The Reinvigorated Artistic Adventures of Lucy Bellwood

An Exciting New Product

Lucy Bellwood — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:17:48 +0000

Sometimes people say things and they stick in your head until you make an illustration out of them. This is one such illustration.

Posters n’ Projects

Lucy Bellwood — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:27:53 +0000

Hey everyone! Sorry things have been a little quiet around here. I’ve been holding myself to a page-a-day schedule for the past three weeks for my thesis, which is shaping up to be around 30 pages altogether. Really excited to get that posted on here, but until I make it that far I’ll be posting oddball illustrations and strips to keep you entertained.

First up is a poster I recently designed for the Portland Underground Exchange — a dance event put on by the awesome folks at Barefoot Blues! If you’re local and interested in spending an incredible weekend with the best dancers and live acts in the Pacific Northwest, I recommend that you check it out. The theme I was given to work with was “dancing trees”, which is quite literally what you see below.

This was my first foray into digital coloring and I felt like a big flaily clumsy baby about it, but it was a lot of fun and I’m keen to start doing it more often. Maybe a daily sketch project or something. WHO KNOWS.

Check back tomorrow for more filler art!

Circulation

Lucy Bellwood — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:46:36 +0000

More warm-ups. Sometimes my legs just don’t work the way I want them to.

More Watercolorin’ (and a Tumblr!)

Lucy Bellwood — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:31:16 +0000

Some more watercolor doodles! I can’t seem to stop myself these days.

Aaaand a comic. Because I can’t resist and GOD. DAMN. the wind was cold yesterday.

Also: I got a Tumblr because it seemed like a smart move. You can check it out over here. I’ll probably post more silly doodles there in the future.

Too busy for more blogging, but keep yer eyes open for more illustration & comics later this week!

Hourly Comics 2012!

Lucy Bellwood — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:22:12 +0000

So yesterday may have been the worst possible day to do hourly comics (so stressful, so busy), but I had a BLAST. And since this is the second year I’ve done Hourly Comic Day, I guess this means I’ve been running this BLOG for over a year. Dang. Thank you all for your support and enthusiasm!

Until next year…

Dr. Sketchy’s Sketchdump! (Plus some other nonsense)

Lucy Bellwood — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:42:39 +0000

Last night I finally made it out to a Dr. Sketchy’s meeting in Portland and boy howdy am I glad I did. Awesome people, sweet prizes (lascivious burlesque paper doll book, anyone?), good drinks, and a fabulous model. What more can a girl ask for? I spent the night mostly challenging myself to bust out some quick watercolor renderings for the 5-10 minute poses, then did a few inky things later on.

20 minute excuse to draw a big ol’ dragon.

And my response to the “Make this pose into the best noir poster you can manage in 20 minutes” challenge. This was a blast, although I’m really not a fan of inking lettering in a timed environment. Waaay too much stress. Also ran my pen out of ink in the process of making it atmospheric enough.

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When not drawing scantily clad babes in sketchy bars, I’ve also been doing some rendering and style experiments for an upcoming project. Hence quick comics about footwear!

Also been really into the way Aaron Diaz renders faces, so I’m trying that out for a while with the G nibs I got for Christmas. Those things are nifty!

Baggywrinkles 1 & 2 Now Available Online! (Fo’ free)

Lucy Bellwood — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:53:00 +0000

If you’ve been out there itching to show your friends the magic of Baggywrinkles without having to buy tangible copies of the comic, then boy howdy is this the post for you! I’ve just made both issues available online in their entirety because I love you all and really, it’s about time.

[EDIT: The images are quite small in slideshow view, so if you're having trouble reading them just click the "Permalink" button at the bottom right of the image. It'll take you to a larger version. Click on that page to advance to the next one in the series. Sorry for the glitchy-ness of WordPress in this respect. Soon to be fixed when my new site goes live!]

Furthermore, the amazing Joe Follansbee (author of the Fyddeye Guide to America’s Maritime History) recently put up an interview with yours truly on his site! To learn more about how I got involved in all this sailing and comics stuff in the first place, check it out over here.

I had a wonderful (but brief) trip out to see the Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain this past weekend in Oxnard, CA. We had a lovely breeze for our three-hour sail, and it was a huge treat to be aloft and out on the water after so much time away. Fellow sailor Kyle Bruner snapped this awesome shot of Chieftain at sunset that weekend. How could I ever love anything else more than this?

Finally, I’ll be returning to Portland this weekend to reprint both issues of Baggywrinkles and make a bundle of new buttons. If you’d like to buy buttons on their own to distribute to nautical friends or decorate your own peacoat/ditty bag/fisherman’s hat, they’ll be available in the store next week in packs of three for two bucks (plus shipping).

That’s it from me. I’ll see you all in a week!

My Grandmother’s Beast (Pt. 4)

Lucy Bellwood — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:33:57 +0000

Thanks for reading, everyone.

My Grandmother’s Beast (Pt. 3)

Lucy Bellwood — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:06:26 +0000

Kickin’ it in San Francisco this weekend for the SF Fusion Exchange. Gonna be doing a lot of dancing and not a lot of comics, but at least there’s another update.

(To be concluded next week.)

My Grandmother’s Beast (Part 2)

Lucy Bellwood — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:14:02 +0000

Aaaaaand part two. (Happy New Year!)