Geese Doodle

Playful color studies for some geese doodles.

Yellow Weave Doodle

Playing with some weaving doodles I made a few weeks back. We totally have that rug in grass green shag!

New Layout Coming Soon--and Rive wraps

So, I'm working to get my current design site, www.designbyzoe.com made into a more business-friendly format over the next month or two, probably something related to Wordpress. While that is going on, you can expect to see a similar-looking visual format change here on the blog too!

Also, here are some of the latest Rive designs!

Tree Branches with Teal Lanterns

Canary Pineapples of Goodwill

Wicked Twisted Grape Vines

Hippocampus art to be inlaid on guitar

Here's the preliminary images, the final pics will be posted with credits when they are finished!

Original Art: Mine, the Merhorse design (hippocampus)

Resulting Art: Hippocampus mother of pearl inlay on black guitar headstock.

New Rive Damask Photo!

This photo was just sent to me by Rive, my completed Damask design!

Observational Botanicals

The new apartment is steps away from an amazing block of public gardens, children's parks, and dog parks, so I went out recently and did some quick observational inkings of the plant life.

BACK FROM HIATUS: Summer Designs

So back to work. I've moved apartments into a beautiful area, but that meant sacrificing a decent amount of workspace, so it took a bit longer to open up the sketchbooks than expected...but it happened!

So the name of the game is blues and purples:

Narwhals are easily the strangest non-magical creatures out there, and I was thinking they would make a nice addition to the lure line for the fall/winter, so I have started inking some fun, chubby little 'whals.

A bigger narwhal, although he does look a little depressed. I might give him some bubbles or fish or something, as his shape seems to be calling for a spiraling pattern.

Whales, yeah, had to do one.

Sand dollars, by popular request. Realized that these are the creatures ideal for people who have a terrible time drawing perfect circles (me).

An Australian Spotted Jelly, inspired by some of the awesome critters in the New England Aquarium. They are insane looking, like a cross between a plastic glow-toy and a vegetable. I'll upload a pic.

CRABS. I know I had to do shells because we're in New England and people love their shells, but to make a design work for me, I have to add a quirk. Meet the hermits.

A more serious botanical doodle that I think will work its way onto my new line of vases. More to follow.