit as he sinks down down down.

Digital paint test 4 - in progress

2011-12-09T20:21:00.001-06:00

I watched some demos on youtube for digital painting and figured I'd give it another shot. The 50% paint opacity is just about right.

Painted in Gimp, overlayed on a scanned drawing on paper.

Digital Paint

2011-12-09T14:26:00.001-06:00

It's been ages since I painted digitally. I used to do this in photoshop way back when I was a pup, actually, before I could paint in oils. Then I messed with enhancing some drawings, then did som vector work. Anyway the challenge here was to try to replicate my usual oils/illo syle in digital paint. And it's not terrible... I'll keep at it. Smells good!

Octopus, Fish, Mohawk, Hair

2011-12-04T12:30:00.001-06:00

I sure hope this drawing binge lasts. (Though honestly I'm "designing" more than "drawing.") I tend not to sketch enough, since somehow I feel like I beentheredonethat, and I'm always running with my head on fire for commission and projects I'm late for. Sketching seems like a diversion from the work I'm supposed to be doing. Dumb, I know, since it shakes loose a lot of neat ideas.

All drawings micron 05 markers on kraft paper, about 5 x 7".

Octopus

Hair study

Rosa-effluvia (This is one daughter, who happens to have a mohawk. Very handy for modeling purposes. I recommend it. :-) )

Fish at the Rift.

New sketches

2011-12-03T13:16:00.001-06:00

I got some Micron pens, archival ink, 05 size. The ink is rich and flows very well, though I seem to remember these run out really fast. Sigh. The colors are good and it looks nice on the kraft paper i think.

Oil Sketch for Weed Eater

2011-12-02T18:37:00.001-06:00

This oil sketch is based on the previous sketch...

This is a Clayboard, prepared with acrylic paint to seal it (blue), and then everything else is oil. The very smooth surface is good for brushing lines, though probably another coat of acrylic would have been even better.

I think I prefer downlighting on the photo resource, for future reference. :-)

Sketch Witch on a vine

2011-12-02T12:47:00.001-06:00

A Sharpie drawing on Kraft paper.

I was using these prismacolor 005's, but frankly they ran out after just a couple days and i think the 005 was maybe too small. I like the idea of archival ink (even tho i'm not sure the paper is archival, boo). Anyhoo, they ran out so i went back to Sharpie (which is definitely NOT archival, boo again). But now I have some micron 05's to try. I wanted 01's but there weren't any at the store. Wah wah wah.

Oil Sketch: Barbara, Who Calls Me By A Wrong Name

2011-11-30T09:11:00.001-06:00

This sketch is pretty successful. It's on panel, with a sanded smooth surface so the lines can be expressive, while the modeling in the flesh is fairly realistic, though idealized. I really like the design of this.

Sketch: Barbara, Who Calls Me By A Wrong Name
5 x 7 , oil on panel

Oil Sketch: Dreaming

2011-11-30T09:08:00.001-06:00

Based on one of the kraft paper sketches, this is an oil sketch. It's challenging to translate pen into paint. Sometimes pen is trying to replicate something paint does better, like form modeling.... But then the lines of pen ren't really easy to improve with paint. I like the concept of this painting but want to loosen up the lines in the hair for next time. I think the juxtaposition of formality/informality has potential.

Sketch for Dreaming, oil on linen, 6 x 6

Kraft Paper Sketchbook

2011-11-30T09:00:00.001-06:00

I love my little kraft paper sketchbook. It's small, handy, and the brown paper is good for marker and white charcoal - instant volumes. (I have some I printed covers, if you like you could buy one for Christmas! Click here...)

I hate to admit it, but sometimes I get so wrapped up in commissions and gallery paintings that I forget to sketch. A wish-list of drawings pile up in my subconscious, and sometimes really good ideas just evaporate because I didn't get them down on paper. Argh. I resolve to do better! I think my New Year's resolution will be to do more sketches.

Some recent sketches....

Painted pendants

2011-11-30T08:50:00.001-06:00

I started doing these small paintings to crack open an idea about composition. Then they turned into their own things. Each is a tiny portrait/partial portrait painted on porcelain or porcelain bisque. They're all numbered and they come with little stories about who they are. Tiny oil paintings - who would have thought? They really bring out my creepy side.

Putting a bird on it

2011-11-30T08:44:00.001-06:00

I hope this joke is old enough now that it's funny again. I do like birds a lot. Here are some drawings of birds and cherry blossoms on wood, covered in resin.

Made In Aurora Poster

2011-11-30T08:06:00.001-06:00

This poster was created as a limited edition screen print run of 25. It's my first screenprint. Well... second screenprint - I think I did one to practice. The design was based on the album cover art done by Jimi Allen. I love the handmade aesthetic, especially when reapplied to machine-made artwork or photographic artwork.

Here's the original art I based it on:

CD Cover Illustration

2011-11-30T07:44:00.001-06:00

This project never quite got made in its physical form, but it did get made in its digital form. "Icarus" was a cover illustration for The Kevin Trudo's EP in spring '11. You can go get it - it's really good: http://thekevintrudo.bandcamp.com The painting is oil on board, 8 x 8

Old Things

2011-11-30T07:41:00.001-06:00

Oh dear, I haven't updated this site in like years. Yet I've done some nifty things... let me see if I can catch up.This is a poster design I did in May/June for the second Alley Art Fest. Oil on linen. It's for a funky art/music local event, so I tried to capture the river, an arty sense, a naughty faun.... all the usual stuff.

Oh Humpty

2007-12-09T16:36:00.001-06:00

Fog

2007-12-04T09:50:00.000-06:00

Lulu fly

2007-12-02T22:58:00.000-06:00

Character sketch - lulu

2007-12-02T17:19:00.000-06:00

The real Lulu was pretty tickled about the sketch.

Illustration Friday - Excess

2007-12-02T12:39:00.000-06:00

Santa

2007-11-25T17:05:00.001-06:00

This needs a caption! If you have an idea, please post it in Comments!

Illustration Friday - Zoo

2007-11-25T11:30:00.001-06:00

Lulu LOVES the zoo!

I have a new website - http://www.gloriagraphics.com. :-)

Autumn

2007-11-20T23:23:00.001-06:00

Every flippin year, I tellya!!

Geek love

2007-11-20T23:22:00.001-06:00

Illustration Friday - Superstition

2007-11-17T15:44:00.001-06:00

Allure

2007-11-12T07:56:00.001-06:00

Bus Stop

2007-11-12T07:55:00.001-06:00

Illustration Friday - Scale

2007-11-09T07:53:00.001-06:00

big, little, bigger, littlest.

guitar

2007-11-09T07:52:00.001-06:00

Illustration Friday - Juggle

2007-09-26T18:02:00.000-06:00

We had to learn to juggle to pass gym in high school. It was awful!! LOL

Sorry I haven't posted an illo in a while - been teaching portraits and figures. Whew!

Illustration Friday - Visitors

2007-08-25T10:55:00.000-06:00

Remember when your parents would have a party and it was all just over your head? That was what first came to mind for "visitors." Pencil & digital color. Thanks for looking!

Illustration Friday - Missing

2007-08-05T15:03:00.000-06:00

Pencil and pastel this time. I may have to just bite the bullet and start using oils. There ain't nothin' like them. But I like using pencil. Maybe one of the digital paint programs?

Illustration Friday - Moon

2007-07-29T16:53:00.001-06:00

Illustration Friday - Poem

2007-07-24T19:12:00.001-06:00

Sketches

2007-07-19T21:17:00.000-06:00

Mirror Darkly

2007-07-15T19:51:00.000-06:00

Don't Struggle

2007-07-14T19:16:00.000-06:00

Hopefully I can get this colored tomorrow. This drawing cost me one whole new Sharpie!

So I've spent the last 7 1/2 years learning realism for my other work, but now I'm coming back to my secret desire to be an illustrator. I'm trying to resurrect my old style of drawings and modify it for more visual impact. I like to paint in, y'know, beige and grey. But I like to draw in sharpie!

So please excuse me while I find myself.

Illustration Friday - Discover

2007-07-14T11:29:00.001-06:00

Skip

2007-07-12T19:35:00.000-06:00

Lame Duck

2007-07-08T15:37:00.000-06:00

Red Riding Hood

2007-07-08T14:26:00.001-06:00

First is the comp in construction paper, then the final in pencil. Everyone thinks Red was such a victim. Tsk tsk.

Illustration Friday - Geeky

2007-07-08T14:23:00.001-06:00

Been a while since I posted, but had to give Geeky a try! We have here a mystical convergence of multiple geek archetypes - truly a thing to behold! Thanks for looking.

Illustration Friday - Fortune

2007-04-15T12:34:00.000-06:00

Went with the Italian Renaissance version of blind fortune, over which the reasoning person should prevail (wink wink). Bit of a Tarot nut!

P.S. I'm available for freelance illustration work. Email me. Thanks for visiting!

Illustration Friday - Green

2007-04-11T10:21:00.000-06:00

Illustration Friday - Total

2007-03-18T22:27:00.000-06:00

Go ahead and click on it - the bigger size is better. This was a challenge. I tried to do "sum," for a while but it was not working. So I went with the mandala for "infinite."

Illustration Friday - Wired

2007-03-10T20:15:00.000-06:00

More fish. Straight up #2b and finished in PSP. Thanks for looking!

Astronauts in Love

2007-03-07T23:05:00.001-06:00

Pessimist, Optimist, Pragmatist

2007-03-07T22:42:00.001-06:00

Swim

2007-03-06T22:23:00.000-06:00

I'm thinking this might be the front page image for my site. :-)

Illustration Friday - Hide

2007-03-05T21:17:00.000-06:00

No matter what, eventually the pugs will sniff you out.

This is my first Illustration Friday Project!