Father’s Day Drawing: Koi Pond

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Father’s Day card for my dad inspired by his koi pond.

Water lilies in my dad’s pond:
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Water Lily Koi Pond

Happy Mother’s Day!!

Happy Mother’s Day!!
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I drew this card for my sister, Amira. Today is her first Mother’s Day!

Elephant

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This elephant is inspired by the Sri Lankan Perahera Festival honoring the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha.

Here’s a picture of an elephant getting dressed (for a different festival) which I took in Sri Lanka in 2012:
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and me with an elephant:
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and here are some traditional Kandyan dancers, who perform as part of the Perahera festival:
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Giraffe Baby Shower Invitation

Remember my giraffe from early December? I created it as part of the process of designing a baby shower invitation for my sister. Here is the final design:
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Detail:
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Flower Design

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Flower Design in pen and colored pencil

Detail:
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animated gif

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Apparently today is my 3 year anniversary with WordPress.

Another snow day drawing..

& playing around on Photoshop.
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here’s the original:
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Snow Day

Zana-Bass_Feb_2014-2My thoughts were with summer yesterday even while this was going on outside:
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Dreaming of summer..

Zana-Bass_Feb_2014I’m ready for winter to end, so I drew this picture to remind me of summer.