Day of the Dead

Posted on November 2, 2017 Posted in Animation, Children's Art, Holiday, LetteringTagged animation, calavera, day of the dead, dia de los muertos, illustration, mexican culture, mexico

Here’s a quick spontaneous animation I made today for Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead.

Inktober 2017: Child Ballads

Posted on October 19, 2017October 26, 2017 Posted in Animals, People, Sketchbook, UncategorizedTagged ballads, child ballads, drawing, folk music, illustration, inktober, inktober 2017, Sketchbook

It’s the most wonderful time of the year again! My Inktober theme this year is Child Ballads: Monsters, Maidens, and Murder. Here are my sketches so far:

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Come back here through October to see new drawings added to the list below! And you can listen along to the series with this playlist I made: https://open.spotify.com/embed/user/1232271124/playlist/4s2cfFeRAWQyYLdqX1u0OO

The Devil’s Nine Questions/Riddles Wisely Expounded (#1)
The Elfin Knight (#2)
The Three Ravens/Twa Corbies (#26)
The Mermaid (#289)
Sheath and Knife (#16)
King Orfeo (#19)
The Laily Worm and the Machrel of the Sea (#36)
Edward (#13)
Sweet William’s Ghost (#77)
The Holland Handkerchief/The Suffolk Miracle (#272)
Cockle Shells/Waly Waly (#204)
False Knight on the Road (#3)
Thomas the Rhymer (#37)
The Farmer’s Curst Wife (#278)
took a sick day, no drawing
The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry (#113)
skull-heart thingy (took a break from drawing ballads)
Barbara Allen (#84)
another sick day
The Unquiet Grave (#78)
The Wife of Usher’s Well (#79)
sick day
sick day (rrgh)
The Cruel Mother (#20)
The Twa Sisters (#10)

Logo: Shamanic Gathering NY

Posted on July 18, 2017 Posted in LogosTagged adobe illustrator, design, graphic design, illustrator, logo, shaman, vector

Here is a lil’ logo I made for Shamanic Gathering NY, a new group of shamanic practitioners:

I based it on these sketches they gave me:

Mystery Object

Posted on January 17, 2017 Posted in Sketchbook, UncategorizedTagged digital art, digital collage, eliza stein, glowing, mystery object, purple and green, Sketchbook

Something different I made last year and haven’t found a use for yet. If you know what this thing is/was, I’ll buy you a Coke.

illo_advent 2016

Posted on December 19, 2016 Posted in Children's Art, food, Holiday, pattern, SketchbookTagged art, christmas, drawing, eliza stein, illustration, Sketchbook, sketches, xmas

Here are the sketches I’ve done for #illo_advent so far. Hopefully I’ll have time to do a few more before the 25th!

Inktober 2016

Posted on November 2, 2016November 1, 2016 Posted in Animals, Dogs, food, Holiday, SketchbookTagged drawing, eliza stein, illustration, inktober, inktober 2016, Sketchbook, sketches

This was my third Inktober and I wasn’t able to participate every single day this time, but I’m still pretty happy with ideas I came up with that I can develop into finished work. See my entries from the last two years below (the links will take you to my old blog)

Inktober 2015

Inktober 2014

Halloween Candy Coloring Page!

Posted on October 31, 2016 Posted in Children's Art, food, HolidayTagged candy, coloring page, eliza stein, halloween, halloween candy, illustration, line drawing

Here’s a free line drawing to print out and color in for Halloween! Just click on the picture to save it at its full 8.5×11″ size. If you color it in, show me what you did and I’ll share it on this post. Happy Halloween!