happy valentines day! xo, nicole and mudpup
mud pup playing with his brother:
lovelies
character sketches, children's illustration, mud pupwhen i’m not sketching ice skaters, i’m dreaming of spring and mud pup!
a valentine’s day teaser:
and some spring-y characters that make me yearn to see the green grass again:
gotta wait til monday for the full valentine’s post though!!
love, until then….
teenage dream
character sketches, children's illustration
winter warmers
character sketches, mud pupa little bit of this:
a warm mud pup…
a little bit of that:
westies at play…
with the snow, my palette is going a little cooler, and more purple,
and for now, i’m going with it!
inspiration: i promise…
sketches
snow days and pup days…
children's illustration, mud pup, sketches, watercolorin the bitter cold…happiness is a warm puppy.
or, in my case, a mud pup and a cast of friends in the works.
i have lots and lots of images to clean up, but for now, here’s some winter warmers:
mixed media snow girl sketch
watercolor of dinsmore court awaiting the snow
Pinwheel Books has gone LIVE!
pinwheel booksPinwheel Books has gone LIVE!!!!!
Okay everyone, here is my first freelance project, up for all of you to see:
http://www.pinwheelbooks.com/Pinwheel_Books/home.html
I’ll be working here part time as a designer and creative assistant to the founder of the company, and as an illustrator for one of the first books entitled “Sam and Ben”.
It’s real! And coming all together. In the meantime, this was my first taste at freelance work, doing a little graphic design, a bunch of character sketches, and simple web design using iWeb. Not too shabby, eh???
It’s 2011 and I feel like a real illustrator for the first time. What a great way to kick off the year!
Be sure to read Pinwheel’s mission page, because it’s really sweet.
belated happy! and news
children's illustration, sketchesa bit late, but happy happy 2011!
this week i’ll be unveiling my newest endeavor, starting with the logo designs for an up-and-coming children’s publishing company “Pinwheel Books”:
I’ll be the Creative Consultant for the founder of the company – basically assisting in all aspsects of putting together children’s books, from design, to marketing, and everything in between!
Additionally, I’ll be illustrating the first series to be published – the “Sam and Ben” adventures.
Here’s a sneak peak of Sam and Ben sketches!
it must’ve been ol’ santa…
children's illustration, christmas, pumpkins for pippaon the third day of christmas, i keep drawing pippa and nellie,
sketch:
with digital color:
me and my sister were just like pippa and nellie,
waiting by the window, with wonder (and a little impatience) for santa.
we’d have sleepovers in our sleeping bags on my bedroom floor,
and i swore,
every year,
i heard reindeer hooves on the roof above me.
the more the merrier
christmas, crafty, sketchesThese are two cards that I fixed up digitally, but they essentially were done by hand. I’m loving the freshness of putting together my sketches lately:
Pippa in Polka Dots:
original:
digital : 
happy happy from pippa!
Nicole Gsell 
