Izzy in Progress

Mailbox surprise! 😍 Can’t wait to dig in. ✏️ #howtothinkwhenyoudraw #kickstarter #artbook

Last variations on the Sleer brooch. ⠀ ⠀ #props #drawing #thegraveyardbook

I’ve been thinking about and drawing brooches so much the word brooch has become a non-word in my brain. #semanticsatiation #sketches #snake #propdesign

I really enjoyed this variation, the horned serpent is a figure found in many cultures mythologies. 🐍 #visualdevelopment #graveyardproject #props #sketch #brooch

Fun with the sewing machine. 🦄🌈🦖💫 #unicorn #dinosaur #galaxy #sewing #placemats

Sketchy sketchy. Looking at rune stones and Pictish artifacts. #sketchbook #propdesign #brooch

In The Graveyard Book, the Sleer are a three headed creature that guard ancient treasures. This week I’ve been doing tons of research on jewelry and metal working in early civilizations to create artifacts for the Sleer to protect. Version one here was inspired by the jewelry and stone carvings of the vikings. #thegraveyardbook #props #iterate #sketchbook

Going digital with some glass orbs, I really love the worlds glass artists are able to make in such tiny objects. #digitalart #visualdevelopment #propdesign #graveyardproject #milliefiori

Kickstarter presents from the mailman today! @recklessdeck can’t wait to have some fun with these beautiful babies.

Road trip weekend! Amazing exhibit of Mucha’s prints, paintings and drawings. 😍 #mucha #artdeco #latergram (at The Hyde Collection)

Happy Monday internet peoples! I’m still working away on my personal project. Finding shape variety in grave markers. #personalproject #propdesign #thegraveyardproject

🎶Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name🎶 I think my favorite barista names were in Chicago when I got “E.Z” and “Easy” #starbucks #watercolor #sketchbook

Tell a raptor you know they are the superior species and gift mice to the #superbowl 🦉 😁

Friday night is drawing night. Putting the marks from last week to use on a signet ring. #wip #visualdevelopment #propdesign #thegraveyardproject

Ever feel like you consistently forget that you love a thing? Drawing on toned paper is totally my goldfish moment. #figuredrawing #portrait #charcoal #tonedpaper

Made the very adult decision to buy a Lego set because it had a unicorn. 👍 It has joined the small herd in the corner of my office. ✨ Happy Monday IG! 🦄

Thinking about how an ancient secret society would identify every man Jack. Signet rings, lapel pins, maybe monogrammed towels? 🤔 #personalproject #thegraveyardproject