Eleanor's News

I just made this poster for the Bike Polo championship taking place this year in Philly. My boyfriend, Peter, is on the team!!

I took some of your feedback and then added some new shapes and I think this one is ready to go!

I drew these two kitties today and I’m not sure about which version I like better. In a way, the simplicity of the first one is appealing. Any thoughts?

Here’s a drawing I did this weekend of a male and female impala. I want to get a more abstract style going…it’s more appealing to me at the moment. It’s a challenge!

I read the comments on my Grain Edit interview this weekend and was definitely hurt at first. I got a lot of great support, but unfortunately, the few negative comments really got to me. The general feel of them is that I shouldn’t draw abstract animals anymore since it supposedly infringes on Charley Harper’s legendary style. I really thought about this and realized that they mean well in defending Charley’s work, but my work is my work and there’s no validity in their negativity towards it. Any work done through my hand will be imbued with my perspective and style. As far as the “animal attraction,” I’ve ALWAYS loved drawing animals and was criticized in my childhood for not drawing as many people – strange, huh? It seems that whatever you do, as soon as you put yourself out there, people can get negative about you. It’s especially easy in the anonymous world of the internet. So, to all the people who left positive comments, Thank you!

Here are some versions of an illustration that I just finished up. I thought it might be interesting for you to see how things develop from very simple up to just simple enough.