August 2010 – Casey Girard Illustration

Atmosphere

One thing I think is ultimately important in an illustration is the lighting. It creates your atmosphere, feeling, sense of space for the piece. It is currently something I am focusing on. Especially pushing colors to not be exactly what is seen. Here is a color comp of a piece I am making for aContinue reading “Atmosphere”

Croc with attitude

Dragon Yoga

Buffy

Given that I have been endlessly watching Buffy I thought I would make some of the time useful by drawing the characters. These are from Season 6 and 7!

My First Illustration Friday

I have been wanting to join the illustration friday crew for a long time. This is my first attempt and it isn’t a finished illustration. I was able to make a rough color comp, but I know at least one person that will feel the nostalgia with me. O.A.T.S. is a bluegrass festival in PennsylvaniaContinue reading “My First Illustration Friday”

Summer Visitors

I have recently realized I love drawing birds. I probably should have realized this a while ago, given that if I aimlessly doodle a little bird appears upon the page. The clarity came through with a few recent events. First were our many trips to the zoo, seeing Flamingos and learning that their upper beakContinue reading “Summer Visitors”

Progress

And sketches

Surprise

Although, I am feeling my sketch more: I need to go back to the drawing board. My sketch composition is working better. In part because the cat is looking to the left and there is the danger, helping the eye to rotate around the page. In the full color piece, you are left hanging andContinue reading “Surprise”

Old and New

who doesn’t love a snail? Vampires are out people, the new hit. . . Zombie Unicorns.

Late

This past weekend we went down to NJ. I don’t like excuses but, the trip up rooted my routine and I haven’t finished my husband’s choice for today. The theme will be a repeat conjured by a talk my husband and I had during the car ride home. We discussed the recent posts and IContinue reading “Late”

What I was drawing then

I recently pulled out my childhood sketchbooks. It is really funny to look through at what I was drawing then and where I was trying to go. So I thought I would share a couple of pages. This is the first page in my first sketchbook. I still remember where I was when I madeContinue reading “What I was drawing then”

Crash Test Frogs

I actually made time to color this week’s husband’s choice! I was only mildly influenced by Sheep in a Jeep. Okay I was very influenced. However, my characters are frogs. It seems I love drawing jovial frogs on the fly. This guy is my favorite. I have decided to name him Schmitty.