Monday, August 03, 2009

Lionfish

After spending last week unwinding from the whirlwind trip that was Comic Con, I spent the weekend working on a new piece for an upcoming Girls Drawing Girls gallery show at Meltdown in LA! Its been a while since I have 1. drawn mermaids and 2. made paper sculptures, so I decided to combine them here. Here is a bit of process:

The initial sketch in my sketchbook.

Early construction.

A few mermaid close-ups

Final (minus glass)

The
show opens on August 15th and runs through the 30th. If you are in LA and get a chance, you should stop by! There will be plenty of goodies there from some very talented ladies.

I also just added my Girls of Summer print to the Etsy store, so if you couldn't make it to San Diego you can snag one there:) I have a few weeks of relative down-time before my annual trip home, so hopefully that means I will be posting regularly for a while. Have a great week everybody!

65 comments:

Unknown said...

Ooh that's cool. Never thought to do paper sculptures. I should try it.

Shiu Pei Luu said...

Great job! Always inspiring Brittney!

Rigoberta said...

I like it very much :)

Mathieu Beaulieu said...

I love the relief render
It looks amazing!

Nathanael Lark said...

Stunning! That's a rockin' sketch that you started with and the paper sculpture is just amazing. Great job! I live in Burbank so I'll definitely make it out to the show.

Andy Erekson said...

Lovely!

Jonathan Woodward said...

Wow, that is just gorgeous - from the drawing to how the paper sculpture came out, beautiful.

I only discovered your work recently and have been a huge fan ever since - your work is a great inspiration.

Cheers,
Jonathan

Bill Robinson said...

Whaaaaaaat is this. Love it.

jmeyersketches said...

Fantastic! Really love the design and how it all came together. Wonderful!

Drake Brodahl (pumml) said...

Beautiful piece!

Cookedart said...

Gorgeous... paper sculpture suits your style really well.

Ikupoo said...

Brittney, let's do an art trade with this piece...and I'll draw you a crappy stick figure on back of the coffee-stained costco receipt that I fished out of my purse!
Wait, I already owe you a drawing...I'm working on it, it's just that it's constantly evolving and I can't finish it.

Margaret Alison said...

As always, you are brilliant.
This is simply stunning. :D

g1toons said...

this is really great, it would be cool to do a book composed with your sketches followed by the sculpture, really nice

Desiree said...

Totaly beautiful and creative :)

XENöSIS said...

really awesome work!

Roland MacDonald said...

Wow, So gorgeous

Juan Bauty said...

Stunning and extremely precious

Vanhoozerbot said...

... wow ...
Fantastic!

Owen Williams said...

very cool

Unknown said...

crazy!

Kelly Light said...

it's spectacular!

Liana Hee said...

This is absolutely gorgeous..you did a perfect job. I love this Lionfish!

Gad said...

this is one of the most beautiful thing i ever saw! and done with paper cuts.

DesignSender said...

You are amazing!!! incredible!

DesignSender said...

You are amazing!!! incredible!

Scarrillo said...

I just have to say Ive become such a big fan of your work! This piece is particularly amazing!!!

RAWLS said...

wow! Awesome!!

Tel Coelho said...

WoW!!!!
That's wonderful!!!!!
congratulation!!!!!

yums said...

Gosh! That's really pretty! How did you learn to paper sculpt, if you don't mind me asking. Very lovely and inspiring! :)

JP said...

Hey, I can't write in chinese, but I can say that I love this. Your work is great. :)

Anonymous said...

Awesome work! It looks awesome! This particular piece reminds me of Chris Sander's style as well. ^__^

Lindsay said...

fricken AWESOME. i gotta try that some time.

Armando said...

Holly sh~* that is friggin amazing!!

Kimi said...

holy cow, that's amazing!

Z-Kids said...

WOW!!! Wonderful!

justdoodleit said...

Gorgeous and lovely :)

pol! said...

heyy this thing is greattt!! I really like itt!!! who is this britney lee?¿ (im fromm argentina)

besosss

Cynthia Narcisi said...

Oh, I just love this! Your attention to detail is incredible, especially given the technique. I hope it's a prosperous show for you!

G.Encinas said...

that's amazing!!!
wonderful works!!!

Tooninator said...

so so charming. Can I be your biggest fan?

Greg said...

Wow this floored me. Soooo good!

Patrick Schoenmaker said...

Wow, first time I'm visiting your blog, your work is absolutely fantastic! It so warm and appealing, I'm in love with everything I've seen here. Keep it up!

Unknown said...

This is stunning!!

Kim said...

WOW! Gorgeous! Sadly, I have to say that you are one of the few GOOD (and actual) ARTISTS in the GDG group. Hopefully your work will inspire some of them to bring their work up to a better standard. YAY!!!!

Anonymous said...

oh Tooninator already said it... so can I be second runner-up? thanks again for sharing inspirational artwork - just love the shapes and lines! - Your Finnish Fan

Jamie said...

this is absolutely lovely. :)

Goro Fujita said...

that's friggin amazing Brittney! o_O

Gilberto Valadares said...

amazing job...

paperclip said...

great artwork ..so awesome !

Unknown said...

Gorgeous! You somehow captured the spontaneous energy of a good drawing. Well done!

Eric Scales said...

Awesome. Love how you use subtle color gradations. Your stuff is totally inspiring.

Ben Newman said...

amazing!
I've never seen anything like this.
excellent work!

Afsaneh said...

OMG!!! A masterpiece! I love mermaids, I love paper art and I adore your work!

JĂ©rĂ´me said...

i like your works,they are realy great.thank you for this pictures.

chromasketch said...

wow. lovely!!

Howard Shum said...

This is so cool!

Mr. Scribbles said...

Beatiful!!!

David Suroviec said...

Sixty!

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Unknown said...

Un trabajo hermoso, inspirador y Ăºnico...

A wonderful work, inspiring and unique...

Kitsune-San said...

If you're not too busy, someday would you make a paper sculpting tutorial?

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