latest pieces, more big-eye artists, and a series in the works

Hoping to share a lot more new work soon...the wheels are definitely turning.  Here are my two most recent finished pieces...

Valentine - mixed media on wood, 24"x24"

Pride - colored pencils on paper, 11"x14"

I'm in some sort of a transitional spot with my art right now.  I took a lot of time off from shows to try to work on my skills.  That helped me to have the freedom to change things up a bit and I've been leaning towards more realism and detail in my pieces.  I'm finding though, that I'm kind of all over the place with mediums and my whole creative process.  Going with the flow of each piece, I work sometimes in pencil, pastel, colored pencils, mixed media...and I've recently started using the computer more for my sketching process.  Now I feel it's time to get more focused.  I think it would benefit me and my art to stick it out with a specific medium and process for awhile.  A small series would allow me to push the medium while getting a lot more comfortable with whatever it is I choose to use.

I also want to start giving myself some weekly homework to keep up the hand eye coordination since I'm putting initial sketches together on the computer more.

Time to share some work by others :)  Here are a few from some more Big Eye Artist Collective members...

Oswald - Chris Hamer/Urbnpop

Diavolesso - Angelo Barile

Ice Bat Kitty - Jeremiah Ketner

Here's a little rework of my Red Riding Hood "sketch", though I'm not sure when I'll really start on her...

~eye should give myself a few deadlines...I'll narrow down my ideas for a series within two weeks, and homework this week...hmmm, I suppose I'll go with 10-15 anatomy-based sketches.

social media and some more sweet big eye artists

Well, I've been plugging away at the social media and trying to get my work out there on several sites.  I've recently joined Instagram and put my art up on Pinterest. I have a Society6 and Fine Art America shop and now I'm working on opening an Etsy account.  Sometimes it's a struggle to know which direction to go in, if some of it's a complete waste of time, and how to make my art a full-time gig as quickly as possible.  I'd rather just create and not have to focus so much on the business end of it...but it will make success so much sweeter I suppose. 

On another note, The Big Eye Artist Collective is getting much bigger ;)  Lots more crazy-talented people have joined our group...Colin and Sas Christian, Anarkitty (Emma Geary), and Emma Mount to name just a few.  Here are a few pieces from some more great artists in the collective...

Alysha - Loretta Gonzalez

Loteria - The Art of Sketch (Oscar Navarro)

The Fool - Misty Benson, Morbidly Adorable Creations

We should have more albums uploaded on our page soon :)

Here's a little progress shot of a piece of mine in the works...

Playing with some different techniques on the background with this one.  I took some time this weekend to kind of test out some of my ideas out and I'm pretty happy with where it's going.  Hoping to finish her up soon.

~ eye should try not to get discouraged...I've come a long way with my art in the last few years, and I'm sure I'll someday make a living at it. 

a few more artists to share

Thought I'd share a few more artists from the Big Eye Artist Collective that I've recently joined.

Fade - Kendra Binney

Golden Days - Jessica Grundy

Look! Ugly One Horned Mule - Sugar Fueled

Loving the variety in the group more and more.  In less than a month we've reached almost 2000 fans...which is pretty mind blowing.  We're having our first auction in just a few days.  Had a few more great artists join today.  I'm really excited to see what this group turns out. 

~ eye should make time to finish the second piece I have started for the auction...with one day left, it's going to be close ;)

big eye artist collective

Joined a great Artist Collective about a week ago.  Click here to check out our Facebook page.  Loving the 14 artists that we have at this point and we're looking to bring on a few more.  Here are just a few pieces from some of our artists...

Memories of a Broken Heart - Scott Rohlfs

My Skellyfish Friends - Jaz Higgins

REDRUM - Marie Noëlla Mélanie Nadeau

The group is all about showing a huge range of big-eyed artwork and will be doing monthly themed auctions that should be pretty fun.  Our first auction is at the end of the month.   
I'll share a few more artists from the collective next time around.

Ahhh, look...I'm already getting better at this blogging regularly, hehe ;)

~ eye should start working on my auction piece tomorrow.