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Signet Commission by Idess

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:53:46 -0000

My last commission left over from Further Confusion! This took me much longer than it should have, and I still feel very bad about it. Signet, the commissioner, was very patient and wonderful to work with. This was commissioned as a "colored sketch" at the con (hence no background), but since it took me so long to do I added more detail and put more into it than the normal colored sketch. The requirements were to simply draw his KangarooxSeal character with a peach. I tossed around many ideas, but this one came to me and stuck :P © M. 'Idess' Sherwood Character belongs to signet_the_roo

Medium: Prismacolor Pencils on Bristol
Tags: cute kangaroo roo seal peach

Spare Bulb by Idess

Mon, 04 May 2009 01:23:16 -0000

A project from my college Art Design class. This is a collage using images from a magazine. I purposefully tried to make it so you wouldn't be able to tell which is painted and which is a magazine clipping. Due to copyright issues the magazine clippings were often changed dramatically (for example, the St. Bernard in the fron was a magazine clipping of a St. Bernard with his mouth hanging open and his tongue out).

Medium: collage + paint
Tags: anthro collage

Rare Breed: Mudi by Idess

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:50:41 -0000

I've been wanting to do a sort of "series" of pictures of rarer breeds of dogs that most people don't know about. This first one is the Mudi. The American Mudi Association Website The Mudi is a small herding breed originating in Hungary. They are recognized mostly by their coat, which is wavy and curly with short hair on the face and legs. They are most commonly seen as black, though they are recognized in many different colors. As a herding dog, they are very intelligent and willing to please their owner, though they are usually very reserved and quiet, and do not take well to harsh training techniques. Please check out the above link for the AMA if you'd like to research this breed more on your own! The original is 7x9" Watercolor + Colored Pencil mixed media.

Medium: Watercolor + Colored Pencils
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I'm Just a Corgi by Idess

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:01:02 -0000

Just a small 5.5x8" drawing I did to cheer myself up. © M. 'Idess' Sherwood

Medium: Colored Pencil
Tags: dog corgi pembroke dogs prismacolor welsh

Frequent Flier by Idess

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:59:44 -0000

For the Further Confusion Art Show, where it was framed and up for auction :) Sold there, too. Prints available for $7 © M. 'Idess' Sherwood

Medium: watercolor
Tags: fox fennec balloons

First Snow -Painting- by Idess

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:27:36 -0000

My second (ever) watercolor painting, for my Beginning Watercolor class. This is 100% watercolor. Nothing else was used. It was painted on Arches 140 lb cold press. The actual size is about 16x21 inches. My original photo: http://idess.deviantart.com/art/First-Snow-75891747 Art and photo © M. 'Idess' Sherwood

Medium: Watercolor
Tags: snow dog watercolor dogs realistic dachshund photorealism

Juneau Dog by Idess

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:50:53 -0000

My first watercolor painting for watercolor class. I learned a lot of things about watercolor, which was completely foreign to me. For critique: For some reason people like to critique this piece. I am open for critique but I already know about the 'floating can' and 'floating dog', so no need to repeat that :) Thank you. Original photo (by me): http://idess-snap.deviantart.com/art/Juneau-Dog-71752263 Art and photo © M. 'Idess' Sherwood

Medium: watercolor
Tags: dog husky sledding alaska alaskan

Otter Chieftain by Idess

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:49:29 -0000

I got some cheap card stock the other day specifically for sketches :) So I drew up this river otter chieftain, complete with a kingfisher feather headress, a crane tail loincloth (if that's the right name), a shrimp net arm band, fish bone necklace, and various other reed accessories. There's a light blue initial sketch beneath the darker pencil lines. Art and design © M. 'Idess' Sherwood

Medium: pencil
Tags: otter river native chief

Fox On Stilts by Idess

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:18:17 -0000

Maned Wolves are commonly known as "Foxes on Stilts". It seems the little red fox tried a bit -too- hard to be like his taller cousin! This original will probably be in the Art Show at Further Confusion 2009 (yes, January 2009). If not, I will probably auction it off on Furbuy.com. Prints of this will also be available soon, whenever I get the money to make prints :) If you think you want a print, send me a note. Maybe if there's enough interest I'll try to scrounge up some money for a small print run or something like that. © M. 'Idess' Sherwood

Medium: Colored Pencils and Watercolor on Bristol
Tags: fox cartoon wolf foxes maned Traditional stilts

Coffee Collie by Idess

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:12:21 -0000

I drew this guy on the paper wrapping of an image I was doing for art class containing non-traditional staining media. I was using coffee, and while I was waiting for it to dry, I drew him. I sent the original to my good friend/sister Brynn. © M. 'Idess' Sherwood

Medium: Coffee, Pencil, and some Iodine
Tags: dog coffee dogs collie border feral stain

Silver Trickster by Idess

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:07:09 -0000

Just a silver fox. I'm glad that I've taken my college art class and learned to get into pencils again. He was bought by Anbessa on FurAffinity :) © M. 'Idess' Sherwood

Medium: Colored Pencil on Bristol
Tags: fox fox pencil silver feral

Charles by Idess

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:05:21 -0000

This was a project in my art class. We were supposed to take a funny photo and draw it. The 'rule', though, was to put a colored box somewhere in the picture to give the sense that the picture is indeed flat, and not three-dimensional (idunno, ask my teacher :| ) I took this of my pug dog, Charles, outside my house. © M. 'Idess' Sherwood

Medium: Colored Pencil on Bristol
Tags: dog realism dogs pug