Working Behind the Scenes
You know how sometimes you go to a website and get a page that says “under construction”? I’m doing a bit of renovating to this blog right now, working on […]
Tag Archives: illustration
Calico Cat
As I mentioned in my last post, I’m going to be putting up some older work just to keep up the blogging habit while I’m away from the drawing board […]
The Neighbourhood Cats
A couple of months ago, I had an article in the Hillside-Quadra News, our local neighbourhood newspaper, and I mentioned when I posted about it here that I was thinking […]
The Wet Coast
I’m continuing the posting of my comic/sketch journal I kept while I was at the ocean last month. It’s only in pen and ink at this point, and I intend […]
A Camping Journal
Every summer I go with a group of friends to the northern portion of Pacific Rim National Park, a vast stretch of sandy beaches on the west coast of Vancouver […]
“The Mermaid” Cover, part 2
The cover that I posted the beginnings of two days ago is finished! This will be my entry in the Co-Mix exhibition here in Victoria at the Martin Batchelor Gallery. […]
Comic Cover: “The Mermaid”
It’s great when an art project can do double duty! I needed a cover for my story The Mermaid, as well as a “cover” for an art show featuring made-up comic […]
Tabby Tallulah in Colour
Summer Art Challenge Day 42 — making art every day Yesterday I posted Tabby in ink; today she has dressed up in colour. She’s one of those rare female orange tabbies, […]
Miss Tabby Tallulah
Summer Art Challenge Day 41 Here’s a new character, Miss Tabby Tallulah. I wasn’t sure what colours to make her or her clothes, so I’m going to wait until tomorrow to […]
Top Hat Dog
Summer Art Challenge Day 39-40 — making art (of some kind) every day! Meet Mr. Phineas Wintergreen-Smythe III! He’s based on one of the sketch cards I did last week, and […]
Dragon, Muse, Cat
Summer Art Challenge Day 38 — making art every day! This evening was the weekly get together for the comic jam gang. Only three of us were there, but we had […]
The Muse Reconsiders
Summer Art Challenge Day 37 — making art every day! I had fun colouring the comic I posted yesterday in pen and ink! Iris did too, and was relieved to be […]
Colour the Muse!
Summer Art Challenge Day 36 — making art every day! I’ve finished the ink stage for Iris’s latest adventure; I’m looking forward to colouring it! It occurred to me that other […]
More Silly Animal Characters
Summer Art Challenge Days 30-31 — making art (of some kind) every day! Right away, I must confess; I did not draw yesterday, nor did I paint, sculpt, collage, or otherwise make […]
As the Muse Turns
Summer Art Challenge Days 23-29 — making art (of some kind) every day! The impulse to create is a funny thing. It doesn’t confine itself to neat boundaries of expression. A […]
Life Drawing Meditation
Summer Art Challenge Day 22 — making art every day! A lot of the work I do involves drawing from my imagination. I say imagination, but it also involves memory and […]
Look out, it’s Ma Raccoon!
Summer Drawing Challenge Day 18 Not long ago I did a little doodle for another one of my animal-in costume characters, Ma Raccoon. I figured it was about time I turned […]
Nagged by the Muse
Summer Drawing Challenge Day 17 I realize Iris has a point here… For more Iris the Art Muse comics, click her tab in the menu bar at the top.
Saved by the Sketch Cards!
Summer Drawing Challenge Days 15 & 16 I know it seems unbelievable, but sometimes a gal just has to attend to other things besides art! But I managed to sit […]
Sketch Cards!
Summer Drawing Challenge Day 14 Some years ago I was swept into the Artist Trading Card phenomenon — these are the same size as the familiar sports trading cards, 2.5 […]
A Merfolk Feast
Summer Drawing Challenge Day 13 I’m narrowing down the look of my merfolk for my in-progress graphic novel/webcomic The Mermaid, with the help of a lot of suggestions here and […]
Magic Muse Wand
Summer Drawing Challenge Day 12 It’s funny how Facebook posts about hair seem to generate immediate long conversations. Today I hennaed my hair, and mentioned it on Facebook, and — […]
Garden Muse
Summer Drawing Challenge Day 11 I have been travelling a lot in the last couple of months; first to TCAF in Toronto, then VanCAF in Vancouver, then to A-KON in […]
A Merman, Maybe
Summer Drawing Challenge Day 10 Continuing my obsession with designing mer-people characters, I had an interesting conversation with my comic-jam friends tonight at our weekly get-together. I asked them what […]
Canada Day Muse
Summer Drawing Challenge Day 9 Happy Canada Day! Tonight Iris, Mak, Ron, and I watched the fireworks from the studio window! Our house is on a hillside, with a straight […]
Karen Gillmore Art 