Painting Again

I'm painting again, in traditional acrylic. This is one of my minis, only 5" x 5". Title: Inside

And of course I wanted to show my original sketch. This was a fairly simple transition, since the sketch was to size. This painting showed at Hive gallery in York, Pa last year. It didn't sell there, but I was able to sell it privately later on. Showing in a gallery was a great experience, and I hope to do more of it later this year. We'll see!

This was my first drawing in traditional ink and nib pen/brush after working digital for a few months, and it was nice to get back to it. I'm a capricorn, in case you couldn't tell.

Stickers!

I've ordered die cut stickers in this original design: pastel tuxedo cat in a rose flower crown! I'll have them available at Bmore Into Comics on July 23. After that I'll have them listed online, most likely on Etsy.

Brutal Progress

I thought I'd do another "work in progress" type post to show how I work. To be honest there's isn't much to tell, except that I rarely draw finished, beautiful pencils for Brutal.

As you can see some changes were made to panels 3 and 4, but other than that the digital inking was done directly onto the blue sketch. Since Brutal is meant to be something I can fit in between jobs, I often go directly from sketch to inks, though pencils would be a lot tighter on a bigger project. Overall I'm very pleased with how this particular page turned out. Drawing myself is easy, though!

Read more Brutal here: http://brutalcomic.tumblr.com

Business Card

My fully-digital business card, a la Manga Studio 5.

Pet Portraits

My friend recently got married, and so for a gift I put together these stately portraits of her and her husband's pets as a gift. I decided to print them all as a 16" x 20" poster and it turned out perfectly! This one was sketched in pencil, then the rest was done completely digitally. I used Lobster as the font, which is available here.

Tumblr

So I'm sure a lot of people are familiar with the blogging site Tumblr, but I just want to put it out there that I now have a Tumblr blog for art as well, which will be updated more frequently with casual doodles and fanart and other tidbits that won't be found here. So if you'd like to see that, take a look!

Mimi Cee Draws

In other news, I've started up a sketch comic called "Brutal". It's basically an honest portrayal of my everyday life. This is also hosted via Tumblr, as they have nice webcomic layouts and lots of useful functions. It doesn't hurt that it's free, either.

Brutal

Here's a quick preview of what's up on Brutal: