Julie

Happy chinese new year!

2012-01-23T10:27:00.000-08:00

Happy Year of the Dragon 2012! Made this little dragon this morning.

What time is it?

2012-01-16T21:53:00.000-08:00

My finished water color painting of Adventure time! And also some fun little owl doodle and Ice cream doodle.

Sketching n' stuff

2012-01-15T10:20:00.000-08:00

Just some new sketches from the last few weeks. Trying to get better at drawing hands, and getting the expression of hands. Comments always welcome!

work space

2012-01-11T10:01:00.000-08:00

Photo of my work space. With some of my inspiration up on the walls.

Here is where me and my husband Russel are going to be at the Emerald City ComicCon! Come by and say hi!

snow leopard

2012-01-10T13:26:00.000-08:00

Little doodle of a snow leopard that I did a few days ago. Comments welcome.

Happy New Year!

2012-01-03T22:19:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone, hope you all had a wonderful holiday season! Happy New Years as well! Here are some gifts I hand made for Christmas this year. I bought some plain glass ornaments, and used some sand paper to rough up the surface. Then I applied some Daniel Smith watercolor ground to the ornaments and had some fun! I did about 15 total. Comments welcome! If you would like to buy some of the watercolor ground you can find it here.

New Digital Paintings

2011-12-28T12:58:00.000-08:00

Here is a few new digital paintings I have been working on. The first one was just for fun, a cute chubby little hamster eating some cheese.

This is one of my new ones as well, a digital painting of Wonder woman! This is going to be one of my prints at the Comic Con this year. If you haven't bought your tickets you should do so soon. http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/index.php

New Pastels

2011-12-15T22:08:00.000-08:00

Some new soft chalk pastel paintings from this year. Comments welcome.

New Sketches

2011-11-18T23:58:00.001-08:00

Some new sketches that I have been working on the last few weeks. The first two where studies from a book took about an little more then an hour each.

The birds was done with a quick little sketch and some PrismaColor pencils.

This was a 20 minute life drawing from a few weeks back.

Another 20 minute life drawing.

Just for fun some little sketches from photos.

Dr. Girlfriend

2011-10-12T21:22:00.000-07:00

my new digital sketch of Dr. Girlfriend from the Venture Brothers. Comments always welcome.

Faces

2011-09-23T08:48:00.000-07:00

Trying to get better at doing portraits. All of these loosely used a photo to draw the sketch. I did an inked version of Dr. Girlfriend, I don't do inking that much but I like the way it turned out. Comments welcome!

New Sketches and such

2011-08-17T14:39:00.001-07:00

Here are some new sketches I have been doing. The first one of the man, I used photo Reference.
Second one of the girls face, I based that off of a photo as well.
The third one of the humming bird was done with pentel pen. comments welcome.

digital

2011-07-24T08:44:00.001-07:00

Just looking though my folders this morning and found a digital painting that I did a while back and forgot about. Used photo ref.

Watercolor

2011-07-15T11:14:00.001-07:00

A few new watercolor paintings, the monster one was for a birthday Card. The two flamingos was for a card as well. Comments welcome.

new doodles

2011-07-10T23:05:00.000-07:00

Some new doodles from the last few weeks. More updates to come soon.

T-shirt

2011-07-04T16:55:00.000-07:00

Hi All! I haven't posted in quite some time. I would like to post some images of the t-shirt I came up for the Adventure time contest. If you would be so inclined to go vote for it, "Don't squeeze me!" Thanks!

new art

2011-05-10T21:27:00.001-07:00

Long time no post! Here are some newer sketches that I have done. First one is a little hamster, from a photo. Second is a nude drawing from a book. Third is a mountain lion, also from a photo.

New watercolors

2010-12-27T21:06:00.001-08:00

The first one of these of the rocks took me Forever to finish! I don't think I will ever paint rocks again.
The second one is a painting I did of Totoro and May for someone as a Christmas gift. Comments welcome.

Illustration Friday dessert

2010-09-09T11:10:00.001-07:00

We all scream for Ice Cream!

New art

2010-09-04T10:20:00.001-07:00

Sorry for the lack of post as of late. I have been working on some new paintings and have been forgetting to post my finished stuff. So the first one is an Oil painting that I did for work. The second one is a 24 X 36 painting of a tree frog. and the last one is a Pastel painting of a crane.

Water color doodles

2010-08-06T11:15:00.001-07:00

Sorry for the lack of updates over the last month. I have been working quite a bit. Here are some new water color doodles that I have been working on. Comments welcome.

New illustrations

2010-06-28T19:53:00.000-07:00

Some new illustrations that I have done for some people that have been leaving. the first one of the dog is done with ink/ colored pencil. the second one is done with watercolor, and ink.

Happy Cinco De Mayo!

2010-05-05T09:44:00.000-07:00

Or should I say Cinco De Gato?!?! :D Enjoy. Comments welcome.

Works in Progress

2010-04-12T21:01:00.000-07:00

Some oil's works in Progress .

Etsy

2010-03-28T14:27:00.001-07:00

I just started my own Etsy Shop if you want to check it out here is a link : http://www.etsy.com/shop/JulieRoehling

Fat Cats

2010-03-17T11:33:00.001-07:00

I wanted to draw my brothers Fat Cat. Just for fun. I think I might color this in watercolor at some point.

Dino Sketch

2010-03-16T15:30:00.001-07:00

Sketches for my book about Dinosaurs. Comments welcome.

Tiger Done

2010-03-11T01:17:00.001-08:00

its a bit late, but its the year of the Tiger. This is for sale on my Etsy Shop.

Cheshire Cat's

2010-02-18T13:55:00.000-08:00

My take on the Cheshire Cat. :)

New Watercolors

2010-02-08T21:13:00.001-08:00

A little bird illustration that I did for the holidays.

A little puppy illustration that I did for a co-worker.

More Birds

2010-01-28T13:11:00.001-08:00

another digital painting of a bird. Let me know what ya think.

Happy New Year!

2010-01-02T15:25:00.000-08:00

It has been a while since I posted anything, so here is a digital painting that i did of a Josh Middleton sketch.
Here is a link to his blog with his sketch. http://joshuamiddleton.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2007-10-08T21%3A54%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=10

works in progress

2009-11-30T10:12:00.000-08:00

So these are a few paintings that I have going on right now, this first on of the tiger is for work. Its not done in this photo of it, but I did finish it the other week.

This is just a bird doodle that I did in acrylic a few months back, still a work in progress.

new watercolor

2009-11-04T23:51:00.001-08:00

Hello. well this is a watercolor painting that I did a while back. Just found this cool photo in a book and wanted to paint it.

Happy Halloween

2009-10-31T02:30:00.001-07:00

Happy Halloween everyone! Long time no post, I know. I have been working quit a bit. I have been trying to finish a few oil paintings hear and there. I just don't seem to have the time to finish anything.
It was quite a pain to paint on this pumpkin let me tell you, but it was quite fun to do. All done with acrylic paint.

Some pastel work

2009-09-26T19:51:00.000-07:00

A chilly little bird out on a cold winter day. :) Comments welcome.

Cedar Waxing

2009-09-10T20:41:00.000-07:00

Just a little sketch I did the other day. I went over my sketch with pen, let me know what ya think.

Night owl

2009-08-26T10:24:00.001-07:00

Just a quick coloring job of a sketch that I did.

Sketches

2009-08-14T10:20:00.000-07:00

This is some sketches from my sketch book. I just thought I would post them. Comments welcome.

Three is company

2009-08-04T11:26:00.001-07:00

Finished with my painting! Comments welcome. :)

all most done

2009-08-01T22:52:00.000-07:00

I am all most done with this oil painting that I have been working on over the last few weeks. Let me know what you think.

new painting

2009-07-12T15:37:00.000-07:00

So this is a new painting that I am working on its 15 by 30. Just some monsters chillin'.

Again the Sketch with a color concept.

And this is how far I got painting for a few hours.Comments welcome.

Watercolor

2009-07-05T18:54:00.001-07:00

This was a little water color painting that I did for my friend from work that was leaving. Done in watercolor, with some ink.

Off to work

2009-06-05T10:19:00.001-07:00

This is a little illustration that I did in illustrator. It was based off a little sketch that I did. C & C welcome.

Vector Bird

2009-05-24T13:54:00.000-07:00

This is just a little something that I did the other night in Illustrator. It took me about 30- 40 minuets to do this.

Even more new art!

2009-05-12T23:13:00.000-07:00

This is a little something that I have to do at work every time we go in for Training AKA Paint for 2 hours.
This one that I just finished, was a Edward Hopper duplication in Oil. I just wish I had more space on my painting to work on her face its only about 1 inch bit.

Some new art work

2009-05-12T23:11:00.001-07:00

I have been slaking the last few weeks, not really knowing why kind of art work I want to do. But this was a Domo water color painting that I did for my friend for her birthday. You can see some more of the details in the close up shot in the second photo. C & C welcome.

New sketches

2009-04-23T00:18:00.001-07:00

Hey All, sorry for the lack of up dates. I haven't really been working on anything the last few weeks. But here are some random doodles from my sketch book.

Kitty

2009-04-05T23:50:00.000-07:00

A little kitty cat illustration that I did from a sketch. I printed one out of this and gave it to Gabe from Penny Arcade, and he thought it was cool.

new paintings

2009-03-29T21:08:00.000-07:00

Well here are some new water color paintings that I did for my work. I did give my work the owl one because I liked it so much.

More Updates

2009-03-13T14:34:00.001-07:00

Well first off here is a little tiny painting that I did of my cat. Its only about 1 inch big.

And lastly this was a painting that I did at work, I just really like the way the colors came out on this one. and no I did not come up with this.

Updates

2009-03-10T22:43:00.001-07:00

Well here is some updates on some stuff I have been working on. First one is a bird painting that I did at work, done in Oils. Second is an updated version of my Kung Fu Panda art work. Let me know what you think so far.

More Birds

2009-02-17T21:53:00.000-08:00

Hey all well here is some more bird paintings that I have been doing in PhotoShop. The first one a a lot looser the the second one. C & C welcome.

New Life Drawings

2009-02-13T12:23:00.001-08:00

These are some of my newest life drawings. Most of these where form last night. C & C welcome.

The Fat Cat

2009-02-11T14:43:00.000-08:00

This is some concept designs for a short film that me and Russel are going to be working on. More details to come soon.

Little Blue Bird

2009-02-05T21:15:00.000-08:00

This is another illustration that I did of a little bird. This one took me a bit longer to do then the last one. C & C welcome.

Bird

2009-01-30T22:22:00.001-08:00

Well this is just a little something I just did in photoshop in about a little under an hour. Let me know what you think.

Rain gear

2009-01-15T13:23:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, these are some test that I did for a local Seattle company that makes rain gear for kids. Let me know witch one you think is cuter, the bunny, or the kitty one.

Mini Paintings

2008-12-29T18:02:00.000-08:00

some finished mini paintings that I did. all 4 x 4.

new life drawing

2008-12-20T08:47:00.001-08:00

Just some new life drawings I've done over the last 2 months.

Happy holidays Color

2008-12-12T12:59:00.001-08:00

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Happy holidays

2008-12-01T00:22:00.001-08:00

Just a little sketch of a winter penguin, enjoy.

Happy Turkey Day!

2008-11-27T11:27:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone hope you have a wonderful thanksgiving today. Here is a new oil painting that I did at work. This is yet another duplication , but I changed a few things. C & C welcome.

new mini paintings

2008-11-17T21:23:00.000-08:00

Some works in progress on 4 mini paintings that I'm working on for Christmas gifts.

Finished Oil

2008-10-13T12:23:00.000-07:00

Well this is my final painting for my friends wedding. I like the way it turned out, I just wish I could have had one more week to work on it and put some more details in it. C & C welcome.

another oil

2008-09-28T15:09:00.001-07:00

Well this is another oil painting I've been working on. I know its crazy that I'm working on 2 paintings all at the same time. C & C welcome.

oil

2008-09-23T11:27:00.000-07:00

i just got started on a new painting a few weeks back of a land scape for my friends wedding. This was the first layer of paint on the canvas, it took about 30 minutes. More updates to come.

little

2008-09-22T23:38:00.001-07:00

little red riding hood, is not so little any more. Just a quick painting in Photoshop.

Bird

2008-09-12T20:42:00.000-07:00

Work in progress shot of a painting I'm working on. Using Corel Painter 9. C & C welcome

oil

2008-09-05T11:26:00.000-07:00

This is something that i had to do at work, I had to take a picture of some one's oil painting and try to duplicate it as best as i could. I had to cut off the bottom of the painting because i had a square canvas.

Animals

2008-08-23T17:58:00.000-07:00

Long time no post! I have been so lazy, I haven't been able to think of anything to draw. So I looked on line for some animal pictures and did some sketches. And here is a few of them. Enjoy.

seattle

2008-07-17T12:32:00.000-07:00

Hey all! Sorry for the long time between post, I got married a few weeks back and I've been so busy. But this is a water color painting I'm doing for my brother for his wedding gift. So this is what I have so far. Its still a work in progress.

Two object

2008-06-11T23:42:00.000-07:00

This is something I had to do at work, a two object still life in Oil. So I like the way this one came out. I added a little bit of color to it. C & C welcome.

Victoria

2008-06-11T11:04:00.000-07:00

Well I finaly figured out what I should call her, Victoria. So as you can see to the left, is my sketch, and what i had so far in illustrator. To the Right is the final one.

Last night I was working on this for a while, and I think I'm all done with this one. I like the way it turned out. C & C are welcome.

Tree

2008-06-02T21:46:00.000-07:00

Hello again,
well this was a little something I did for my friend Jacque before she left. I did this with watercolor, ink, and some oil paints. C & C welcome.

2008-05-11T16:16:00.000-07:00

Here is some pictures form the Seattle comic con today. I went over to the image booth and got Ryan Ottley to do a sketch of Robert Kirkman in his PJ's, I even got Bill Crabtree to color the sketch. And I even got Robert Kirkman to write something funny on the sketch. :D

Here is a picture of Kirkman with the sketch!

Hellboy

2008-05-04T11:03:00.000-07:00

Long time no post. I totally forgot about this sketch that I did a while back of Hellboy, and yes I did have reference I was trying to get my sketch to look like Mignola's style. C & C are always welcome.

Oil

2008-04-24T14:05:00.000-07:00

Hey all, just wanted to post some Oil paintings I did at work a week back. Keep in mind that I haven't really used oil paints before, I'm still in the process of learning how to use them. C & C are welcome.

Old digital art

2008-04-20T10:45:00.001-07:00

This is a little something I did way back in my Digital ink and Paint class, I colored one of Russel's sketches in Painter 7. I had a lot of fun with this one.

older painting

2008-04-02T09:49:00.001-07:00

I forgot almost completely that I had a picture of this painting I did a few years back. I bet some of you know what life drawing model this is. :p

new painting

2008-04-01T10:37:00.001-07:00

This is a painting that is a work in progress still, its a present I'm doing for my mom of a dinosaur eating some leaves ( they are not painted in just yet). I still have a lot to do before its done, but I just wanted to post what I had so far.

painting

2008-03-13T23:39:00.000-07:00

This is a little something I've been working on in my spare time. Its a watercolor painting with ink. C&C welcome.

little monsters

2008-02-29T12:35:00.001-08:00

These are some monster sketches I did a little while back, I just got around to scanning them this morning. C & C are always welcome.

yo

2008-02-20T10:35:00.001-08:00

Sorry about the bad picture, but this is a little something I've been working on in my spare time. I'm still trying to figure out if I should color it, or just do tone.

elephant WIP

2008-02-05T11:39:00.000-08:00

hey all, this is a little something that I started in Illustrator the other day, not quite done with it but I thought I would post what i have so far. C & C always welcome.

the nerd

2008-01-28T14:02:00.001-08:00

This was a sketch I did a while back, when I was trying to come up with a Mole character. And this one came out all nerdy looking. C & C are always welcome.

Some still life

2008-01-18T17:38:00.001-08:00

Some still life that I did at work the last few weeks. C & C are always welcome :)

The toucan of Dooom

2008-01-07T21:57:00.000-08:00

Hey all, This is an illustration of a toucan I did for my Grandma for Christmas. I forgot that I scanned it before I mailed it.

new year

2008-01-01T18:01:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year everyone! Hope you all have a wonderful new year.

new characters

2007-11-26T17:35:00.000-08:00

Some new characters. :)

life drawing

2007-11-26T13:33:00.000-08:00

Some new life drawing pages. Comments are always welcome.

Brcok

2007-11-21T17:40:00.001-08:00

Its Brock Samson! That's all I have to say.

Early Thanksgiving

2007-11-12T23:42:00.001-08:00

Happy Early Thanksgiving everyone.

hambat update

2007-11-06T14:19:00.000-08:00

So here is an update on my character Hambat. I colored the larger illustration, and cleaned it up quite a bit, and I forgot the fur on his tummy when I drew it the first time. >_<

More Dino's

2007-10-31T11:48:00.001-07:00

So here is a close up of some of my dinosaurs I was working on.

skulls

2007-10-11T18:53:00.000-07:00

Some drawings of skulls.

ABC

2007-08-13T19:45:00.001-07:00

A possible book cover for the ABC book

2007-08-13T19:37:00.001-07:00

A work in Progress Illustration. I just did this doodle in class and I have been messing around with it in photoshop.

2007-08-10T08:05:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone,
This is my first blog post.
I thought I would post an image of an illustration I did for one of my classes. This was done with inks, colored pencil and photo-shop for the text and a tinny bit of tweaking.