Erica Sirotich: Carnivorous Cuties

This weeks guest artist is the very talented Erica Sirotich, all the way from San Francisco.She is a freelance illustrator who likes to create images inspired by animals and children. I think it shows because in this pattern it's pretty obvious how cute she made one of the more deadly plants in nature, the pattern definitely belongs in a Golden book.

Erica is a self-taught illustrator, who after going to school for religion, decided that she would rather do art for a living, thanks for joining the winning team! Kind of a spare of the moment decision but I can relate, although I wouldn't be able to tell judging by how clean and crisp all of her linework is in person. She is a human Adobe Illustrator.
Also, you should all check out her shop Cuddlefish Press for more of her lovable work.

Lindsay Nohl: We want a Pitcher (plant)

I spent about two last night coloring, drawing, working and swearing over this one -- then I scrapped it. Pitcher plants are weird. They kind of look like snakes, a little bit like those tooting pipes (anyone know what I'm talking about?) in old Mickey Mouse Cartoons, and sort of creepy.


Here she is in her full glory!

My second attempt at this pattern went a lot better and I tried a technique I haven't used in patterns for a while. I have this really nice brush pen that I used on a rather bumpy piece of drawing paper. The effect was a little dry-brushy and looked a lot more rough than I usually draw. I like it.


AAAAnd a closeup!

Even though these plants are pretty wild, I think the final came out pretty peaceful looking. I chose the green type of pitcher plant and I'm looking forward to seeing how everyone else does this one! It was hard!


The Scan of my ink drawing! Unedited!