Inktober 2017 Illustrations

Inktober 2017 Illustrations

Well, this year's Inktober is finally over for me. There are a few days left in October, but I am feeling burnt out. Last year I only managed around 6 or 7 illustrations and a few of them were random doodles, so for me to have put up 18 pretty much complete illustrations, inked and with some color - well I'm pretty proud of myself! Maybe next year I'll even finish all 31 days of Inktober. But I know when to call it quits. This year my focus was on coming up with concept art for my new coloring book;…
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Reading Girl Lineart – New Lineart Up!

Reading Girl Lineart – New Lineart Up!

I'm down with a cold and doing my best to relax - which somehow ended up in procrastinating on resting by getting some work done! I spent most of yesterday changing the last of my social media account names to YamPuff from HalfBakedYams (a name I chose back when I thought about starting a food blog, which never panned out). Of course, after changing the names I then had to go and fix all the social media links on my site and other accounts. A pain, but a necessary one. Now that that's done I moved on to completing the…
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The Making Of: A YamPuff Coloring Book

The Making Of: A YamPuff Coloring Book

I'm one of those people that starts loads of projects but never finishes them. Over the years I've tried my hand at just about everything - with the same results. Half-written novels, half-finished cross-stitch patterns, incomplete knitwear, and abandoned webcomics. The only exception to that rule has been making coloring books. Something about the process of starting from nothing but a concept and ending with a book in your hand is just magical to me. When I started on my first coloring book project (YamPuff's Stuff), I was incredibly intimidated and I didn't know if I would be able to…
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