Have a heart

Working on an image for Valentine's Day. Here's the sketch I came up with.

Cupid Square Kat progress report #3

Getting into the home stretch here with the Cupid Square Kat painting. I can't let it go too long, because I'm painting with acrylics, and they tend to dry up too quickly to linger.

This first image shows a newly painted diaper and bow. I thought the color of the bow really helped. He seemed a little drab before I got that part finished.

And then here he is with the heart and arrow finished. This is just the photo I took when the painting was still on the easel, so the colors are a little off. I'll take "official" photos as soon as I'm satisfied that he's actually finished, and then I'll post them here.

If you missed the first posts on his progress, you can see them here, here and here. You can click on any of the images to see them biggie-sized.

I'll try to get him on some stuff at Zazzle ASAP.

Cupid Square Kat progress report #2

Let's get moving on this little guy, how about.

Started painting the background, and I still wasn't completely sure what colors I wanted to use. I didn't want to go with the standard red and white Valentine's day thing, but I knew the heart would have to be red, so whatever colors I decided to use would have to work with the red without overwhelming it.

Went with a bluish purply. I knew the wings needed to be an off-white color, so I went ahead and painted them in, too.

The next part wasn't so easy, and I hope I didn't totally blow it. For the cat, I decided to go with a pinkish color even though I understand (seriously, I do) that cats pretty much don't come in that color unless you've got some serious issues going on there. The problem was, he was starting to look like an internal organ.

I thought about it a while and decided it might still be O.K. if I toned the pink down a little. Maybe desaturate it. So that's what I did.

Then I added some more shading and highlights and started messing with his eyes.

And then a little more eye messing. I think I'm satisfied so far, but there's still a lot of details to go.

I'll post some more progress photos later this week. (You can click the images to see them bigger.)

Cupid Square Kat progress report #1

After I sized the sketch of my Cupid Square Kat, the next thing I needed to do was get that little guy transferred to the board I'll be painting him on. But before I did that, I had to clean and prime and gesso the board to get it ready. So here's that blank canvas waiting for an idea.

And here's Cupid Square Kat drawn on it and ready to get a little color. You can click on the image to make it bigger if you can't see him.

Cupid Square Kat in the making

I decided it was about time I followed up on the holiday Square Kat thing I started last Halloween and, of course, the next holiday coming up will be Valentine's Day. So here he is, my Valentine's Day Square Cat Cupid.

I'm noticing that my Square Kats seem to be following a pattern of being a little stabby. Hopefully they'll grow out of it.

Free Valentines for all you procrastinators

It's February 12. You do know that Valentine's Day is Monday, right? And you've already bought the card, right? And mailed it so it can get to where it's going on time, right?

Right?

Yeah. I didn't think so.

O.K. Fine.

I've uploaded some free Valentines for you to download and print. Here are four choices to pick from, all 4¼" wide x 5½" tall:

Download (313 KB)

Download (296 KB)

Download (243 KB)

Download (260 KB)

I've tested them, so they should be O.K., but if you have any problems with the download, just let me know.

As far as delivery goes, you're on your own. You'll probably have to hand deliver it now. Sorry about all that "face-to-face" stuff, but I can't do everything for you.

iPhone cases on sale

I've discounted both Valentine's Day iPhone cases in The Rots' store through Valentine's Day.

Cases for your iPhone 3

Cases for your iPhone 4



Both cases are the grungy, handwriting design.

And don't forget, free shipping on orders over $50. Use the code FREESHIPFORU when you check out.

Valentine's Day stuff

So Valentine's Day is coming up in a couple of weeks, and it just happens that some of the stuff in The Rot's Love store have hearts on them. Imagine that. So guess what? I'm going to start putting that stuff on sale.

First up, iPad cases.

A red one with the spider

Another red one that's a little grungy

And yet another red one with some hand writing


All of these cases will be on sale for the lowest price Zazzle will let me, and tomorrow I'll add something else to the list.

And if that weren't enough, orders over $50 qualify for free shipping! Just enter the code FREESHIPFORU when you check out.

Obviously, The Rots love you.

Valentine design on chocolate packaging

In yet another Rotty design for Adventure Foods, here is a sticker I designed and illustrated for their Valentine chocolate packaging.

And this is an image of how the stickers actually look on their products (you can click on the image to see it larger).

I'm so proud!

Valentine Leftovers

Here's an extra Valentine doodle.
His name is Alen Valentine.

Download a free Rotty Valentine

Take your pick of two different valentines: "Be My Valentine" or a just friends "Happy Valentine's Day."

Clicking the images will only bring up low-res versions. If you want the real thing, you can download each as a hi-res pdf. Give it enough time to download; the pdfs are around 315KB each.

Be My Valentine hi-res pdf
Happy Valentine's Day hi-res pdf

Valentine's

Happy Valentine's.