teacups and fancy hat

Continuing with the photo booth props.  

I might enjoy wearing this hat while sipping tea

from these cups possibly in an English garden:)

 

Illustration Friday: Time

Happy New Year Everyone!

I am creating some props for a photo booth this week,
and this happens to be one of them.

Top hat, bow ties, and teacups too!

Should be fun and I didn't want to miss the opportunity to jump back into illustration friday.  Here's hoping I can find more "time" to participate this year!

IF: SPIRIT

Happy Holidays Everyone! It has been some time since my last Illustration Friday post. My fall has been packed with teaching, shows, a public art commission (I will share more on this soon), my book, set design, and of course my favorite job, motherhood.  This is my annual card going out to somewhere close to 80 folks/families this year. This little birdie happens to have erected a house for himself that looks an awful lot like my house (although I have yet to hang any lights).  I am tired after such a busy fall, but full of spirit as is this little bird. And with that I wish you all a wonderful Holiday season and incredible art-filled new year!

archival greeting cards

These are just some of the hundreds of greeting cards I create each year for ArtWalk. Each are about 5x6.5", hand made, signed and sealed. I try to create a card for nearly every full scale traditional or digital piece I create. I love the idea of making owning a little piece of artwork affordable at only $5, they can be given away or framed.  If you are ever interested in some, just let me know. I am still behind on my website and etsy shop, so a personal email to aliciagome@gmail.com is the way to go:)

I Love to be a Daddy- hits the streets!

Here it is! I finally got to hold it in my hands yesterday and have been itching to show you since, a quick pic here of the book John Fenyes penned and I illustrated. The format of this book is a little different than you might be used to. Somewhat traditional illustrations, but the text is organized in a way that the right side of the spread is home to the rhythmic rhymes of the children's story, while the left offers a personal reflection on fatherhood, with stories and encouragement from John. A moment for the reader while the child is looking at the illustrations. Beautiful job John! So proud he invited me to be a part of this project! Thank you John for the amazing collaboration!

A website to order the book is coming soon, but in the meanwhile you can contact me via e-mail:)
aliciagome@gmail.com

Illustration Friday: Together

Together:
This has been an eventful week for myself and my sister. I decided to honor her and her team and the amazing work they do "together".  She has for many years been paddling with an incredible group of strong women, "the wikiki beach boys" in an 6 person outrigger canoe. This act alone is commendable, but this weekend they raced in the 35th "Na Wahine o ke kai" This race takes them from Molokai to Oahu over 41 miles in what ended up to be 6 hours an 19 minutes. They came in second to long time rivals by a mere 7 minutes.  They had hopes to regain the title after a year without, but had an incredible race regardless.  They did it together.

(ps, just in case you didn't know, you can click on the pic to enlarge)

more on my news another day:)

Illustration Friday: TOTEM

I couldn't resist, upon seeing the Illustration Friday topic for the week. I'm not showing you the whole drawing and this one has been manipulated a bit for color and focal point. This happens to be part of a spread in "I love to be a Daddy" where the ever evolving dad morphs himself into a totem pole while the family is on a camping trip. He shares stories of family history along with some wonderful camp stories. I enjoy the preteen son listening but pretending not to:)

Illustration Friday: Power

Illustration Friday: Power

I drive by this each day as make my way onto the 110S freeway in Pasadena. This is Pasadena Water and Power. An old sketch revisited with digital painting.

Illustration Friday: Fresh

Illustration Friday: Fresh.
Wow, it's been another busy week, so this isn't a new one, but I haven't shown it yet.  It is one of the cover comps for a book I illustrated due out in October. I thought it fit the fresh topic, This Dad is cookin up all sorts of fresh food for his kids.  Mostly Mac and cheese, but it's still fresh:)

Illustration Friday: Hybrid

Illustration Friday topic: Hybird

Come one come all to see the "Wondrous Wanda ride and play her Hybrid UniBaseCycle"

It's interesting that in considering a hybrid topic I landed here.  I often assign hybrid creature creation in my character design or photoshop classes, and it is always a favorite assignment. But I took a different route here.  

The drawing is a hybrid of sorts, traditional first (ink, paint, pencil) then digital manipulation (photoshop)