hard 8

(photoshop, painter)

I know the postings have been few, but today I have something new for you to view. Back in April and May I had the great pleasure of working with my good friend Matt Roberts and these are his character designs with a splash of color by yours truly. These guys are part of a story written by Matt for a nifty little anthology called "Hard 8" debuting this summer at Comic Con in San Diego. So if you happen to find yourself at Comic Con this July please check it out!

miss o'hara

(Painter, Photoshop)

illustration friday: under the sea

So the postings have been few and far between lately and I do apologize. I wish I could show you what I've been working on, but alas this cannot be so. And I know I'm cheating by posting something old of mine, but I added some new bits to it so I hope you will still enjoy it. And for those that haven't seen it before, well this post is for you! This is my entry for Illustration Friday's topic "under the sea." I thought it was fitting.

I'll be working on some new fun stuff to post here soon. But for now my blogging buddies I must bid you adieu.

illustration friday: spring

Howdy everyone, here's my entry for Illustration Friday. Topic is Spring and I decided to do an Easter egg color kit. I don't think they design them like this anymore....though I haven't checked the stores. It's been a long time since I've colored eggs. I usually just wind up eating the chocolate ones.

Encouraged by the wonderfully talented Smook, I decided to include the very rough sketch along with the final painting. I wish the sketch looked nicer, but I just don't clean up my work sometimes. I usually work off of the rough sketch and already have in my mind what everything should look like. Don't know if that's the best method of doing things but it works for me most of the time.

Well I must get back to work. Happy Spring everyone!

Color Kit Painting - Painter, Photoshop
Rabbit Sketch - Tombow 2B

chocolate raspberry doodle

Here's today's doodle. Partly inspired by a previous doodle of mine, and also inspired by Donnachada Daly's lovely ladies (hey that rhymes!). And I just had to name it after dessert food of course.

(Painter & Photoshop)

illustration friday: tea

Ok it's time to start this month off right! Ahem....Blanquet's Blog is proud to present "Tea" for Illustration Friday!

It was hard to do this illustration without thinking about the work Mary Blair did for Alice in Wonderland. But I actually got most of my inspiration from my niece who loves to play tea party. I've been spending a lot of time with my family lately and they really are so inspirational. Hooray for family inspiration!

This has been a presentation of Blanquet's Blog Productions. Hope you enjoy the illo.

(Painter & Photoshop)

school girls

Here are some character designs I worked on recently for Dave Skwarczek at Eat Your Lunch LLC. I had a lot of fun designing these gals, and overall it was a great project to be a part of. Hope you enjoy them!

(Painter & Photoshop)

first post for 2006

Finally a post for the new year! I must apologize for the lack of weekly sketches and paintings. I guess that's not the best start for the new year. It's been a busy 2006 so far but it's a good kind of busy. So here are some sketches I did in December and I'm finally posting them. Thanks for making 2005 so cool my blogging buddies. I'm really looking forward to this year. More good things to come....

(Painter & Photoshop)

december sketches

It's been a busy month but I had a chance to cafe sketch and it felt wonderful! I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year too!

Christmas time is here...

Today's post was a special collaboration. My fiancee drew this charming little boy and I had lots of fun painting him. It was really nice working on this with my darling.

I also wanted to announce the opening of my online shop. Blanquet's Boutique is now open for business! I started up this shop for fun and I hope you will stop by and check it out.

http://www.cafepress.com/blanquet

That's all for today folks...hope you enjoy this illo!

(Painter and Photoshop)