her kiss...

is a sweet poison...

I started to do a little work on comic book characters.. I decided to start with one of my favorite villains.. Ivy has  always been a hard one to untangle yourself from.. especially if you love plants and flowers..

done on batmankoff in photoshop..

A little paradise in the city..

I've been walking by where the Parrots of Telegraph hill moved to recently. They aren't on Telegraph hill anymore. They are now located on the top of Vallejo street in San Francisco. When I lived in that area I could hear them all the time. They used to wake me with their songs in the mornings. Somewhere along the line this was inspired and I started painting it.  Here are two little birds of paradise caught finding each other in the trees..

This was done on Batmankoff using photoshop. I've been painting alot of birds lately and it seems to be turning into a theme.. for now. Enjoy

-A

Love Indeed!!

These birds were inspired from a photograph on a community page I follow. Animal Story via facebook. I was looking at all of the photos and one caught my eye and I thought to create my own artistic variation of the picture. So here are two little Japanese White Eyes through my eyes.

The original photograph was taken at DaSyueShan, Taichung County in Taiwan by John&Fish. 

you can see the original photograph here AnimalStory

-A

Springtime in Vancouver

The days in springtime Vancouver..

are so beautiful. I was staring at trees today... and felt the need to just draw some of the beauty I saw. Its still cold but at least its pretty up here. The flowers are in bloom and so amazing and we dont get this back home in San Francisco. A simple quick study piece done on Batmankoff.

-A

The Flirt

I'd like to introduce my latest piece. I love this one. Its like you and I have snuck in through the seaweed from behind and caught him in the act. Like these mermaids I cant help but giggle at that thought a little. They blush lightly as he flirts with them all at the same time, blissfully too lost in their enchantments to turn and notice us. 

Sketched originally on a notepad and taken into Batmankoff to be painted after work. It took a little longer than I thought it would with Batmankoff but I suppose its because of the multiple characters and my desire to keep up with all the details. 

-A 

Lucky Little Leprechaun

Happy St. Patty's Day Everyone!

Meet Lucky. She really is, isn't she? On her favorite day of the year she's found her pot of gold. Lucky was sketched out on Friday and taken into Batmankoff Saturday. My coworker came in to work all dressed up (in the outfit you see above) for St. Patty's Day. Her only complaint of the day was she didn't have a pot of gold. I'm sure meeting Lucky will make up for all of that.

Making New Friends

Mermaid 2

This is the second in my mermaid series. She's a bit more shy than the rest. Even the fish have to approach her slowly to get her to come out from behind her fins. When I got them all together and after I was done with my first painting I figured I should paint her next. She was sketched at work on a small pad and taken to Batmankoff.

Laughing Under the Sea

Mermaid 1

I'd like you to meet the first mermaid of my series of five. She was actually the last design of the five I drew. I like her so much because she laughs at life and enjoys her time with her fishy friends. I tested different colors but because I love purple so much I settled on it for her hair. This little mermaid was my first painting of this year. Drawn on scratch paper while at work and painted on Batmankoff 

I like her because regardless of the fact that I was sick with strep throat she gave me something to do to push through my recovery. I'm not a home body at all so painting her eased the difficulty of being stuck at home fighting sickness. I was happy to go back to work but also happy I had time to paint her.  Over the next week or so I will be posting the other four mermaids with other art.

Love Birds

My artistic style changes from time to time as you can see. Its simply because i'm an artist of course. I just cant paint one way and one way only. Here with a little change I present: My Lovebirds.

The idea for them came while spending time with my boyfriend Nick. He was sharing the series "Planet Earth" with me. An amazing series where a few more of my ideas spawned. While we were watching one of the discs on birds of all kinds I pulled out my sketchbook and started drawing. I realized I was drawing on pink paper and soon after a few different sketches I finally settled on this one to take to Batmankoff (my cintiq). I spent an entire day just working on these cute little lovers. 

Dare to Be Different

The drive home from Los Angeles to San Francisco was lengthy so our discussions of differences of people continued onward for a while and out of it came this piece of art. I love turtles. They enjoy life slowly. I can't decide wether that little guy at the end decided to run and catch up or just walk upright to stand out.