Nothing better than a wide smile....

My drawing for Illustration Friday's topic Wide! Smiles all around. I dont think the small guy stands a chance, do you?

All images copyright Crystal Stromer 2008.

Return of the colored pencils....

I was thinking my blog needed a color pop, and then remembered once upon a time I used to use nothing but colored pencils. It was the first thing I was taught to use when I was younger and still my favorite! I kinda felt like my left arm was complete again (my blog also needs a nerdy Sweeney Todd reference). Anyways, here is the first prismacolor drawing I have done in a long long time...I am thinking of entering it in the primsacolor contest, see if I still know how to work these pencils! Yay!

All images copyright Crystal Stromer 2008.

A year has passed....

It was a year ago today I lost someone I cared about dearly. A whole year and it still hasn't gotten any easier. I think about him everyday and still have a empty space that I know no one can ever fill. Not only was he my best friend and my family but he was an amazing artist that was taken before his time. Just wanted to share his wonderful talent. Your Crystal-lady misses you, Randy-man.

wrin·kly rhino feet

I took this picture of rhino feet at the zoo one day, thought it would make a rad pic! And turns out the topic for Illustration Friday is wrinkles! Which will make this my first post for it! Yay! Random fact: Rhinos have keen hearing and sense of smell, but poor eyesight, so they sometimes charge trees and rocks, thinking they are threats. That is all.

Camelus dromedarius

Continuing my camel kick, here is another camel pic!

Swimming Camel

I had a dream the other night about a swimming camel....

An African even-toed ungulate mammal

Finally joining the 21st century and this thing called technology I present my very first blog post! Yay! Let's celebrate with a drawing of a giraffe!

All images copyright Crystal Stromer 2008.