sorrow- so blue

sorrow
Originally uploaded by starleneg.

This week's Illustration Friday theme was HARD! Lord knows our families and friends have known a lot of sorrow in the last years. I've seen the deepest sorrow in eyes of people I love,too much lately. It makes me feel helpless and want to offer people my heart.

flight

flight
Originally uploaded by starleneg.

I'm a little behind this week and just did a rough version for Illustration Friday's theme this week...flight. This is in honor of the kitty hat I knit and then lost recently and the snowy winds we had last week that felt like you could be swept up to the moon!

valentine surPRIZE!

valentine
Originally uploaded by starleneg.

My sweetie Farmer surprised me with all these things for early Valentines day right before I left town to spend time with some girlfriends. One of which was in the middle of a separation and was the reason for the whole trip. She is devistated,has a toddler and has a lot of scary hard decisions in front of her. While she was talking about her woes and all the things he did and said and didn't do and didn't say. I realized how really lucky I am. Things aren't perfect by any means, but I feel like I have the world at home and feel excited to see him everyday. (even when we're both grumpy and have had crappy days.)
Happy Valentines to Farmer, thank you for all you do for me.

rooster

rooster
Originally uploaded by starleneg.

So it is the year of the rooster. And here is my submission to this week's Illustration Friday. I just had to make the rooster pink, because he is just that manly to pull it off. Fancy rooster!

friendship

friendship
Originally uploaded by starleneg.

This is my first submission to Illustration Friday
! These guys are the new sock animals I have been making for my dearest friends and their sweet sweet babies. I love my friends and these guys will hopefully help me show it.

the big search

I am on a mission to find my own illustration style. I work
for a children's book publisher and have to keep a lot of my
work in "their" style. I've been doing it so long that I don't remember what my style actually was or if I ever had one. That is the main reason for this blog. I am going to sketch and experiment as much as I can. I need to set up my studio and just play without rules again. I haven't given myself permission to do so in a very long time.

No Illustration Friday this week...

I didn't make it. Didn't leave enough time to sketch with the job, hanging out with the Little Sister, logo for Ang, and all the rest! Next week is a new week!

madamemao

madamemoa%20copy
Originally uploaded by starleneg.

This is my first attempt at posting a photo (or photoshop manipulation) to my site...still learning!

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Fresh and New!

It's a new year, I'm fresh from recovery from major surgery so I decided to start the illustration blog that I've been meaning to do for so long! So here I am and hopefully I'll keep sketching and practicing
for a long time. I mainly created this blog to participate in Illustration Fridays that I've been lurking and peeking at since its beginnings. So inspiring! I'm still figuring the ins and outs of posting so bare with me. I'm a fresh newbie.