tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946005791409294272024-03-12T20:28:48.542-07:00Laura Slater's Tea Time Sketch BlogMy name is Laura Slater (Buller); illustrator and concept artist. This is a place to put up projects, daily sketches, warm-ups and miscellaneous art things that come out of my mind. My portfolio website can be found at LauraSlaterIllustrations.com.Laura Bullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17981872073280016775noreply@blogger.comBlogger258125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394600579140929427.post-37513507216034935412014-05-16T20:00:00.004-07:002014-05-16T20:00:40.351-07:00GODZILLA!!!I did a Sketch Dailies twitter challenge quick paint during down time at work. This took a total of about 2 hours from thumbnails to finish.<br />
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<br />Laura Bullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17981872073280016775noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394600579140929427.post-10226571156635809492014-04-30T17:53:00.003-07:002014-04-30T17:53:40.394-07:00Sketch Dailies: Caipora<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sketch Dailies challenge: Caipora- A Brazilian mythological guy with a long mane of black hair, who smokes cigars and rides pigs and protects the forest.<br />
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Laura Bullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17981872073280016775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394600579140929427.post-91078272102659108272014-04-28T15:01:00.001-07:002014-04-28T15:01:23.387-07:00Bad Case of the JITTERSI had WAY too much coffee today. I keep grinding my teeth and drawing is harder than it should be. Curse you, coffee temptress, curse you!<br />
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Laura Bullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17981872073280016775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394600579140929427.post-12694834181190005072014-04-18T14:10:00.000-07:002014-04-18T14:11:08.438-07:00How to Put on Skinny JeansHaving a brain block of a week, so here's a little comic about fashion.<br />
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<br />Laura Bullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17981872073280016775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394600579140929427.post-84357714236276348842014-04-15T15:56:00.004-07:002014-04-15T15:57:32.712-07:00Spaceships and Castles and Wolves, OH MY!Hey guys, sorry I've been so busy. I'm doing a lot of non-art at my day job (just managing and correcting and client wrangling), and stuff I can't show yet for my freelance job. But I did send some rough concepts to a company who was looking for artists recently. These are supposed to be large coloring book posters.<br />
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I didn't get a contract (which is why I can post them here), but that just means I can use these concepts for something else later.<br />
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Anyways, any update is better than no update so here ya go!Laura Bullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17981872073280016775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394600579140929427.post-49827373873901789142014-04-08T20:25:00.002-07:002014-04-08T20:25:50.891-07:00Survival<div class="post_body">
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Laura Bullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17981872073280016775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394600579140929427.post-90062799254437992372014-02-13T00:05:00.000-08:002014-02-13T00:05:02.205-08:00Unkissable Cobra ThrowbackI was working on the second draft/rewrite for my children's book (The Unkissable Cobra) and it got me in the mood to paint. Fortunately, I had this old sketch from the first pass of the book already color-blocked from a while ago, so I stated messing with it.<br />
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I think it came out kind of muddy and for the final book these pages will need a different approach, but it was fun to give the old snake a little love.<br />
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A sassy Faun and little Satyr. I went and did some investigating into the differences, and it turns outt hat Satrys were originally stocky little woodfolk with the ears and tail of a donkey. I love stocky folk (dwaaarvvvvvessss) so naturally I had to go that route this time. Also, they're both typically male but ladies are so much more fun to draw with all them chest and pit hairs.<br />
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These drawings were so quick and sloppy- and the poses are stiff because of it. I'd like to explore that faun character a little more another time and get something better out of it.<br />
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And a lovable skunk.<br />
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Not entirely sure why my strict B&W images are going grey and brown here, but I'll figure it out later. Laura Bullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17981872073280016775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394600579140929427.post-28817621214180594082014-02-03T18:43:00.000-08:002014-02-03T18:43:38.157-08:00Downtime DoodlesI got some very usual down time today since our servers at work borked and there's only so much I can do without access to the client/artist forum. So in between odd jobs and the occasional client e-mail check via phone, I did some quick doodles.<br />
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<br />Laura Bullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17981872073280016775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394600579140929427.post-57834408203079238382013-11-09T22:09:00.000-08:002013-11-09T22:09:04.366-08:00SMOOSHI drew a smoosh face cat for fun!<br />
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SMOOOOOSHLaura Bullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17981872073280016775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394600579140929427.post-57878454698524322762013-10-26T14:00:00.002-07:002013-10-26T14:00:54.890-07:00Figure Drawing Means I'm Covered in CharcoalI went to a figure drawing session this week! OH MAN am I rusty with charcoal! Whooo!<br />
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I had a pretty rough start, and you can tell from the heavy-handedness that I was a bit frustrated with my results. It wasn't until I switched to pencil that I realized I was working just too darned small for charcoal (each drawing, save a few, is about 8"-11" tall/long ). How silly! I think next time I will try inks if I stay at this size.<br />
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Because I was working so small, I was able to do some thumbnailing/experimentation with the last two poses in the time limit, which was nice. Next time I think I will work larger though, so I can really focus on lighting and line quality.<br />
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So much fun, though!!Laura Bullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17981872073280016775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394600579140929427.post-57595317131102789812013-10-22T21:30:00.001-07:002013-10-22T22:13:49.036-07:00Scuba Diving Comic Book Resume Bonanza!I just finished with a project for a friend where we turned his Scuba Diving Instructor resume into a 4-page comic book. The story behind it is that he locked his three references in an interrogation/conference room until they write him a resume so awesome he can't possibly NOT get a job.<br />
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Here are the visuals without the text. It was pretty tongue-in-cheek in a lot of areas and fun to draw!<br />
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It begins with his epic birth and journey toward current day....<br />
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I wanted to do something silly and my friend Alexandria (http://www.ajcondon3d.com/) helped me brainstorm this one during a power-brainstorm session. <br />
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My favorite part is this:<br />
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That frog is a metaphor for my bills right now.<br />
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<br />Laura Bullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17981872073280016775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-394600579140929427.post-62860610428772647892013-10-09T11:16:00.003-07:002013-10-09T11:16:45.955-07:00CTN Challenge 2013Hey folks! I've been doing a lot of tidying up on my portfolio to get ready for CTN this year. This will be the first year I've gone. ANyways, they have these art challenges available for participants and I opted to try my hand at <a href="http://ctnrecruiting.com/contest_details.php?id=8"><u>this one</u></a>. <br />
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Here's the process... (minus the thumbnails, which were unusually messy and mostly on napkins this time)<br />
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At this point,I started shopping it around to colleagues for feedback. Here's another with some tweaks based on critiques:<br />
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And, after a final round of tweaking, the finished version!<br />
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A sloppy color study.<br />
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And the final!<br />
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And here's my "cool down" painting from last night. It's a selfie- I'm trying to figure out how to draw myself with my new hair. Hm.''<br />
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And I also had my hair all cut off the other day. I'm still adapting.<br />
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