New Year's Eve Celebration: A video of my art!

The new year is coming and with that, I find it's time to reflect on what's happened so far and look toward the future optimistically. I've only had this blog running for a couple of months, but it features art that even goes back a few years. I wanted to assemble a video celebrating what I've done so far. Now, here it is.

You will find a mix of drawings from both of my art blogs in this video. I know I definitely want to do something like this again. there is still much more to come. More art and more surprises.

I look forward to what I will be doing in the future as well. All artists improve with time, so I wonder what I'll improve on this year. I'll just keep going with my "The best is yet to come" philosophy on life and see where it takes me. It helps to fondly remember the good parts of the past, but it also helps to remember that now is the only time you can make your choices. So please, live now, not in the past. Remember the past, live now, and anticipate what's to come.

Peace and Love
J3llyb3ans

A Hidden Faery.

There's a faery hiding somewhere in this picture. Can you find her?

A Sweet and Cute Faery

I had fun drawing this one and she turned out being soooo cute. ^^

Old Stuff Part VI: Old Fan Art

Some fan art from well over a year ago featuring Lady Lovely Locks and an incomplete portrait of Stormy from Rainbow Brite. Here's to getting some more olds stuff out of the way before the new year.

Almond Tea time!

Here's an illustration of the Strawberry Shortcake character, Almond Tea. Of course I felt inspired to draw an older version of herself because I thought it would be interesting. This is for my friend from Youtube with the unpronounceable name jbjnklkjnbhk.

Please enjoy.

Sweet as Cotton Candy

Finally complete. This one is for my friend WishBear2001 from the Rainbow Brite and Strawberry Shortcake forums. It's an illustration of her character based on herself, Cotton Candy. Drawn in SSC 2009 style and hugging Twink from Rainbow Brite. She was meant to be standing in the snow, but considering it took 3 tries to get a drawing that looked like this, I felt it was okay for to be just a character portrait.

I don't mind doing requests for friends, I just hope they're cool with whatever liberties I may take on the picture.

Anyway, Happy holidays, Wish. Enjoy your self-characterization.

I posted two versions. The black and white and the colour. Unfortunately the colour version looked better in real life, as my scanner dosen't seem to pick up on finer colours.

New: The Art of J3llb3ans II is up and running.

"What is The Art of J3llyb3ans II?" you may ask. In order to play it safe considering the sites I promote this blog on, I've decided to have a separate blog specifically for nude and semi-nude illustrations. I've posted a few drawings here that would fit better there, which is why I created it. I have a lot of illustrations to add to it as well. I'll be busy with new material for both blogs when I can find the time.

Mature audiences are invited to enjoy a gallery of nude or kinda nude art. Please enjoy.

Old Stuff part V: Random Catgirl

What artist who's tried drawing in an anime/manga like style hasn't drawn a few catgirls? they're too cute to resist and they're a staple of anime culture. so here's one I drew over a year ago.

Old Stuff part IV: Faeries with a crystal ball

Actually, this one isn't really that old. It's from only a few months ago. anyway, enjoy.

Old Stuff part III: Summer 2008 Faeries

In the summer of 2008, the faeries in my drawings began taking on a unique look. I thought I would share these.

Rainbows and Strawberries III: Back To Back

This one is more classic J3llyb3ans style only with less hair detail. I decided to not overdo it considering I was panning to ink this one, which I did. Once again, older versions of Rainbow and Strawberry. I'm still experimenting with styles and I've found some jusst turn out better than others. This one I think is the best of the three.

Rainbows and Strawberries II: Rainbow/Strawberry hug.

This is an earlier work that I thought I botched, then I looked at it and thought, it's ok. A little rough looking, but I can use it. It's a lot like the older Rainbow/Strawberry hug that I drew a couple months ago (which I also coloured, later on). Anyway, here's Rainbow/Strawberry hug mkII, once again featuring Rainbow and Strawberry in their latest incarnations.

Rainbows and Strawberries Part I: A Berry Colourful Friendship

The first in a set of 3 illustrations featuring Rainbow Brite and Strawberry Shortcake. I may do an exclusive 4th pic for this blog, but we'll see. This is a project I've been working on for a while, but some of my earlier works didn't meet my approval. Anyway, here's the first. It's a rough sketch featuring the original Rainbow and the second Strawberry (the 2003 version).

A Pretty Faery

I haven't posted in a while, but I've had this one ready. Here's a pretty faery for you. I have a special multi-part project I'm working on, which hasn't exactly gone as planned. I'll start adding those pictures as each one gets finished. I'd like to have the first up sometime soon.