9 Years (D)

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Happily Ever Two Weeks Later (D)

A couple weeks ago I realized with a pang that in our busyness and wrangling of kids J and I totally forgot to take our traditional Happily Ever After photo at DCA... so I decided to just take care of that the best way I knew how. A little late-night Valentine's Day P.S. as February rolls into March.

And it just so happens that some family went a couple weeks after we did, so this is as close to a personal photograph of the actual time we were there as I could hope for. Thanks, Jack et al.!

Like An Anthem In My Heart (D)

I decided to experiment with my first-ever speedpaint for this one.  ~45 minutes, though it could have gone on for ages.

Sunday Sketches verion

That's it for #TGSbyDrew for now!  Itch definitely scratched.

Our Hands Our Tied (D)

I hope you're not tired of my TGS arts, because, well, even if you are... I'm not done yet.  This looks... almost exactly how I pictured it in my head.

A Million (D)

The obsession continues.  I really need to get J in here to post hers too, they are amazing!

I enlisted Instagram to help make my work in progress version a little more dynamic and they were really helpful!  For comparison's sake here's the sketch:

Christmas 2017 Commissions (D)

Here are some of the results of my Christmas commissions sale:

Instagrid!

For Taylor

For Maci

For Katie

For Nick

For Steve

Also for Steve!

For Lisa

Thanks, everyone!  I had a lot of work to do there at the end of the year but it was fun to do a variety of styles and subjects, and I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've ever drawn Amy Winehouse or the inside of a 747 cockpit.

Commission: Paul and Carrie (D)

Okay, one more commission via ArtCorgi just so I can be caught up. This was going to be a pretty standard engagement gift but I tried to up my game with some tilt shift and pushing for a more interesting pose and a last-second addition of the skyline's reflection (which should have been obvious, but oh well). He really liked it, I can only assume she does too. XD

Paul and Carrie, October 2017

Fresh Figure Drawings for September 2017 (D)

I included ladies this month!  And with these, I'm caught up in my Figure Drawing Friday posts.

Ref: Instagram Ref: @rjfittness / @laili_dance

Ref: Instagram @maxandlizacro / @miz.liz

Exploration of a shot from the previous week

Inktober is starting in a few days so I'm not sure if there will be much time for my usual things, so look for more of these later in the fall.

Commission: Hans and Janelle (D)

Fun commission via ArtCorgi:

I updated it after delivery to add body hair and smokey eyes because these things are clearly important.

Mister and Missus C (D)

Because who hasn't imagined young and hip Clauses? I drew this almost a decade ago and have been meaning to paint it for years. And now I finally have! Once framed it made a great white elephant gift.

 Original sketch:

Christmas is coming, it's practically here!

Commission: Marc and Olivia (D)

I finished this engagement surprise via ArtCorgi a couple weeks ago (hopefully the question has been popped and this doesn't give the game away somehow).

I really love it when beautiful people pay me to draw them.

Commission: Matt and Helen (D)

Rush commission this week! It glows.

Matt and Helen

And here's a glimpse at the old process.  I like a good WIP.

Commission: Park Meeting (D)

(Ack, August???  Shameful.)

Here's a fun commission I did last week through Artcorgi. I love it when Disney fans single me out over there.

Chelsea and Jared (D)

One of my coworkers is getting married next week, and my manager asked me to draw up a Happy Wedding card on behalf of the team to post on the G+ group.  I have no idea what her styling or colors actually are, so I just tried to guess what I thought went with what I know of their style.  It will be fun to see how close (or not) I guessed.  I like doing little side projects like this, it breaks things up a little to do something for work other than the usual.

Chelsea and Jared, September 2014, Photoshop

May their union be forever blessed.