Gone Fishing

This is little Lou, Louanne. She's more defined and sports a tackle jacket

in the finished piece below.

I haven't submitted anything to Illustration Friday in a long time, but

I follow along on Facebook.

Kitty and Lou

It turns out, Thomas James, who currently runs the weekly challenge blog, 

is off this week. In other words, Gone Fishing and so,

Marc Scheff has taken the helm and assigned this as the Topic for tomorrow.

It feels a little odd posting an illustration when the the topic for last week's challenge is still up, 

Spark, but here I go.

I only have a handful of art that works for the theme and I noticed 

I uploaded Tuggy and the Mice to IF in the past. 

That leaves me with two cats who fish.

Above is Nice Catch, Cat! part of my Venice Animals series / story.

I went with Kitty and Lou because they are actively setting out to fish.

You might be asking yourself, why the explanation? why share artwork

we've seen on your blog before or

what I dream you are asking yourself right now-

why haven't you been published? Can I purchase your work?

where can I find more animals

fishing, playing, dancing, flying, whatever.... I WANT MORE

Artwork by Allyn!

You can buy original paintings & tees from Blip Blop Shop on Etsy

or Prints & Products from my Society 6 Shop, Allyn Howard - $5 off each piece

and Free Shipping. I don't know how long that deal lasts, but looks good at the moment :)

My dad always enjoyed fishing. 

The one time I went fishing with a group of friends,

I was one of only two people not to get sick out on the water.

Sadly though, I did not catch a single one. 

Great from the fish's perspective!

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Have a super weekend

xo, A

A Summer Sky, NYC, Artwork by Allyn & a touch of Jersey

I thought I'd start off today with a photo for which I can feel proud. 

This is from a commercial I worked on in August. 

One of the prop guys took this after I had painted a platform to look like concrete

atop a NYC skyscraper. I was probably trying to decide if I was 

ready to have the art director come take a look.

I work with some talented local 829 scenic artists and we should 

take photos that actually document the work we do. 

So often, you get rushed and neglect to consider it, because you're off 

to the next thing, especially on commercial sets.

It was a spectacular view and I took plenty of reference pics for my 

Floaty, the Hovering Dog. Yes, his story is still in the works, along with others...

Below, my Friday 10/12 submission for Illustration Friday The topic was "Mirror".

Young Amelia studies herself as she tries on her 1st flight jacket 

and goggles. Little Bruiser is ready to go!

Little Bruiser gets lost in Amelia's fantasy and ends up in outer space!

Now, for cats!

These were commissioned by Rogue Confections

as chocolate and cupcake toppers. 

I will send some samples to ipop, too. 

I think they would make great magnets, pendants & paper weights!

Of course, that's Lena the Cat above.

This is Sadie

This is Sam

This is Mr. Bates, named after

the fabulous Downton Abbey character :)

This is Ava

This is the real Lena.

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Now, for Small Works...

Faces

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440 Gallery is accepting submissions for it's annual

Small Works show. These are the 3 paintings I'm currently considering.

The deadline is Nov. 3rd, 2012

Lil Octy : dimensional blip blop painting :

Little Abstract : dimensional blip blop painting :

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and onto a few images from my glass door paintings.

I took these with white lining the back to see how they look.

 I'd like to incorporate the energetic looseness of these lines

 into some of my larger pieces.

*Reminder for all you illustrators out there : Society of Illustrators Competition

deadline to submit work is coming up! Friday, Oct. 26th*

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Finally, in honor of getting lost en route to and from jobs in New Jersey 

with or without a GPS. This one is for you, Bryon Finn ;D

Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Thanks for stopping by!

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ps for any of you who may have clicked on my website to find it was missing last 

week, I apologize. The technical issues were fortunately resolved 

and no harm was done to any humans or animals in the process.

xo, A