Cat Farris: Art for Hire

I think my studiomates Erika Moen and Dylan Meconis were drawing some sweet-looking Octomaids the other day for an auction, and it made me want to do something tentacley as well. They’re so fun to draw! So here is a Squidmaid. I tried twice to ink this today, but it seems I am having an off day(or I need to pitch my brush and get a new one). I was happy with the pencils, though, and I left it pretty much as-is to show some of the underdrawing. I get hounded a lot about the lack of visible underdrawing in my sketches by people who see my portfolio. I swear, it exists! It just goes down so light that by the time I’m done, it’s either been covered over, or erased away. But at least in this drawing you can still see the remains of the line of action I used to set up the pose. It’s down there at the bottom with the tentacles. Maybe some day I’ll scan in a set of process pictures so folks can see what goes into my drawings. Maybe that’ll be next week’s….
You may also notice I have once again opted for a full-on topless sea lady. It’s my though that if I were a sea lady, I too would go topless. It’s not like anyone who cares will ever see you anyhow. >.>;
ANYHOW.
Enjoy!

Remember that illustration from last week? I colored it! So here it is in all its colored glory! I really had fun working on this. What can I possibly do after this that will be as fun?

Hmmm… maybe another one!

Holy sugarshack, ladies and gents! It’s been a while since I managed a sketchblog update. Steve Lieber challenged me to do a narrative illustration, so here it is. I’m planning on taking it to colors, but I wanted you all to see it now! I’m so excited!

Gneiji’s creator has been on a Tomb Raider kick lately, so he suggested a shot of Ahnka and Gneiji running from a mummy. This was way fun to do, and I’m hoping to do more like this.
Enjoy!

Hey folks!  Even though I’ve been busy as hell, the sketchblog is back!  I dreamed last night that I drew something quick and silly for the sketchblog, so I figured I ought to do something.  For the record, this is not what I dreamed of drawing.  But I sat down to think of what to do, and a thought occured to me: Remember when drawing was fun, Cat?  Oh yes, I do.  And this is the sort of thing I used to draw, you know, back when drawing was purely for fun.:’}

So Elma survived her first battle in her campaign, though it was a little touch and go for a while.  In celebration of survival, here is this quick sketch!

Enjoy!

Hey all!  Work and such is keeping me quite busy, so I figured I’d use ths opportunity to show a little bit of what goes in to my thought process when I create a character.

Here’s a page of sketching I’ve done in preparation for what I hope will be next week’s sketchblog!  Can you guess what it might be?

Enjoy!

Hey all!  In looking at my work recently, I’ve noticed that one thing I could use improvement on is my drapery.  So I thought, what better way to practice than to draw a wedding dress!  So, here is Ahnka in a wedding dress.:)

This week, my husband, Rich, made a sketchblog post where he talks about sometimes going overboard on sketches for his blog.  This week he posted the pencils only, what he usually inks over.  So now I’m feeling inspired, and thought that this week, just for fun, I would post both the finished product and the original pencils.  I think the sketch had something nice that the final draft loses.  Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think the finished work is poor in any way.  But anyone who does a lot of sketching tends to notice drawings lose some of the spontaneity and “life” that they had as rough pencils.  One of these days, I’ll figure out how to keep that from happening.

Anyhow, enough talking!  Here are the drawings!  I also drew the back of the dress, but didn’t take it to inks.  Enjoy!

Hey folks!  Remember that drawing of the angel I posted a few weeks ago?  Well, he’s all colored and now up in my fantasy gallery!!  Here’s how it came out!

Ok, screw the zodiac. I wasn’t all that into it anyhow. Next week, I’m drawing Capricorn and calling it good. But this week, since I’ve been short on time, I’m posting a sketch I’ve been working on for a while. Eventually, it’s getting colored and sent on to the person who requested it. Yes, it’s his D&D character! It is one of the most epic things I’ve ever put together. I got to draw a big, bad-ass weapon! And wings! I never get to draw wings. :’} I’m pleased, all things considered. Anyhow, here you go. Truth Cloudkill, everyone!

It’s time once again for the sketchblog update! This week was my character, Lumi! As such, I decided to do something a little special. Since she’s a cleric, I figured that she ought to have something she wears while she’s in the temple, because full-plate armor seems a bit excessive.:’} So I designed her nun-type robes, and I’m pretty happy with how they came out. It took me a lot of internet crawling to find nun reference that wasn’t just the traditional black and white! Also, I know I mentioned at some point that I was going to maybe add background or something, but seeing has how this is a sketchblog, and I should be busy doing the other, paying things on my list, I’m leaving it here. Hey, it matches the other ones this way…:’} Spanambula’s can be found on his lj. Enjoy!

I’ve decided to start posting my weekly sketchblog sketches here! This week’s post is Caspian Grey, the duskblade in our party. Enjoy!