Kathy Hoyt

Sea Monster Cupcake

2011-08-12T08:43:00.001-05:00

This was created in Photoshop for a friend at work's birthday.

Stay Toasty!

2010-12-25T20:10:00.000-06:00

Awww

2010-08-27T19:17:00.000-05:00

Steampunkerfly

2010-01-31T22:12:00.002-06:00

Stuff from the past month

2010-01-31T15:53:00.000-06:00

Some fun images from some of my books this month.

Illustration Friday: Renewal

2010-01-01T23:21:00.004-06:00

Any New Year's Resolutions to lose weight leave me in this frame of mind.... sweets, treats, desserts! Yum!

Christmas Card 2009

2009-12-24T21:55:00.000-06:00

Illustration Friday: Pattern

2009-10-01T11:26:00.004-05:00

Image for a children's book about God's creations. A whale and a snail. I love adding patterns to portions of illustrations, it just adds another detail to look at.

More Character Evolvement

2009-09-18T15:12:00.001-05:00

It's funny how differently 'sweet 9 year old girl' can be interpreted.

Moon Girl

2009-08-03T20:27:00.001-05:00

A quick image with Photoshop

Purple sky

2009-06-24T16:01:00.002-05:00

Prettyful

Kangaroo Character

2009-06-16T08:51:00.003-05:00

Fun book about animals this month. I realized I had never really drawn a kangaroo before, but I think he came out pretty fun!!

Who put gum in the dryer?

2009-06-11T08:08:00.002-05:00

Piper, did you put gum in the dryer? ... No, the monster did it!

Illustration Friday: Adapt

2009-06-02T21:25:00.003-05:00

Adapting to using a new style this month. This mouse was done in Painter with a chalk brush. I wanted to do something a little messier than what I normally do. And while I realize this isn't 'messy' it's not the very smooth blending that I usually do.

Little Red

2009-05-31T17:43:00.000-05:00

Just something for fun

Carrot Slaughter

2009-04-20T13:00:00.002-05:00

Carrots, watch your backs

Character Sketch

2009-04-10T16:58:00.000-05:00

Cute little character for a story this month

Illustration Friday: Talisman

2009-03-09T16:14:00.003-05:00

Working on a fun book this month. It's a science fiction mystery and it was written by a 15 year old. Pretty impressive. This dolphin necklace is a main part of the story. Here it is floating in space.

Illustration Friday: Breezy

2009-03-05T19:27:00.001-06:00

Hanging out on a cloud listening to some music.... awesome

Page 2 (in progress)

2009-02-12T20:14:00.001-06:00

I like how it is turning out, but I still plan on adding more kitchen clutter in the cabinets, countertops...

Illustration Friday: Flawed

2009-02-03T08:46:00.003-06:00

The Wizard of Oz characters as toys. I wanted the toys to look somewhat old, flawed, and forgotten

Final Illustrations

2009-01-08T11:45:00.002-06:00

Here are some of the final illustrations from that book. Except, she didn't like my little worm I added into each picture, so those got taken out

Illustration Friday: Resolve

2009-01-08T09:53:00.009-06:00

Some character designs for a children's book. It's fun how the character process resolves itself, after edits with the author. A lot of times, though, my favorite one is still the first one

Scene sample

2008-11-20T16:19:00.003-06:00

Image was done as a sample for a book, but it didn't end up being used

Illustration Friday: Pretend

2008-11-20T15:35:00.007-06:00

An image from a children's book called Buried Treasure. In this book, the treasure hunt is a metaphor for Autism, and the little boy is imagining himself as a pirate.

illustrationFRIDAY: Strings

2008-10-15T20:48:00.002-05:00

The theme for Illustration Friday was Strings, and the first thing I thought of was guitar strings. So I thought I'd take the opportunity to do some sketching in Photoshop.

Ta da! (In Progress)

2008-10-14T08:49:00.002-05:00

Another smaller frame started.... experimenting with making the drawn monster (and when he comes to life later) have more texture compared to everything else.

More Progress!

2008-10-05T21:08:00.003-05:00

The first image with more work done. So far, I like how the wood floor is turning out, and I like her little panda. More to come!

Dye Job

2008-09-30T22:09:00.008-05:00

When I started drawing Piper, I pictured her with blonde hair and a pink outfit, just based on her personality. She is spoiled and acts innocent, even though she is really mischevious. But as I got into it, and tried some different things, I prefer the darker hair.

First Image

2008-09-30T21:41:00.001-05:00

Sketch for the first illustration

Sketches

2008-09-30T21:32:00.003-05:00

Sketches for the new Monster book

illustrationFRIDAY: Sail

2008-08-17T19:30:00.005-05:00

A ladybug using a flying squirrel as a sail while riding on a turtle. Hooray!

2008-07-02T20:09:00.002-05:00

The first illustration again with a few touches. Some small clouds within the sky and the main star is brighter to help it stand out.

2008-06-30T20:10:00.001-05:00

Sketch for next illustration of boy in a treehouse

2008-06-21T20:20:00.002-05:00

This guy was living in my sketchook for a while, so I decided to give him some color.

2008-04-22T09:04:00.001-05:00

This is what I have so far for the first illustration for the book. Still planning on adding in more shadows. Comments and suggestions welcome.

2008-04-10T12:12:00.001-05:00

Commissioned painting of a tulip

acrylic on canvas

2008-03-06T22:55:00.003-06:00

More defined sketch, needs more exaggerated perspective and a different facial expression. I love this character more every time I draw him.

2008-03-06T17:13:00.008-06:00

Preliminary sketches for the first illustration: the boy on a crazy tall ladder reaching for a star

2008-03-05T20:43:00.003-06:00

Main character for the children's book I am writing. Yay!