Feb 15th Face - A Clown's Face

Couldn't really wrap my head around doing a new face today, so I took pieces from past projects and put them together and it ended up looking like a clown face. So I went with it. :) Halfway done with the 29 Face Challenge! Hope I can come up with 14 more faces. lol!

Feb 14th Faces - Ellen and Portia, True Valentines!

Since I created portraits of Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi earlier in this challenge, I thought it would be appropriate to combine their faces in a heart to celebrate Valentine's Day. :) There are people out there who (sadly) want to condemn others for being in same-sex loving relationships. They are wrong and they are mean to try to interfere with true love! Gay marriage will be legalized in all fifty states in the not-too-distant future, as it should be. In the meantime, this is my tribute to true love in its most genuine form. Happy Valentine's Day to everyone, and especially to Ellen and Portia. :)

I'm happy to add that Google feels the same way, and also supports gay marriage. :)

Feb 13th Face - A Kokeshi Doll

I needed today's face to be easy as I'm having back pains and can't sit at my computer long. She's got a face, and that's what matters. :)

I'll admit, like yesterday's project I may have spent more time on her clothes/accessories than her face; but that's just how it goes sometimes.

Update: In a lovely comment from Sri Devi of the Well Wishers Group, who happens to be a fellow GCU Artist, she asked to see some of my work from my challenges as it appears on greeting cards. I will add some of those later, but for now...here is a version of this Kokeshi Doll on a mug in my Zazzle store. :)
(Hi Sri! Thanks for coming over and posting such a sweet comment! :-D )
Kokeshi Doll and Pretty Floral Design Tea Cup by ilovecuttables
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Feb12th Face - Mardi Gras Girl!

Mardi Gras is just around the corner and I felt compelled to make a Mardi Gras Girl! It was tough, but fun. And I'll admit, I spent more time on her clothes and accessories than her face, but still...

Anyhow, check out the beaded skirt! Neat, huh? I love how it shows movement (just as you would expect beads to). :) She looks all ready to join the parade, doesn't she?

If you want to find out how I created the skirt and some of the other components of her costume, visit my 365 Day Illustration Challenge.

Feb 11th Face - Here Kitty, Kitty . . .

Today's face is an easy one because I've got a lot of other things to do this weekend. It's just a cartoon kitty. But a face is a face is a face . . . right? :)

Feb 10th Face - Hair is SO Hard to Create!

Argh! Here's the rest of the project that I started yesterday. In case you can't tell, it's supposed to be Portia de Rossi, Ellen's wife. I felt compelled to create a portrait of Portia since I created one of Ellen the other day...and then with the craziness from the One Million Moms haters...it really seemed like the right thing to do. Unfortunately, I didn't do Portia any favors with the hair that I finished today. Who knew hair would be so hard to create?! Oh well, now I know. LOL! This is all I have time for today. I'm going out of town this afternoon, but maybe I'll revisit this one at a future date.

Feb 9th Face

I wasn't planning to do another intensely difficult face like this for awhile, but I changed my mind. Here's the face, but I'm going to have to finish the hair (and maybe touch up the face some) for tomorrow's project (or the day after). And I'll reveal the identity when I post the rest of it.

Feb 8th Face - Phphphffft!!!

I created an Ellen DeGeneres face for my challenge yesterday and then today she addressed her critics from a group called One Million Moms who don't want her to be the spokesperson for JCPenney. My mouse face today is giving the 'raspberry' to the narrow-minded haters (from One Million Moms) who feel that way.

Ellen and JCPenney ROCK!!! :)

Feb 7th Face, It's Ellen!!!

I was watching Ellen DeGeneres yesterday when she had Jim Parsons on (Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory), and I thought she'd be a good subject to use as a model to draw for my 29Faces challenge. I actually started my Ellen project yesterday, but finished it today. It took soooo long. I won't be doing many face projects like this one very many times this month because it just took so much out of me to finish, but once I had started it, I knew I would finish. I'm thrilled that I did, and I'm delighted with how it turned out. It showed me what I'm capable of when I put time and effort into my art. :)

Feb 6th Face, Going Green-ish

Not really sure why she ended up in hues of blue and green, but it seems like what she wanted, and who am I to argue. :)

My Feb 5th Face is The President!

Yep, since I created a Romney image a couple days ago, I decided to create a caricature of President Obama today. It's meant to be a complimentary caricature, but I might work on it some more in the future. If you'd like to read more about it, visit my 365 Day Challenge page.

Here's a Face for Feb 4th!

Here's today's face for the 29 Faces challenge. As with previous faces, if you'd like to see how/what I did to come up with it, you can read it on my 365 Daily Challenge page.

Mitt Romney Cartoon Face

Here's my second face in the 29 Faces challenge. It's a cartoon of Mitt. :) If you're interested in how I created it, details are in my 365 Day Challenge.

29 faces

Today I saw a forum posting by Laura J Holman about a "29 faces" challenge, and since I need to improve my skills creating faces, I decided to join in on the fun. I'm already doing a daily challenge, so for the month of February, I will combine the two and use the faces for both challenges. Here is my first entry (also in my daily challenge). Since I missed yesterday, I felt I needed two faces, so I gave the image a mirror to reflect in. :)

Contest Voting!

If you read my earlier post, you'll know that I entered Ramelle's Wedding Greeter card in a contest at GCUCommunity.com. Please vote for Ramelle and me, we could each win a $10 gift. :) Ours is #5. It's very painless and quick, and I think it is anonymous. Thanks!!! :)