Illustration Friday: "Tension" Elephant & Mouse

Hey everyone!! As difficult as it may be to keep up with my blog posts while working 2 new jobs I am staying committed because I love to illustrate AND blog!! And that includes participating in "Illustration Friday!" This week's word was "Tension," and this is what I came up with:

A little cheddar-colored mouse just wanted to make friends with this baby elephant but got more than he bargained for!! As our elephant tries to escape the little mouse hangs on to his new friend's tail just as frightened. I know elephants really aren't THAT afraid of mice but I couldn't help myself!! Hope you enjoyed the illustration and have a super day!!

Illustration Friday - "Tribute" to "Bun"

Hey everyone!! Hope last week was a good one. I'm still getting pulled in a lot of different directions in life but I DIDN'T forget about "Illustration Friday." This week's topic was "Tribute." I thought long and hard about this one and decided to create an illustrative tribute to my favorite childhood stuffed animal, a pink bunny named "Bun."

"Bun" was my favorite toy as a baby and I took him everywhere I went. He had pink fur, purple ears, blue eyes and a pink nose I distinctly remember I thought was a jellybean (yes, I chewed on it). "Bun" taught me to be imaginative and I always made sure to include him in all my silly adventures. "Bun" took your typical battlescars; went through the dryer, lost a lot of his pink fur and his stuffing. In my book, he deserves a tribute! 

Jackie's New Bundle of Joy!

Hey everyone! Just wanted to post some exciting news! One of my clients, Jackie from Jerseylicious just had her bundle of joy YESTERDAY!

How exciting! She is such a great person. I created lots of fun things for her including her baby shower invites and now baby is finally here!

Here is a picture of new Mommy Jackie and newborn "Adrianna Marie Bianchi"!!

Please congratulate her on Facebook or Twitter!!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Jackie's Baby Shower Invites

Hey everyone!! Just wanted to post one of the lastest pieces of client's print creation!!

I was offered the opportunity to make Jackie from Jerseylicious' baby shower invites. Jackie is expecting a baby girl!! She wanted the invites to be very pink and sparkly featuring a cartoon of her and her baby bump :)

Here is the cartoon I created by itself:

For the background she wanted something swirly and matching the color scheme. I then put both the ideas together and left her plenty of space to write all the information about the shower in. Here is the final product:

Wow!! It came out so cute!! And she even posted it on her Facebook page!!

Well that is it for today everyone!! I hope everyone has a great week!

Tamara and Owen Digital Portrait

Just wanted to update everyone with an illustration I did a couple of months ago for my friend and fellow artist, Tamara.

Original Photo by Peter Nopp

She recently got married in 2010 and also had her first child; a little baby boy named Owen!! She contacted me via Facebook about doing a portrait of her with Owen and I gladly took on the project.

She provided me with two photos to work from and combining features from both, I came up with this:

Isn't it adorable?? She loved it!!

If you want a portait of yourself, friends or family illustrated by me for yourself feel free to fill out a form with the details on my website's contact page or just e-mail me at violetinkdesign@gmail.com

Have a great day everyone!!