03/01/11 - "Winged Pregnancy"

this started as a random line drawing and just...

went where it wanted...

and then the words winged pregnancy popped to mind...

02/28/11 - "Flit's New Wings"

So i get home and Flit's hard at work designing new wings for himself...

i asked him if he wanted my help and he says:
"These are my wings of happiness, and only i can make these...

once they're done...

i'm sure you'll help me find them when i lose them...as friends do..."

02/27/11 - "The Butterfly Princess"

Ella from 01/28/11 invited meeeeeeee to herrrrrrrrrr birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese!
step one...draw and ink

step two: add color...

step three: spray the heck outta it with glitter spray!!!!
so...
much...
fun...
first time...went a teensy bit overboard...

if that's possible where glitter and butterflies and fairies are involved!

02/26/11 - Dragonfly trading card

i'm having fun with these =0)

i made myself get accustomed to drawing on at least 11"x14" pads

so these 2.5"x3.5" cards are helping me rethink space a bit =0)

02/25/11 - Fae Play

odd one this is...started with her in the upper left...then the flower popped up and threw me all off...then this little guy decided he wanted to hop over a mushroom...then this other lil lady decided to tip-toe over stones...
too bad none of them decided to do it in a way i could see how to tie them all into one fluid composition...
silly fairies...always doing what they want! =0P

still may flesh her out some, this was really all about her

and working out this position..i just got distracted...as i tend to do =0P

i'm determined to draw a decent looking male fairy...

no more shorts after this guy =0P

this was my first kinda birdie girl, and to be honest,

 i wanted her to be dipping her toe in the water...

the lines just went where they wanted so up popped a stone =0P

02/24/11 - Hummingbird

hummingbirdworld.com/h/native_american.htm

Q. Why do hummingbirds hum?
A. Because they don't know the words!

02/21/11 - 02/23/11 Ude (Oo-dey), Ode (oh-dey) & Ide (ee-dey) "The Triplets"

Ude (oo-dey)

Ode (oh-dey)

Ide (ee-dey)

Ude (oo-dey), Ode (oh-dey) & Ide (ee-dey)

 

about a week or so ago the names Ude & Ode popped to mind and for a while i thought that i had heard them from one of the older religions. when you begin to study the culture that capoeira came from you are introduced to candomble which has it's roots in africa and as Ude & Ode "felt" deeply spiritual (but sometimes mischevious) and distinctly afro, i figured i was just recalling a bit of something that i'd read before.

 

I did a few searches and found nothing under Ude & Ode so they began to grow...here's their story pretty much as it developed in my head...

 

Ude & Ode are twin brothers, each has their head shaved on one side and locks on the other, they also have one wing each, again, opposite sides.  Each tends to lean toward yin & yang (i haven't decided which is which yet but lets say ude-yin & ode-yang for the moment) but also it must be noted that they can fly just as well with one wing each.

 

Under certain circumstances they join together, melding into one being, depending on which side they meld from they will be either a bald being with Ude's dominant personality and two wings, or a dreadlocked being with Ode's dominant personality.

 

Enter Ide...

Ide is Ude & Ode's older sister...by 3 seconds...but she never hesitates to remind them that she is their big sister. She also rocks a dreadlock mohawk =o)  If Ude & Ode are yin & yang, then Ide is the line that joins the two.  Ude & Ode were born without wings, so Ide gave each of them one of her wings and learned to fly without them (another idea is that Ude & Ode will carry her...but i like her flying without them)...i'm also trying to figure out how to tattoo wings under the bandages.

 

When the three meld it is undoubtly Ide who is in charge, with the mohawk rockin...the only thing is...you're never sure if it'll be yin or yang...she'll always have the same goal...just different methods to reach the same end!

 

i can't wait to flesh them out more as i'm not very happy with Ude and i really need to work on their wing design...also...i'm thinking tattoos on the bald sides that will be runic in nature