Shawnee's Big Blog Thing

2010-01-29T13:10:00.000-08:00

Snow Day!

2010-01-22T09:55:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to me! we got snow. this is the view from our kitchen window.

Van Buren

2008-08-05T10:12:00.000-07:00

This is my husband, Terrell's Hometown.

watercolorin

2008-06-23T11:49:00.001-07:00

Paden at 4 months

2008-06-04T22:29:00.000-07:00

my brother snapped this picture at a yard sale we were having.

from the archives

2008-04-18T11:44:00.000-07:00

I found these while going through an old portfolio from school... most of the stuff i just tossed, but there were a few drawings that were kinda fun.

i-5 fun

2008-04-16T19:30:00.000-07:00

Some sketchbook drawings of a trip through the central valley. Its very boring after you've driven it a few times, so I tried to make it fun by drawing while in the back seat of the car. The result is a bunch of drawings that barely resemble anything... but it did make the time go by faster.

Check out shawnee's world

2008-04-05T12:24:00.000-07:00

I used to work at Disney Consumer Products, and they were located in the "Tower building"... in burbank. we would get lots of planes, helicopters and the like flying by. This time it was a blimp. My Husband, Terrell, started drawing comics of me when we were dating... actually he drew lots of other people too, and you can find many of the comics on his new blog: shawnee's world.

Santa

2008-04-05T12:13:00.001-07:00

I promise I will be posting some art soon, but for now here is a picture of Paden at Christmas.

This morning

2008-01-07T13:57:00.000-08:00

model

2007-09-16T10:50:00.001-07:00

Llamas and other random zoo animals

2007-08-30T08:08:00.001-07:00

found these the other day.

Uh....

2007-08-29T07:16:00.001-07:00

I dont know what i was thinking!

Fish

2007-08-27T11:24:00.001-07:00

I started out drawing fish and it became a horse. Typical.

Greyhound

2007-08-26T08:27:00.001-07:00

Some old Giraffe paintings

2007-08-25T10:02:00.001-07:00

Egrets

2007-08-24T20:54:00.001-07:00

Wall*E

2007-08-23T09:17:00.000-07:00

Check out this website! http://www.buynlarge.com/

Dream

2007-08-23T07:51:00.001-07:00

I had dream, and when i woke up I painted it.

Restless

2007-08-20T07:11:00.001-07:00

I found this while going through some old artwork a couple of days ago. Thought it was kinda neat. Anatomically it isnt really correct, but i like the movement of it. It is grey chalk on large tracing paper. We had a model that brought her dog and it wouldnt sit still, so i roughed in the light grey to try and capture the movement, and then defined it with the dark.

just a little doodle

2007-08-17T15:59:00.001-07:00

more horse sketches

2007-08-15T18:11:00.001-07:00

Equestrian Antics

2007-08-08T11:49:00.001-07:00

A trip to the L.A. equestrian center yielded a whole bunch of fun sketches. There was a horse show so it was a busy place.

Paden

2007-07-31T19:29:00.000-07:00

My favorite person

2007-07-27T08:13:00.000-07:00

Unfinished

2007-07-25T06:50:00.000-07:00

I began but just got bored with it.

Sketchy

2007-07-24T17:47:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I just doodle... and it leads to this...

Jeff

2007-07-22T10:13:00.000-07:00

A visit to Grandma's

2007-07-21T00:02:00.000-07:00

Lazy Day

circus horse

2007-07-20T07:33:00.000-07:00

Arabian

2007-07-19T17:21:00.000-07:00

I was looking through some of my horse magazines and was noticing how deformed arabian horses look.

cookies

2007-04-18T13:11:00.000-07:00

A little mailer Terrell did for his company a while back. I was cleaning my files and came across it.

Peaches

2007-03-05T12:21:00.000-08:00

Our peach tree is in bloom. Terrell took these.

After These Messages

2007-02-23T12:50:00.000-08:00

This is an art piece I did for a recent show i was in. I have to credit my husband, Terrell, for really helping me out with this one. Being pregnant, I think I am missing a few brain cells when it comes to problem solving, so he helped me figure out how to get to my desired result. Thanks Terrell!

Belle

2007-02-09T12:05:00.000-08:00

Some projects at work are more fun than others. I had the opportunity to draw Belle with her horse Philippe, so here's the pencil... Belle's face isnt quite there yet, but otherwise I like how it turned out. I also posted the final. I dont get to work on actual film accurate characters that much at work, so its nice when I do get the chance. Mostly I do stylizations of characters, warping and changing them into different illustration styles, some being more succesful than others.

2007-02-08T17:08:00.001-08:00

Art Show

2007-02-07T12:53:00.000-08:00

I have entered a piece of art in an art show for display this weekend. Lots of really great artists are also in the show, so I feel really priveleged to have been able to participate. I'm not sure who did the flyer art, but its fun. Check out the website:
http://gallerynucleus.com/default.php?sitepage=event&eventID=62

Rock Safari

2007-02-01T18:09:00.000-08:00

I designed some signage for my church's nursery rooms, they had a safari theme. I thought it turned out cute.

2007-01-24T12:42:00.000-08:00

Mermaid

2007-01-23T12:54:00.000-08:00

A little mermaid playing with seal pups.

Bath House Row

2007-01-22T12:58:00.000-08:00

These are some pix from a recent trip to Arkansas, visiting family.

Life Drawing

2007-01-19T18:07:00.000-08:00

Rhinos

2006-09-09T00:40:00.000-07:00

Rhinos always look so sad at the zoo.

2006-09-09T00:08:00.000-07:00

I find snakes fascinating.

Mad Hitters

2006-09-06T12:51:00.000-07:00

For a short time, I was a member of the "Mad Hitters"... a company softball team. They gave us shirts. The sizes were a bit off.

Ordos

2006-09-06T12:35:00.000-07:00

Terrell almost never called in sick, but when he did he was miserable. I came home one evening after work, he had been home, and he was sitting in our apartment, on the floor, wrapped in a blanket, playing video games. and all the lights were off. So i fixed him some hot tea and told him to go to bed. The fight for the planet can wait til another day.

Love Story

2006-08-22T13:07:00.000-07:00

I've been at Disney now for a little over 6 years. I began working as a freelancer for Jeff Shelly. When you are new to a job, it takes a while sometimes to make friends. I knew a guy that worked here that I went to school with and he invited me to hang out with him and his RSM buddies. We all would go out to lunch, go bowling, make movies... it was fun! As events at work changed, people hung out less, but the guy from school (if you havent guessed it yet, it was Terrell) and I started doing more stuff together, and became fast friends. We flirted back and forth and on Valentine's Day, he gave me this little card and chocolates. After that, he would draw little pictures of me and put them on my door, desk, email, wherever. it was so cute! and so was he!... so.... we got married.
He's still cute.
THE END.

Disney

2006-08-15T12:34:00.000-07:00

At Disney, what happens alot is that i am handed artwork that someone else started and told to add to, modify, or improve the art. "Just Disney" was an art style, i think from japan or someplace, and exchanged hands a few times and ended up in my lap. They had done Pooh Piglet, Eeyore, and Tigger and Dumbo. I did the rest. The program was finally cancelled due to its close similarity to "Cuties"... which I also ended up working on.

Last pages

2006-08-09T12:18:00.000-07:00

This is the last of the sketchbook pages... at least for a while. Some sketches from a marine biology class, Norman Klein (one of my teachers from college), a wildebeast forrest and a few other odds and ins.

Grandpa Gil

2006-08-07T12:26:00.000-07:00

This is Grandpa Gil. He was very grumpy all the time. But I loved him alot. He had a quiet way about him. When I was a kid he taught me how to track animals and build things. He died last year... he was in his 90's I think.

Studies

2006-08-06T15:33:00.000-07:00

More zoo studies and a dog.

Maya oh Maya

2006-08-04T17:08:00.000-07:00

So, I've been taking Maya classes... Its really fun and I enjoy it, though I am not yet that great at it. My husband is taking classes as well, and he has really taken to it, so it makes it more fun for me because we can work together to problem solve. Anyway... Here is one of the assignments we had for our class... it still needs a little work, but i thought it was kinda neat.

Random Pages

2006-08-04T12:16:00.000-07:00

Here's some more sketchbook pages. None of it makes any sense of course... Its a sketch book.

Apes

2006-08-03T12:30:00.000-07:00

In my quest to find images to add to my blog, I have stumbled across some old stuff. I put some of them together here. I am working on a couple of new things, but in the meantime, enjoy some history! I used to draw alot using a fine point pilot pen... its fun, but when you make a mistake you just have to work with it. These were done at the zoo in San Diego. I used watercolors as well as ink.

Mule Team

2006-08-02T12:32:00.000-07:00

This is old. Hay ride. Pumpkin patch. Pen and colored pencil.

Lime girl

2006-08-01T18:05:00.000-07:00

Girl in a lime sweatsuit at college. happened upon this drawing while cleaning out my garage. thought it was kinda cool... mostly it brings back memories of when i didnt have any paper, so i would just draw on whatever was available... this happens to be marker on slick tranparency film.

Snakes at the Zoo

2006-07-31T19:40:00.000-07:00

Some sketches of a very active snake at the zoo. Hey, when does "Snakes on a Plane" come out? That movie can't be good. I want to see it. And then i will regret it and be angry with myself for falling for the hype of such an obviously dumb movie.

Flamingos

2006-07-31T12:41:00.000-07:00

watercolor on mat board.

Mermaid with the crazy hair.

2006-07-27T19:46:00.000-07:00

Mexico

2006-07-11T12:53:00.000-07:00

This was a background I did a few years ago for "Its a Small World: Mexico" promotion. It wrapped around a colorbook cover.

Family

2006-07-09T17:28:00.000-07:00

My brother Joey, Sister Anna, Me, and Hubby Terrell at the mall.

Evil Bunnies

2006-07-07T12:42:00.000-07:00

I ran out of paper in a really boring meeting.

Old Sketchbook Page

2006-07-06T17:50:00.000-07:00

From college. Math class. Long time ago.

Dragons

2006-07-05T17:20:00.000-07:00

Some more little dragon sketches. Its fun.

Sketches

2006-06-29T12:41:00.000-07:00

Sometimes, when i am working on something that is frustrating, i will revert back to drawing something fun, and then it seems that the frustrating thing becomes easier... my mind just needs time to sort it out. Anyway, These centaur sketches are from such a time, and for lack of anything better at the moment, I posted them. The one on the right looks like he just won a bet and is assuming the "YeSSSSS!" pose.

White horse

2006-06-26T21:07:00.000-07:00

Vintage 70's wallpaper with a horse on it. Seems natural.

Appy

2006-06-23T20:46:00.000-07:00

I had so much fun doing the other one, I thought i would try it again.

Happy Little Horsey

2006-05-03T22:14:00.000-07:00

I was just playing around with my Cintiq, waiting for my husband to pick me up from work.

Icons

2006-03-22T12:36:00.000-08:00

I love creating Icons. Its really fun and there are endless possibilities of what you can do with them. I dont get to do it too often anymore at work, but here's a few I've created over the past few years.

Lost Shoe

2006-03-20T18:48:00.000-08:00

Where's my shoe? Where my coat? Did I pay the bills? So much work to do... sometimes I feel like Cindi.... Rush rush rush. Anyway, I'm working on some new poses for work, and kinda went off on a tangent. Its the end of a long Monday, and I'm anxiously awaiting Indian Food with my friend Jenny. MMMmmmmmm......Thought I would check my blog while waiting.

Uncle Cap

2006-03-11T13:29:00.000-08:00

My Uncle Cap passed away peacefully in his sleep last week. It was in Nor Cal, so my father and I went to visit with the family up there. The drive was beautiful. It was rainy and everything was vibrant green. Though it was under sad cercumstances, I love visiting with my family. Here's some pix.

Thing

2006-03-10T12:58:00.000-08:00

I Doodled this while staying the night at my grandma's house. It was one of those times when I could think of nothing in particular to draw, but I had the tools sitting in front of me... so I drew whatever popped into my head.

Gators

2006-03-10T12:20:00.000-08:00

I did these a while back in my sketchbook. Marker, colored pencil, ink on recycled paper.

Baby Dragon

2006-02-24T20:20:00.000-08:00

Some of the artists I work with get together and have a weekly art 'challenge', which involves choosing a topic and then creating art around it. A couple of weeks ago the topic was "Baby Dragon". Well, I'm a little behind, so I drew it up tonight. The art was supposed to be from a naturalists point of view, but I sorta left out that part and just did a cute version. I wonder what next weeks challenge will be? hope its something as fun as this was.

Snow White

2006-02-16T12:58:00.000-08:00

Today i thought i would post a little concept i did for a new princess pose.

Funny Little Ursula

2006-02-09T17:30:00.000-08:00

Here's a drawing I did for a project I had to work on. Dont know if the project ever went anywhere, but nevertheless it was enjoyable to work on. There were other characters, but this one turned out the nicest i think. Like many many other projects, It will probably go into the Disney archives, never to be seen again. And perhaps its for the best.

2006-02-08T18:14:00.000-08:00

A few of you asked to see more pix from our wedding, so here yah go! We took pictures at the library in Redlands, so thats the first pic, Terrell sculpted our wedding cake topper(2nd pic) and the last was Terrell before the wedding.

The final

2006-02-06T17:57:00.000-08:00

So here is the Illustration that I submitted to publishing for Pooh's 80th celebration. I dont know if they will chose my art to be used in the book, but i had a great time creating it.

Pooh's 80th celebration

2006-02-03T17:18:00.000-08:00

So this is the direction I'm headed with this Pooh's 80th illustration... I was originally planning on going more illustrative/realistic, but then decided to have fun with it and make it more fanciful. I'm really enjoying doing this! I'm about half way through ....

2006-01-31T17:53:00.000-08:00

So tonight I'm finishing up an Illustration for Disney...a little last minute. Its due tomorrow. Here's my rough sketch of an idea. Its My interpretation of Piglet and Pooh in the 100 acre wood in the winter. Of course I will have to add snow, and trees and stuff. I'll post what it turns out like later. This is one of my favorite scenes in the Pooh movies. Its when they discover tracks in the snow, made of course, by them, but they dont realize it because they are circling a small thicket of trees. They think its somebody else's tracks, and then they hear Tigger yelling and think its a Jagula. Its a really cute scene. If you havent seen it, well, you should.

The Wedding

2006-01-30T18:26:00.000-08:00

So, Its been a year and a half since Terrell and I got married.... and it dawned on me that there's a lot of my friends and family out there that havent seen any pictures...so I figured I would post them here. So, for Rebecca, Alicia, Mishell, and all the rest here's a little sampler. enjoy!

So much fun

2006-01-24T18:02:00.000-08:00

Jeff Shelly always kids me about my horse addiction. Well, I sure do like them and I love drawing them. And considering that almost every sketchbook I own contains equine studies of some sort, it would seem odd not to include some horses in this blog someplace. These sketches were the result of my visit to a ranch up north. But sorry Jeff, no unicorns or pegasus... yet.

Spotlight Princess

2006-01-23T18:50:00.000-08:00

These are a refresh of a series of pieces of art for Disney. These are really fun to do. Simple Illustrator work with a calligraphy stroke and color fill.

Getting Older

2006-01-20T17:31:00.000-08:00

So... tomorrow is my birthday. Tonight I will go out to dinner and then we will head out to see my family in redlands on Saturday. I dont mind getting older. I mean, Its not like I'm 35 yet. And thats old! Anyway, here's a little peice of art that has nothing to do with getting older.

Sketching at the zoo

2006-01-19T12:39:00.000-08:00

Went to the zoo and did some sketching.

Puppy Love

2006-01-18T15:58:00.000-08:00

I did this a last month for work. The best thing I like about my job is the variety. I get to try out lots of new styles and techniques. Today though, I was a little under the weather, so I stayed home from work and slept most of the day.

2006-01-17T14:35:00.000-08:00

These are some Illustrations in which I was trying to mimic the storybook style of Lane Smith, but keep the characters true to the model of the movie. Limited success here, but a fun experiment in photoshop techniques.

Old Stuff

2006-01-17T12:51:00.000-08:00

This is really old but first thing I came across that I liked. Just a little something for fun. I hope to have more stuff that I'm working on presently published on the site, but for now, enjoy.