Doodle 176 - A bunch of stuff

I decided to go back to the blue pen today, for some reason I feel the most comfortable with that color, but I like blue any day anyway.

First, a warm up sketch:

Sentinel - Blue mechanical pencil on plain sketchbook. Aprox 10 mins.

Summoning a swift familiar - blue mechanical pencil on plain sketchbook. Aprox 15 mins.

I couldn't resist the siren song of the Adventure Time Fan Art today, overall since tumblr was running wild with sneak peaks of the new gender bender episode, I got the first Fionna and Cake comic book for Andrei and I just can't wait for this to show!

Yes, my name is Saudade and I am a fangirl lol.

Fionna The Human (without her hat) - blue mechanical pencil on plain sketchbook. Aprox 15 mins.

Lost in the melody - blue mechanical pencil on plain sketchbook. Aprox 10 mins.

And finally, something I have been rather familiar with lately:

Working late again - blue mechanical pencil on plain sketchbook. Aprox 15 mins.

Andrei surprised me today and gifted me the whole series of The Guardians by William Joyce and Laura Geringer. I am excited! This is like food for my imagination.

Doodle 175 - Let the lines fall where they may

Pencil on plain sketchbook.

Pencil on plain sketchbook

Pencil on plain sketchbook

Pencil on plain sketchbook

Pencil on plain sketchbook

Sooo I got carried away today by the need to just throw lines about, and the above is what happened LOL also time nearly caught up with me!

Doodle 174 - Moth Fairy and Aeronaut

Weee! Right under the wire, I was out watching Les Mis (I liked it BTW), and didn't get home till late.

Moth Fairy - blue pencil on plain sketchbook. Aprox 15 mins.

Aeronaut - blue pencil on plain sketchbook. Aprox 15 mins.

Doodle 173 - Octopus Wrangler

Remember the elf from yesterday? Well, I decided to work on her a bit more today, add some details and finally a bit of a story, her name... for now it is Octavia, she was adopted as a baby by a family in a fishing village.

Octavia was an exceptional diver, not so much a swimmer (weird I know, but it can happen, ask Andrei), early on she discovered that she could understand octopus and befriend them sometimes easier than human children her age.

She grew up to be an authority in all things related to cephalopods and is well known for her discovery of a species of octopus that can live for long periods of time on land (given enough water here and there).

Octavia - blue mechanical pencil on plain sketchbook. Aprox 20 mins.

Doodle 172 - Steampunk Elf Design

I am starting to suffer from a bit of cabin fever (being at home and sick for more than 3 days will do that to me). Is there still a sun out there? Have we gotten flying cards yet? Hehehehe... ah yeah...

Hopefully I'll be all better by tomorrow, but for now, here are some doodles I came up with while trying to design an steampunky elf:

Steampunk Elf Design - mechanical pencil on plain sketchbook. Aprox 5 mins.

Steampunk Elf Costume Design - mechanical pencil on plain sketchbook. Aprox 5 mins.

Steampunk Elf Profile - mechanical pencil on plain sketchbook. Aprox 3 mins.

I will try and work it on some more later.

Doodle 171 - You Know You Need To Go Home When...

Yeah... I decided to go to the office today against my better judgement. What can I say, after a couple of days off sick I start getting restless and feeling guilty because there is job to be done, so I soldiered on aaand after managing to do a whole bunch of work (I was impressed with myself), I gave up and just went back to my cave.

Needless to say, I am still sick and if we had had a meeting today at work about sales and cheese, this is what it would have looked like:

Really badly done meeting scenario doodle. - mechanical pencil on plain sketchbook. Aprox 3 mins.

Yup, that's a buzzard trying to peck at me, it wasn't pretty and now I am feeling it. Don't be like me guys, stay home and feel better before you attempt a go at the real world again.

Anyway, here is a second little doodle I managed to crank up before my mind gave in:

Little Mouse - mechanical pencil on plain sketchbook. Aprox 10 mins.

For some weird reason this snippet of dialogue went through my head as I doodled this:

Guy1: "Oh, look! It's a girl mouse!"
Guy2: "Um... how do you know it is a girl mouse?"
Guy1: "Well, she is holding a purse with a butterfly, has her hair all done and a little trinket on her tail"
Guy2: "That is awfully presumptuous and a bit sexist, for all we know manly mice like that kind of stuff"
Guy1: "And how would you know?"
Guy2: "I don't, that's my point. Have some cultural sensitivity"

Doodle 170 - Adventure Time Fan Art and More

Well, I am happy to report that, after 2 solid days on bed rest, I am starting to feel better.

It got dodgy there for a bit with the flu-like symptoms, but looks like the resting, plus vitamins, chicken soup and ginger ale have done the trick.

I am hoping to get back to work tomorrow and working out again.

Since I was feeling better today I managed to doodle more, I am still feeling a bit out of sorts, so I went with some Adventure Time fan art first and then random doodling:

Flame Princess - mechanical pencil on plain sketchbook. Aprox 15 mins.

 

Fionna - mechanical pencil on plain sketchbook. Aprox 15 mins.

Court Lady - mechanical pencil on plain sketchbook. Aprox 15 mins.

Priestess - mechanical pencil on plain sketchbook. Aprox 15 mins.

Doodle 169 - Not Feeling So Hot

I stayed home sick today, my throat started to bother me yesterday evening and it got really bad in the middle of the night. I am resting, drinking fluids, soup and trying my best to take as many vitamins and think as many healthy thoughts as I can.

Still, I am rather exhausted, sore and a bit weepy.

I managed to scribble something really fast, but I am in a fog of sorts. I hope I feel better soon since I have tons of work to do.

Sick Dragon - mechanical pencil on plain sketchbook. Aprox 10 mins.

It is a dragon with a bit of a cold. A small kid is holding a bag of ice over its head. I didn't manage to draw much since I am all woozy/sore. I am off to try and sleep some more.

Doodle 168 - Jackalope Queen

Andrei and I are fighting a cold... or flu, anyway, we are fighting eet! It won't take hold! (I just keep repeating this as motivation).

I had zero ideas for today, so I doodled and doodle until something managed to take form:

The Nature Doctor - mechanical pencil on plain sketchbook. Aprox 20 mins.

The Jackalope Queen - mechanical pencil on plain sketchbook. Aprox 20 mins.

I have little to no explanation for both of these, I will blame it all on being very tired and needing some serious rest hehehe.

Doodle 167 - Mermaid WIP and a Quick Doodle

Ah, home again. I am still sore from yesterday, we did so much walking after the 5K, I didn't feel tired then, but today I can feel it everywhere.

Still, it is a good kind of sore and I am ready to go off to sleep so I can get up early tomorrow and keep on working out.

I made some progress on the coloring of my mermaid drawing and a very quick sketch:

Mermaid WIP - graphite, mechanical pencil, micron pens and copic markers on illustration board. Aprox 3 hrs.

Tigress - graphite and mechanical pencil on marker paper. Aprox. 15 mins.