New year, new Tumblr!

I've been pretty swamped lately, and haven't had a lot of time to dedicate to personal projects and drawing. It makes me blue to be posting less on this blog, but to make up for it I've started a Tumblr, dedicated to all the art that's too weird or crappy to be posted here.

There will be post-it doodles...




...and drawings done while watching movies or TV...




...and weird drawings of murderers...




...and little work-break drawings...




...and probably lots of other little weird things will go there, like photos, failed comic ideas, and drawings done with friends.

But just cause I'm starting this new thing doesn't mean I'm gonna totally abandon this blog. Hopefully I'll have something nice to show here soon.

Hope you like the new Tumblr! It's easy to get to...http://katiejrice.tumblr.com.
Go check it out! (^u^)

New Etsy stuff!

Just in time for Christmas!

...although, if you want it mailed in time, better buy soon! First I've got two new postcard sets for sale. Each one is a set of five. First is the Funny Girl set...









...and second there's the Weird Girl set:









Right now there's only 5 sets each for sale, but if they sell alright then I'll print more, and add a 3rd set. So let me know if you like them!

Also, I've got a whole bunch of original Skadi art for sale. These are actual drawings used for the "Skadi's New Friend" storyline, from when my computer died and I had to draw the characters by hand.



There are closeups on the Etsy site, if you want to see these better!





Thanks so much for looking! And don't forget, if you want these by Christmas, please order very soon (like in the next couple days).

"Let The Right One In" drawings

Damn, I meant to post these on Halloween, but I missed my chance. Anyhow, these are some drawings done while watching "Let The Right One In". If you haven't seen it, go watch it! It's on Netflix instant. I don't want to say too much about the movie, but it's sweet and creepy and very pretty.



I love Oskar.






While drawing these, I realized there was something off about the paper in my sketchbook...the ink kept smearing all over, and the ink from the markers didn't quite sink into the paper the way it usually does. I'm using the exact same brand of sketchbook as I always do, and can't see any differences, but the paper is definitely not as nice. Anyone experienced that before? Weird.



Eli is harder to draw. The actress who plays her is very pretty, but all her facial features are large and prominent and hard to draw right.



I like Eli's weird clothes, too.


That's about it for now. I'm on my lunch break now so I gotta get back to work. I'm hoping to rewatch this again sometime and do some more drawings when work isn't so crazy.



Thanks for visiting my blog! (^u^)/

Draw? Huh...? Wha...?

Yow...It's been a long time since I last posted. I've got some good reasons though...one is that I'm doing storyboards again, which is a pretty time consuming job. I'm also distracted by some new good things in my life. Also my scanner is broken, so I can only show drawings I did a while ago...



Just more dive bar drawings for now. I don't like posting the same type of stuff over and over, but I do kinda like these drawings.



This page has some Christines at the bottom (click the link...go on, do it!).



A long lady with a weird outfit.


Buurrrr...that's all for now, besides some new Skadi stuff...



I'm working on another longer storyline, with a new character. This is her! Click the picture to go to the first part of the story.

There's also Skadi wallpapers for your computer desktop, if you'd like 'em! Click, click, click!


Thanks for reading...I'll be back with a fixed scanner and some more original stuff soon, I hope! Don't give up on me!

More sketchbook stuff and dive bar drawings

Yikes, I really should be posting something different by now, but alls I got are sketchbook drawings right now. No time for experiments or fancy cleaned up stuff. Here's a little post-it drawing of me being weird.



I have all this weird nervous energy lately. It wants to bust out and make me behave badly.


Typical dive bar doodles:



I wish I hadn't colored in the left girl's clothing, and just left it white.



More of the same, though I like these colors, and the three profiles at the bottom...



Music is always my main motivator for drawing, but it's been my main motivator for everything lately, including getting out of bed and moving about and all that. I've done some weird music inspired drawings lately. Maybe my next post will be about that.



Thanks for coming back!

Dive bar doodles

Going to local dive bars (the quieter ones) and drawing is a nice after work activity. I like the girl in the upper right corner.


Part of me wants to do some finished/polished art, but it's hard to get motivated to do it. With new work and a lot of life changes, just drawing is hard to do sometimes. Hopefully soon I'll take a break from messy sketchbook stuff, even though it's the most fun stuff to make.




Weird coloring! I colored the ones I liked more blue in the hope that they'd stand out kind of. Oh, by the way, I am feeling better now. ^u^




Here's an extra treat: an online-digital-midnight jam comic I made with Pen Ward. He did the first panel, then I did the second one, etc etc. Lotsa fun! Thanks Pen.


Thanks for reading! Time for sleeeeeeeeep...

zzzzzzz

Bah

Been a bit under the weather lately, and haven't been drawing as much, which is no good.


Dive bar doodles coming soon. Hope everyone's having fun at the con! Wish I was there!

Feral forest girls

It's taken me a long time to update! I've been going through some pretty drastic life changes, so I haven't had much time to draw or be on the internet. Finding inspiration is a little difficult right now, so here are some sketchbook drawings from the beautiful and teeny leather bound journal that Brandy got me from the renaissance faire.


I mentioned this interesting journal earlier- the paper in it is so nice...the way my normal markers and pens react to it are surprising and different, and fun to play with.


This whole book is reserved for feral forest girl types. :)


I drew this one at the Huntington Gardens with friend Christine. That place is nice for drawing.



Puppy fat.

Here's a photo of my pretty journal:





A girl and a creature. The pose of the girl is inspired by a 70's photo of my pretty mom .




This last one is my favorite! I'm hoping to post more soon. I'm in a pretty bad rut again, but hopefully it'll go away soon. Hope everyone had a fun 4th! ^u^