Suzy Kendall

Suzy Kendall: Transportation

2010-10-12T15:54:00.000-07:00

Transportation

2010-10-12T15:50:00.001-07:00

Some fashion illustrations

2010-04-07T09:52:00.000-07:00

Please excuse the fact that I took photos of these with my cell phone camera on the sofa in my livingroom, and haven't had time to color correct...

Illustration Friday - Subterranean

2010-03-13T12:01:00.000-08:00

This is a hybrid animal. It is a ratbird, which lives above ground. But it feeds mainly on the spidermouse (yes, a bit of cannibalism going on there), which is subterranean.

This weeks topic for Illustration Friday is subterranean.

Watercolor and pen & ink on bristol paper.

Flying

2009-10-12T10:16:00.001-07:00

Illustration Friday - Infnite (2)

2009-09-22T00:35:00.000-07:00

2nd try. I think I will do it again in watercolor, though, as I don't like the way it came out in Photoshop. It's hard to color in pen and ink done by hand.

INFINITE - "Stephen Colbird" - Illustration Friday

2009-09-21T09:31:00.000-07:00

This week's Illustration Friday topic is "Infinite", and for some reason I immediately thought of Stephen Colbert's portrait within a portrait within a portrait. Although it's not infinite, it could be...

Here we have Stephen Colbird preening in his portrait within a portrait within a portrait before his fireplace. I did this quickly last night and would like to fix it up all fancy with color and such tonight. The scanner at work cut off the left side.

More birds

2009-08-05T02:44:00.001-07:00

animated gif

2009-08-04T23:21:00.000-07:00

Birds

2009-08-04T20:24:00.001-07:00

Published Illustration - Book Cover

2009-07-21T07:40:00.000-07:00

I'm a published illustrator. Here is the final copy that was published.

Here is the previous version:

Hoard (Illustration Friday)

2008-06-25T02:29:00.000-07:00

An oldie but a goodie "The Cat Hoarder" -

Illustration Friday - Seed

2008-05-03T07:40:00.000-07:00

This is a drawing of a California Poppy that I did last weekend while at Cascade Canyon with my Field Study Illustration class. I am not that thrilled with it and think I could have done much better. But here it is.

Illustration Friday - "Homage"

2008-03-28T11:20:00.000-07:00

This is an homage to Joan Miro, Paul Klee, and Piet Mondrian. An homage. Done in watercolor.

Heavy part II

2008-03-18T20:10:00.000-07:00

With or without shadow? I kinda like it better without shadow!

Heavy - Illustration Friday Theme

2008-03-17T08:22:00.000-07:00

Heavy - Spider is too heavy for the leaf.

Quick little sketch. Spider needs a shadow and maybe there should be a web somewhere. I will go back and add details. But whatevs! Enjoy.

LEAP

2008-03-02T07:45:00.000-08:00

Illustration Friday - "Choose"

2008-02-08T19:12:00.000-08:00

This is my latest Illustration Friday entry. Click on my blog for other new posts with new illustrations! Thanks.

choose

2008-02-08T19:08:00.000-08:00

न्यू स्तुफ्फ़

2008-02-08T18:33:00.000-08:00

Blanket

2008-02-02T08:36:00.000-08:00

This weeks Illustration Friday topic is "Blanket". I've always loved the decorative blankets they put on elephants in colonial Indian. I'm sure it wasn't fun for the elephant. But the decorative aspects of it are great.

Illustration Friday - Extremes

2007-10-16T22:48:00.000-07:00

This weeks Illustration Friday topic is "Extremes". I can't believe it's been almost a year since I posted on Illustration Friday. I guess I have been very very busy. I check it every Friday and keep meaning to post to it.

In any case, here are my submissions for this weeks topic - A couple of drawings from my Fashion Illustration class. I thought they fit the topic very well, since they are exaggerated.

Wind (Illustration Friday)

2006-10-30T07:02:00.000-08:00

Two tries at this weeks topic. One in my monoprint class and another with watercolor. The monoprint didn't quite work because the second plate I put down didn't cover the bug. Oh well. I am new at monoprint and will keep trying.

Monoprint:

Watercolor:

Ghost

2006-10-24T11:42:00.000-07:00

Illustration Friday - Smitten

2006-10-14T20:21:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it's been so long since I've done illustration friday. Well, here's my submission for "Smitten". I am working and going to school, so I don't really have time to sit down and do a painting. So this is what you get (by the way, I tried to make an illustration for this topic in my monoprint class today and my instructor said, "You're regressing" so I chucked it):

Smitten

Skyline (Illustration Friday)

2006-07-07T19:32:00.000-07:00

Portrait (Illustration Friday)

2006-06-05T14:45:00.000-07:00

FAT - Illustration Friday

2006-05-12T01:07:00.000-07:00

A Self Portrait - This is how I feel lately:

Song (Illustration Friday)

2006-02-17T12:31:00.000-08:00

A beatnik singing a silly song

Simple - Illustration Friday

2006-02-11T23:18:00.000-08:00

This weeks topic was "Simple". What could be more simple than a classic bob in black and white?

Fashion Illustration

2006-02-04T20:28:00.000-08:00

Chair 2

2006-02-03T16:53:00.000-08:00

This is a watercolor I'm doing for my parents. It's not finished yet.

CHAIR (Illustration Friday topic for 2/2/06)

2006-02-03T12:57:00.000-08:00

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"When the sixties dawned, one thing seemed sacred. The functionalism that the Bauhaus and the Modernist pioneers had given to the world in the 1930s was not up for grabs. In architecture and design, form must follow function. There was no room for decoration, disposability or frivolity. The purism of the new age allowed no sense of humour."

"In 1955, Florence Knoll had put back into production the classic Bauhaus furniture dsigns of the pre-war Modernists, notably Mies van der Rohe and Marcel Breuer, and there was a ready market for them." ... (1960s Writer) Tom Wolfe said that being invited to dinner was, "in this haven of functionalism", potentially dangerous. Wolfe says that Mies van der Rohe's ubiquitous S-shaped, tubular-steel, cane-bottomed chairs were so functional that by the time the main course had arrived, at least one guest had been pitched face-first into the lobster bisque."

- Sixties Source Book; A Visual Reference To The Style of a New Generation, by Nigel Cawthorne

This weeks topic is chair. I chose to do a modern chair (too literal?) from the post-war era. I love the Eames/Knoll style of chair and have a few such "pieces" in my apartment. However, they, admittedly, aren't the most comfortable things to sit in. Funnily enough, they were supposedly made for form to follow function. It turned out the other way around. Under the picture is a blurb from a book I recently read on 1960's style of architecture and interior design, which seemed to surmise pretty precisely my own constant battle in my brain with aesthetics versus comfort and happiness.

E cards! Send one today

2006-02-02T11:46:00.000-08:00

Send an e-card from my site

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Glamour

2006-01-31T15:39:00.000-08:00

This is my worst entry yet. I just did this in about an hour. I am going to redo it or do something new. My apologies.

CATS (Illustration Friday)

2006-01-21T01:04:00.000-08:00

E is for Endorphins, Emotions, and Eating (Illustration Friday)

2006-01-20T01:08:00.000-08:00

Conan O'Brien v. Bear

2006-01-14T03:13:00.000-08:00

Sea (Illustration Friday)

2006-01-08T00:19:00.000-08:00

Deep see tea party

Bad Advice about Taxes

2006-01-07T14:51:00.000-08:00

So I had this illusration/graphic design instructor that said, "Oh you can deduct photoshop and illustrator from your taxes."... "Oh you can deduct your computer", "You can deduct books you purchase as inspiration." ... "You can deduct this... you can deduct that...." Everytime anything came up throughout the semester she'd add, "Don't forget, it's tax deductible!"

Then at the end of the semester she had us all over to her house for tea. She showed us her studio, her published work, and then she showed us a painting she did of the worst year of her life. It was a painting about being audited by the IRS. She said it was the single most horrific thing she'd ever gone through.

After that I sort of threw out all of the advice she gave about deducting everything.

"Flavor" - Illustration Friday

2005-12-31T03:02:00.000-08:00

Holiday

2005-12-30T13:09:00.000-08:00

The Brits call a vacation a "Holiday", so, since I am sick of Christmas already, I thought I'd draw my last real vacation... A trip to Hawaii with Nikki where we rented scooters and had a great time

Imagine

2005-12-19T18:56:00.000-08:00

This is my worst Illustration Friday submission yet. I just couldn't think of anything for "Imagine" that hasn't been done to death and I think what I chose to do was beyond my skills.

Anyway, Imagine if San Francisco was made of Chocolate:

Blue (Illustration Friday)

2005-12-07T16:39:00.000-08:00

Small (Illustration Friday)

2005-11-25T19:22:00.000-08:00

(click on "Small (Illustration Friday)" for larger pic). This is from a memory of taking an "air taxi" from Juneau to Glacier Bay and being terrified because the plane was so small and the mountains we were going through were so huge. I'd never been so terrified or felt so tiny in my life. The view was spectacular, but I kept thinking, "this is the part in the movie where the plane crashes and there are no survivors."

I'm officially an idiot!

2005-11-25T01:35:00.000-08:00

I thought nobody was commenting on my illustrations anymore. It turns out that I had turned on "moderate comments" and that I needed to approve of all of the comments. Guess what? I had 27 comments waiting to be approved of. Now I feel really stupid.

I apologize for whining like a big baby and thanks to everyone for the comments!

Free (Illustration Friday)

2005-11-23T20:55:00.000-08:00

Which do you like better?

2005-11-12T22:54:00.000-08:00

Even though nobody ever comments on illustrations anymore (has Illustration Friday gotten too big?), I would like to find out which looks better: If there is anyone out there, please comment...

or

Illustration Friday - Strength

2005-11-12T02:12:00.000-08:00

Fifi

Smellobration

2005-11-10T09:31:00.000-08:00

I invented a new word today: Smellobration. I googled it and nobody else had come up with it yet.

I challenge all Illustration Friday regulars to illustrate that word and post your illustration here! I am going to work on i it too.

"Night" - Illustration Friday

2005-11-04T16:29:00.000-08:00

It's like Christmas came early this year!

2005-11-04T15:37:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago I bought my cats a designer cat tree. I figured they needed and would enjoy one, and I finally found one that I wouldn't be too embarrassed to have in my apartment. I spent a lot of money for this, but I figured it was worth it since it was so cool looking and the cats would love it.

Well it came via Fedex yesterday and I set it up. They seem to be enjoying it so far...

In fact, they are so thankful to me for getting them this generous and thoughtful gift, they decided to give me a gift in return...

"Broken" - Illustration Friday

2005-10-31T09:31:00.000-08:00

Can you tell that I am not in love with my current job?

Babette was cold so she put on her favorite sweater

2005-10-20T01:37:00.000-07:00

Cold?

2005-10-19T01:50:00.000-07:00

Please forgive me. I am on a lot of cold and flu medication. This made sense to me at the time...

and then this:

I don't know. I guess I'm trying to get more abstract. I'm pretty sure it's just the cold medication, though.

Escape

2005-09-19T22:34:00.000-07:00

This is a rough draft for a friends logo. He makes wheelchairs for dogs. I thought this might work for the "escape" theme this week since the dog is escaping the boundaries that he formerly had now that he has a wheelchair!

Depth

2005-09-10T23:24:00.000-07:00

This weeks Illustration Friday topic is "Depth". This is what I think of when I think of depth. The bottom of the ocean or maybe the deep end of a shark tank. Either way it's scary!

Reflection (Illustration Friday)

2005-08-21T22:52:00.000-07:00

Uh oh...

2005-05-26T14:16:00.000-07:00

You May Be a Bit Histrionic ...

Dramatic and over the top, you crave attention.

And you'll do anything it takes to get noticed.

You love to be seductive, even when it's inappropriate.

If you're ignored, you're easily hurt ... and act out even more!

What Personality Disorder Are You?

St. Jarlath's

2005-04-27T16:20:00.000-07:00

I was looking for photos of the elementary school I attended (St. Jarlath Catholic School in Oakland) and this is what came up on google:

...funny thing is that is how I picture it. From the POV of the drinking fountain.

more:

Illustration Friday (or lack thereof)

2005-04-13T18:09:00.000-07:00

I haven't felt inspired by the last two topics for the past two weeks ("Travel" and "Alone"). So instead I've been doing stuff on my own. I promised my Mom a watercolors for her birthday. And I have an idea for a book. I'd post it here but I don't want to jinx it.

Been having insomnia lately. I got up at 3 am this morning and watched TV for a couple of hours. I watched a show on America in the 40's, then a documentary on gay intolerance in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was actually super interesting. There have been all of these incidences of hate crimes in the past few years in the Bay Area that I never really heard much about. I guess it's bad for tourism or something? Anyway. I'll scan the stuff I've been doing lately if I can convince Matt to teach me how to use his scanner.

Your Number One Fan

2005-04-11T12:53:00.000-07:00

This guy at work just told me that this big fat queen that got laid off used to refer to me as Kathy Bates and sometimes he referred to me a Misery.

It would be a real shame if he were in a car accident and needed help from a passerby...

Pope Idol

2005-04-04T14:24:00.000-07:00

"Crowded"

2005-03-28T18:14:00.000-08:00

"Fragile"

2005-03-15T00:55:00.000-08:00

Suzy Kendall Illustrations

Here is my first Illustration Friday submission (and on a Tuesday, no less!).

Fragile

Suzy

Suzy Kendall Illustrations

2005-03-15T00:08:00.000-08:00

Suzy Kendall Illustrations

OK. now I am blogging I guess.