IF:Strings

Photoshop

It's a little bizarre and I have no clue what the point is but it just made sense at the time. I wanted to use spiderwebs and guitar strings and this is the result. 

Big Bear Lake, California, USA

Belleville Cabin

Metzger Mine

Sun in a tree

The Lake at sunrise

Local tradition is to try and tip the

boulder off it's ledge.

Illustrator and Photoshop

Just a little something I came up with. Each of the symbols have a meaning rooted in the history of the church. The image itself then tells a story so to speak. 

Illustrator and Photoshop

Just  a little something I came up with at work. I illustrated the image in Illustrator and then took it into Photoshop to add the texture to the paper. I like my happy little pencil guy, he just needs a name now. Any suggestions?

Charlii Jean

IF: Detach

Illustrator

It's simple really. We let the silliest of things detach us from what is most important some times. 

IF: Punchline

Illustrator and Photoshop

Photoshop

1 Corinthians 6:11: One of my favorite scriptures, the scripture itself says it all.

IF (Save)

Ink and Colored Pencil

Some things need a literal translation and this was one of them. I hope the piggy makes it.
Charlii Jean

In the eye of Hoge

Graphite Pencil

In keeping with today's outer space theme I am paying homage to the astronomers, astronauts and the plain curious. The iris of the eye is a rendition of Hoge's Object which is a galaxy far far away. So here's to George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Capitan Kirk too.
Charlii Jean

A View of the Moon

Digital : Illustrator & Photoshop

The Moon is one of the most fascinating objects in the night sky. And our dependency on the moon is quite intricate as with out the moon the ocean tides would have no boundaries for one. The full moon was our first calender to keep track of the months and when to sow and harvest. So the moon is also a very important to the development of humans. There are countless stories and legends about the moon, too many to go into here so I encourage you to Google them and learn about them. The man in the moon (or animal) is a legend that appears in every culture so it is very interesting stuff. Anyways, it is one of my favorite subjects to draw and perhaps I will one day begin that series of Men on the Moon based on the Native American Names for them. Until then I will continue to enjoy watching the moon at night and draw out my moon fantasies.
Oh by the way this months moon is the Crow Moon.

Charlii Jean

Blue Sky and Trees

I took this photo out of a bus window in Cozumel Mexico a few years back. It was shortly after a hurricane had come through.

Rain Drop Tease

Ink and colored pencil on Bristol board

I love the rain and unfortunately for me we don't get enough it. As our rain season, if you can call it that, comes to an end I wanted to do something that can remind of the rain. This was an idea I pulled from an old sketch book from 3 or 4 years ago. In the sketch it was just circles and think making the sunflower viewed through water drops was a much better choice. I also love the way the cropping of the flower came out it's kind of like a little tease.
Enjoy:)
Charlii Jean