emily kohler's sketchblog

Wintery repeating patterns

2011-10-17T18:30:00.002-04:00

Did some vectored repeating patterns for use on a holiday design. These were unused in the final product, but I still enjoyed making lots of little snowflakes.

Birthday Card

2011-10-13T20:21:00.001-04:00

Design + final card for my mother. It's made out of layered cut paper. I managed to glue my fingers together at least three times since I thought it would be great fun to use some powerful fast-drying glue to construct it. This was not a good decision.

Person post

2011-10-08T11:08:00.001-04:00

I found a figure drawing night in downtown Raleigh, which is good, but I hate city parking. Luckily, we had a great model AND I successfully parallel parked my Ford Taurus. Victory all around. I drew the lady across from me when I had a bad angle on one of the poses.

More trees

2011-09-25T10:45:00.002-04:00

There are some great flowering trees around here, but I have no idea what variety they are. These line the parking lot of the company where I work, so I see them every day.

Park Valley Pool t-shirt

2011-09-09T20:34:00.002-04:00

I've neglected my blog, but for good reasons. Moving and job searching ate up the remainder of my summer and things are finally settling down once more.Here's a quick freelance project I did right after moving to Raleigh... a t-shirt design for a local pool + recreation center.

It's so odd, I never thought t-shirt design would become my "thing". I'd never even imagined it to be an option, but now that I've begun my second job working in the field, it feels like a good fit. Graphic printing on apparel tends to merge design, typography, and illustration into the creation of the final product, keeping the work much more relevant to my interests than a traditional run-of-the-mill graphic design position would.

SHAG t-shirt design

2011-07-25T20:03:00.004-04:00

Here's this year's illustration for the Southeastern Highland Athletic Group!

Group draw at Royal Bean in Raleigh

2011-07-19T20:57:00.000-04:00

Macbun

2011-06-13T19:51:00.000-04:00

If Macbeth were played by rabbits.

DINOBEAR

2011-05-13T21:07:00.010-04:00

Finally finished up this thing I started last year(?!). Such a relief to do a t-shirt design for myself. All the art requests from the customers we get at work fall into a very narrow range... it's rare to get someone who is actually looking for a good/interesting design. Most of the time it's some poor sod who was named "person in charge of t-shirts" at their organization/business and they'd rather not have the extra hassle. So they hurry through the process, rush the order, and ask for the most boring, acceptable image and text they can think of to play it safe. That's one thing I've learned so far working at a t-shirt company: there's no such thing as "bad" design. There IS, however, such a thing as boring design and that's what you have to watch out for.

3-color, hand lettered. Listening to Baldi

fairies

2011-05-03T21:33:00.004-04:00

Considering compiling a fantasy portfolio. That said, this was just for fun.

soapstone

2011-04-27T21:53:00.005-04:00

Taking a stone carving class for fun... working on a little rabbit totem. This is in progress.

Painting for fun

2011-04-20T21:43:00.003-04:00

In-progress, bad photo. Acrylic, 14" x 18".

tree

2011-03-14T19:29:00.002-04:00

General updates

2011-03-09T20:24:00.007-05:00

Personal font based on my handwriting take 2:

This is as final as it's going to get. I was going to make it available for download, but I'm really self-conscious about the kerning, so I'll probably keep it for personal use only. There are some adjustments that need to be made, but I was using free software and wasn't able to make any significant changes. Don't get me started on my rant about being expected to be highly skilled in design software I can't afford.

More importantly, I finished a major overhaul of my website. Adobe Illustrator is the primary software I rely on at work, so I was itching to use it to do something fancy for my header. This was inspired by vintage label typography.

Folk dress in-progress

2011-02-10T22:51:00.005-05:00

I might as well make an official post for this... it's a personal project I'm slowly making progress on. It's a traditional Czech ensemble from the Met, because when it comes down to it, I'd be pretty happy drawing ornate dresses all day long.

Cinder

2011-01-23T22:32:00.004-05:00

I'm surrounded by dogs and cats that don't belong to me (a dog owned by my boss and five cats and one dog by my roommates) which means I can reap all the rewards of having a pet without picking up the poop. This is Cinder, one of my four-legged roomies, an Australian cattle dog. She has one expression: a mixture of fear, hope, and "huh?".

Listening to Pretty Lights.

stuff I am doing

2011-01-16T10:00:00.009-05:00

Trying to stay focused to see what I can accomplish in the next two months. I was feeling cautiously optimistic about this until Photoshop just crashed on me. Boo. Also, I am out of jam.

Listening to Juanes.

nothing says you care like a hairball

2010-12-28T23:57:00.007-05:00

Christmas gift! Fabric printed via Spoonflower. I was pretty happy with the print quality and color matching, definitely will consider using them again.

Also, this has been stuck in my head for a week.

madrigal moose - sketch

2010-12-07T21:45:00.004-05:00

Haaaa yeah, here's this. We shall see how fast this gets done :) Okay, back to work.

Listening to...

Lynne Hand: font design

2010-11-18T18:32:00.003-05:00

So I made a font. It's based off my own handwriting... or at least it's my handwriting if you dressed it up and took it to a tea party. I might make it available for download in the future, but right now it's still in-progress (no numbers or special characters yet).

Person post

2010-11-13T20:57:00.004-05:00

Took a break from Christmas projects to finish this up... another thing I miss about college is plenty of unsuspecting models sitting very still, focused on their computer screens.

Summer reading - colored

2010-11-06T15:59:00.002-04:00

Did this as warm-up for the weekend, trying to get back into WORK MODE.

Also, I thought I'd be all special and get some scented oils to make my room smell pretty but I couldn't get the dern bottle opened and I spilled it on myself so now I'm allergic to my own hands and I smell like old lady. True story.

Diane... progress?

2010-10-23T23:25:00.012-04:00

This is one of those projects I'll come across every month or so and think "Oh yeah, I was going to finish that some time." It's mostly Photoshoped digital painting on top of the original sketch and probably 75% complete... and there's a good chance it'll stay that way. She's a character from an old Tamora Pierce book I used to read over and over again.

The Milliners

2010-10-14T22:24:00.002-04:00

Yes, I could use a kick in the butt right now. This is the only kind of rubbish I've been doing lately.

The Misfortunes of Arthur

2010-09-20T19:32:00.005-04:00

Slapped this together for a last-minute deadline. Sadly there was not enough time to add dead bodies to the scarred and smoking battlefield (which was the original plan). I also unfortunately used an OCEAN OF LAYERS in Photoshop and it just about killed my poor dear MacBook. But it's all worth it in the name of art, right?

Finished daisy card

2010-09-16T23:08:00.001-04:00

Cut paper. I added a nice thin rice paper behind the design to allow light to shine through.

In progress

2010-09-12T23:34:00.001-04:00

people post

2010-09-04T22:27:00.003-04:00

A few friends and a few strangers.

delilah

2010-08-13T00:18:00.007-04:00

There are a couple pleasant distractions in my life right now which have pushed art back a few notches. To prove I haven't completely slacked off, here's a kitty. (In progress).

rubber stamp party

2010-08-10T00:00:00.002-04:00

A rubber stamp I finished a few months ago for a couple that just got married this summer. It's based on the design of the bride's engagement ring, which contains their intertwined initials. D'aawwww.

back in action?

2010-08-04T08:37:00.002-04:00

Finally getting settled at my new apartment, now I need to get settled back into drawing again. This is pretty silly.

scooter joy

2010-07-10T14:20:00.003-04:00

I see this woman on her moped all the time on my way home from work and she always looks SO happy.

In other news, still think this song is adorable. And the remix.

WORLD CUP

2010-06-23T22:14:00.005-04:00

Cannot comprehend why the US is so lukewarm about soccer. If you can't find any other reason then seriously. Ladies. Soccer players are FIT. Enough said.

Anyways did these while watching New Zealand vs. Italy.

website update

2010-06-21T21:51:00.007-04:00

Mmm, meant to make a real update here, but instead spent time making piddly changes to the website. Not really worth mentioning... just transferring blog junk and a bio update. And I "spring-a-fied" the design.

By the way, I wish blogger had a "listening to" form like LiveJournal does. Whatevers. Gramophonedzie. New summer soundtrack.

a friend for Samantha

2010-06-16T00:23:00.004-04:00

This isn't finished, but I couldn't sleep so here it is. Found another giant silkworm moth! From the same subfamily as my polyphemus (the moth on top)! Came across this one on the streets of downtown Roanoke of all places. This one had a much easier time in the relaxing chamber. I left it in for a little over 24 hours and made sure to add a thin layer of Comet disinfectant, which seemed to keep potential mold from growing.

myriapods are odd

2010-06-11T21:00:00.008-04:00

I had a lovely time last summer doing measured microscope drawings for the VMNH's resident entomologist. Some of them were recently published. I'm sure you can give a gander at what bits of the millipede these represent. All I can say is I feel sorry for the female.

practice

2010-06-07T22:29:00.003-04:00

Listening to Dr. Horrible did not make this better. Grr.

costume

2010-06-03T21:41:00.001-04:00

New project.

secret of kells fanart 2

2010-05-19T23:34:00.001-04:00

Ugh need to stop sketching and start finishing things and oops was supposed to pack tonight.

dino bear continued

2010-05-18T22:49:00.006-04:00

In-progress Adobe Illustrator practice... I need to force myself to finish more pieces, so I'm attempting to make this into a t-shirt design. That project might be put on hold, though, as the rest of May is going to be crazy insane.

bearasaurus

2010-05-09T23:20:00.003-04:00

Bearasaurus is her idea, not mine, but I needed one this week.

Sunday night figure drawing

2010-05-03T00:27:00.002-04:00

Reclining model portrait... for right-side-up viewing, I'll make you work for it. Turn your darn head to the side.

Sunday Night figure drawing

2010-04-18T21:47:00.004-04:00

<--- my head included for scale. Woah, I drew something big. So proud of myself.

We had a crowd tonight and I actually did some drawings that I was happy with! And it was even a male model, which is normally much more difficult for me. But SOMEbody who shall remain nameless borrowed my camera so I'm stuck with craptastic photobooth images for now.

Secret of Kells

2010-04-15T21:00:00.014-04:00

Colored during an epic 10-hour skype conversation... a new personal best for me. I don't even know how it's humanly possible to skype for 10 hours straight, but it happened. GUYS SKYPE ME, IT'S MY NEW FAVORITE THING. It won't replace my dear Gchat anytime soon, but GOSH I LOVE IT.

I consider it my professional duty to keep up to date on current animation, so here's fanart for that recent Irish-French-Belgian feature film starring monks and illuminated manuscripts, hells yes.

easter thanks

2010-04-11T12:09:00.004-04:00

Finally able to find the time to make cards for people again. Crocodiles make Easter more fun.

In other news, went to a windless kite festival and somehow ended up on the Blue Ridge Parkway many more times than I was expecting. The parkway and I are getting pretty close but it's a little clingy so I think we should start seeing other people.

imaginary house

2010-04-07T09:32:00.002-04:00

I like drawing imaginary houses when I'm stuck somewhere with no reference and nothing interesting to draw.

return of the updates

2010-03-25T23:00:00.005-04:00

Whew, finally done with a very enjoyable but whopper of a freelance project (60 illustrations in 4 weeks.. ouch). I spoiled myself by drawing whatever I wanted... which ended up being Rosalind from As You Like It again. Rubbish.

hallo

2010-02-21T00:48:00.012-05:00

Busy busy busy with big freelance project. (And... fine I'll admit to watching the Olympics. A lot) So arm doodles are all that's happening right now.

But spring is finally around the bend! Today's excitement... played in the dirt. Bulbs started peeking above the snow and my indoors lily pad sprouted. I hope to do some serious frolicking outside tomorrow. Alas, my backyard is too small for kite-flying... must find suitable location.

More heads

2010-02-13T22:22:00.001-05:00

brr

2010-02-06T23:10:00.010-05:00

Oh no, sentimental nonsense. But then who wouldn't want to snuggle with a Tibetan Mastiff?

I blame my snuggly mood on Mumford & Sons, whose new album is perfect winter weather listening. It's been a long while since I've heard a love song I actually liked, and these are surprisingly sweet and sincere. Some good live tunes here and here but MOST OF ALL this single.

snow dance!

2010-02-05T20:51:00.004-05:00

Celebratory sketches for today's STUPENDOUSLY SNOWY SNOW STORM. Besides drawing these I also made pancakes for lunch. (Or should I say I had a bowl of maple syrup. I think there might have been some pancakes floating in there.)

a multitude of severed heads

2010-01-31T01:00:00.008-05:00

Sketches while watching a silly version of As You Like It set in Japan but acted entirely by Westerners. I don't think directors should be allowed to indulge their Eastern fetishes for the sake of "atmosphere". It just falls into a sad pit of pointless cliches. Sorry Kenneth Branagh. Shakespeare does not need ninjas or sumo wrestlers or kabuki.

elk

2010-01-28T21:12:00.003-05:00

It was one of those days when I just needed to draw on my arm.

On second thought, this doesn't really look like an elk, or a stag for that matter. Maybe a snow deer?

website update

2010-01-27T23:37:00.005-05:00

Not much of an update, more of a pruning. But I did add a section for sketches and a few new illustrations here and there. Got rid of a lot of irrelevant junk like my metals and 3D work. I'd like my work to be a little more unified and less sprawling. Variety tends to confuse potential employers.

Sherlock Holmes is so much cooler than you

2010-01-26T20:12:00.004-05:00

Something old I fixed up. Trying to seriously reevaluate and rebuild my portfolio, which means digging through old art and deciding what's worth saving. I have an unbelievable amount of art from school that I like but just isn't up to my standards... should I move on or try to salvage...?

Sunday night figure drawing

2010-01-24T21:46:00.012-05:00

Finally finally finally finally finally finally FINALLY found a figure drawing group in the area. What a relief. SO blissfully happy. Sadly, it only meets every other week (?!), but I can be grateful for what I have.

Also, this is nearly a year old, but I just found it while pawing through some old oil paintings. That makes it new, right?

I apologize in advance

2010-01-21T14:49:00.006-05:00

To be frank, this is kind of ridiculous. I feel like I should purge myself by drawing dead puppies.

Ladies

2010-01-13T00:26:00.007-05:00

These started off as drawings of Terry Pratchett's Nanny Ogg, who I've always imagined as a Mrs. Potts who sells drugs for a little extra knitting allowance on the side. They deviated from this course, but I blame my poor attention span on my inability to breathe due to a cranky cold. I'm also a little high on tea. 9 CUPS TODAY, GUYS. IT DOES A BODY GOOD.

Also, cannot stop listening to this song. Everyone needs a little more British electropop in their lives, right?

Bongo

2010-01-03T16:42:00.002-05:00

Here's another christmas gift, sketch + rough acrylics. In case anyone doesn't recognize him, it's Bongo from the 1947 animated short. He's promoting literacy among the woodland creatures. NO RABBIT LEFT BEHIND.

Christmas Card 2009

2010-01-01T10:38:00.007-05:00

I think everyone has gotten their card by now, so here it is... animated! Shmancy.

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-26T20:27:00.003-05:00

I can finally start posting Christmas gifts... here's a portrait of mum, along with the initial sketch and underpainting. I also did one of dad, but it turned out as another classic example of why I can't paint, so I'd rather pretend it never happened.

saturation makes the sun shine

2009-12-19T00:34:00.001-05:00

Old, but I made it extra orange to make up for that.

Roaming Rabbits

2009-11-29T16:26:00.008-05:00

Carved these linoleum stamps this week for my sister's present... which she knows about so I'm not ruining the surprise. They're to be used on fabric.

The White Cat

2009-11-24T21:12:00.004-05:00

I had a really girly moment this weekend and decided I had to watch "Sleeping Beauty" the ballet. The production I found online by the Paris Ballet was sensory overload, with every last dancer trimmed like a pastry puff. Not only that, the highly decorative set really competed with the onstage action. The costuming in the Royal Ballet's production is still sumptuous but has a more prudent use of detail, so I stuck with London.

Anyways, the third act contains these random character dances that I found more entertaining than the main narrative. One included Puss in Boots and his lady friend. I have no idea why they were invited to the wedding.

This Day in History: November 17

2009-11-21T16:24:00.004-05:00

According to some random website, this was the "history of the day" for this past Tuesday. Unfortunately, my depiction is kind of inaccurate; Wilhelm's one arm was crippled from birth, so he wouldn't be able to properly display "angst hands".

Website redecorating

2009-11-18T17:36:00.008-05:00

I thought I'd take care of a few misc. projects before Christmas sets in and I spend an entire month drawing people their Christmas presents. Project 1: Website is ugly. Make it not ugly.

I was looking for something a bit classy and I've been obsessing over antique advertising typography lately... so this is the result.

ALSO, the New York Public Library has made some of their amazing digital collection available online. I highly recommend Kitagawa Utamaro's woodcuts and the Vintage Holiday Postcards. Go drool.

bad dog

2009-11-15T21:14:00.002-05:00

Our official mascot at work got into some awful trouble this past Friday when he devoured a dozen pumpkin cookies the manager had baked. He slunk into my office to escape a scolding and spent the rest of the afternoon gazing pitifully up at me from beneath my desk.

her doberman eats babies for breakfast

2009-11-14T22:39:00.007-05:00

Couldn't stand that last entry being the first thing I see when I open my blog, so here's progress on this one. Now time for some name dropping only relevant to myself... definitely attempting to channel some William Pogany here, but his influence is dangerous for me considering my complete avoidance of value. So I've been soaking in Henry Clarke and Kay Nielsen to counteract my bare lines with some sort of pattern. But I have trouble making pattern fit the character of my linework, so I thought I'd look to Arthur Rackham who relies entirely on the power of his line and adds some hazy values as an afterthought. If that doesn't work, I might need to ditch the classic western illustrators for some good old Japanese woodblock prints.

Oh yeah, and ... it needs a background. And maybe more dobermans. Or maybe a background consisting ENTIRELY OF DOBERMANS.

L-l-l-logos

2009-11-11T21:45:00.006-05:00

Initial design ideas...

The final logo...

It's so unprofessional to say this, but I don't enjoy designing logos. I think it shows. These were for Henry County Public Schools (see website) from my 3-month stint of freelancing this summer.

person post V

2009-11-02T00:28:00.004-05:00

There's this lady who comes by our store on a regular basis... and all she buys are VESTS. You know, the ones with the novelty prints that are only worn by elementary school teachers. And they always had the matching apple earrings? Yes, those. I never get a good glimpse of her because I work in a back office, but this is how I imagine her to look.

Kittens!

2009-10-29T19:56:00.003-04:00

A good number of people I know are having a bad week, so I decided the world needs more kittens.

JS & MN II

2009-10-25T16:48:00.000-04:00

An inkier version.

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell

2009-10-24T21:45:00.004-04:00

It took me FOREVER to do Mr. Norrell. And I still wasn't able to make him squirrely, petty, cross, anxious, and vulnerable enough. But this is why it takes me forever to draw eeeevvveeerrryyytttthhhiiiinggg. Because nobody else cares if he's not squirrely, petty, cross, anxious, and vulnerable enough but I doooooooo.

The Sheep Toss

2009-10-19T00:00:00.003-04:00

This is the punch line of a bit of silliness that took place at a Highlanders Festival a few weeks back.

Included in the general festivities at this event are traditional Scottish games, such as the throwing of the caber and the stone put. Another event is a certain "Sheaf Toss", during which contestants fling a burlap sack filled with straw over a bar. Due to some confusion, and even though she has attended this festival for approximately 5 + years, my sister was under the impression that this was in fact a "Sheep Toss" and simulated the bygone tradition of chucking livestock into the barn via pitchfork.

We were corrected by a nearby stranger who had the misfortune to overhear us discussing how a sheep could possibly be flung into a barn without incurring severe bodily harm.

person post IV

2009-10-18T15:55:00.003-04:00

person post III

2009-10-12T22:42:00.008-04:00

Shrunken heads. These had to go in my day book because my sketchbook is not small and sneaky enough.

I keep forgetting to take pictures/ scan various art projects before I give them away. So... nothing here but sketches, as per usual.

person post II

2009-09-30T22:18:00.003-04:00

I saw this AMAZING woman in goodwill. Her outfit was too amazing to be captured by this sad sketch. But please note the fringe boots. And understand that this entire getup was all black and yellow.

Person post

2009-09-21T22:16:00.004-04:00

Oh right, this is not what I'm supposed to be working on. ANYways, library sketch. Because I can't draw fast enough, to the right are notes.

monkeys and bows

2009-09-19T21:56:00.005-04:00

This is not the final pass on this one, but I need to put it aside for now to work on something else. It's based on a sketch from last year that I decided could only be improved by the addition of monkeys. Now I think it needs more bows.

<3 radio

2009-09-15T22:55:00.006-04:00

Miscellaneous in-progress... worked on primarily while listening to the amazing This American Life, specifically this week's episode: Frenemies. Oh, frenemies.

Long radio silence due to new job/ moving/ life and such. I should probably make a resolution to update this thing on a regular schedule.

ANACHRONISTIC CHAIR.

new friends!

2009-08-20T18:47:00.008-04:00

I'm hoping the eggs this little gal laid on our porch will hatch this summer. For now, here's Samantha the giant silk moth... who used to be Samson until I realized he was in fact a she. You can sex this type by its antenae... male Polyphemus moths have a much bushier pair, used to scope out the ladies. Adult Polyphemus moths last only about a week after they mate/lay eggs. Reproduction is the sole purpose of their mature form. In fact, these moths don't eat after their transformation, and don't even possess functioning mouths.

Samantha's short adulthood ended a few days ago, but I'm certain her caterpillar-hood was full of crunchy leaves (according to Wikipedia, the caterpillar of the Polyphemus moth can eat 86,000 times its weight at emergence in a little less than two months. Gosh). I am hoping her brood will carry on her fuzzy legacy. Even if I have to feed them an entire tree.

Graphite on vellum.

Jeeves & Wooster

2009-08-18T23:58:00.003-04:00

I desperately needed to draw fanart for J&W, so here's Bertie and Stiffy and from Season 2's "A Plan for Gussie" in which Stiffy refuses to relinquish a certain slanderous black notebook.

old art redo

2009-08-16T09:14:00.001-04:00

my fraktur

2009-08-15T18:57:00.004-04:00

I needed some fraktur script for a little project, so I thought it'd be nice to make myself a custom font. Little did I know this is virtually impossible without paying for expensive software. YourFont was great until they decided to charge for it. And all the rest of the freeware I found does not allow you to adjust the kerning. So I ended up just moving letters one by one in Photoshop.

All the lettering is done with an italic fountain pen.

misc. calligraphy

2009-08-13T11:46:00.004-04:00

A little bit of old and new. I totally broke that pledge about eating grilled chicken from the Portfolio.

All of the lettering is executed with a dip pen and Quink.

cardinals

2009-07-29T16:48:00.002-04:00

Seeing a lot of these guys around this summer... more for the VMNH.

New website... again

2009-07-28T21:54:00.005-04:00

Unfortunately, after I moved my sketchblog back to blogger, Wordpress exhausted its usefulness. It never functioned very well as a portfolio site, and I was so sick of the Lightbox gallery feature which operated outside/on top of the frame instead of within it. I had seen Indexhibit a few years back but didn't realize its great potential at the time. With it, I have a lot more control over the organization of my gallery, which is tough with my annoyingly varied portfolio. Anyways, here it is.

political portraits

2009-07-24T23:17:00.004-04:00

This is from maybe a half a year ago, but I don't think I ever got around to posting it, and it remained unfinished for months. I seriously have maybe 30+ "unfinished" drawings hanging around that are actually done but I am unsatisfied with. Maybe someday I will catch up on all of them...

home sweet home

2009-07-22T23:33:00.002-04:00

For the VMNH.

kiddies

2009-07-21T20:32:00.002-04:00

I keep thinking I shouldn't upload unfinished work, but then I remember "Oh, it's a sketchblog, that's what you're supposed to do."

i like lichen

2009-07-20T14:03:00.004-04:00

This goes with my little balloon flower that I completed last week. They're both part of a scientific/botanical illustration portfolio I was compiling. The headings on this piece were hand-lettered.

Web design

2009-07-17T15:43:00.011-04:00

Stumbled across this in my files the other day! I totally forgot about the website I designed for my mother some two odd years ago. It needed a little brushing up, but all the css and content is still intact. Most of the elements are scripted in a fixed position so the content isn't very dynamic (for example, it won't move or change based on the size of the window), but it was a way of solving some design problems I was running into at the time. My favorite bit is still the bio page.

Click here to check it out.

summer flowers

2009-07-15T22:42:00.002-04:00

There aren't many flowers blooming in the front yard right now, so I was stuck with these. Good thing they're fun. Colored pencil and watercolor.

princesses and shoes

2009-07-14T23:23:00.002-04:00

Busy busy busy today, reformatting portfolio work. In the meantime... something silly.

skull comparison

2009-07-13T09:53:00.003-04:00

I'm not sure how much catch-up I should be playing, I have piles and piles of art that's either unscanned or just unfinished. I doubt it's all worth returning to, but there's some of it that I still like. For the sake of updating I might as well post it. This is something I doodled back during the spring in scientific illustration.

How to paint a birdhouse

2009-07-08T22:07:00.002-04:00

Some unused icons for a client.

the dog

2009-07-07T15:45:00.003-04:00

This show is CRAZY. But awful TV makes fun art, and it made finals just a little bit easier to stomach. Still catching up on posting old work... lots to do.

Grateful rabbits

2009-07-02T22:27:00.004-04:00

I made thank-you cards for all the well-wishers who came to my graduation. The background patterns are all from Jo-Ann's great cardstock paper packs.

Updating once more.

2009-07-02T19:27:00.008-04:00

Decided to move the blog back to here to clean up my main website. I'm so behind on updates, and there's a lot of work I need to polish and reformat, but that's for another day. For now, here's the little image I whipped up for the new site design. I'm not normally fond of colored pencil, but I like the texture it adds once you foodle with the values in Photoshop.

Back to blogspot!

2008-09-25T12:48:00.010-04:00

Emily bemily has moved ... to a less silly URL.

I really wanted to merge my sketchblog and portfolio, and the only site that offered that flexibility was Wordpress. Even though php is a little over my head, which makes customization difficult. NONETHELESS.

I hereby close this sketchblog, and redirect all interested viewers to my awesome new domain name:

www.EMILYKOHLER.com

COOL.

I missed blogspot! I'm coming home!