Mini inspiration board. These patterns and textures draw me in for whatever reason.

Old experiments I’m finally posting. I started experimenting with paper during a creative burn out last year.

This is a little diary/sketchbook I’m keeping to do some ‘inner child’ work. I had been going through a LONG artist block when I started it, and this gave me permission to loosen up and experiment!

Afro Pattern available on Society6. Search jjgillustration for this and other designs.

She’s FroReal.

‘Split Image’ available on Society6

I want to make this a series....I think next will be Diana Ross, or Bork...? This actually started with a simple ink doodle on a scrap of paper, I tried to just color it with posca markers and ink, but the result was really flat and lackluster. Once I scanned it into procreate I just got carried away. I had a lot of fun shading w/the graphic texture, but when I finished I thought; I should have used these color and this style for some ‘Into the Spider-verse’ fan art!

Following up with a detail and process image.

I’m trying to teach myself to do caricatures....this is pretty tame but it’s very....stylized? I also cheated ....Twiggy’s face is so distinct and then I wrote her name on it. I tried though!

Get Out

Here is some of my process / reference material.

I just made this for me. I just really wanted to render those boots and that hair! She was really therapeutic to illustrate.

2019! I continue to grow as an artist!

SANDY!? Tell me about it STUD! I’ve been experimenting w/ the textures of digital brushes.

Beauty School Dropout #popart #pink #Grease #greaseistheword #retro #illustration #jjgillustration