The Valentine's Day Spleen...

I know it's traditional to give another organ on Valentine's Day, but seeing as my boyfriend already has a heart I figured I would give him something he doesn't have, a spleen. He lost his in a car accident years ago. Made with acrylic and love.

Sketch Tuesday 5-12-09: Octo-alien illo sketch

Remember the kinda an octopus/jelly fish thing from last week? Here he is in action. Click on the image to see it larger. This sketch has been in the making forever. Let's see how long it takes to become a finished painting.

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Sketch Tuesday 4-29-09: Revamp!

I didn't post my new sketch on here yesterday as I got lazy and only posted it on my Flickr. Anyway, here it is!

It's the little guy from my previous Sketch Tuesdays up to no good. This illustration is for a children's book I am working on with my father.

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Sketch Tuesday-ish: 4-21-09

This is week number 9 in the New Sketch Tuesday project. And I'm a bit late considering it's now Wednesday morning. Better late than never though, right? This sketch is... well I don't know. Just an image that popped into my head.

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Wee sleekit cowrin tim'rous beastie Sketch Tuesday 3-17-09

I didn't really like anything I sketched this week, but that's the way it goes sometimes. Thus all I shall post is a wee mousy that was quickly doodled in the corner of one of my larger sketches. I think he's kinda cute. I hope you think so too.

This is week number 4 in the New Sketch Tuesday project. Upload your sketches to your blog, Flickr, or wherever you post your work online. Any Etsy illustrators who use Flickr I would encourage to tag & add their sketches to the Etsy Illustration Flickr pool!

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Look ma, no hands Sketch Tuesday 3-10-09

Week number 3 in the New Sketch Tuesday project. Upload your sketches to your blog, Flickr, or wherever you post your work online. Any Etsy illustrators who use Flickr I would encourage to tag & add their sketches to the Etsy Illustration Flickr pool!

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Unfinished sketches...

A revamp of an old illustration I was never satisfied with. This one is pieced together from several layers of tissues paper scanned in individually. I've been tending to work this way lately.
I keep repositioning the arms and the book on this one below. Still working on it.

New Sketch Tuesday 3-3-09

Week number 2 in the New Sketch Tuesday project. Be sure to upload your sketches to your blog, Flickr, or wherever you post your work online. Any Etsy illustrators who use Flickr I would encourage to tag & add their sketches to the Etsy Illustration Flickr pool!

So let's get to it. My sketches for this week are all from 2 children's books I am working on. Some quick character sketches, trying to figure out expressions etc.:

And then some small composition sketch tests:


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New Sketch Tuesday 2-24-09

A new little project of mine. Every Tuesday I will have a new sketch to show on my blog. Having a deadline will help me to keep getting new work done. I'm doing this with a few other artists, with our group effort we should be able to keep it up. I hope you enjoy.

This week's is a sketch for a scratch board piece that I will make into an art print. I hope to complete it in the next 2 weeks or so.

A small planning sketch for the scene. I'm just trying to figure out the composition at this point and I will blow up the whole image bigger so I can make a more detailed sketch:


And then a more complete and larger (though not yet complete) sketch of the girl from the scene. Can you tell from this blog and previous blogs that I like making illustrations of girls with their hair blowing in the wind? haha. Her head will probably be turned more away from the viewer to make it appear that she is looking at the tornado. I just can't help but want to draw the face though. The plaids in her dress are hard to figure out...
Stay tuned to my blog for a completed illustration of this. And come back next week to see my new sketch! Same Bat time, same Bat channel.

Work in Progress

Another sketch I'm in the middle of, again for a short story written by my Dad. Enjoy.

Sketchiness...

Spot illustration for the chapter page of a story I'm working on illustrating. It's the moon in case you couldn't tell... Should probably get some reference images and a compass for this one. It's lopsided. Drawing freehand circles was never my strong point.


And another spot illustration for another short story. I like to think it's obviously a calf, but just in case you were wondering, wonder no longer.

Sad Songs and Sweet Dreams

Here's a detail image of an illustration I'm working on. Not a finished illustration yet, the anatomy and pen work need some tweaking, need to make the grass cross over her legs etc. Made with pen & ink on scratchboard.

It's for a zine my father and I are putting together of his poetry with illustrations by me of course. If you're interested in knowing when it's coming out, join my Mailing List!

It's Aliiiive!

Hello there! In case you haven't noticed I am jump-starting a blog here. Why? Well, I just thought I'd start one to keep people abreast of what I'm up to work wise.

Just in case you stumbled upon this blog by accident, as opposed to my badgering you into reading it, my name is Sarah Jane Evans. I am an illustrator, bookbinder, and the Owner/CEO/President/Founder/Laborer/Faux-fur Connoisseur for Spiderbite Boutique, home of the Nightmare Snatcher™ journals.

Check out my online shops if you have a minute:

The Spiderbite Boutique
The Nightmare Snatchers™ Home Page

So this blog will be for posting my sketches, new artwork, and new products for my online stores. Thanks for dropping by and I hope you'll come back and check out my work.