Taking my Pixar inspiration to a new level, with Mike Wazowski from Pixar's Monster's Inc. Typically, Mike is colored green but since I wanted to put my own twist to my drawing, I made him black and white, while I painted the background green. I also found that putting Mike on the side, instead of the middle is far more appealing to the eye. Mike is thinking "Wow, I drew that?" because he looks surprised and I imagined him looking in the mirror at how great he looks. For the paint, I used water colors because we are focusing on water colors in school, so they were easily accessible. Mike and his thought bubbles were protected from the paint by white crayon. I  created this on regular paper, hoping that this piece would easy to carry around for my college portfolio or something.

A pencil, an eraser, a little inspiration and an uneventful school day led to my latest sketches. I'm starting to notice that I have a knack for sketching and shading (which will come in handy if Pixar needs a lightings person). The first one might remind one of Alice in Wonderland, but I personally just like the thought of walking around in a forest with the nicest dress I won. My favorite part of this drawing would be the texture of the trees, it might be hard to see through the computer, but I basically scribbled the leaves. The second one required more detailed shading and although I had lots of fun working on each shadow, I am not particularly "awed" by this one.

P.S. I used my new mac to sharpen and define these sketches, which would explain the clearer picture.