Saddle Yak Is Back!

 

 

I finally finished coloring it.  I sort of took a break from this one cause I felt like I was just getting bogged down with all the tiny details, but I got back to it (or back in the saddle, heh) and finished it and I think it came out great!

And here's a link to the wonderful stock image this was based on:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bos_grunniens_at_Yundrok_Yumtso_Lake.jpg

Ruin With A View

 

Here's a nice and serene landscape with ruins.  This was a WIP from a couple years ago that I rediscovered and decided to finish up, so here it is.  I'm hoping to color it soon.

More Poodle Doodles

 

 

I finished another page of poodle doodles based on the great works of the glorious Lothar Meggendorfer, which can be found here:

https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Der_Pudel

Or here:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/8027317959?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

Actually the one with the big one with the pom pom on its tail on the right is from a different source on Wikimedia Commons:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poodle_(PSF).png

I'm sick of drawing poodles, now I'm going to take a break and draw buildings and brontosauruses and other elements that I want to brush up on for my children's book.

Another Dragon In Clouds

 Some times its nice to just sit back and watch the dragons go by.  I wish I had more time off from my other jobs.  If I had more time off there would be more art.

Poodle Doodles

 

Here are some poodle doodles I've done recently.  I've been sketching poodles cause I'm working on a children's book that has poodles in it, so I want to get better at drawing them.

Its harder than you might think to find good pictures of poodles with classic haircuts.  These are based on the ones in a German story illustrated by Lothar Meggendorfer called Der Pudel.  If you're interested you can read it for free and in color here:

https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Der_Pudel

Its also included in a collection of short stories with the same illustrator which is available on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/8027317959?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

It is a fascinating collection of stories although the pictures are low resolution to the point of being very pixelated and it is all in black and white.  I enjoyed looking at them very much even though I do not speak German so of course it is all unintelligible.

Anyway I'll try and keep you posted as I make further progress on my children's book.

Clouds With Dragon

 

 

I think this acrylic painting came out pretty good.  Maybe I could spin it into a new header image for my blog.

Spoonflower Shenanigans

I no longer have fabric and wallpaper for sale on my Spoonflower account because they changed the rates so I wouldn't get paid very much at all and it isn't worth it.  Cutting out the artist is disrespectful to both the artist and the consumer because supporting an artist is probably a small but meaningful part of what motivates someone to buy products designed by artists in the first place.

Thank you to everybody who's bought my designs in the past, that's huge, I appreciate your support over the years and it means a lot to me!

Since yardage and merch haven't panned out, the only products I have left are coloring books on Amazon:

amazon.com/author/jpmorrow

And if you've bought any of those thank you as well!

And I've got plenty more ideas for artistic projects for the future if I have time...