Possible Wallet Designs

Finally submitted some wallet designs based on our artwork. If they agree to make them, Leila or Wicked Wasabi could cuddle your cash sometime soon. If you like them, please say so over on the flickr pages below.
Leila.
Wicked Wasabi.

Wood Panel Drawings

Here are some more of my favorites that I've entered in the doodle off. The first is "The Wood Dweller" and the second is "The Lady and the Dragon". I highly recommend this type of competition. It's very low pressure, but it really has forced me to draw more freely. I haven't gotten this much practice in years. I found these little wood panels in the garage and they're just the right size for carrying to the coffee shop to draw. See more doodle entries at the official Doodle Off blog.

IF- The Monster Parade!

Just finished this doodle for IF and for The Doodle Off V.3, but my current favorite is just below the monsters. I'm calling it- "The Sail Tail". See more of my doodle entries and those of many others at official Doodle Off blog.

More Doodles

Are you sensing a trend? Yep. More doodles! This was my favorite of yesterday's doodles. I'm testing out some new pens on different substrates. I don't care for how the ink bleeds into the wood grain. I think I'm going to try another piece on wood with graphite and perhaps some paint. Show the other competitors some love and visit the official Doodle Off blog .

Doodles!

Ok, so I think I'm only going to list my favorite doodles of mine from the Doodle Off here. No sense in duplicating everything from the Doodle Off blog! I think the first is some sort of Tiki Ostrich. Visit the official Doodle Off blog to see the more doodles from all of the competitors! So far, I'm good for #1-8 of 150.

Doodles #2-3

Seems like I'm getting a slow start on the doodle off! #2 is a sort of angler fish and #3- no clue. I love the creepy top portion though. Visit the official Doodle Off blog to see the competition unfold!

The Doodle Off V.3!!!!

I've entered the Doodle Off V.3 and I'm super excited!! I'll be blogging about it here as it moves forward. The competition officially starts May 1st and you can check out all of the doodle action here. We've started writing our introductory posts. Here is mine:


Nice ta meech ya!
I'm Lani. My official business card title is "Pixel Wrangler" but I'm just an all around crafty gal. My other internet persona is GreenSpaceGoods. Most of my doodling ends up in the Ink Blot Collection, an artistic venture between Michael Ayers and I. This will be some of my first public solo doodlage.

Location:
Atlanta, GA

Strategy:
No clue! I guess finding those lost little bits of time and putting them to good use. Also doodling up large sheets of paper so I can scan or photograph several at once.

What I hope to gain:
Relaxation in my doodling. Most of my doodling is actually what I consider finished art, so I rarely take time for "just for the heck of it" doodling. I worry too much about perfection and need to break that habit.

Peace Out!

A Very Yummy Painting

Goodness it's been a while! Michael and I have been deathly ill and it turns out that I've perforated my eardrum, so we've been doing more resting than crafting. I did get a little spurt of energy the other day though and started pondering the idea of a series of vintage soda bottle paintings. I'm trying to practice being more relaxed in my art. I've always been a photorealism and rulers girl when it comes to drawing specific objects, so this time I tried to draw and paint everything without fussy measurements and exact perspective. I'm pretty happy with the results. I love Yoo-Hoo and the graphics on the vintage bottles (far before my time) are so pretty. I believe this one is from the 1950's. If you have any suggestions for the next bottle painting, leave them in the comments. Off to take some more meds. Hope everyone is well and having a good weekend :)

Thank You SevenPly

We both admit to being classic procrastinators, so it's no surprise that we waited to the last minute to figure out what gift to give a certain special girl for her birthday. She's a skateboarding fashionista so after scouring the internet for accessory awesomness, it finally it hit us- a recycled skateboard pocket mirror! There's only one issue- finding one. After contacting several skateboard jewelry artists, we were finally rescued by SevenPly. I can only attempt to put into words how fantastic they are. Not only did they take on the challenge of making us a product they'd never attempted before, but they took it on as a rushed order as well. They kindly and professionally listened to every detail we requested, patiently bent to our every whim and even made multiples for us to choose from. The result is fabulous. I hope that they make many more of these. I wouldn't mind having one for myself! Please check out their shop here. And if you're reading this SevenPly- keep up the good work. You haven't seen the last of us :)

Making Progress

I've been working on this drawing for a few days now. I think all of the ink work is done, but I'm not sure where I want to go with it from here. I think it would be nice as a water color, but the ink is already down, so I don't want to ruin it with water. I could digitally color it, but I just haven't decided yet. Any opinions out there? She needs a good name too. Leave a comment with your suggestion :)