Strawberry Sketch

Finally, Strawberry Shortcake drawn with the colouring book as reference. Of course the image I was looking at was quite possibly one of the most popular images for the new Strawberry. So here they are, all six of the girls introduced so far in the third incarnation of the SSC universe.

I think this completes my attempt at drawing each character from the colouring book, I'd like to try drawing them without the reference and see what happens. I may still need work before that.

Lemon Sketch

It's Lemon Meringue. Drawn with the colouring book as a reference. Enjoy.

Plum Sketch

Plum Pudding is here and am I ever happy with how this one turned out. Once again, I used the colouring book as a reference.

Raspberry Sketch

Yet another SCC sketch using the colouring book for reference. This time it's a sketch of Raspberry Torte. I'm beginning to realize that colouring books are a great resource for learning how to capture a characters likeness.

Orange Sketch

A sketch of Orange Blossom with the colouring book used as a reference. I think once I get the hang of this style I can create new scenes. I did make a few changes to the pic so it isn't too much like the original.

Blueberry Sketch

Yes! It's Blueberry Muffin and I'm so glad about how she turned out. Of course I had larger reference pictures this time. Last night I bought a Strawberry Shortcake colouring book to use as a reference for drawing. I may just be able to recreate the 2009 style with my art after all.

Old Stuff Part 2: Eco Friendly Magical Girls

Another pic from fall 2007 featuring a team of environmentally friendly magical girls I was thinking about writing about.

Old Stuff part 1: A Cute Girl

Today I had a chance to browse through a box full of my old sketchbooks. Looking back, I shudder at some of the things I drew that I thought were accomplishments at the time. However, I decided to dig out the illustrations that I thought were still good enough to share years later. It's true, artists do get better with time. I'm sure someday I'll look back on what I'm doing now and say "I've come a long way" I'm not putting my work down in any way by saying that, it's just something that's likely to happen.

Anyway here are two illustrations of a cute girl who dosen't have a name unfortunately. I think I may have planned to name her. I think I intended to have her be a main character in a story. Please enjoy these pics that I did back in fall 2007.

The Great Rainbow Mix-Up

Rainbow Brite and Rainbow Sherbert have mixed up their costumes in this pic I drew as a response to a request. It was actually quite fun. I also tried to emulate the second generation Strawberry Shortcake facial style as much as possible for this one.

Ginger Snap re-imagined.

I had a request for Ginger Snap in a 2009 style. At the same time I was planning a picture of her as an adult. So I combined the two ideas and here's the result.

Not Your Little Pony, My Little Pony.

Here's an attempt at Fizzy from My Little Pony. With some creative liberties taken. One thing I forgot when drawing this was her jewel looking eyes. I think that's pretty noticeable. Maybe I'll redo this one more accurately sometime.

Showing Some Love For Rose Petal

It's Rose Petal. Star of the long forgotten classic, Rose Petal Place.

Shy Violet

Shy Violet from Rainbow Brite in B&W and colour.

Lady Lovely Locks

A Lady Lovely Locks illustration.

Moon Dreamers

some illustrations of Moon Dreamers, Dream Gazer and Crystal Starr. Dream Gazer is portrayed older in these.

It's Holly Time!

A quick drawing of Holly Hobbie and friends, Carrie and Amy. I'm surprised I managed to get their likenesses down as well as I did. Granted, there are still some flaws, but drawing this picture did teach me some new things.

Rainbows and Strawberries

So I had this crazy idea for a girl x girl love fanfic starring Rainbow Brite and Strawberry Shortcake. Anyway, here's some work inspired by that idea.

Berry Special requests

Two requests for Strawberry Shortcake characters drawn older, which I gladly drew. One is the second generation Blueberry Muffin with a book and one is third generation Orange Blossom with Pupcake.

Childhood favorites invade my art

Not too long ago, I began working on fan art for a lot of classic characters. However, This time I went for their updated looks. Here are Rainbow Brite and Strawberry shortcake drawn in their most modern looks, grown up.

Creamy Mami

Some fan art of the classic anime magical girl Creamy Mami. This one is inked. One of my first experiments with inking my work.

Some old stuff

Intro

Welcome to The Art Of J3llyb3ans. This is where I'll be displaying my art. I have a lot of old stuff to start with before I put up anything new. So here it goes. Please enjoy.