Teacup Mice

Posted on August 8, 2016August 8, 2016 Posted in Animals, Children's Art, SketchbookTagged drawing, eliza stein, illustration, mice, mouse, sketch, Sketchbook, teacups

It’s Monday! Have you checked your cupboard for stowaways?

Sit on it!

Posted on July 5, 2016 Posted in SketchbookTagged 70's, couch, drawing, eliza stein, furniture, illustration, sofa, ugly furniture

Ugly 70’s couches, vinyl slipcovers optional but recommended.

Makeovers!

Posted on June 22, 2016 Posted in People, SketchbookTagged beauty, cmyk, drawing, eliza stein, illustration, makeup, rgb, sketch

I wish I had makeup in all these colors so I could do real life RGB and CMYK-themed makeovers.

Moths

Posted on June 20, 2016 Posted in Animals, SketchbookTagged drawing, eliza stein, hornet moth, illustration, insect, luna moth, moth, sketch

These started out as everyday practice sketches, but I decided to color them in. This is a portrait of a luna moth. Their wings get most of the attention, but they also have really fabulous antennae:

And this is a hornet moth (great example of mimicry here— I would definitely run the other way)

La Calavera

Posted on May 23, 2016 Posted in Comics & Cartoons, LetteringTagged drawing, eliza stein, illustration, la calavera, lotería, mexican bingo, skull

Illustration from an as-yet-unfinished Lotería deck.

“Al pasar por el panteón, me encontré un calaverón.” / “Passing by the cemetery, I met a really big skull.”

Give & Take

Posted on May 19, 2016 Posted in Comics & Cartoons, Dogs, SketchbookTagged beagle, cartoon, comic, dog, drawing, eliza stein, illustration, Sketchbook

My dog is much more of a giver than a taker.

Fortunetelling

Posted on April 14, 2016 Posted in Children's Art, Lettering, SketchbookTagged divination, eliza stein, fortunetelling, illustration, magick, Sketchbook, sketches, the future

How many ways can you gaze into the future? Nearly everyone has tried anthomancy at least once, but what about lecanomancy, oomancy, ailuromancy, or if you can afford it, margaritomancy? The future really is everywhere you look.

Merraccoons

Posted on April 4, 2016April 4, 2016 Posted in Children's Art, SketchbookTagged character design, creature, eliza stein, illustration, mermaids, raccoons, sketch

One merraccoon is cute and clumsy, the other is crafty and a bit creepy, but they are both excellent sea scavengers.

How do you like your eggs?

Posted on March 14, 2016 Posted in Animation, food, Lettering, SketchbookTagged animated GIF, cooking, eggs, eliza stein, food art, food illustration, illustration

Please do not say “poached”— they aren’t attractive in this illustration style.

Daily Dog and a dude

Posted on March 7, 2016 Posted in Dogs, People, SketchbookTagged beagle, dog drawing, eliza stein, figure drawing, illustration, pencil sketch, sketch, Sketchbook

A couple of recent Daily Dog sketches, showing a couple of dudes doing what they do best.

Decisions, decisions…

Posted on March 1, 2016 Posted in patternTagged colorway, eliza stein, illustration, pattern, surface design

These are very small details from the latest surface design pattern I’m working on. It’s the first in a series about microscopic images that I’m hoping to develop further. More on this later, when I’ve decided which colorways to use (probably all of them!)

Pink Poodle Party!

Posted on February 29, 2016 Posted in Children's Art, DogsTagged bubble bath, Children's Art, Dogs, eliza stein, illustration, pink, poodle

I will probably sell this as an art print, if it ever gets sunny enough to take clear photos again. The clouds have also been stealing the color from my flowers:

Goal for 2016: save up and buy a top-notch studio lamp!

Touch of Gray

Posted on February 22, 2016 Posted in Comics & Cartoons, PeopleTagged aging, cartoon, eliza stein, first gray hair, gray hair, grey hair, illustration

Who doesn’t remember their first touch of gray? I was 26, on a bathroom break at work, when I saw mine. I told my salt and pepper haired boss, who groaned theatrically and said “It’s all downhill from there.”

Gramma Nut

Posted on February 16, 2016 Posted in Children's ArtTagged candy land, candyland, eliza stein, fan art, gramma nut, illustration, nuts

I only do fan art once in a while— I’ve always wanted to draw the Candyland characters, so hopefully I can find time for all of them!

Previously: Lolly and Frostine

Lolly and Frostine

Posted on February 9, 2016 Posted in Children's ArtTagged candy land, candyland, eliza stein, fan art, illustration, princess lolly, queen frostine1 Comment

Princess Lolly and Queen Frostine from the classic Candyland board game. I decided to post this illustration on Fat Tuesday because they look like they’re ready for Carnival!

Happy Chinese New Year!

Posted on February 8, 2016 Posted in AnimationTagged animated GIF, chinese new year, eliza stein, illustration, lunar new year, red fire monkey, year of the monkey

It’s the Year of the Red Fire Monkey!

My Pattern Process

Posted on February 1, 2016February 29, 2016 Posted in patternTagged color of the year, eliza stein, illustration, pantone 2016, pattern, repeating pattern, skulls, surface design

Surface pattern design is one of my favorite branches of illustration. Above is a simplified example of how I create a repeating pattern. I always start out by sketching- these skulls were a warmup study. I did not intend to create a pattern from them at first, but they looked like they might work well that way.

A couple of examples of my pattern in action:

T-shirt

Tote Bag

Meet the Artist

Posted on January 25, 2016 Posted in Dogs, LetteringTagged #MeetTheArtist, about the artist, about the illustrator, artist bio, eliza stein, illustration, meet the artist

I always wanted to do one of those #MeetTheArtist dealies! As you can see, it took a lot longer to describe the things I don’t like, and I was upset over not being able to fit more dislike into the trash can. On the flip side, simple pleasures are usually the best ones, so it was easier to fit in more of them.