Here's Teddy!

In college I wrote and illustrated a book called "Teddy the Turtle." I didn't move forward with it because the story line didn't seem quite right. I discovered my Teddy sketches the other day, and thought they were still cute, but needed to be updated... so here we are.

Monkey Mayhem

a sneak peak at some stuff I'm working on:

Monkeys are creepy in real life, but they're fun to draw!

Holly's Garden

an illustration based on a sketch for the painting I made for my niece's nursery room.

Here's a little peek of an illustration I'm working on...

I've been working on my vector skillz...

Foxy

Just sketching some foxes...

"Duet"

This was for last week's Illustration Friday topic, "duet."

One of the first things I thought of when I saw the topic was symbiotic animal relationships, like those little birds who pick the little bits of meat out of crocodile's teeth... Then I remembered the Honeyguide Bird, and the Honey Badger. The bird is really good at finding beehives, but not capable of cracking them open. The badger is strong enough to break open hives, but not good at finding them. So they work together, making up for each other's weaknesses and reaping the rewards. A beautiful "duet."

image © Laura Terhune

Illustration Friday: "Toy"

 

 image © Laura Terhune

This is my entry for this week's Illustration Friday topic "toy."

Drawing the Line

Recently I've been re-teaching myself Adobe Illustrator. Also, I am in need of some B&W line work. These are some characters I drew for an animation class a long time ago. The assignment was to make "vomitously" cute critters. I thought they would be good to practice on.

all images © Laura Terhune

Nothing but a Hound Dog

Drawing some sad, wrinkly dogs for an upcoming illustration....

Inked

So I haven't posted in a long while... mostly because I've been busy doing ink drawings for clients (and for myself), and I rarely remember to scan 'em. Here's a few though.

all images © Laura Terhune

Elephants in the room...

Well, I finished the color on my elephant image...

I've had a soft spot for elephants ever since pre-school. I used to watch "Sharon, Lois and Bram's Elephant Show" everyday, while hugging my stuffed-pal "Ellie."

ⓒ Laura Terhune

Slither!

for Illustration Friday's topic this week, "slither."
© Laura Terhune

Sketch!

My sketch for this week's Illustration Friday topic : "slither."

I sketched it yesterday. I'm gonna try to get it into full color tonight...