I am currently preparing myself to participate in my first boutique! I have been working pretty hard to get 5 Elee Statues completed as ideas for custom orders. I plan on selling them for $250 each, and I may give a discount at the boutique. I am also going to make up a bunch of prints to sell, and I will even sell some cards. I have a lot of work to do to finish everything up, but I am excited. Here are pictures of the finished elephants:
Margaret: The original. She loves to dance. Being a rugged, chubby elephant has never stopped her from being beautiful. She loves to be admired. She admires. She loves her friends and most of all, her family.
Penelope: She is a sweet-heart. She won the crown of Miss Africa despite terrible odds. Miss Lioness was the shoe-in with her sly, sleek ways, but Penelope has heart. Her tender soul out-shined all.
Truman: You are what you pretend. Fake it till you make it. Truman loves the great outdoors, but he doesn't have to be there to enjoy himself. Truman's imagination takes him places no one else can see. And though it is pretend, to him
and the birds, he is true to himself and what he creates.
Susanna: Don't you cry for her. She is a hefty elephant who practically breaks the tight rope every time she walks on it, but if it breaks, she will tie up a new one. She doesn't let obstacles stop her from doing what she loves.
Harriet: The gymnast. Harriet can stand on her front foot without supports. Her gymnastics teacher told her that she had never seen anyone her size do much in gymnastics (let alone stand up on her front leg), but that was before Harriet was in her class. Harriet does it, and makes it look easy.
I really liked these as well. As I mentioned, I am getting better! Heber has been letting me go at it, since he has been so busy with school and work, and so I am happy they are turning out as well as they are. I don't feel like I am a pro or anything, especially since some of my characters are still rejects sometimes, but I am getting better and gaining more confidence. I am working on the June illustrations now, and they should be done by the end of the week!
These are my favorite illustrations thus far. I really liked how the characters turned out, especially the Katydid, the pill bug and the flowers and diamond...
This is the background that I just finished and turned in for the adventures of the bugs. So they will print it out on a large piece of felt with a board, probably around 15x 20 (I can't remember the actual sizes!). I really liked how the colors turned out. You'll notice the underground portion. This is needed for the worms (June story) and the ants (January story).
