Just a little sketch of me and my husband.  Because we all know I hate real life pictures.

Un-retouched Art!

As most of you know, in my real life I am a photo retoucher.  I retouch image upon image every day, all day for a large ecommerce fashion website.  Even though I love to doodle, before I post anything I usually give it a quick retouch in photoshop.  I normally would make the background completely white, and clean up any eraser marks/mistakes that are visible, and liquify anything that is crooked.  Today I decided to scan and upload a typical page in my sketch book, completely un-retouched!  For a change I wanted everyone to see my real art.  (Yes, Gemma Correll was my inspiration for the pug drawings!)

Wrestlemania 30!

Anyone who knows me knows that I am a HUGE WWE fan!  I loved it since the early 90's.  My dad was a fan, my brother was a fan, so it was only natural that I would also develop a love for it.  On any given Monday night during the 90's, it was almost a guarantee that you could find us all glued to the tv.  As we watched Monday Night Raw, my brother and I would be in our footed pajamas putting the sharp shooter and choke holds on each other, while getting yelled at by our mom.  Not much has changed since then.  I ended up marrying someone who is an even bigger wrestling fan than I am, and now on Monday nights you could find my husband and I glued to the tv watching Raw while putting the sharp shooter and choke holds on each other. 

In anticipation of Wrestlemania 30, which airs tonight,  I spent the past few weeks sketching some of my favorite wrestlers of all time!  I do plan on doing another round of sketches of my current favorite WWE superstars, but  for now, enjoy this trip down memory lane! 

Bret 'the hitman' Hart

"I'm the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be!"

Hulk Hogan

 "Watcha gonna do, brother, when Hulkamania runs wild on you!"

The Undertaker

"Rest in Peace"

Paul Bearer

"oooooohhhhhhhh"

Jake 'the snake' Roberts

Macho Man Randy Savage

"OOOOHHHHHH YYYYEEEEEAAAAAA"

Razor Ramon

"oozing machismo"

Sargent Slaughter

Ultimate Warrior

Yokozuna

Big Boss Man

The Bushwackers

Sketch book doodles!

It's been awhile since I last posted on here.  Since my last post, I decided that I was going to re-design my entire portfolio website.  I deactivated my old site, bought a brandy new domain name, and am currently hard at work designing a brand new site with brand new work!  I was set back a little bit because I am designing my new site in Dreamweaver, a program I have never used before, so I was a little confused and have been watching countless youtube tutorials.  Hopefully it won't be too much longer until I can share the new site with you all!  I am also designing some new work for my Society 6 store.  In the meantime, here are a few doodles I'd like to share from my sketch book.

My commute to work.

This is a sketch about how I feel during my hour commute to work.  Did I mention I only work 20 miles from my house?  I think that is what makes it the most frustrating.  It shouldn't take me an hour to drive 20 miles...gah!

Molly and her side kick Mr. Spaghetti

Meet Molly.  Ever since Molly was very little, she has always wanted to be a WWE wrestler.  There aren't any other girls in her school who like wrestling, so when she's at home, she secretly dresses up as her own made up character, 'Gabriella Hart' (niece of Bret 'the hitman' Hart), and pretends she is the greatest female wrestler of all time!  She even has a side kick...Mr. Spaghetti!  (fyi: this is based on a true story.  I have always secretly wanted to be a wwe wrestler!)

I would love to say that I will be turning this into a vector illustraton real soon, but truth is, I probably never will... 

WWE RAW 1,000!

Anyone who knows me knows that I love WWE wrestling, and that I have always loved wrestling since the early 1990's.  Tonight's Monday Night Raw was a special 3 hour program celebrating it's 1,000th episode!  To celebrate I drew two of my many favorite wrestlers; Bret 'the hitman' Hart, and Hulk Hogan!  I'm inspired to draw more of my favorite wrestlers, but for now, I only have these two.