Sally's book of bits and bobs

**geckochan** · March 4th, 2010, 06:00 AM

Practicey self-portrait WIP:

**zerdron** · March 4th, 2010, 06:39 AM

You've improved, greatly done self-portrait.

**applecheeks** · March 5th, 2010, 06:22 AM

Hey sally! This looks awesome! Well done!

**geckochan** · March 7th, 2010, 04:37 PM

Thanks Zerdron! Improving is the plan...got a long way to go!

Hey Nana! Thanks ^_^ I've been feeling I need to really get back to simple practice lately - which you're always so awesome at!

**geckochan** · April 12th, 2010, 02:13 PM

Was doing a herbalism swap on craftster, so did some illustrations inspired by my swap partner's favourite herbs (red hibiscus and rosehip) ^^

**mike butkus** · April 12th, 2010, 05:23 PM

I think you have a lot of very charming paintings here, good work!

**applecheeks** · April 18th, 2010, 07:05 AM

Lovely line work! These would make some great tea packaging!

**geckochan** · April 30th, 2010, 01:12 PM

@mike butkus - Thank you! That's encouraging, as charming is a word I would love to have associated with my work!

@applecheeks - aw man, tea packaging would be the sweetest gig ever! I need to convince a tea manufacturer to hire me...

Recent sketching at the Natural History museum...where the animals hold nice and still! ^_~

**geckochan** · May 2nd, 2010, 06:06 PM

Sketch-cards on the train...

**geckochan** · May 5th, 2010, 05:10 AM

Thought I'd try and go for a finished piece from the second sketch mixing flat colour and painting...but I'm not sure the different elements are gelling. I think this sort of things needs more delicate linework...

**geckochan** · September 8th, 2010, 11:33 AM

I need to scan my sketchbook pages more often. In the meantime, pages from a couple of things I'm working on. I'm enjoying the one-colour thing I've been trying in the first comic.

**raminafshari** · September 8th, 2010, 03:36 PM

good coloring , i think your animals are so realistic , you should try to color them . i hope we could see more of your drawings later .

**LotusFleur** · September 12th, 2010, 12:13 PM

Wow! I love your sketches at #38! I'd love to see more of this stuff. Your linearts are looking smooth, very neat as well.

Your self portrait looks really nice, it shows that you've done a great progress at coloring! Keep up the good work!

**geckochan** · September 17th, 2010, 06:15 AM

LotusFleur - thank you, that's really encouraging! ^_^

raminafshari - thank you! I'm going to take that as an assignment and do some animal colour studies.

My in-laws' dogs (other sketches aren't uploading so will try again later):

**Jason Scanlon** · September 17th, 2010, 07:10 PM

cute dogs. nice stuff, i really like your illustrations (the "tea package stuff"). I'm lousy with that sort of bold design. The SP is really nice too as well as the animals and the girl on the stairs. I'd love to see more comic pages

**geckochan** · September 18th, 2010, 04:28 PM

Jason - thank you! I so enjoyed looking at your sketchbook. I'll have to post more comics then!

More sketches on my other computer, here's a very pink and girly pic coloured today (and comments on the colour choices are welcome, I think it's one of my weaker areas so I want to improve!)

**Kikudo Onizuka** · September 18th, 2010, 04:38 PM

I like your line-art

Great stuff.

**Blueberry** · September 19th, 2010, 04:08 AM

good work here! love your self portrait and the comic strip! love you lines as well!

**Nemome** · September 19th, 2010, 04:12 AM

Omg!
Nice work! Totally love your lines *_* And sweet use of color!

Want to see more!

**geckochan** · September 19th, 2010, 11:52 AM

Thank you Kikudo, Silwynar and Blueberry! You're so encouraging ^_^

Some stationary designs for a craft fair and anime con this week:
(*Edited to add a quick Talk Like a Pirate Day comic, which this thread reminded me about!)

**geckochan** · September 28th, 2010, 04:20 PM

Sketchin' about town...

**iceman478** · September 28th, 2010, 04:23 PM

very clean ink work very cool

**monstertree** · September 30th, 2010, 03:33 PM

Nice work, great clean lines and appealing designs

^the wetherspoons scene came out awesome!

**geckochan** · October 2nd, 2010, 05:35 PM

iceman - thank you! ^_^
monstertree - thanks, that's really encouraging!

Current WIP, one of a pair (the other is of the contraption she's examining) - will probably look on here for some colour advice! I definitely need to change the angle of those shelves.

**Jason Scanlon** · October 4th, 2010, 10:43 AM

This last one is looking really good so far. I love the magnifier, the scattered parts, and the instructions.

edit: Forgot to say the sketching about town post is great!

**geckochan** · October 11th, 2010, 04:04 AM

Thanks Jason, that's encouraging! As with all personal projects just gotta find the time to squish it in with all the other things - I definitely need to get that one (and its companion piece) done!

Some expression practice - I'm trying to learn to make my expressions a little "squishier" if that makes sense (more exaggerated?). Also a quicky doodle-break that turned into something I quite like - will probably do something with it.

**geckochan** · October 12th, 2010, 05:55 AM

Doing some sketching at a wedding on the weekend ^_^

**Blueberry** · October 15th, 2010, 08:03 AM

Nice labels!!
and nice sketches! Looking forward for more

**vineris** · October 15th, 2010, 02:15 PM

Nice work! There's a big leap forward in quality since you started the sketchbook 2 years ago.

I like your cleanly-inked pieces, the self-portrait at the top of this page and the comic pages. That pine cone is great as well. Keep with it!

**geckochan** · October 18th, 2010, 12:37 PM

Thanks guys! Vineris - it's definitely nice to have stuff in one place and be able to see that change over time!

A one-page poster-comic I just finished. I'm not totally happy with the colours, I still think it's one of my weaker areas, but that's what practice and experimenting are for! Any thoughts or tips in that area are very welcome! ^_^