Here's Teddy!

Happy Mother's Day

Some images from the baby books I've been working on...

Sneak Peek

Here's a peek at one of my favorites from the books I’m illustrating. 

Toned

Love using toned paper. There's something about it that makes my ideas flow better. 

Progressing on my project... I dreamt about a musk ox last night. I read somewhere that the musk ox represents endurance, strength, determination and service. I've decided to take that as a subconscious pep-talk, as well as a reminder to stay humble.

I'm working on a t-shirt design for a local Girl Scout troop. I hope these girls are having some awesome experiences. Most of what I remember from Girl Scouts relates to getting hot-glue burns during craft time.

Bounce

Inspired by Illustration Friday's theme, "Bounce"

Work in progress...

Slurp

Just playing with some old sketches...

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

This was me...

I've been keeping busy with my new job, and haven't posted in a while. Here's a new illustration though, inspired directly from my childhood...

image © Laura Terhune

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....

Character Designs

A friend and I just started creating a new comic/graphic novel. We're still in the beginning stages, and I've been working on some character designs. Below are some pre-vis sketches for the main character (the guy) and a secondary character (the chick), as well as some props and what not...

all images © Laura Terhune