Arctic night

Whenever I think of winter, I think of snowy drifts, clear nights and dancing aurora borealis. I've never seen aurora in real life myself, only in pictures. One day I'll see them! In this picture, we're somewhere either way up north or down south. Either direction works. We have some seals hanging out on the ice flows as the aurora curtains float in the night sky.

Stuffed

Yep, that's me after the holidays :)

Elf reject

There's always one i every group that's a bit unusual.....I wonder what he's thinking about?

Dominic the donkey

Anyone ever heard of this song? It's really about a holiday donkey called Dominic. I heard it on the radio only once this holiday season and it really cracked me up to hear the donkey sounds in the song. Since it was entertaining, I felt the urge to sketch my version of Dominic.

Merry Christmas everyone!

May everyone be filled with warmth and love this day : )

"Up on the housetop...."

Merry Christmas Eve everybody! Christmas day is just hours away. The little girl in this sketch peers out curiously into the night hoping to catch sight of Santa and his reindeer. They could be much closer than she thinks : )

"Bazooka Rabbit" drawn 2 ways

On Facebook, there's a great group called "daily spit paint" where several random concepts are shared each day. The group members take one or more of the suggested concepts and paint something representing it in Adobe Photoshop in only 30 minutes. No photo textures are allowed to be used. One day, a concept was suggested called "bazooka rabbit". Regrettably, I didn't get a chance to paint anything but I did sketch a couple of things.

Daydream

Ever been hard at work at your desk just to look out your window and see how inviting outside looks? Happens to me a lot. Nature is my playground and I love being outside or camping in the great outdoors. It's a running gag between some of us artists that we say "Outside? What is this 'outside'?" because the long hours often have us stay inside at our work stations from sun up to sun down. This guy is in a similar state of mind of realizing there is an outside. Hopefully he'll grab his coffee and take a stroll. We all could use a stroll : )

I'm gonna lead the world!

The world will be inherited by the next generation, right? This little guy is all set to lead his people......or is he? Maybe when he grows into his headdress and tunic : )

Shooting star over the jungle

The year's rapidly coming to a close. The holidays are in full swing and so are cases of cold and flu! Luckily, I've just had a sore throat so far. Today, I'm feeling great and ready to get back to creating at full throttle : ) In this scene, a young boy of the jungle has climbed a tree to look at the night sky. I wonder if he's familiar with wishing upon a shooting star?

Brand new store on Etsy.com!

I'm so excited to announce that I have opened a new store on etsy.com! This new store is called "Treasures by Kris" and it currently features seasonal crafts I have made for the autumn season and the holidays fast approaching. New items will be coming soon and I will be creating some designs for digital download as well. Many of the treasures here are literally one-of-a-kind; order now before they're gone!

Drop by today and see what's happening: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TreasuresbyKris#

"Candy path's" Sugarplum Fairy

 

After I made the "Candy Path" background, I wondered about who would live there? Maybe a sugarplum fairy? Then I picked up my pen again and this is what resulted : )

Holiday wreath

I’ve been trying my hand at making crafts to sell on the side. This one was made for a local church in my community. Their church colors happen to be violet and white. It was surprisingly simple in concept and easy to assemble too. Anything personal has been blurred out out of respect for the recipient. Pretty good for my first wreath, eh? : )

Apple girl in full color; Whoo!

After many hours of work, my "Apple Girl" painting is complete! I'm excited to deliver this to my client. The painting took about 8 or 9 hours and acrylic paints were used. The canvas measures 5"x 7". As always, any personal information has been blurred out of respect for my client.

If anyone out there would like to commission me to paint something for them, acrylic or digital, please send me a message: kjrob85@hotmail.com!

"Candy path" free form sketch

Having more fun with free form sketch and a black ballpoint pen. This scene is out in candy country with fruit flavor flowers, fruit candy path, chocolate signs, frosting trees, caramel mountains and a gingerbread house. Basic training for background design often involves a ruler, a perspective grid and essentially mechanical drawing with a creative twist. This scene was made based on tuition and flowing through shapes in my mind. The whole sketch took about 5 or 6 minutes.