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Snow in July!

Here's a snowy city. Just because.

Happy Solstice

Jump and I'll Catch You

"Jump. Jump, my love, and I'll catch you," she said.

Taking a break from painting my book to do a little illustration for fun.

Crazy Cat Lady

Literally.

The Terrariums That No One Wanted

A couple of rejected terrarium illustrations.

House Fire

Trying a loose and messy technique.

Mermaid?

So here's a weird thing I drew tonight.

Happy Valentine's Day. Your dog loves you.

Your dog loves you but is also slightly creepy.

Here's a lady in a dress.

It's a lady! In a dress!

Naturalist spot illustrations

Some natural science-y spot illustrations. Just for fun times.

Black cat barely tolerates your existence.

Spot of Tea

A little teapot spot illustration for the back of my latest promo card.

Arctic fox and starry sky (with ptarmigan who has met an unfortunate end)

Let me just say that I started out intending to draw a perfectly nice Arctic fox with starry sky scene, and then somewhere along the way a ptarmigan bit the dust. But you know, foxes have to eat too. Even adorable Arctic foxes.

The library

Painting on the Cintiq, trying to figure out lighting a little more. Have I mentioned how much I love my Cintiq?

I've been really into drawing books lately. I guess I figure a book always makes a scene more interesting. Because, you know, books!

And if you don't like books, well, who doesn't love a Regency-era lady?

An archer

I just finished reading Daughter of Xanadu by Dori Jones Yang and it inspired me to draw a (pseudo-Mongolian) archer. Many inaccuracies abound in this little drawing, so don't judge me too harshly (all you Mongolian scholars and archery buffs that are reading this blog).

Village

More digital painting. I like little villages.

You are doing fine

A hand lettered sign for those moments when you are freaking out.

Also available as wallpaper and a printable here: http://aeolidia.com/blog/2013/05/you-are-doing-fine-free-printable-by-aeolidia/

How to draw a bicycle

A little something I learned at the recent SCBWI Western Washington conference.

Birds both real and imagined

 

Bird silhouettes. I've always loved drawing birds, but I imagine these were inspired by the David Attenborough nature documentary we watched on Sunday.