Productive weekend!

I got a lot of drawing done this weekend and ended up with five relatively tight sketches; two of those got inked and are ready for digital coloring. One of the others I'd like to do in colored pencil.

Here's one of the inked drawings:

Really, it was an excuse to draw those ballet boots.

I'll update a little later this week with a color version and perhaps the other piece I inked (I would have posted it tonight, but I really want to get that one colored before I post it).

Another sketch and "ouch!"

This is a small peek at a frazzled librarian and a faulty card catalogue.


I'm hoping to have a finished piece or two up this weekend. If not, more sketches, at least, or maybe I'll post images of the same piece as it progresses...

I clocked my head on the garage door a little bit ago. I misjudged my timing walking inside as the door was opening, and walked right into it. Thankfully my head was down and I hit the blunt bottom rather than an edge, but OW. I started delirously laughing, as I am wont to do in situations in which I hurt myself as a result of doing something dumb, and my roommate kept asking me if I was okay... I was laughing so hard tears were streaming down my face. And THEN it began to hurt. I should probably take some ibuprofin before bed... I do not look forward to how this will feel in the morning. Currently, my brain feels dented! Isn't that fun!

Gasp!

It's been almost a week and a half since I last posted. Oops. I had planned on updating this weekend, but I got sort of tangled up in cleaning my room. I'll be making a real update tomorrow after work. Just wanted to let everyone know I'm still alive.

More sketches!

I've got two more rough sketches for you:

A parody of the Uncle Sam poster; I left the guy on the right in the scan because he looked goofy and cool.


Sunburns suck. Aloe makes 'em bearable. Sort of.

I'm itching to finish more pieces; I'm hoping to get a couple done this weekend. I finally found some really awesome inking markers that are like mini versions of the markettes I used when I drew caricatures, so I can get some really nice line width variation.

In other interesting news, a shirt I designed for Chris Daily (the Nerdgasm! shirt) was on Attack of the Show! the other day. That's pretty rad. Here's how you can view a video clip of it:

1. Go here: http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/videos/index.html
2. Click on the link for DVD Duesday 08/07/07
3. Watch that segment after a dumb ad for Stride gum

It's really trippy to see something I stared at for so long on my computer screen on someone's chest on tv. It was already weird just seeing someone wear one at Con.

A brief update, plus: Who am I, anyway?

I've gotten a bunch of sketching done this weekend; I'll be posting some of them sometime in the next few days. I'm wondering how may pieces I should put in the book... I'm thinking at least 24 or so, but I'm not sure.

So... who am I? My name is Stephanie Burrows. Like most artists, I began drawing as soon as I could hold a crayon and decided never to stop. I honestly couldn't imagine life without drawing. I also loved drawing cartoons from an early age, too. My dream job when I was in elementary school was to be a character designer with Disney.

I started drawing comics (and taking cartoons more seriously) during the first months of 2001, the latter half of my first year of college. I worked on a couple of webcomics and made a lot of friends in that community. My first real experiences in print were with a couple of group projects produced by my friends at Young American Comics; you can find me in Unseen On TV and The Big Ol' Book of Bizmar. I also designed the website for Punch An' Pie, which is drawn by Chris Daily and written by Aeire, both of whom are my crazy roommates.

I also worked as a caricature artist at the San Diego Zoo from April of 2006 through June of 2007. It was a fun job, and my drawing skills shot through the roof. Now I have an 8 to 5 job with a company that handles tenant screening and criminal background checks for property managers. I'm working on new graphics for their various websites. I've gotten to play around in flash again for one of them, and it's been a blast. I'd forgotten how fun that program is. I might even come up with some extra Pissed Off Pinups material later.

I'd always liked pinup art, mainly vintage and vintage inspired as well as those in a quirky cartoony style. Last year at Comic Con, I ran across Chris Sanders's table, and bought his sketchbook. I was completely taken with how he drew women. Then Chris (Daily) showed me the Dean Yeagle/Morsels (Scott Tolleson, Kristen McCabe, Gary Ham) booth. I think it was at this point that I began drawing pinups while I was still at the convention. I had never even thought about drawing pinups before, and it turned out to be a hell of a lot of fun!

So that's me. Well, more of a shortened version of events leading up to this project. If you have any questions, feel free to shoot me an email at steph.burrows (at) gmail (dot) com.