Robin

Sketched this really quickly after work. I've been drawing so many birds lately, sometimes I just need to take a break and draw a different kind of bird.

-Anna

Green Heron

Super derpy juvenile Green Heron I saw during my lunch break today. He hadn't quite gotten the hang of catching frogs yet...

-Anna

Lady Flash

Continuing my streak of genderswapped superheroes for Sketch Dailies, here's The Flash! As my second favorite hero (behind Batman), I couldn't resist this topic.

-Anna

Fairywrens and Artemis

Here are some Red-backed fairywren sketches I did last week for work. I'm doing a bunch of illustrations that will be on the Lab's All About Birds website-- I'll share that as soon as it's online. It's going to be super adorable and I can't wait to see how it looks when it's all finished.

Also, I did this drawing of Artemis a little while ago and forgot about it! It's based on a sketch I did back in college for an assignment (which I've posted below too, because progress pics are always fun). Just thought I'd share, since I haven't had any time to draw for fun between work and freelance and this blog has been suffering a bit. It's all good, though... I just got a very exciting new freelance job that will start in September when I'm finished working at the Lab, which hopefully I can share more about once things get rolling. It's also worth noting that I got the job because of Sketch Dailies, which just goes to show how valuable a tool social media can be for illustrators!

(Below is the older illustration from 2011)

-Anna

New New Batgirl

Better Babs! Love love love this costume.

-Anna

New Batgirl

Today DC announced a new creative team for Batgirl, including a completely rebooted costume, drawn by (gasp!) a female artist! It looks spectacular, and I can't wait to read it when the new run starts. Adding that and Gotham Academy to my pull list, I'll basically be living in Gotham with four Bat-related titles.

I didn't have much free time today, but I managed to scribble out this quick sketch of the new costume. (When I say scribble, I really do mean scribble).

-Anna

Wonder Woman

Yesterday's sketch dailies. I couldn't upload it last night because a storm knocked out the internet... gah!

-Anna

Owl

Just a promo thing I made tonight... I have no idea if I will use it for anything.

-Anna

Golden-winged Warbler

Done for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

-Anna