El Bergs' Doodles

Downton Ladies!

2012-01-16T16:47:00.001-08:00

Did I mention I love costume dramas?

Distress!

2012-01-09T14:41:00.000-08:00

A quickie Sketchboopro doodle at 8:30AM after an all-nighter while waiting on my FTP....

She looks distressed..I wonder who's jacket that is...

New stylus!!!

2012-01-07T17:21:00.001-08:00

My new AYL stylus arrived in the mail today and it is AMAZING!! Alas I have a ton of deadlines this weekend, so I can't play with it too much, but I did take a few minutes to doodle with it. I like the way it draws better then the bamboo, it's so smooth! The only thing I don't like is that it's thinner and shorter then the bamboo so it feels a bit weird in the hand...

But here's a lil doodle I did to take it for a test drive...Matthew and I have been a bit obsessed with native African cultures lately....

I HAS IPAD!

2012-01-02T22:34:00.001-08:00

The hubby got me an iPad for Xmas! Now I can doodle on the sofa like the lazy lump I am! I did these in sketchbook pro with my dad's bamboo stylus. Anyone have any suggestions for other drawing apps I should check out? Is there a nifty stylus I should get? I can't wait to get sketching!

Tally Ho!

2011-11-16T15:26:00.001-08:00

Good lord it's been a long time since I drew anything for myself..I'm afraid I'm rusting!Heres some Comic-related doodles....I think I might have found a design for Tansy's gryff pal that I like..I also think I'm gonna name her Diana..and in that spirit, here Tansy and Diana take part in some "field research" though Diana might live up to her name sake more then Tansy might like...

Also I don't think Grimpus knows what to make of Di...

2011-11-04T01:39:00.000-07:00

Sooooo…I had a rather fabulous dream involving The Hunger Games, and it made me really really want to draw fanart. I’ve attempted it before but I never was able to get folks looking quite how I wanted them..said dream seemed to help with that..

YAY KATNISS, because she is BAD ASS!

Also have some Rue! I’ve been dying to draw her because I’ve had this really really specific image of her in my mind since I read the books, but I can never get it quite right…this is close though..OMG WHY ARE THERE ONLY 3 BOOKS!? WANT MORE!

The eyes have it

2011-09-28T18:32:00.000-07:00

The latest eye-drop I've been put on (we're up to 6 now) has side effects that include:

- stinging, burning, itching, watering, or swelling of the eye

- redness of the eyelids

- permanent increase of brown pigmentation in your iris

and

- may also cause your eyelashes to grow longer and thicker and darken in color.

So basically I may end up with ONE HUGE ANIME EYE.

Sexy.

Fairies and fatties and horny men!

2011-09-26T08:17:00.000-07:00

OMG It's been A MILLION YEARS! Shame on me!Please enjoy some partial nekkidness to make up for it..

Oh, yea..that whole sketching thing.. ;)

2011-06-08T21:48:00.000-07:00

Golly it's been a while! Here are some Sketchbook Pro doodles I found laying about on my HD..mainly done while waiting for files to transfer.. ;)

To prove I have not entirely abandoned my Gryffin gal comic idea, please meet Tansy's Aunt and her Irish wolf hound Grimpus. I was stuck for a name for her until I discovered the AMAZING Mary Henrietta Kingsly in my research...this woman is my new hero!I think I shall christen auntie as Henrietta Buttersworth in her honor.

Also please enjoy a native gal chillaxin'...

Portfolio Site!

2011-03-17T12:40:00.000-07:00

LOOKIE!! I updated my Portfolio Website!! :D

Now give me some work...plz? ;)

Geisha Geisha!

2011-03-07T13:44:00.000-08:00

I recently got a copy of Liza Dalby's "Geisha" for supa dupa cheap and I have been LOVING it. It's just fascinating and so informative, but not in a boring text book kind of way ;) That and the fact that Matthew has rediscovered his love of Urushi and is studying to attempt some pieces of his own, has made me realize I really REALLY need to go to Japan. It would be the BEST. TRIP. EVER.

Angel mine!

2011-02-17T12:50:00.000-08:00

More fun with Sketchbook Pro!

I'm discovering that SB Pro is kind of crap for inking....

BB Gryff!

2011-02-16T14:25:00.000-08:00

Trying Color in Sktchbk Pro....

BIRDS! And a Lady....

2011-02-03T14:33:00.001-08:00

I have been watching a ton of bird documentaries lately......and listening to coverage of Egypt...and leaving Sketchbook Pro open on my lunch break... ;)

Hey laaadies...

2011-02-02T14:14:00.001-08:00

Yea I am totally in love with Sketchbook Pro...I just want to doodle in it all day long!

Hoodwinked

2011-02-01T16:29:00.001-08:00

THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS TO ME!! Do I have an oddly shaped head or something? I cannot seem to find a coat where the hood doesn't fall over my face and blind me, making an already miserable day even miserable-er.... The supreme Irony is that for regular hats, my head is apparently OBSCENELY LARGE, because I have the hardest time finding ones I fit into.

Woots!

2011-01-25T13:47:00.000-08:00

I might have just fallen in love with Sketchbook pro....

Top Chef

2011-01-24T15:29:00.000-08:00

Inspired by a conversation with Niki regarding the OBVIOUS bromance between Fabio and Richard Blaise on this season of Top Chef....

Personally I think they need their own show...

Potterness! XD

2010-11-24T12:28:00.000-08:00

I saw Deathly Hallows Part 1 and doodled some fanart because I AM A HUGE DORK, especially for Ron and Hermione!!!

"My name...just my name. Like a whisper."

New Brushes!!!

2010-11-15T17:44:00.001-08:00

Nkki is AWESOME SAUCE and gave me the link to some sexy Photoshop brushes, and I thought I'd try them out...they are SO SEXY!! Could it be that I might actually ENJOY drawing in PS now?? XD

Spartaaaaaa!

2010-11-10T15:27:00.000-08:00

A Spartan gal for my pal Rich...cuz he told me to draw something awesome on my lunch break...

chub!

2010-10-15T00:02:00.001-07:00

Please to be having a fat fairy.....

WHEE!

2010-09-23T18:19:00.000-07:00

Some Flash Doodles....

...I like drawing ladies....

Dooork!

2010-09-23T01:27:00.001-07:00

Goodness it's been awhile! I am ashamed!

I actually have some sketches that I've been meaning to scan, but I'm lazy. So in the meantime, please enjoy a Harry Potter, because the new trailer came out today and I am a dork... ;)

Back to pencils.. ;)

2010-07-08T12:22:00.000-07:00

I thought I'd scan some doodles that have been sitting in my sketchbook for awhile. Have some Tansy and Diana goodness! XD

Color!

2010-07-01T17:46:00.000-07:00

I am on a mission to make some colored..actual illustration-y things, so I drew a bored Manticore...but I chickened out on a background...sigh...Baby steps!!!

Springtime tattoos!

2010-06-23T19:39:00.000-07:00

My cousin asked me to design her a tattoo for her birthday this year with a robin and a lady bug to represent each of her grandmothers. Luckily drawing griffins has given me good practice doodling bird-things...

I believe it's meant to be an ankle tattoo, so I'm not quite sure how much detail one can get away with in such a tiny area... I've never had a tattoo myself, so I don't know the physics of it, I'm mainly going off what I've gleaned from watching Miami Ink. ;)

hi.

2010-06-21T13:41:00.000-07:00

Not dead, just been buried under work....

Have a doodle while I get my act back together! ;)

Portfolio site advice?

2010-06-03T10:15:00.000-07:00

Soooo looks like I might have some free time in June...

(Anyone need a freelance Story artist/animator/character designer? Anyone?) ;)

...and I thought I'd take the opportunity to redo/update my poor neglected portfolio site.

I NEED OPINIONS! I'm not quite sure what to do, if I should just scrap the layout entirely and make it simpler, or to keep it the way it is. Is there anything content-wise I should have more of? Less of? Get rid of? I never know what to do with this stuff...but I do want to start sending it around to places so I feel it needs some polishing...cause I'd like to, ya know, get work. ;)

The name game!

2010-05-27T11:30:00.000-07:00

OK, so names...I think I should name these guys so that I can refer to them without being confusing. I think that the girl's name will be Temperance Annalise Butterworth (named for one of Matthew's ancient ancestors), or "Tansy" for short.

Her Griffin pal I'm still debating...which would be a better name for a teenage griffin that likes to read books about pirates? So far I can't decide between Duncan or William. Duncan seems kind of expected to me for some reason, William I like because Matthew and I have been doing a lot of genealogy research lately and in both of our families, William seems to be the most common name through out history, and I thought it would be funny to give a rare magical creature a common name.

I think I'd like to call the lil baby griffin Diana, or Dinah (for Alice's cat).

Thoughts? ;)

Tea Time!

2010-05-25T18:13:00.001-07:00

Gryff girl shares some tea with her Gryff pal's lil' sister......Young gryffs don't like tea apparently.

I'm a sheep! Baa baa! XD

2010-05-20T16:42:00.000-07:00

So Ryan's awesome centaur's from the drawing-a-day thing started by Dave Pimentel made me want to draw a horsie-person of my own!

She is a fat and bossy party planner apparently ;)

Sizing up

2010-05-18T17:22:00.001-07:00

Just some size comparison of Gryff gal and her pal..

Methink I should start playing with color more...this blog is looking very monotone...

Build a better Mouse Trap...

2010-05-06T09:18:00.001-07:00

So this morning I uncovered Mr. Peepers cage and two mice fell out. This is getting ridiculous. The traps I put out are still untouched BTW.

Anyone have a better Mouse trap I could borrow??

PSA

2010-05-05T11:51:00.000-07:00

Doctor Who: Season 5 is AWESOME!!!!!

That is all.

Storytime!

2010-05-04T13:58:00.000-07:00

More griffin doodles! I mat be stuck on the story dept, but I'm still having fun drawing these two....thats something right?

here, griffy griffy griffy!

2010-04-21T14:27:00.000-07:00

More Griffin comic sketches! Still trying to get a feel for Mr. Griffin character....I still like the smoother lines and simpler shapes...I think it balances out the volume of the lil gal better...

And away we go!

2010-04-15T14:16:00.000-07:00

So as a result of my exciting and inspiring trip to MOCCA I have decided I might just attempt to do a lil comic of my own, Alas, I really have no idea how to go about doing this so any advice would be welcome! LOL!

I've started building up a little story around that Gryff girl I keep doodling, since she keeps popping up whenever I take time to draw. Last night I tried working out some designs for her griffin pal (who may or may not be named Duncan) I think I like the last couple ones the best so far, smoother lines and simpler shapes...what do y'all think?

Happy Birthday Niki!!!!!

2010-04-14T10:08:00.000-07:00

May it be made of AWESOME! XD

Owww...

2010-04-13T13:01:00.000-07:00

So after being fired up to do AWESOMENESS after last weekend's MOCCA fest.....I got my ass kicked by some horrid illness. Perhaps this is the mythic Con-Mung I've heard so much about?

I feel this properly illustrates the way my head feels right now...

Sketching in the Park with Frenchies...

2010-04-06T12:36:00.000-07:00

I had lunch in Bryant Park this afternoon and it was AMAZING OUT so I doodled for a bit....

The Gryff girl came back again...I would imagine when your best friend is a gryffin, the biggest problem would be keeping your skirts out of the poop when you visit his nest...

Also did I mention I LOVE Frenchies?

Because I do,,,,,

Vamping up!

2010-04-05T08:59:00.000-07:00

I had a dream the other night that I ran into a vampire in the ladies room. She was washing her hands in the sink, and I noticed she had no reflection in the mirror, so I asked her "If Vampires have no reflection, how do they put on all that sexy vampire make up?"

She told me that they have to have another Vampire do their make up for them. This made perfect sense to me.

I then went to see a movie, and discovered that instead of popcorn, Vampires bring buckets of fish and mice to snack on durning the show, because they're small and bite size.

The more you know!

Book Lust...

2010-03-25T12:21:00.000-07:00

I placed a large Amazon order for books about Japanese culture yesterday that I probably shouldn't have....but knowledge is so tasty!

nekkidness

2010-02-09T15:38:00.000-08:00

I think nekkid chubby ladies are my go to subject when I start randomly doodling.....

Aligning your Chi

2010-02-02T10:29:00.001-08:00

As part of my New Years resolution to move my ass, I attempted to use my Old Lady Yoga DVD....

Kiki is not on board with this new "moving" thing.

Snook-ing for class!

2010-02-01T13:39:00.000-08:00

I can't stop drawing Snooki... Why does Jersey Shore bring me no end of joy? I want to draw all the cast, they're practically caricatures of themselves already...GAH I'm so rusty! Must draw for fun more!! XD

OM NOM NOM

2010-01-26T06:50:00.001-08:00

I CAN'T STOP EATING RICE KRISPY TREATS!! OMG!

SNOOKIES!!

2010-01-19T10:28:00.000-08:00

Guys...I kinda love Jersey Shore....

HO HO HO!

2009-12-23T10:35:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays and a Peaceful New Year, ya'll!!!!!

YAY!

2009-12-02T10:06:00.000-08:00

Just some fun....

Been thinking about getting my hands on a Mac-friendly version Sketchbook pro...It looks like a fun program!

I live!!

2009-11-23T21:05:00.000-08:00

I drew some stuff! Been a rough couple of weeks man....

Warm ups!

2009-10-01T15:42:00.001-07:00

Sometimes you gotta stretch it out....

OW!

2009-09-18T10:17:00.000-07:00

I got my ass kicked in old lady yoga class yesterday...I hurt SO MUCH today omg....but 2.5 hours of yoga instruction for $10? in NYC? You can't beat that...

After the binge, comes the purge...

2009-09-16T13:17:00.000-07:00

Time to go back on the diet again...SIGH

Reading Lessons

2009-09-13T18:07:00.000-07:00

OMG I drew a Background!!!! (sort of) I thought I'd try finishing that gryff doodle I mentioned awhile back...I need more colorin' practice..

Feeling better...

2009-09-12T17:34:00.000-07:00

Have some internet PDA, because I'm disgusting like that......! ;)

Sigh Monster

2009-09-09T21:46:00.000-07:00

I'm having a case of the sighs today.... *sigh*

Ah Youth..

2009-09-03T16:03:00.000-07:00

My doctor is bringing his 10 year old son to my apartment tomorrow afternoon so I can talk to him about my work. The kids is apparently super into comics and animation and stuff... I'm not quite sure what I'm going to say to him exactly....

OOO COLOR!

2009-09-02T10:27:00.000-07:00

I attempted to do a colored Illustration of my gryff girl and her pal, but since I got bored coming up with a background, I decided to just color a doodle of the girl instead! Hopefully I can finish the other one soon..

grab bag!

2009-08-31T08:33:00.000-07:00

Some more ball point pen sketches from this weekend..trying to find my muse again..It's so haaaard!

also, I watched some Hairspray...

Of fat mermaids and cave womens...

2009-08-26T20:42:00.000-07:00

So I drew some fat mermaids this evening in an old sketchbook....

And then I discovered some old sketches that I must have done way back in the winter months, so I thought I'd scan them too!

Drawing? whats that?

2009-07-23T10:31:00.001-07:00

The reason I should never leave PS open when I'm working on freelance......

Some dorky Potter fanart after watching HBP last week.....OM NOM NOM HARRY POTTER

tiiiired

2009-06-24T18:18:00.000-07:00

I have been cleaning AAAALLLL day in anticipation of our BFF house guest, and as a result I really really want to lay down...so I drewed things laying down instead.....

2009-06-23T09:13:00.000-07:00

I've been watching a lot of shows on Mayans and other lost civilizations lately......

ARTED!

2009-06-19T07:49:00.001-07:00

I am in love with my new Mac, and PS CS3. Hopefully this will also mean more artings! XD

Hoofin' it...

2009-06-11T12:14:00.000-07:00

Just some weird ladies that have been hanging around my head lately...also, OMG I USED A PENCIL AND REAL PAPER!

random...

2009-06-03T12:44:00.000-07:00

Heres to more productiveness in the coming weeks...since I am now FUNemployed! ;)

More catchup!

2009-04-21T09:59:00.000-07:00

A weird Ox-God thing that I doodled on the subway...

catch up...

2009-04-21T09:15:00.000-07:00

Baby cat/birds!

One more!

2009-04-07T14:31:00.000-07:00

A sketchie break....

Apparently I am way into things with wings and butts lately...I see nothing wrong with this...

Hoho!

2009-04-07T07:35:00.001-07:00

Getting back on the horse...yesterday was crummy, so I drew raccoons:

2009-04-06T11:12:00.000-07:00

Ho ho! New more official Blog address! Let us celebrate with a doodle!

I don't know what she is but she was fun to draw!

Another one!

2009-04-03T09:42:00.000-07:00

An old character from days gone by...AWWW NOSTALGIA!

lets try this again...

2009-04-01T11:17:00.000-07:00

With my sudden over abundance of free time, lets see if we can't get this blog up and running...

Just a lil doodle to start:

22.5lbs lost and back in my old Jeans! HURRAH!

Chiweewees

2008-06-13T14:12:00.000-07:00

Some Chihuahua doodles done while we were OBSESSIVELY hunting for our new little girl... I have a one track mind it would seem...

Frist Post!!!

2007-10-23T20:37:00.000-07:00

I have finally caved and gotten me one of those Blogspot dealies....all my cool artist friends seem to have them...and now I can stalk them more easily......
My hope is that I can keep this as a non-fannish art blog...I need a kick in the pants to start working on individual fun stuff, and some fun inspiration! Let's Art-Party guys!
Ahem.....at the moment I don't have anything non-fannish to post...but please accept these sketches any way..... Some ball point pen doodles I did on the back of a script at work:

Character designs for some of the books I've been reading lately, namely "The Golden Compass" series and "Johnathan Strabge & Mr. Norell"