Wylie Elise Beckert Illustration

Happy New Year! Posted on 09 Jan 2013

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(My last illustration of 2012: a gift for my mother whose quilts are always a work of art.)

A happy, prosperous, and slightly belated new year to everyone who commissioned my artwork, checked out my website, liked my Facebook page, or offered critiques in 2012.

I'm looking forward to creating a lot of new art this year, so if you haven't already, you'll want to follow me on Facebook or Twitter, or add my blog RSS to your feed reader to have my illustrations piped directly into your brain at all hours of day and night.

New Work: Summer Wine Posted on 05 Dec 2012

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Strawberries, cherries and an angel's kiss in spring

My summer wine is really made from all these things.

Take off your silver spurs and help me pass the time

And I will give to you... summer wine.

Since 2012 is wrapping up soon, I'm starting to plan some new pieces for next year to replace my existing portfolio, which is starting to look a little out of sync with the work I'm doing now (and hoping to continue doing in the future). Here's a new piece originally inspired by Lee Hazlewood's Summer Wine, one of the finest songs ever penned about grape juice and petty larceny.

I used a slightly different process from my usual by working the piece up to a pretty high level of finish (in pencil and white charcoal on tinted paper) before switching to Photoshop for the color. (A lot of my initial line art is pretty rough, and gets done on tiled 8.5x11 printer paper for ease of scanning. It's not very pretty and usually gets thrown away. I want to start doing more permanent work in traditional media - this was my first attempt, and I'm quite happy with how it turned out.)

Here's the finished 11x14 pencil art on tinted Strathmore charcoal paper, awaiting its wash of glorious digital color:



Check out a larger view in the gallery; this illustration is available as a print in my Etsy shop.

From the Sketchbook: Disgruntled Cocktail Rabbit Posted on 15 Nov 2012

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In between jobs I've been forcing myself to brush up on my sadly lacking art education, so posting will be sporadic while I bury myself in anatomy books and attempt to reconfigure the linear perspective of my workspace (that's how these things work, right?)

In the meantime, why not have a cocktail? I think I see a waitress headed our way...

New Work: Heatloss Studio/Ring of Glass Posted on 15 Oct 2012

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Just your average, run-of-the-mill legitimate cyborg businessman going about his legitimate business.

A pin-up showcasing an overhauled character color scheme for Heatloss Studio's upcoming cyberpunk adventure game Ring of Glass. Available as a print in my Etsy shop.

New Work: Strays Posted on 08 Oct 2012

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A family portrait: some kids and their pets. You may recognize this piece from an old sketch of mine. Check out the full view in the gallery. A print of this piece is available for purchase in my Etsy shop, link below.