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Another day of fun stuff. I continued working on my acrylic piece…Sleepy Moon. Just playing around with drippy paint to see what happens. It’s looking more sleepy than I had imagined though…hmm…
Afterwards, I just started doodling again. I have a lot of journals, but can’t seem to keep it all together. Perhaps a physical, nicely bound journal is just too much pressure for me. I prefer working on whatever, whenever and I just keep it all in a file folder. Usually it’s just printer/copy paper that I doodle on. I think of my stack of doodles as an inspiration file, since doodles and sketches are good times to practice random things and experiment. Here’s a bunch of doodles I’m working on, perhaps I can turn them digital or even paint something…
These robots were inspired by a panda doll named Quincy, my friend owns (check out Quincy Adventures) That should explain the funky mustache look on both robots!
Just more doodling…I like the upside down bit a lot…think I will expand on that at some point.
In the end, I started another acrylic piece in the same color scheme as my first experiment. I just like the colors and playing with dripping paint…
Posted on November 5, 2009 at 5:28 pm | acrylic painting, art every day month, drawings, work in progress
Hello fellow explorers and creative minds! My name is Linda, aka tortagialla - a nickname my adorable husband dubbed me meaning "yellow cake" in Italian. I'm your not-so-typical Californian girl who took the plunge and moved to the Tuscan hills of Italy. Now I'm living my dream designing, illustrating and crafting full-time. You can contact me via email linda [!at] tortagialla [!dot] com
Have you ever done illustrations for a children’s book? Or even sold your doodles as digital elements at a digital scrapbook store? this is just one store as an example http://www.the-lilypad.com/store/home.php
have a great day!
xoxo,
ja
Hi Julie – Wow! I have to say I’m so flattered you would ask about doing professional work. I’m totally just starting out and have never done anything illustration as a job. I must confess it sounds fabulous…but have no clue where to start. Seems like something where you have to know the people and sort of have an in?! Although, I feel as if I should be more proactive and try to submit…hmm…
Linda, I love your robot illustrations… I feel a delightful sense of play and whimsy that warms my heart. Your sleepy moon has a lot of personality too.
Thank you! Sometimes my doodles are a bit dark, but I would like them to be happy and inspiring most of the time. Actually, I should share the colored versions, because my niece just kidnapped both robots to color right now!
You know what people before me said about your work? Well, I totally agree!It’s truly precious! The doodles are so sweet and lovely! Make me smile:)
Well done!<3
Gee, thanks! I’m totally blushing…thanks everyone!
You are really creative and so productive! Loving the robots…
Thanks so much…I think I would like to draw more robots now…hehe
Love your robots! I made little funny faces today, too!
Fantastic – thanks! I love doodling!
Sleepy moon is cute! And I wish I doodled more. These days I don’t seem to make art except rarely and then in November. Doodling and noodling would generate a lot more ongoing flow.
I think that doodling and on whatever paper, not necessarily a journal, makes it less pressure. You can do it while on the phone…listening to music, watching tv…etc.
Hiay Linda,
A girl after my own heart doodling and keeping them on random bits of paper not to mention the journals.
I love the figures and saw them on flickr so full of life and fun.
Thank you for stopping by and commenting, I really appreciate it!
Linda, love your doodles! The robots are adorable. And the sad moon. I know you are having fun with all this!!
Thanks tami! I appreciate you stopping by and commenting, so nice to hear from everyone!
Linda,
The doodles are great. The flowers with faces really caught my eye, they are wonderful. The dripping paint project looks great too.
Having fun with all is so wonderful, thank you for sharing.
Rennata
Thanks Rennata! I think I will have to revisit the flower drawings as well…I like that they are cute happy! Everybody likes flowers…
Formal journals are hard for me too…much prefer scraps, backs of envelopes, napkins. And they end up in random piles or folders. Lots of times, tho, the ideas reappear after they’ve percolated for a bit and then I have a place to start a piece. I especially love your drippy experiments.
Hi Karen – yes, exactly! Just random piles of inspiration for me as well!
Hi Linda, Your doodles are very expressive and fun! Really wonderful!
Thank you Peggy! I appreciate you stopping by!
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