Monday, December 28, 2009

Quills

Here is another mock ad for Obscurus Presse
http://obscuruspresse.free.fr/

Sugar-spun quills (c) J.K.Rowling
watercolors and ink. Original size is about 4"x6"

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

mas jerky, por favor

Drawn for a contest

Watercolors. Original size is roughly 6"x8.5"

Monday, November 23, 2009

Droobles

I made this mock ad for a contest being held by Obscurus Presse: http://obscuruspresse.free.fr/

droobles (c) J.K.Rowling

Watercolors. Original size is roughly 6.75"x9"

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Stories

For a contest about "Dreams"

Watercolors and ink. 
Original size is 7.5"x6"

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Out of the Fog...

and into the sun.

This is the scene from Book I Chapter VIII entitled Fog on the Barrow-downs. Old Tom Bombadil has driven away the wicked Barrow-wight. While he goes to fetch the hobbits their things he tells them to run naked in the grass.

Ink. Original size is 10"x6.5"

Lord of the Rings (c) J.R.R.Tolkein
This fanart (c) O.Pelaez

"Hey dol!"

"...merry dol! ring a dong dillo!"

Tom Bombadil from the Fellowship of the Ring. He was always one of my favorite characters and I was crushed when he wasn't in the movie.

Ink. Original size is 5.5"x8"

Tom Bombadil and the Lord of the Rings (c) J.R.R.Tolkein
This fanart (c) O.Pelaez

Wicked

A set of illustrations entered into the second quarter 2009 IOTF contest. This set marked my first time as a finalist.

Ink. Original size for each illustration is 5.5"x8"

Monday, September 7, 2009

sassy little thing

Ink and brush.
Original size is about 4.5"x3"

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Now, hold still...


...while I sketch you.

Something of a self-portrait, though the face isn't quite right.

Watercolors and ink. Original size is 8.5"x11" but this version is a bit cropped down.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Professor R.J.Lupin

Chapter 5: The Dementor
Prisoner of Azkaban

The first appearance of Lupin

Watercolors. Original size is about 4.5"x5"

Lupin (c) J.K.Rowling
This fanart (c) O.Pelaez

Friday, July 24, 2009

Red-head


Ginny Weasley (c) J.K.Rowling

Watercolors. Original size is about 4.5"x5.5"

Sunday, July 12, 2009

"Harry- yer a wizard"

"I'm a what ?" gasped Harry.



Pages 50-51 from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Written by J. K. Rowling

Watercolors and ink. Original size is 4"x4.5"
Artwork created by O. Pelaez

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Dancer

Commissioned Illustration.
Watercolors and ink. Original size is 5"x7"

Monday, June 15, 2009

In the Blue

Watercolors and ink. Original size is 6.5"x9.5"

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Pearls

Watercolors and ink
Original size is 7"x9.5"

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Ocean Breeze


Jane and Franco hanging out at the beach.

I love the smell of the ocean.
Watercolors and ink. Original size is 6.5"x8.5"

Monday, April 13, 2009

Kitten

A Gift

Watercolors and ink. Original size is somewhere around 4"x6"

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Roses



A self-portrait

Watercolors and ink. Original size is 6"x3.5"

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Golden

Mrs. Coulter and her daemon as described in Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass.

Watercolors and ink. Original size is 4"x7.5"

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Hurm

For some reason, I'm very hesitant to make Jane contemporary. I don't know why, but I decided to do it anyway.

Jane (c) O.Pelaez
Watercolors and ink. Original size is 5"x8"

Friday, January 16, 2009

Tabby cat



From Chapter 1: The Boy Who Lived

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Professor McGonagall (c) J.K.Rowling

This fanart (c) O.Pelaez

Watercolor and ink. Original size is roughly 4.5"x5.5"

Friday, January 9, 2009

Sisters


Watercolors and ink.
Original size is 5"x9.5"

Monday, January 5, 2009

Oh, Ron

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 14
Lavender, Ron, Hermione, and Harry (c) J.K.Rowling
This fanart (c) O.Pelaez

Watercolor and ink
Original size is 3.5"x4"

Friday, January 2, 2009

HP Bookmarks


Luna Lovegood, Hermione Granger, Severus Snape (c) J.K.Rowling
This fanart (c) O.Pelaez

Watercolor and ink
Original size is 2"x7"