30 Sep 2010
by Caseyin Illustration Friday
I have been giggling all week thinking about drawing this for Illustration Friday. I debated about being creative and coming up with an original idea but, I decided to go with what was making me laugh.
When I was a kid I watched classic comedies. I loved them and still do. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World was among my favorites. I liked Mad World so much I watched the interviews with the cast about the making of and named all of my stuffed animals after characters from the movie.
In Mad World Jim Backus, Mr. Fitzgerald, plays an eccentric millionaire, who has an airplane. He agrees to fly Buddy Hackett, Benjy Benjamin, and Mickey Rooney, Dingy Bell, to the Big W. During the flight, as he is piloting the plane, he looks back at Mickey Rooney and in the most Jim Backus voice says “How about an Old-Fashioned?” Cracks me up every time I think about it.
So all week I have been repeating that line to myself and smiling and giggling.
If you haven’t seen this movie you should. It’s a long one, but worth it. Every comic star of that era has an appearance in this film. The word was, if you didn’t have at least a cameo you weren’t worth knowing in comedy anymore. People begged the director for MONTHS to be in this movie.
30 Sep 2010
by Caseyin Sketchbook Project 2011
Here is the second installment in my sketchbook project. I am not going to draw the events in any particular order, just as the images come to me.
This moment happened very recently, just back in June, when we wanted to hike a nature trail from the Jordan Lake House in Maine. The Jordan Cliffs trail was the shortest mile wise, so it seemed the best option. We were with my Mom and my Step Dad. My Step Dad was cool with this. My Mom, she expressed herself with some very shocked faces when we reached the rocks. There were iron poles bolted into the rocks to ensure we could climb up the rock face to reach the summit of this trail. The rest of us were working under once you start there was no going back. We kept telling her, “it will be fun, we swear!”
The trail took all day, but the view was worth everything. It was an amazing day. I feel this moment encompasses how ridiculous this hike was.
(click on the image to see it full size)
29 Sep 2010
by Caseyin My Sketchbook, Wednesday Animal
Continuing to work on those characters for Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Had a little inspiration yesterday at the zoo with Bubba and Smokey, the Stone Zoo bears, sitting right in front of us. They were good models. Although, I still think I made the standing bear look a little too polar bear shaped.
28 Sep 2010
by Caseyin Artwork, Matt's Choice
And the final step, colored pencils.
Next week a new idea will be up for Husband’s Choice.
27 Sep 2010
by Caseyin Miscellaneous, News
September 15th was International Dot Day celebrating Peter H. Reynold’s book The Dot. I wasn’t able to make my dot for the day but, here it is now. On top of Sept 15 being Dot Day, Zoe who was born! So, this dot is for her.
Then a little follow up on the Urban Country Fair here is a link to my pictures. The day went well, a lot of people came by and chuckled at the specimens. To clear things up, the specimens are clay creatures that I have put in vials filled with tea colored water. I think everyone has a secret desire to be a mad scientist. These provide a smell free way to resemble one.
I also had magnets and prints available for purchase. I sold most of my small magnets and a few people checked out the prints I had available. It was a successful-fun day. I am planning to put the items I didn’t sell up on etsy so watch out for that update.
Thanks to everyone who came out and supported me and the rest of us vendors at the fair!
24 Sep 2010
by Caseyin Matt's Choice, Miscellaneous
Continuing with my comic page, here is the next step of the process, the marker layer.
23 Sep 2010
by Caseyin Illustration Friday, Sketchbook Project 2011
Two birds with one stone here, Illustration Friday and the first page to my sketchbook, of Sketchbook Project 2011!
I chose my sketchbook theme because of how many times I hear “It will be fun, I swear” from Matt. And, you know what, it is always fun. So, I am planning to draw all the fun things he has convinced me to participate in thus far for the first half, then all the fun things he is talking about doing for the last half.
The hand writing is inspired by a friend of mine from grade school. I always loved the way her notes looked, I still have a couple of them. She is also someone who used to tell me, “It will be fun, I swear”.
22 Sep 2010
by Caseyin Wednesday Animal
I enjoyed making the comic page of Squirrel Assassin so much I want to make it more complete. Since, it is time for me to post animal Wednesday, but I haven’t finished the piece I have the opportunity to show you my process. Here is my first stage of drawing out the comic page, pencil sketches!
I spent more time on the characters so they aren’t just boy and squirrel.
21 Sep 2010
by Caseyin Matt's Choice, My Sketchbook
Here is my first comic page after checking out a couple of books and attending a couple of seminars about graphic novels. It is still in rough sketch form. I was hurrying it last night as I was suffering a headache. I wonder if it was partially from my marker. The smell definitely took me back to college.
For a class I had to make 30 compositions with squares of varying sizes using vellum and black prismacolor markers. My entire class sat in a room with the door closed covering paper with marker. I am surprised we were able to walk away from the room without falling over.
Anyway, back to the comic page. If you have any comments or criticisms please post!
20 Sep 2010
by Caseyin Miscellaneous, My Sketchbook
About to make a 3 image series of a well read story for my portfolio. I am starting with character design.
Here is my Goldilocks:
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