Adios Sketchbook

So, it's all packaged up and ready to go in the mail tomorrow. (It has to be post marked by Saturday. Nothin' like waiting til the last minute, eh?)



...sigh...



I'm kinda sad to see it go. But I've decided I'm going to make another one, 'cause I'd like to have my own copy for keeps.



Sometime in the next couple weeks I'm going to offer the pictures in a limited run of prints.





I'm not sure what Etsy shop. I'm going to be re-doing everything here pretty soon. All of the shops, Etsy, and Artfire and everything. On top of work! Phew!



So I'm gonna be busy. Oh - and check out the Project tour dates, maybe they'll be coming to a city near you!



But I'll be around.

Okay, I lied...

I decided that I needed some kind of segue from sea to sky pictures. So Mouse is going to have himself a dream. "After all of his hours searching the deep waters Mouse dreams of flying." Or something like that.

This is that segue piece:

Mouse's Final Dive

...and he found the Octopus' Garden!






Mouse just may stay a while...I would!

This will probably be my final piece, end pages, for the Sketchbook Project. Especially since I have to post mark it by the 15th, and I still have to figure out exactly how I'm going to print and bind the dang thing!

It's definitely been a fun challenge, and I thank you all for your input and kind words regarding all these pages. I started with one thing in mind and kind of veered off course, but I think that's just fine.
I may have to re-visit some of these pages and flesh out Mouse's story a bit more. I've grown rather fond of the little guy!

Take a Look

For the Sketchbook, but also for fun.

And the Winners are...

That's right: "Winners". Plural.

First, though, I want to thank everyone who participated. Some of the ideas you put forth were really fun. You all are a pretty creative bunch!
Based on the over all theme of my Sketchbook, the constraints of the page sizes, and what I know of my own drawing skills, I have chosen:

Ellie Belen said...

Either an super eel monorail, or an octopus hot air balloon ('cause how on earth can I resist that?)

and

otin said...

I could picture a sad little girl holding a dirigible tied to a string. she is sad because she wanted a shiny red balloon and not a drab, gray dirigible. (Because I think that is just funny, in a weird sort of way, and it reminds me of "The Red Balloon" - which I loved, yet found creepy, as a kid.)

So, you two, send me your mailing addresses, and once I get the images done, I will send you both signed, numbered copies! Yea!

Happy Little Puffer-Sub

For the Sketchbook Project.

...and then we found the jellies

The Ship

Somewhere beneath the sea the fish are singing...