Technical issues...

I'm still working out the kinks on blogger in draft. Apparently it doesn't hold it's formatting in all browsers. Sloppy tabbing and useless gaps (padding as its called in web land) doesn't sit entirely well with me. Quite simply - I want the art to fill the space. What's the use in having a billboard on the interstate with text set in 10pt copy? Meh.

Virginia International Tattoo Flags

I recently completed the logo for the Virginia International Tattoo. It's been an ongoing project and I didn't want to post/publish anything to give it away before the Virginia Arts Festival did. Given that these are up in front of Scope - it's officially official now.

That's "my" creation on the bottom of the red flags. And I am like a proud momma (or surrogate if I carried it for 3 years and gave it up.) LOL

Same place new "face"

You may have noticed the new banner (or not, I won't be terribly offended). Leslie is busy working on design projects, but Lavapony is making some changes.

At the moment I was about to pack it up and head over to Wordpress, it seems blogger has given me some new layout toys to play with. So stay tuned for the new and improved Lavaponyland in 3-D Just kidding!:) Or not..I'm sure there's some juicy gossip to read on Perez.

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I recently completed an illustrated set for my friend (and fantastic printer/promotional merchandiser extraordinaire) JC. This is her and her counterpart Mike promoting their product in the southern most region of Lavaponyland. JK JK - but it does get hot out there.

Abe

My godson brought home his hand scribbled Abe Lincoln drawing and asked me to draw one for him (art for art only seems fair). This particular president has a special significance to me in particular due to some select coincidences in grade school.*
*Great for inside jokes, but not so good as a general blog posts.

Typography Experiments

I was recently (accidentally) involved in a pfolio review at my old school (I can't bring myself to say alma mater..without visualizing a Pterodactyl flying past). I think I learned more from the students than they learned from me. One thing being that text and type can be fun. With deadlines looming and the only time for things being due as NOW in the real world (of in-house graphic design) - I had forgotten that text can be art - and if the project is MINE I can type whatever I want.

Caricatures for JC

I used to make little caricatures in Illustrator all the time. I've been more into drawing things with my Sharpies these days. I thought I'd show the two different interpretations of the same person side by side.

LJ's Corner

My nephew gave me these. I'm going to start showcasing his work here, since my fridge and office are running out of room.

Festival of the Dancing Sturgeons

Betty White is on fire these days. So I made a commemorative Rose Nylund print. Why? Because I am random and need a break from maps and xcel sheets. (boooo!)

Harborfest Attempts

I submitted these to Festevents for this year's Harborfest Poster. I haven't gotten word yet either way, but they were fun to make. I may print them for my own viewing enjoyment. Fingers crossed for some graphic karma this year.

Random Silliness

Buffy

This was a departure from Leslie "style". It's a collage of interesting pictures I found on the interwebs from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (another one of my favorite shows). I removed the midtones, kept only the shadows and the highlights, and kept it a two color scheme.

True Blood Quotes

Here's the TB poster I was working on with some of my favorite quotes from the show. I really have been wanting to explore illo's with patterns and 2 : 3 color schemes. Just for fun.

We now return to...

....your regularly scheduled program that's already in progress.
In this case, Bones.

You can find your fair share of movie posters on the interwebs, but not much in terms of TV (that isn't of the Disney or Tiger Beat nature). So, I'm making some of my own (mini-posters) for my favorite shows for fun.

Next up True Blood.

Happy Halloween :)

I only said I wasn't drawing this month, I didn't say anything about sculpting or carving. ;)

I am Leslie's Neglected Blog...

I'm not drawing again until again November. Why? Lots to do and a serious lack of time for idle pontification. It turns out when you make a decision that you want to draw, your graphic design projects will increase substantially and at some point between work, family, friends, and some fun..a person actually requires some sleep.

So I'm going to put down the sharpie and have a solid sketch break 'til November.

Sketches from Anatomy Class

I finally dug out these oversized sketches from under my bed. Hoping at some point I'll get another opportunity to take this class again...

Car Sketches

Malcolm recently acquired an ancient 67? Station Wagon. I'm sorta fascinated by it. Here's some sketches of "UGLY" - again working on moving out of my comfort zone.

MJ Stuff

I've been glued to the TV set the past few weeks watching all of the Michael Jackson stuff. I couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic for the times I first heard his music. Thriller may have been the first or second video that I watched repeatedly on MTV. (I say first or second, because there were large periods of time where the only video I ever seen there was Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer"). AT any rate - similar to my Obama 11x17 I carved out, I thought I'd do some posters for Michael. This is a first draft of my first idea - am going to dirty up this one and eventually make one from the "thriller" error as well.

I want to "draw" the graphics, versus using the vector illos I've pulled apart from other things. I'll have to see how my time/process plays out.

Cassie/Meat

Here's my 2nd go round of Cassie. The simple background works much better than the grass, and the dog looks more like a dog than Gizmo.