March 2011 – Casey Girard Illustration

Finding Richard Parker

I wanted to share my three favorite sketches on my to road to drawing Richard Parker. I knew the top image was him.

Lately there has been a focus on the Pacific in the world and at my home. The weekend the Quake and Tsunami hit Japan, Matt and I were listening to the Life of Pi on our drive to Rochester. This was my second time listening to it and I was taken away again. The LifeContinue reading “The Pacific”

New Shop!

All right, things have been going on in my life and I have to admit they are completely disrupting my regular scheduling. I am still getting things done and am making work; it is just all coming out on it’s own time. Hopefully next week will be a bit more normal and there will beginContinue reading “New Shop!”

Shy Sloth

I feel I owe a couple of posts here! No husband’s choice this week, sorry gang. However, I do have an animal for today: Spring is coming and the to do list seems like it has suddenly gotten longer. Does that happen for most people’s spring? Clearing, gardening, final projects, getting outside, people wanting toContinue reading “Shy Sloth”

A page of crows and a turkey

These are sketches from my Dummy Challenge. The story I want to flesh out is all about a crow. No details yet, but I need to make him look rather crazy. The above sketches don’t capture that but, I love the way a crow looks angry by the way their brow arches. These are aContinue reading “A page of crows and a turkey”

Sillygoatgirl’s Choice

One more down and only one left, X. A print of the W is now available for sale in my etsy shop.

Flowers for 4 Years

As talked about Tuesday, my spin on a bouquet for our 4 year anniversary. I had hoped to make at least 8 of these and other elements to fill out the bouquet, however each octopus takes about 3 hours. Coupled with the other work I had to do and eventually getting sick from not sleepingContinue reading “Flowers for 4 Years”

Tiny Visitor

Tuesday postponed

This week I am celebrating my four year wedding anniversary with my husband Matt. We don’t go crazy to celebrate but, we try to follow the traditional gift ideas. This year the gift should be flowers. I have paper flower kits from paper source but, I want to do something more unique. After critique groupContinue reading “Tuesday postponed”