Ugh

Someone in my dictionary's up to no good

I think I'll be like my friend Elgin and just use song lyrics for all my titles

Recent things





Queen/ King of the world series- Animals:
Acrylic, Graphite, Pen & Ink.
Embroidery and twine/thread.


Light Pollution Poster v.2:
Image- Acrylic, Graphite, Pen & Ink, Watercolor, Collage.


I've been trying to find a good way to complete this piece. I've redone it about 3 times and I'm about to again. About effects of globalization.

My work is so boring

Hi, my name is Colleen Sanders and I do really boring illustrations.

I went to a small works show last night in downtown San Jose and it kicked ass. The were works there by Barron Storey (holy crap if only I had a spare $250). A few really amazing Brazilian illustrators and a few other really amazing things like sculpture. It was the first art show I've been to since college and it was weird not knowing or even recognizing anyone. Luckily though, instead of being depressed about it I just want to do my own cool stuff even more.


South First Fridays

Anyway, I love mixed media. I love painting, sculpture, fibers and making anything with my hands. I love photography also. Why don't I use them in any of my work? I'm going to now. I'm super excited, I think I'm turning a new leaf. I tried it somewhat in my collage class:


Obviously this is dumb, but I liked doing more than just drawing or painting. I think I might channel Jonathan Yoerger and model a character out of clay and photographing it and putting it together in photoshop, who knows.
But then again, maybe it's not my technique, maybe my ideas are just boring. We shall see.

I figured I'd put up a sketch I did recently that was from something I drew a while ago. The artwork is becoming sparse on this blog. I'm lazy.


If only I had photoshop these weird levels would be an easy fix.

My scanner's retarded

This is the very beginning of my first comic ever for a friends collaborative thingy. It's not even close to being done and I'm not even sure where it's going. The topic for the collaboration is, "Superfuture" (thanks Dan Hood). Mine is about the future when people rarely ever leave their homes. In fact, future Americans have adopted an alien species who are made like house to live in. They use them as their transportation and their pets. The children and the houses get along especially well and get their adventures that way. Maybe an obvious way of saying that the way things are going future generations won't have any desire to go outside anymore and interact with other people because they feel so comfortable in their own homes, or just a fun adventure comic.

Yayer?

Lunch break at Borders

More from la Grecia.


Jim on the bus


Fucked up drawing of the Temple of Zeus Olympian. I gave up.

So my scanner sucks. The colors on these are horrible. That's a good chunk of change down the drain.
PS. Oh mah god y'all it's like my half birthday today.

Working

So I'm finally working on something. This is the beginning:


The very, very beginning.

Uh oh

These are some of my sketches, untouched since Greece. More details to come and other illos.

This dog I chilled with in Thessaloniki


Roadside shrines


Soaking up the sun in Rhodes. This is my favorite


View from my hotel in Nafplion

Grandpa on the bus the Epidauros

OK, one more

As for art related stuff, I've been mostly making books and my personal stationary. I made a book for my best friend, it's pretty cheesy but it was a lot of fun.



I didn't make up the names of the drinks
I did do a bunch of two-minute illustrations for the book.

These I did for my self-promo class. They're collecting dust in my studio.





I plan on doing a lot of drawrin's in the Greece. I made a watercolor sketchbook and I'm bringing my w/c and gouache. I can't wait. I'll post in 3 weeks when I get back!

Let's try this thing again

Haven't worked on anything since the last time I said I was thinking about working on something. Not any illustration anyway. I did get a scanner though, so I thought I'd upload a few sketches I've done, no "finished" pieces though. I knew I'd get distracted living here. There are just so many other things to do besides my illustration and like the unmotivated artist I am, I chose them over spending my days alone in my studio. Anyway:



The color on this one is pretty bad

This was part of my life drawing sketchbook


These two are from my plane ride home
I've got another one from my lunch break in Los Gatos, but it's not uploading