I spent a few hours putting together a step by step guide to drawing mermaids. I did this for the Mermaids Group on deviantArt. Mermaids have become more popular than ever--there's even a "World Mermaid Awards" con in Las Vegas next month.

I did all the art on the iPad in the Brushes app, using the Pogo stylus. One of the cool features of Brushes ( Read more... )

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Tiny, quick, very tough to spot unless you catch one in a beam of sunlight, Grass Pixies. Painted with the Brushes app on my iPhone, about two hours. Video below.

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I painted this for Illustration Friday topic: Frozen, about an hour in the Brushes app on my iPhone.


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On a roll! Another Shark Girl painting on the iPhone with the Brushes app.  Painted this one today at lunch, really got into the underwater lighting.

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Painted with the Brushes app on my iPhone.


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Sketched this on my iPhone using the Brushes app, going for something a bit fun...although the shark is looking right at you!


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Finished up painting another mermaid this morning--in the Brushes app on my iPhone.  This one's a little manga-ish, and have I mentioned how much I love the layering features in Brushes? I don't think I'd be able to do shading anywhere near as subtle without layers.

Are you a Brushes user?  I'm wondering how many use a stylus?  I bought one, ( Read more... )

This is actually a quick sketch of Kassandra's father, Gregor, (from my novel Seaborn) who's had an awful life, years as a slave to a king, betrayed, beaten down, but he's managed to get most of his life back in order.


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A mermaid off the California coast, shaking her head. This male Garibaldi (damselfish) wants nothing more than to show off his hard work, a nesting ground he's cultivated and ferociously protects. He's clucking madly, dashing to the nest to attract females to lay their eggs...but perhaps he's a bit too enthusiastic.

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