Les Arbres (a comic in French)

No posts lately, huh?

Well, that's because I've been hard at work drawing (on Paint Tool SAI) a comic strip project for French class...

And here 'tis:

Les Arbres by Elaine Cao

MAGIC. (Except the colors got kind of messed up. I think if you click the link and view it in Scribd, it gets better.

So here's the story (skip if you can read French):

Mara-tree: Hello!
Maurice-tree: Hello! My name is Maurice-tree! I'm going to the market for bottled water.
Mara-tree: My name is Mara-tree. My favorite type of bottled water is Dasani. I'm going to the little-market to buy some.
Maurice-tree: I love Fiji water. It's at the market.
*trees bid each other farewell*

(now Maurice-tree is at the market)
Maurice-tree: Hello, Matthew-tree. Some Fiji water, please! (they are a close-knit community)
Matthew-tree: Yes, good! (he likes doing business with Maurice-tree)

(Back outside)
Mara-tree: I have Dasani water.
Maurice-tree: I have Fiji Water.
Mia-tree (name not mentioned): I'm going to the post office to buy some eggs!
*trees stand in awkward silence*

I cannot tell you how difficult it was for Richard to grasp the concept that my characters were to be trees in pots on wheels. ("lolwut why trees?")

Fonts used: Little Snorlax, free for commercial use, and Elaine Hand, made using My Script Font, which is a really cool (and free!) site for turning your handwriting (as ugly as it may be, like mine) into a font. It actually made my handwriting look not that bad. Maybe it was because it's more consistent when typed. (the trees' speech bubbles were handwritten by me, not typed with the (new!) Elaine Hand font).

Tufted Titmouse Printable

I've been fiddling with my new Bamboo tablet recently, and made this drawing of a cute little wintertime tufted titmouse for you to print out! It is in the 4X6 ratio. I suppose you could also use it as a desktop wallpaper for a little laptop, since the resolution is slightly low for a full size computer...

Enjoy! xx

No-Sew Fabric Bow

Here's a tutorial for a sweet little bow you can make out of some fabric scraps:

All you need is a bit of fabric, scissors, and tacky glue...

I drew this one and scanned it in... hehe

Here are some more random photos... one of them has been winterized with Picmonkey

What'll you use it for?

I thought I might share...

Prior Knowledge: I take art classes.

Thus, I have been working on an assignment for the class. Teacher wants me to develop my design skills. I couldn't agree more.

Here is the result:

The cockatiel (upper left) was the first one, which I drew in a random musing. The rest came after. I must say, that one is the best.

P.S. According to spell-check, cockatiel is not a word. It suggests that I change it to "cockamamie". I can assure you that cockatiels are anythign but cockamamie. Thank you, spell-check.

Envelope Folded From a Heart

A little while back I made this post teaching you how to make a heart shaped envelope... Unfortunately, the pics weren't great, so here's take two! I experimented with hand drawn tutorials with this one (inspired by The First Lime, which has unfortunately gone private!). :)

Here 'tis!

Cute Mouse Wallpaper

Lately I've been fiddling around with digital drawing and managed to come up with a little something for you guys:

A cute mousie wallpaper!

...And here's the iPhone version!