Illustration Friday- Little Things

After a painfully long time of not posting for IF, I'm back. My mind automatically wanders to Christmas this time of year and so when thinking about little things, what better little thing than a teeny, tiny shepherd mouse? I had to settle for finishing this in Photoshop, as my Painter X trial expired, but I plan on purchasing it as soon as funds allow. Enjoy!

Illustration Friday-captain

I, like many others immediately thought of a pirate when I saw "captain" as the theme, but I thought I would tie it in with my childhood love of make-believe. After I got done with the sketch I also wondered if perhaps this comes as the explaination for the bear in last week's post- her big brother takes prisoners! red lead and graphite on moleskine- colored in photoshop. (please click to enlarge- it loses a lot of detail small)

Illustration Friday- Emergency

When I saw the topic this week, I thought about how an emergency can take on a variety of meanings depending on whose eyes we're viewing the situation through. While there are enough truly catastrophic emergencies going on in the world, I guess a part of me longed for the days when "cute" emergencies occured that mommy was capable of handling with a needle and thread. It also reminds me that God has the power to fix seemingly impossible situations as easily as our torn teddy bears- see, it really is all in our perspective.

Illustration Friday- Missing

copyright 2007 Heather Hoh

I've decided to do Illustration Friday as a way first and foremost to keep myself loose at coming up with a concept quickly, maybe finished work will come out of this later on.
Okay, when I thought about missing, my thoughts wondered to those times where I've been sketching for hours and I know I'm close, but there's just that little something that's still missing, that will make it sparkle. This also gave me a good excuse to play around with my watercolor sketch box :)