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Challenge 73: Cult Classic: Pardon My French!
“This is like…
…well, let’s just say it.
This is probably the biggest
zoological discovery of the century!”
Elizabeth B.
Challenge 75: Freebie: Batgirl of Burnside!
Issue 50 of Batgirl came out today and it’s the last issue that @babsdraws, @cameron-stewart, and @brendenfletcher worked on as a team! I wanted to create a little tribute piece to thank them for their all around awesomeness and for getting tons of new readers, myself included, into the Batgirl franchise! ☺️ Oddly enough I’ve had this sketch lying around since they announced the series but never finished it! I figured it was the perfect time to revisit it and wrap it all up!
Elizabeth B.
P.S. Just saw the MOTOR CRUSH announcement, sign me up for that!! 💜
Challenge 79: Work Space: Bundled up!!
Decided to showcase the basic elements of my workspace: Pens/ Paper/ iMac/ Cintiq/ and of course my big comfy blanket!
Elizabeth B.
Challenge 81: Tattoos: RELEASE!
This challenge was the perfect opportunity to flex my nerd muscles and whip up a design for my fav show, Cardcaptors! 🌸
Elizabeth B.
Challenge 82: Nostalgia: Eleven
Couldn’t pass up the opportunity to draw my girl El!
Hoping to expand this into a triptych that explores fashion/ food/ and attitude!
Elizabeth B.
Challenge 83: Hunger: Genki Living
Every so often I get a craving for Genki Living, an awesome lil cafe located in Southern California . My absolute favorites were their Nutella filled Taiyaki and Almond Milk Tea Slushy! YUM!! *Wanted to grab some the last time I was visiting the area but they went out of business 😭
Elizabeth B.
Challenge 84: Knot: Top Knot
This was such a fun theme for me! I knew almost immediately that I wanted to do a piece that featured a top knot. I also went with Caitlin’s recommendation of a limited palette and I really couldn’t be happier with how it turned out :) This illustration also allowed me to experiment with a lot of new brushes and mark making, which is always a plus (All of which were from Kyle T. Webster’s megapack and Rake brushes, super affordable and a must have imo)! 🌸
Elizabeth B.
Challenge 86: Freebie: Amethyst
Always grateful for our freebie challenges, was finally able to wrap up this illustration that was originally intended for Thumbcramps “Fat Mermaids” zine.
*Was such a great project with all the profits benefiting a body positive, non-profit charity (beauty REDEFINED).
Elizabeth B.
Challenge 89: Scientific Illustration: Flareon
I like to imagine before the now standard pokedex, trainers had to lug around multiple encyclopedia style books in order to identify anything! XP
Elizabeth B.
✨Open call fellow SCADies!!!! ✨
Hello SCAD friends! Interested in joining us at Square Carousel? We are looking to fill a spot!
Please shoot us an email ([email protected]) if you are the following:
–super stoked about the idea of illustrating with us! –a SCAD graduate who is passionate about illustration! –available to create one illustration every 3 weeks –love to illustrate! –can participate in discussion via Facebook for sketch critique, ideas, etc. –are responsible about staying in touch and meeting deadlines –did we mention loving illustration?
In your email, link us to your work (even if we know you), and please touch on each of the points above, specifically your time availability for personal work. We would love to have our new member be present, passionate, and a positive contribution to group morale!
Also, please note that we only have one spot open, so it truly is nothing personal if you don’t get picked- we are considering a lot of different things when choosing a member. We promise we still <3 you!
Friday, April 14th is our deadline!
Please send a private message if you’ve sent us an email, just in case it doesn’t make it to us somehow, and we can ask you to send another. Also, feel free to share this post to people and groups you think would be interested. Thanks everyone!! Can’t wait to see who applies!
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Challenge 90: Healthy - Strawberries
When prompted with the topic of ‘healthy’ my mind automatically jumped to some of my favorite fruits, one of which being strawberries ✨🍓✨
SO, for this challenge I just wanted to do something fun and went with a cute depiction of a girl sitting in/on a carton of strawberries!
Elizabeth B.
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Challenge 92: Self Portraits: ✨SPARKLE✨
No matter how many times I create a new portrait/ avatar it’s always gunna be a sparkly/ pink mess!! 💖
*Also working on a GIF version that’ll show the evolution of my hair over the years for my personal page (so keep your eyes peeled)!
Elizabeth B.
Challenge 93: Favorite Song: ‘Kill V. Maim’ by Grimes
Love the lil nods to video games in the music video ( heart life/ ‘you died’) and instantly wanted to make a classic Continue Screen :D
Have a listen, I dare you not to dance!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2EJMd7ZN7w&index=3&list=WL
Elizabeth B.
Challenge 95: Western: Little Miss Sure Shot!
A total badass by the time she turned 15, Annie could snuff a candle with a single skip/ jump/ and a shot!
Elizabeth B.
Lordy, this was a fun one! 💗
Challenge 101: Album Cover: Fembot 🎀🤖
So happy to be back and diving into work with this awesome theme!! I chose to focus on a single song, making it like an EP release or something like that!
My song of choice is FEMBOT by Robyn! I’ve had it on repeat recently and couldn’t seem to get the idea of a super Femme robot hooked up and updating her software. You know, the usual 💅
Elizabeth B.
Happy Sunday Everyone!
We’ve got some pretty exciting news to share with y’all! <3 Our friends over at @creativeactionnetwork have put together a book of their “What Makes America Great” campaign! This collection of poster designs celebrated things that each contributing artist believed made America truly great (in addition, proceeds from that campaign supported DreamCorps). This was a bonus prompt that only a few Square Carousel members were able to take on, but we’re happy to announce that the four members that contributed ( Caitlin Alexander / Jordan Johnson / Elizabeth Beals / & Julia Yellow ) have all been selected to have their designs included in C.A.N.’s beautifully curated book!
The book will be published in October but is available for pre-order NOW! Also, heads-up that the first 100 orders will receive a limited set of 10 postcards.
More information and pre-orders can be found HERE!
Challenge 106: I Know What You Did Last Summer: Freckles
Growing up, many of my summer nights were spent counting the new freckles all over my face/ arms /and shoulders (not always seeing them in the most positive light). As I grow older tho, I now look forward to getting them each year! ❤️
Elizabeth B.
Challenge 107: Redesign Refresher: 🎊 Congrats To The Happy Couple 🎊 Had started a Harley / Ivy piece last year for our Freebie challenge but was never quite satisfied with the outcome. I felt like I had missed an opportunity to better incorporate the movie version of Poison Ivy, especially since I had went in that direction with Harley’s depiction. *Also, in the middle of working on this piece DC confirmed that Harley and Ivy are officially married!!! So yeah, you now I had to make it a wedding photo as well 💗
Elizabeth B.
Challenge 108: Uniform: Stella Maris
With a theme like Uniform it was the perfect opportunity to draw one of my fav new characters, Stella Maris, from ‘The New World’. Showing her off in Guardian attire, I went with a bold red bg to pull from Tom Muller’s killer graphics/ dress for the comic covers themselves. I also tried to keep the coloring style as close to Heather’s as possible but I seriously couldn’t do it justice and ended up defaulting back to my safe place of over rendering XP
But seriously, this comic has such an amazing creative team it’s beyond ridiculous! Would definitely recommend picking up this series ✨🙌✨
Elizabeth B.
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Challenge 109: Moody: Relief This was such a fun one for me! I wanted to try and convey that giddy, relieved, slap happy kinda feeling I tend o get from time to time. I originally had a much warmer, much pinker palette, but realized it was getting dangerously close to another piece of mine. That’s when I decided to cool it off / zoom in/ and focus on the expression/ feeling as much as possible!
Elizabeth B.