Blog by Little Miss Nobody

Sign - Virgo

2007-07-11T23:51:00.000-08:00

Here is the virgo. Haven't taken the time to check out the characteristics of the sign but I'm sure they are lovely people!!

Geeky

2007-07-09T23:43:00.000-08:00

Internet dating, a geek's dream come true. I have nothing about the concept but when you think about it. How geeky is that?!!
This guy can even type with his feet! What a set up!

Sign - Sagittarius

2007-07-03T22:30:00.000-08:00

The archer. Apparently he is often associated with the Centaur, hence the horse tail! I'm getting so good at this!
Let me go back to the wikipedia... Here you are... Apparently they are good at everything science, they have a quick mind, they care about others....Great people!

Sign - Taurus

2007-07-03T17:57:00.000-08:00

Here is the taurus. I'm learning about the signs as I go as I've never really been into astrology and horoscope. Apparently the taurus is calm and controlled but can erupt in an amazing fury when pushed too hard! Oh la la... scary!
The more I learn the more I think I should have been born Scorpio... that's saying something! Was born pisces instead. I think it means dreamy and womanly... I'm a bit of that but with a propension for very bad temper!! Hi hi hi

TwistER

2007-07-01T20:16:00.000-08:00

Another French national... this time playing twister.
I have never actually played the game as it wasn't very big in France but it must exist over there. This guy found it!
The pattern on the wall paper is by squidfingers.

I have also posted 2 more zodiac signs, Scorpio and Cancer... still working my way through the list.

Sign - Scorpio

2007-06-26T20:47:00.001-08:00

It looks a bit fierce but if I understand well that's what the sign is all about!

Sign - Cancer

2007-06-26T19:23:00.001-08:00

In the "signs" series here is the cancer.
I have already posted the pisces and the leo. Working on the others.
I know I am a bit slow but I'm getting there. Life has been busy and I already struggle to get my entry to Illustration Friday in on time! So bear with me!!!

Camouflage

2007-06-26T18:16:00.000-08:00

Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi!

Rejection

2007-06-22T00:10:00.000-08:00

Rejected by every fisherman!

Suit

2007-06-13T15:14:00.000-08:00

Couldn't believe it!With that hairdo...He dared... He told me..."Sorry club policy. You can't get in. You do not suit the club's style. Next!"

My Paradise

2007-06-06T22:13:00.000-08:00

My Paradise is by the sea on the South Coast of NSW. We go there to relax. I love when the wind is up. It's wonderful!

The shop is now open!

2007-05-31T03:38:00.000-08:00

I have just discovered cafepress and decided to open a shop. For the moment I have only uploaded the lion illustration but will be adding some more as I go.
If you are interested, have a look here:

http://www.cafepress.com/missnobody

Leo!

2007-05-27T22:43:00.000-08:00

Following Jules comment on the sign topic, I have decided to draw some of the other signs of the zodiac.
Here is the leo! Hope you like him!

Tagged!

2007-05-21T21:24:00.000-08:00

Hi there,

got tagged by Kstyles. I did a bit of research and found that seems to be a IF tradition!

So here we go. 7 facts about me.

1) I am a bit of a globe trotter. I was born and grew up in France and then lived in Italy, England, Spain and I'm currently living in Australia.

2) The thing I hate the most:cooking. Takes time away from everything else!!

3) I have a maltese called Punkie. She is usually on my lap when I draw... which obviously makes it a bit harder.

4) I love Red. Red shoes, red handbag, red laptop bag, red diary....

5) I like drawing characters rather than sceneries

6) Started drawing again about 2 years ago. I had stopped pretty much 10 years earlier when I started uni.

7) I am married to the most amazing man on the planet!

Sign

2007-05-20T19:56:00.000-08:00

My sign of the zodiac is pisces or fish as I used to say when I was still learning English!!!
Von Glitschka has just launched a new book and released some textures. Played around with them it's great.
www.illustrationclass.com

Neighbour

2007-05-10T02:01:00.000-08:00

Neighbours should aways look over... after each other!

Remember

2007-05-01T04:12:00.000-08:00

Well, well, well, well... I must say that despite all the modern technology remembering appointments and commitments remains tricky! I use my mobile for notes and meeting, my computer to tell me when I have to go and my alarm clock (only stopped recently writing things in the palm of my hand!) but still manage to be late or forget important things!! How about you?

Polar

2007-04-26T20:04:00.000-08:00

It seems that lately I can't finish anything on time. Here is my illo. Not quite finished but nearly there. The idea was that with the current melting of the ice in the polar regions the bears had better learn to swim and be prepared! My illo for Crash would have worked too for this week's theme.

Fortune

2007-04-18T04:55:00.002-08:00

Fortune, good or bad, is a matter of timing. Not sure it was the right time to rub that lamp!!

Green

2007-04-18T04:55:00.001-08:00

Will post my illo soon

Snap

2007-04-01T18:24:00.000-08:00

Love taking pictures. Happy snaps included. The little fellow is also snapping his fingers (not sure if that's correct English though!). Nothing like a nice picnic in the park to take great snaps!!
Have a good week everyone!

I spy

2007-03-29T04:07:00.000-08:00

I was working on my first psychedelic piece when this week's topic came up. Made me think of Austin Power! Do you see the link now? Not happy with the result so far but I'm running out of time!

Total

2007-03-18T03:55:00.000-08:00

James TOTALled his car. The garage lent him a tiny car in which he was TOTALly squeezd. He stopped at the TOTAL petrol station and paid a TOTAL of $10.

Wired

2007-03-12T18:29:00.000-08:00

Love the concept of the electric car. Plug it in over night and off you go!! A bit retro thus the rendering!!

Hide

2007-03-06T14:24:00.000-08:00

"Such a good idea to HIDE my head in that box! Nobody at the shops noticed that big pimple!"

Couldn't help it!! My teenage step-kids show such lack of common sense I had to illustrate it!! Those of you surrounded by teenagers might understand what I'm talking about...

Communication

2007-03-01T14:44:00.000-08:00

Friends of my sister got killed at the beginning of the week in Saudi. I had met one of them. He was just a normal guy. An excellent school teacher that my niece loved dearly. The communication breakdown with the fundamentalists has brought an end to his life and a halt to his kids' and wife's. He was gunned down in front of them. I couldn't draw anything on this subject so I'm just posting the illustration I first intended to post but that's really what occupied my mind at the time. Communication is the key to most problems around us and in the world, we all know it. Why can't we just talk things through....

Gravity

2007-02-23T00:27:00.000-08:00

I seem to be posting my entries later every week!!
Gravity made me think of the anatomy of an older woman. Who knows why?

Crash

2007-02-11T16:18:00.000-08:00

Of the impact your loss of control can have on others that are not even directly involved!!!!

Sprouts

2007-02-10T14:12:00.000-08:00

As we say in French: BEURKKKKKK!!!!
To me sprouts will always be associated with Brussels Sprouts, a delicacy that my mother used to cook at least once a year.
I hated it. Used to spend hours in front of my plate. "You won't go to bed until you've finished your dinner!" I can still hear it!
To this day I still won't go anywhere near the stuff!!!

Red

2007-02-09T23:43:00.000-08:00

Here is my illustration for Red. My husband travels to China a lot so I thought about communism as soon as I saw this subject.

Superhero

2007-02-09T23:30:00.000-08:00

I have been away a fair bit with no scanner or internet around. Just trying to catch up on the illustration friday challenge.

80's

2007-01-28T03:15:00.000-08:00

80's was the era I grew up in. I used to watch this cute cartoon called Barbapapa. It was created in the 70's but I grew up with it so assumed that was ok.
The characters could change shape and they were all made of fairly bright colours.

Buzz

2007-01-28T03:14:00.000-08:00

Here we go. I finally coloured this drawing. One of my first go with colour pencils. I'll keep trying.

Phoenix

2007-01-28T03:12:00.000-08:00

Left this spot for a future illo.

Peace

2006-12-25T03:16:00.000-08:00

Here is a quick sketch on the subject. Always thought that peace negotiations were like a big circus! Going on holidays tomorrow with no access to the net. Will post a finished version when I come back.

Help 2

2006-12-20T16:23:00.000-08:00

Here is a second take on the HELP topic. This is a drawing I started before I knew what the subject was for this week. I rendered it in illustrator. When I first started my graphic design course I thought illustrator was the best software ever... Not so sure anymore...

Help

2006-12-19T16:12:00.000-08:00

HELP!!!!!! Kept it simple (as always).
I might try to draw another illustration as I am officially on holidays.

Just in case I don't post anything before Xmas, I wish you all a great Festive season!

Mask

2006-12-12T18:15:00.000-08:00

Mask...mmmmm. Thought of the carnival. Just been to Africa (was amazing by the way) so also thought of traditional ceremony masks... and then remembered that a few years ago everybody went nuts and there was a worldwide shortage of gas masks.
I drew this from a picture using a biro. I imported it in photoshop but didn't changed anything apart from the surround.

Might

2006-12-01T15:42:00.000-08:00

Might... another word I wouldn't really use. I knew it mostly because of that movie with Jim Carrey (well, now it's a sign that you're raising the bar when you start using anything Jim Carrey as a reference!). I double checked it in the dictionary to see if there were other meanings to the word (might as well learn something) and found this expression: "they pulled with might and main". It did it for me... How many times have I been trying to get into a restaurant and pulled as hard as I could for 30s before someone came and pushed the door for me.... How desperate must have I looked!
Can anyone tell me if this expression is still being used?

I might try to render it later.
Have a mighty good week!

Invention

2006-11-29T01:40:00.000-08:00

Invention! What a great thing! As a kid, I remember dreaming in front of Star Trek and Star Wars thinking that soon we would be able to do all those extraordinary things. How wrong was I!
The one I am most impatient to see is the teletransporter. Leaving in Australia, instead of flying 2 days to go home I could just press a button and go for dinner at my parents place! Awesome!!
And the shopping... Easy. Buy as much as you want. And the packing... easy too, not having to worry about luggage restrictions.... What a dream! The best invention ever!

Thanksgiving

2006-11-20T03:52:00.000-08:00

Did you know that each year more than 45million turkeys are slaughtered for Thanksgiving!?
I thought I'd try to see the event from there perspective as thanksgiving is not something I have ever experienced (apart from seeing it movies - is that the holiday when families always seem to get together for a massive punch up?). Nevertheless, happy thanksgiving to all.

Clear

2006-11-20T03:45:00.000-08:00

Holidays in France - Gazza thought the road was clear!

For those who don't know, in Australia they/we drive on the wrong side of the road!
Oh, and Gazza is short for Gary (not sure if that's the case anywhere else).
I've always found it annoying when traveling to England from France! Less than an hour flight but a hell of a difference!

Very late posting for this topic. Should never go on holidays!

Smoke

2006-11-06T22:43:00.000-08:00

Being French, the issue of passive smoking is a real problem everytime I go back home on holidays!!

Wind

2006-11-02T15:55:00.000-08:00

Here is a funny word.
When I learnt English, I was never taught that it also meant f... can I say it ... fart. As soon as someone told me, I loved it. I suppose it might be the imagery linked to it. Where I come from we face the Atlantic on one side and the Channel on the other (Brittany, Finistere, beautiful part of France). You can therefore imagine what the wind is like. Actually you know those famous posters of lighthouses being engulfed by the sea, well there are taken in Brittany.
So .... now, move that wind down to the middle part of your body (God I'm prude), and imagine my reaction when I was first told. I could just imagine that massive gail force wind coming out of someone's buttocks. Hi hi hi hi hi hi.
I might talk to the French Academy- they are in charge of the dictionary entries- to get that added to the French language!!!
Ok enough of those silly comments.

I never really considered drawing anything that had to do with the wind blowing something away... Not inspiring enough. I thought about that gail force wind but didn't have time to pull it together. So I just decided to find an unlikely subject (women don't fart) and an annoying situation (red carpet type evening - How Embarassing!!!).
I like my drawing better than my final illustration but I'm trying to improve my rendering in photoshop. So here you are....

Black and Orange

2006-10-29T02:38:00.000-08:00

Penelope has created a competition for Halloween. The theme: Black and Orange.
Here is my entry. I drew the girl and couple of weeks ago but wasn't sure what to do with her. After I finished last week illustration for "Ghost" I thought it would be great to join the two characters in this entry.
Not totally satisfied with it but at least I give it more surroundings and background!

Ghost

2006-10-24T20:37:00.000-08:00

This speaks to me a bit more than the previous topic!

I drew this ghost while being stuck for ideas working on a yearbook (first freelance job). I know he looks like a skeleton but lets not kid ourselves, decomposition is our future.... brrrrrrrrr!
This was the perfect opportunity to try to further my skills with markers - actually I should probably say "to develop skills". I used normal paper as I like the colours to bleed into each other and used only gray markers.

As often I got a bit stuck with the background/context. Any suggestions ?...

I willl probably try to improve it but quite like the look of him - he was killed in a saloon in the Far West and comes back to hunt all the drunken fools he finds on his path... mmmm could be the inspiration I was lacking to put him in context. I might work on the drunken fools! Still open for suggestions though...

Smitten

2006-10-17T19:07:00.000-08:00

Ok! First problem: don't know what it means!
I had to go through the dictionary. At first I couldn't find it as you have to look under smite. Tell me if I start boring you... So next step, writing down all the definitions. Many choices... arghhhh... I decided to stay with the most obvious meaning (don't want to misintepret!).
Love hearts are not usually one of my themes (not exactly the romantic type...) but I deciced to give it a shot.
This time I brought my drawing into illustrator. I am not happy with the result but don't have anymore time to play around with it. I will try to improve it later and will post the result if it's any better!
It looks like a pattern is emerging... I'm unhappy/uninspired with/by the topic every second week!

Trouble

2006-10-10T18:34:00.000-08:00

Trouble... that's the name I use to give my husband when we first met!... Couldn't really draw a picture of him though.
Decided that trouble would be as in "everyday domestic trouble", nothing too dramatic. This must have happened to me a hundred times. Trying to pile up as much as possible to do things fast and ending up with broken glass and a lot more to tidy up. First tried to render the drawing in colour pencil but still not very good at it, so reverted to photoshop. Also been wanting to do duo tone illustration for a while. I think this works even though I must admit I have tried many many colour combinations before getting to this near monochromatic render.

Quiet

2006-10-05T00:40:00.000-08:00

I wasn't very inspired by this week's topic. Not a good sign, it's only week two for me!!
Decided that QUIET would be as in "quiet afternoon" and used a picture I took in Vanuatu as my inspiration. This is hand drawn and then slightly modified in photoshop.

Phobia

2006-09-25T03:50:00.000-08:00

Here is my first post to Illustration Friday.

PHOBIA:
I first thought of spiders as they can be very scary especially when you live in Australia! but then decided to research the subject and found a comprehensive list of phobias at http://www.phobialist.com .
One of them inspired me as it holds a bit of a philosophical meaning (us French like to think we are philosophers): Anablephobia or the fear of looking up. So enjoy your day and start looking up!! The future is bright!

First post

2006-09-21T18:23:00.000-08:00

Hi,

welcome to my blog.
I am studying graphic design and have a passion for photography and illustration.
I have decided to participate to the illustration friday weekly topic. As it is too late for this week and will just post a quick vector graphic illustration.

Hope you like the posts.
Sophie