http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical.html these illustrations are largely whimsical journal entries, & like the rest of my work, most are encoded with personal meaning. they often serve as a jumping off point for a larger piece or series that then incorporate other media, such as paint or digital media. you can notice some of these illustrations echoed in other galleries. the first three illustrations are from a test project for the author of a children's book. lucid dreaming was created in collaboration with leland chapin in 2006. http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical.html#0 92799991-e60f-4c83-892d-5d49904f6ae2 http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/DreamText.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/DreamText.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">lucid dreaming</p></div></div> http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical.html#1 0212e25a-c60b-4c38-903e-bb426843525c http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/at%20a%20still%20pool%201.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/at%20a%20still%20pool%201.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">at a still pool</p></div></div> http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical.html#2 56dc730c-6655-48e6-80fd-cfad84e24ff3 http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/background%20study%20%281%29.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/background%20study%20%281%29.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">background study</p></div></div> http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical.html#3 72a73071-4012-465a-b640-e167d173f2df http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/brooding.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/brooding.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">brooding</p></div></div> http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical.html#4 935a2272-481a-4a8c-b793-999209cf8b56 http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/deer.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/deer.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">deer</p></div></div> http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical.html#5 0d2b8f9d-bd11-407d-8906-aa60dbcb5191 http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/intersections.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/intersections.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">intersections</p></div></div> http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical.html#6 912b9037-7fe7-44ad-be44-3fdab1c17167 http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/waiting%20dale%20orig.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/waiting%20dale%20orig.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">waiting dale</p></div></div> http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical.html#7 0cc4eadd-05f6-4bd9-ad82-7f3664e588a2 http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/teapot.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/teapot.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">teapot</p></div></div> http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical.html#8 ca6babd0-1893-4fee-b2cb-0d94d9e7bb3d http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/seeds.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/seeds.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">seeds</p></div></div> http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical.html#9 fa9b7a0a-f9f1-4f26-aeac-43f28cf919e0 http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/dale%20waiting.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/dale%20waiting.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">dale waiting</p></div></div> http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical.html#10 b1fe490d-adf5-48de-9522-a1dcca1d1954 http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/try.LR.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/try.LR.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">try</p></div></div> http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical.html#11 9d309c5e-f64e-44da-91ad-17d47624925d http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/direccion.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/direccion.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">direccion</p></div></div> http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical.html#12 fc697daa-b79f-42b6-b908-4ea45e17f6ca http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/footprints.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/footprints.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">footprints</p></div></div> http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical.html#13 f8ad5e43-08ef-40f8-8929-d622255257cf http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/emptied%20bottle.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/emptied%20bottle.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">emptied bottle</p></div></div> http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical.html#14 2620bcb3-1036-4bc4-bce4-408c01056264 http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/rowhouses.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/rowhouses.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">row houses</p></div></div> http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical.html#15 e1cc89c3-4ff5-499d-a700-7121e58ecbac http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/portals.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/portals.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">portals</p></div></div> http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical.html#16 68279d6f-c76c-4431-81ce-0d23ea535fe0 http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/urban%20blessing.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/urban%20blessing.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">urban blessing</p></div></div> http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical.html#17 d1aa9992-97e0-44e4-bdaf-44ece8e42bbd http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/view%20from%20frame%20shop.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundlesscreativity.org/artismooney/drawing-portraits-commissions-whimsical_files/Media/view%20from%20frame%20shop.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">view from frame shop</p></div></div>