Thursday, February 24, 2011

Coloring within the Lines....

I thought it would be fun to share a little update here on one of the black & white illustrations I was working on earlier this month. You can refer to my "Back to the Drawing Board" post for a peek at the early stages. My whimsically fun dancing cat is now complete with color and CATitude! I scanned him and have been cutting him out on the computer and adding this character to various notepads for my Primitives by Kathy fall 2011 submission. I think he will be quite fun on T-shirts and bags as well once I open my Zazzle Shop! But first, I would like to order a few samples for myself to make sure he is looking just right. Stay tuned for that, and for now, enjoy the photos......

~ Johanna

Johanna-illustrates
* JP took some fun "Artist at work" photos of me the other night..... This time I came prepared and didn't have to shoo him away!... :)

Dancing-Cat
* Just a crop on one of my new Halloween notepads for fall 2011..... If all goes as planned, you'll be able to purchase these through Primitives by Kathy!

Smiling-Cat
* Another crop on this silly character against a field of purple yumminess... I was just playing with color here!

Waving-Cat
* And one more peek-a-boo style version of this cat slated for a list format notepad from Primitives by Kathy. Notice his right arm is waving in this one.... Oh the magic of Photoshop :)

PS.. I still haven't finished inking in the fanciful owl yet! There have been too many distractions around here, but he's waiting for me on my drafting table and he STILL has no eyes!

8 comments:

Theresa MacNaughton said...

He is one sweet kitty!

Chicken Lips said...

Absolutely love him Johanna! Great legs! He would make a wonderful coffee cup in your Zazzle shop (hint hint).

Johanna Parker said...

Thank you!!... and David, that's a great idea :)

~ Johanna

Dan said...

Absolutely beautiful! You do such a wonderful job. Thank you for sharing it with all of us. I hope you are having a great week.

~Dan~

Sharyn Sowell said...

FAB as always! Love your style.

Shes Off Her Rocker said...

LOve him Johanna! I will have to check out your Zazzle shop! I'm with David on the coffee cup!! I love seeing your illustrations and process! Happy creating!

Johanna Parker said...

Ahhh, thank you all! I so appreciate it :) It's nice to receive such praise from such talented individuals.....

~ Johanna

Cameron said...

Makes me excited about Halloween already!!