Melody's Sketch Blog

Tumbleweed

2011-05-22T21:23:00.000-07:00

Here's a preview of my contribution for "GirlsDrawinGirls Vol. 4: The Way Nature Made Her". Available this summer!

Another Derby Painting!

2011-03-03T12:53:00.001-08:00

Hey all, check out my painting I did for this flier for my upcoming bout on 4/2! Check it out, and check out the bout!

~Melody

Flier for the LA Derby Dolls!

2010-10-25T12:52:00.000-07:00

Here's a flier I did for the next bout! Come check out my team kicking some ass!

Draw like you don't give a crap.

2010-08-31T00:34:00.000-07:00

Tonight I did something that I haven't done in a while. I just did some silly doodles from my head for fun. Like drawing in your notebook in high school kind of fun. The kind where you did art purely for enjoyment, and not just because you need a paycheck. I love reminding myself that I can get back to that point and that I do truly love to draw.

The Boys and Girls Club

2010-08-15T16:03:00.000-07:00

I realized that I never posted this here! I did a chalk mural back in June in Huntington Beach for "The Boys and Girls Club". I basically thought, hey, I'm by the beach, and kids like mermaids, why not draw a mermaid for them? It was a 5x5 foot space of sidewalk that I drew on. I just drew this out of my head in about 2 and a half hours. Enjoy!

~Melody

Lollipops, part 2!

2010-06-25T12:22:00.000-07:00

Here's another sneak peak to GirlsDrawinGirls Vol. 3: Sugar and Spice that I did. The book will be done on July 7th! Right in time for the GirlsDrawinGirls Vol. 3 opening reception on July 9th!

Vol. 3 Preview! Now with COLOR!

2010-05-26T17:54:00.000-07:00

Hey all, I posted my sketch of my painting, but now it is finished. Please forgive the iphone picture quality, it cut off a bit at the bottom.

This is a submission of mine for the GirlsDrawinGirls Vol. 3: Sugar and Spice book!

Tattoo Design! Phase 2!

2010-05-04T23:31:00.001-07:00

Here's the design with long hair, a scarf, and now it's cleaned up. Hopefully I'll get to coloring it soon! Yay!

Tattoo

2010-04-28T16:28:00.003-07:00

Here's preliminary sketch for a tattoo I've been commissioned to do. Hopefully I'll be finished within next week. I apologize for the crappiness of the scan.

Reel!

2010-04-21T16:53:00.000-07:00

Here's some scenes I've worked on and such!

Vol. 3 Preview!

2010-04-15T10:33:00.001-07:00

Hey all! Me and Daisy Church are busy laying out the vol. 3 book and getting everything ready for it's release in July! There will be a vol. 3 premiere art show July 9th at the animation guild. We will also be selling the books at the San Diego Comic Con AND will be doing a book signing at the San Francisco Museum of Cartoon Art! This is going to be our most exciting release yet! Here's a little preview, in sketch form of one of my pieces. The theme for this book is "Sugar and Spice" and I got lollipops!

Portfolio! Part 3!

2010-03-10T11:36:00.001-08:00

...and some more!

Portfolio! Part 2!

2010-03-10T11:33:00.000-08:00

Here's the portfolio, continued!

Portfolio!

2010-03-10T11:31:00.001-08:00

Here's some samples of my work! Enjoy!

Chalk Festival Murals!

2010-02-12T11:59:00.001-08:00

Hello blog readers! Here's a compilation of Pasadena Chalk Festival murals from the past... Enjoy!

Close ups from the mural from 2009.

The finished 2009 piece!

The 2008 entry.

The 2007 entry that we won for!

~Melody

Red Head Girl!

2010-02-03T21:01:00.001-08:00

Oh, how this Socal girl longs for wearing the clothes I'm comfortable with again... flip flops and tanks. I know I shouldn't complain about 60 something degree weather, but I'm a wuss with cold and I am usually very stupid when it comes to dressing for cold weather properly.

Regardless, here's "Red Head Girl"! 15/100

~Melody

Another Drawing!

2010-01-16T16:11:00.003-08:00

Here's Flirty 20's Girl to add to the 100 Girl Drawings in the first days of 2010! Enjoy!

~Melody

Another addition to the 100 girls in 100 days!

2010-01-05T13:53:00.000-08:00

Because I feel like shortened days make me lazy during winter, I dream of Spring. So, here is "Spring Girl"!

Green Fairy!

2010-01-02T20:39:00.000-08:00

Here we go! Girl #2! 98 more to go! Upon recently watching "Moulin Rouge" and having music from that movie CONSTANTLY come up on shuffle today at the gym, I give you this crazy sketch of the Green Fairy. WITH COLOR!

~Melody

100 Girls in 100 Days

2010-01-01T20:56:00.000-08:00

Hello blog readers! I have decided to take on a challenge with some other ladies of GDG to draw 100 girls in 100 days. Here's the first one for 1/1/10! 99 more to go! Sorry it's a lame iphone photo of my sketch, my scanner was acting up.

~Melody

Paramount "Power of Youth" event.

2009-12-17T11:39:00.000-08:00

A couple of weeks ago, I was asked to be a chalk artist for Variety's "Power of Youth" event held at Paramount Studios. The event was a benefit held for sick or at risk children. I was asked to do a sidewalk chalk mural for the kids. It was a lot of fun, despite it being pretty cold outside, but I'm a Southern California dweller, so I'm a wimp when it comes to cold.

The kids seemed to really enjoy the art and the entire day built around them. Some of them even wanted me to teach them how to draw! I basically did this mural on the fly out of my head. Enjoy!

Me with the completed chalk art piece.

Dancers from the movie, "Fame" dance near my art.

Jr. Derby logo...Take 2!

2009-11-23T13:15:00.001-08:00

Here's a new pose for the Jr. Derby logo. Just gotta make a few tweaks and finalize it. Then the young ladies of the LA Derby Dolls can have something perdy to represent them!

~Melody

Devil Girl

2009-10-29T18:10:00.000-07:00

Here's a little something I sketched out for some Halloween fun. Enjoy!

~Melody

Jr. Derby logo

2009-08-27T14:35:00.000-07:00

Hey there!

I've been working on trying to get a logo together for the LA Derby Dolls Jr. Derby League. I did a sketch for it. I still need to clean it up, tweak it a bit and add some text, but here it is so far. Enjoy!

~Melody

GDG Vol. 1 Coffee Table Box!

2009-07-07T18:36:00.000-07:00

Here's a coffee table art box that I helped Acme Archives put together. You can buy one at this year's comic con in San Diego! A great gift!

~Melody

GDG Collage

2009-07-07T13:03:00.001-07:00

Here's a little GirlsDrawinGirls Collage that I made for Amped Magazine.

Enjoy!

More Derby...

2009-07-07T12:54:00.001-07:00

Here's a little bit more derby art! Here's a logo I did with chain added to it later, with the aid of the lovely Brandi Iron's man. The other is silhouette work

GDG Books!

2009-07-06T17:32:00.001-07:00

Books on sale at www.girlsdrawingirls.com

Check out the group I started with the help of my pal, Anne Walker, and check out both the artwork I contributed, as well as book layout I helped with and bio photography.

~Melody

Derby Dolls fun!

2009-07-06T17:26:00.001-07:00

As you may or may not know, I play roller derby for the LA Derby Dolls. I've done logo work for them during my involvement with their art department. Check it out!

~Melody

Final Calendar Piece

2009-07-06T17:23:00.000-07:00

Hey all...

It's been a lil while, but I have my final calendar piece. Look for it premiering at comic con this year and buy a calendar! We will also have a comic con exclusive photoshoot calendar to pick up as well.

Flapper!

2009-05-12T21:01:00.000-07:00

...and another post! I'm on a roll!

Here's a flapper sketch I did. I just quickly added some flat color to it in photoshop. I want to get it to a more finished look, but here it is for right now.
~M

Coming Soon: GirlsDrawinGirls 2010 Calendar!

2009-05-12T19:38:00.000-07:00

GDG is working on an art calendar for 2010 that we will premier at comic con. I have the month of September, so I am going with a "Back To School" theme. Here's a sketch for an idea that I am playing around with.

Red Madonna!

2009-04-27T14:43:00.000-07:00

Here's another version of a previous painting I did... but in RED! Wow! Enjoy!

Late Easter!

2009-04-17T19:47:00.001-07:00

Bunnys... Easter...

Enjoy!

Hive 4th Anniversary Show!

2009-04-05T13:52:00.000-07:00

I just recently did a piece for the Hive's Anniversary Show. We were supposed to create an Avatar from "Hiveland", which is the mythical land the folks over at the Hive created. Hiveland came complete with different individual lands your characters could come from. The theme this year from Hiveland was "Love and War". I did "The Lust Goddess" as my piece. She lives in the firey volcano lands. Enjoy!

Old Art, Found!

2008-12-04T21:10:00.000-08:00

When I went to visit my mom this past weekend, she gave me a pile of old artwork I have done. This is a color study painting I did of Madonna around my freshman year. I thought it would be an interesting thing to post. Medium is acrylic... Enjoy!

Oh yeah... Chalk Festival

2008-09-12T22:15:00.000-07:00

I forgot to post an image of the GirlsDrawinGirls Pasadena Chalk Festival piece we did this past June of '08. It was fun, we went with a fairy tale theme to go along with our GDG Vol. 2 book, which is also Fairy Tale themed. Enjoy all!

~Melody

Final(ish) Goldilocks painting

2008-02-22T23:10:00.000-08:00

So, I am pretty much done with my Goldilocks painting. I just need to add some more highlights and shadow. This is my first oil piece since college, so it was definitely a fun (and challenging) experience... also not to mention a long process. Yep, between work, getting the GirlsDrawinGirls Vol. 2 book together, and organizing GDG for an art show at the Hive March 1st, I have not gotten a lot of sleep. Yep... tonight, after I publish this blog, I plan on reading, sleeping (oh, the joy of sleep!), then taking a relaxing yoga class in the morning. Hurray for my art break!

2008-02-14T01:43:00.000-08:00

Ok, here's the final line drawing for Goldilocks. Sorry about the quality of the scan, but I need to get to a-painting, and since I am painting it with water soluble oils, I have little time for fiddling with the scan quality, since this stuff is due this weekend. I am going to try to have more art other than this piece. I will post more once more is done... yowza! What a crazy week!

Fairy Tale Art

2008-02-03T21:27:00.000-08:00

For GirlsDrawinGirls' next book, we will be focusing on Fairy Tales. My Fairy Tale is Goldilocks. I am going to have a finished piece by the week of the 11-15th. So far, here is a sketch of Goldilocks, minus the 3 bears. Enjoy!

Crazy Shoes at Nordstrom

2008-01-22T21:28:00.000-08:00

So... back in December, I painted 8 pairs of shoes for a December art show at Nordstrom at the Grove for BC Shoes/Seychelles. It took sooooo damned long because the shoes were suede and would not take the paint. I went with crazy designs for all of them, and they kind turned out like clown shoes. Haha. Unfortunately, after staying up until 3:30am for a good week to paint 3 shoes, I only took a picture of one. Enjoy!

Carmen Mirandarth

2007-08-05T23:43:00.001-07:00

So, me, Anne Walker, and Debbie Bruce of GirlsDrawinGirls created a Darth Vader helmet for "The Vader Project" ( www.thevaderproject.com ), an art show touring the globe displaying Darth Vader helmets painted and created upon by various artists. Some of the artists included names such as Shag and Gary Baseman, so I was pleased that we got the be a part of it. We decided our theme would be "Carmen Mirandarth". Darth Vader meets Carmen Miranda... can you say "Fabulouuuuuuuus!!!!!" Oh hell yeah. Enjoy!

Watercolor a go-go!

2007-07-03T16:24:00.000-07:00

I just experimented with water color... I've never really worked with water color before, so it was pretty fun. I painted this piece a couple of days ago... I need to fix some stuff on her face, but overall, I think it's a pretty good first water color attempt.

I am doing a Futurama test, I'll post some drawings as soon as I scan them.

~M

GDG Wins Best in Animation at the Pasadena Chalk Festival!

2007-06-21T12:18:00.000-07:00

You know, it really was a great experience this past weekend at the Pasadena Chalk Festival dispite the hot sun bearing down on us and the crouching down on the sidewalk. I really feel as if we inspired people to be creative, especially children, which is odd considering GirlsDrawinGirls is coming out with a pin up book next month. The chalk piece itself was very G Rated and depicted our logo girl, "Gigi" in various seasonal backdrops from Spring to Winter.

At the end of the 2 day festival, all 8 gals taking part in this event won the award for "Best in Animation" taking with us free movie passes, free cold stone ice cream, free dinner and live mariache show at a new restaurant in Pasadena, and the most exciting of all, we all won 8 free plane tickets to anywhere jet blue flies. They fly to The Bahamas, so we are all planning a GirlsDrawinGirls trip next February for the 8 of us... WOOO!

All that work in the hot sun definitely paid off. It felt good to be a part of the community and to donate artwork for charity at auction. We even had a little girl draw us fan art!

All in all a wonderful weekend... more about it on girlsdrawingirls.com

~Melody

another post!

2007-01-12T20:37:00.000-08:00

art show on the 20th! woo! so busy...

80's women

2006-08-20T13:48:00.000-07:00

I'm doing some pin up drawings for a book. I have to do women from the 80's. Here are some quick sketch ideas.

Back to work.

2006-05-27T14:38:00.000-07:00

Back at work I am...

I want to put some Simpsons stuff I've done, like these scenes I did with Rob Reiner a few shows ago, but I don't know if I can. I should find out. I don't want to post it, then somehow get in trouble. I'm back to work this week, and have the opening sequence of the show to animate... so I am going to head off to work. I really want to put more stuff on here, but I've been busy. My apologies. I'll try more tomorrow.

Just for fun.

2006-05-17T11:18:00.000-07:00

I took a perspective class last year. It was a really good class and made perspective less scary. We had to take a picture of something small looking larger than something big, so this is what I did. I want to take another class at the union this term. If anyone has a new schedule let me know. I think it will be cheaper for me this time because I'm now union. Also, does anyone know how to add my friends blogs to my site as a link?

Here's another!

2006-05-16T12:00:00.000-07:00

Okay, I scanned in some sketches I did of the Simpsons characters while I was learning how to draw them. Frankly, I'm still learning how to draw them, they are harder than they look. More stuff to come as the week progresses!

Just a start

2006-05-15T14:07:00.000-07:00

Ok, so this is where I will start with my sketch blog. I admit that after college I have been REALLY bad about scanning in my stuff, so I am going to spend this week doing that so I will have things to post. In the meantime, here's some extremely old figure paintings to tide one over.