Holiday Special Dog/Pet Portrait Service

Base pencil drawing, color studies and roughing out charcoal on w/c paper.

1st + 2nd layer of watercolor on w/c paper, WIP-charcoal face/ear, WIP- chest/front le

Framed-Final

Final-color, Final-b&w

Hi Panda People,

Been a long time. I got seriously screwed up after the Hurricane Sandy blew over NYC. Not necessarily any property or bodily damage, but really a lot of shuffling around and being here then there then not again. But I've got a bunch of paintings and work I haven't posted that I should've over Oct/Nov and I will be attempting to catch you guys ups this weekend. :]

But for now I am offering a ::SUPER SPECIAL HOLIDAY SERVICE::

And it starts with this cute little poochy, Remy portrait above. I am now offering my illustration service to all pet owners who would love the perfect present for their loved companions. It is not limited to dogs or cats, but the invite is extended to all pets - hamsters, snakes, bunnies, turtles, skunks, you-name-its!

Portraits of frame sizes 8"x10",  8.5"x11", and 11"x14" are going for $100, frame/matt included.

Portraits of frame sizes 12"x14", 16"x20", 11"x 19", and 11"x17" are going for $200, fram/mat included.

And Portraits 18"x24", 16"x20" or bigger are $250+, mainly because buying frames that large are expensive and a pain to ship to you! :O

I offer all medium types: watercolor, prisma colored pencils, graphite pencils, charcoal, ink, gouache or any mixture of the above are more than doable. Full blown color or Black and White. 

I would just need a great picture of your pet or a number of pictures of your pet from different, clear angles. If any of you are interested please send me an email at: Ericadechavez@gmail.com or shoot me a message on www.Facebook.com/PandaErica . 

Happy holidays Pandas! That's it for now.

Love, Erica.

REPOST: Some old, some new! oh & some really new!

Herro again,

I've got so much to share with you guys this time around, I'm afraid that next time I won't have anything exciting to share with you. :{ hehe. But I suppose I'll worry about that when the time comes. Anyhoots, new illustration project done! This sculpture was inspired by my friendly, curious, and troublesome dog, Maxwell (to the right). He may not look like much, but he can become quite the handful.

 

I call it "The Hamburglar".

The story behind this sculpture revolves around this little girl who yearns for truth, justice, and any opportunity to show off her ultra cool laser gun! She fights evil with her crazy, cool glasses, always-ready-to-stomp-some-face combat boots, and her trusty laser blaster gun. In this moment in time, she is simply hounding down the culprit who stole her hamburger. That nasty fiend, who does that raccoon think he is? I had a whole bunch of fun coming up with the concept for this piece. It was done in 2 weeks time. I hope to do many, many more sculptures in the future. Especially now that I got myself a trusty, extra-handy Sculpey clay conditioner! YAY!

 

A collection of butts, breasts, chairs, wigs, hats, and all that goes in between. :]

Some heads from my 30 heads assignment from Pratt's ill class last fall. The subjects include, but are not limited to: Paolo Carcamo, Deshe Reynolds, Ashley Rivera, Tarrah Belcher, Dillon Endico, and Izzy Ishmael.

This is a work in progress, started early this past summer, but never had the opportunity to finish. It's a wedding portrait of my parents in oil. I had to stop suddenly on this painting due to the happenings of finding an internship in faraway New York City this summer. I plan to finish this baby up over winter break. :]

The process work for an in progress illustration that I based a little bit on Alice in Wonderland's tea party, but less psychodelic and more children costume play pretend. It's been turned in for critique already, and I'm in the process of finishing it up. I'll post more on that later. :]

Til next time.

Love, Erica.