Fantasy Invite (1/4)

As you are probably bored to hear, my wife and I are planning a storybook-themed baby shower for her sister, and besides drawing the sign and favor I have already shown you, I was also in charge of drawing the invitation. After some brainstorming, this is what I came up with: a bunch of fairy tale creatures going to the castle for the big party. As usual, the sketch looks really rough and kind of lame, but stay tuned to see how the illustration progresses!

Town Crier

My wife and I needed a town crier to announce her sister's baby shower, and apparently Ian McKellen was available to take this role, because the picture I drew reminds me a lot of him. Whether this likeness is true or simply in my head, I hope you guys like the picture!

The Sign

In preparation for the baby shower my wife and I are throwing for her sister, I drew a sign to hang up outside of the house so that the guests know where to go. Since the shower's theme is story books, and since I had already drawn an Alice- themed bookmark, I thought I could use my old friend the White Rabbit to decorate the sign. (See him bigger here.) Next to him you can see a church, which is only a couple of houses down from us and where we want the guests to park. My cartoony depiction of the church resembles the actual building quite a lot, but since there's no way for you to know that, you'll have to take my word for it. At any rate, I hope you like the sign!

Enanos aventureros

Bueno: aquí están mis dos últimas creaciones antes de ponerlas en la peana: dos enanos aventureros. El de detrás, que no se ve muy bien, tiene dinamita en la mano, ya que no hay que andarse con remilgos a la hora de matar orcos.

Whimsical Bookmark (4/4)

Today, at long last, you get to see the finished Alice bookmark. What an exciting prospect! Anyway, as you can see, all I did after coloring the penciled picture was ink the whole thing. You will hopefully notice the lines are more elegant and elaborate than their pencil counterparts, and I think the black ink really makes the picture pop and ties all the elements together. At any rate, my wife and I are very happy with the end result, and we hope our guests will enjoy our little present about as much as you guys enjoyed watching it happen!

Whimsical Bookmark (3/4)

Here you have the second-to-last step in the process. Once I had finished with the pencils, I moved in with my Copic markers and colored the whole thing. I find this stage of the process very strange, because the picture looks a lot like what the finished version will look like, and, at the same time, it looks nothing like it. Sound weird? Well, then come back in a couple of days, and you will see what I'm talking about.

Whimsical Bookmark (2/4)

To continue with our Alice bookmark series of posts, here you have the finished pencil drawing. I didn't go into too much detail, so several parts of the picture look unfinished and rough, but I'm trying to work as quickly as I can, which means I can't really finish every little detail in this stage of the process. This is all I need to start coloring, so the next installment in the series will be very colorful indeed. Come back soon and you'll get to see it!