This one went to Staci Smith. Staci lives in Mississippi. Instead of dead possums on the road they have dead armadillos. They might have dead possums too but it was the dead armadillos that I noticed.

By the time I’d started coloring this one I’d done enough “normal” color work that giving him green hair seemed like a good idea. The rest of my color choices bounced off of that.

I sent this fellow to Big Sister.

Often times, adding color to an illustration just makes it different. Not better or worse, just different. The mood changes or the emphasis in the illustration alters. This illustration is one that I think the color really improves. I wasn’t so happy about the black and white original but I really like how the color version turned out.

This card went to Andy and Crissy. Andy is an old drinking buddy. Crissy was one of the founding members of S.K.I.G. Row. Somewhere along the way they got together and had an absolutely adorable daughter.

And the color version.

I sent this one to Nizzibet.

When I originally pictured this image the background was just going to be a blur of color. When I’d finished coloring the figure I got ambitious and decided to freehand some buildings. Not sure if that was a good idea or not.

This card went to Arby Bernt.

Not feeling much like Superman myself today. I just beat a deadline for an illustration job for a brochure for a Labor of Love client. Sleep was set aside in order to accomplish that. Now I’ve still got the day job to get through.