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Tag Archives: pen and ink
Meerkats playing croquet
My wife is full of good ideas. Often when I’m having trouble coming up with an idea for a new illustration I will ask her for suggestions, and this is one of her ideas. I have no idea what prompted … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, bushes, clouds, croquet, eli moody, games, illustration, landscape, lawn games, meerkats, outdoors, pen and ink, portfolio, watercolors
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Giraffe on a chopper
I find the process of creativity fascinating. I love how this painting of a giraffe riding a chopper through the savanna grasslands turned out, but its inspiration was completely random. Some of my students wanted to sketch, but weren’t sure … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, biker, chopper, eli moody, giraffe, helmet, illustration, jacket, motorcycle, pen and ink, portfolio, savanna, sunglasses, trees, watercolors
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Bubble Girl
I love blowing and watching bubbles, and I’ve been trying to come up with an image involving bubbles for a while. I eventually settled on a girl running with a large bubble wand and her dog chasing along behind her. … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, bubbles, dragonflies, dragonfly, eli moody, girl, humans, illustration, pen and ink, portfolio, puppy, watercolor
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Hockey Bear
My wife suggested at one point that I paint a polar bear playing ice hockey. It took me a while to get a pose and concept I liked, but eventually I decided to have the bear practicing shooting. I decided … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, bear, birds, eli moody, hockey, ice, illustration, pen and ink, pencils, polar bear, portfolio, puffins, skating, snow, watercolor
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Dragon siblings
I was commissioned to paint these dragon siblings by a friend of mine who was decorating her recently born daughter’s room in a fantasy creature theme. She asked for a scenario depicting a young female dragon interacting with her older … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, brother, castle, dragon, dragonfly, dragons, eli moody, illustration, log, pen and ink, pencils, pond, portfolio, siblings, sister, watercolor
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Young Rhino
Last Summer I got to see some white rhinos at the Baltimore zoo and although I have seen rhinos before, this time I was much more mesmerized watching them than ever before. Perhaps it was the overall setting, because there … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, eli moody, flower, illustration, pen and ink, pencils, portfolio, rhino, rhinoceros, watercolor
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Shy Mouse
I was sketching a mouse one day and decided it would be interesting to have it holding a clover blossom. In the process I decided to make the mouse female, and have her sort of coyly holding the clover, possibly … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, clover, eli moody, flower, illustration, mouse, pen and ink, pencils, portfolio, shy, watercolor
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Bug BBQ
A friend of mine challenged me to do some work that would push me out of some of my artistic ruts, namely making characters a bit more cartoony and playing with the relative sizes of everyday objects. I started by … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, bbq, bug, eli moody, grill, hot dogs, humans, illustration, pen and ink, pencils, portfolio, watercolor
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Dancing Gator
This dancing alligator started with me doodling some random shapes in my sketchbook. I just started moving my pencil around , and after a few shapes I tried to determine if the shapes looked like anything, in the same way … Continue reading
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Tagged alligator, animals, cane, dancing, eli moody, illustration, music, pen and ink, pencils, portfolio, top hat, Victrola, watercolor
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Not a morning porcupine
This image started as a quick sketch of a porcupine I did after seeing one in a zoo. As I was drawing, I started thinking about what a porcupine would look like with bedhead, and then I drew the hairbrush … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, bedroom, eli moody, hair brush, illustration, morning, pen and ink, pencils, porcupine, watercolor
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