Pike's Academy - Make a Bow

How about a little something from Pike Academy?  Did you know every now and then we throw out a little tutorial?  You can access them anytime by clicking on Pike's Academy on the left hand side of the blog.  Here is a little tutorial on making a bow to "top off" that project you are making. 

Don't just make them for cards...how about the center of flowers, or a 3D turkey tail feather or bunny butt....so many possibilities.  Use less ribbon for thicker ribbons or smaller bows.  Make the size smaller by wrapping the ribbon around 2 fingers or make it huge by wrapping 4.  Play around with it...easy and fun!

It's rough and in testing phase...

But here's a PDF file of how to draw a monkey...

It can be printed, opened in Acrobat reader or for those with an ipad in ibooks.

http://www.doodledragonstudios.com/H2DMonkey.pdf

Added some new art to catch up as well as a few new ones for January 2012 members

Dustin

last weeks freebie, updates, new art...

Missed last Fridays Freebie, Crazy friday day and night and weekend. Drill is almost done... Here he is without further Delay...
 BnW version

Colored

Also added "Yeddie" to the January 2012 members page...

Not a Member...?
January membership is here...
http://www.doodledragonstudios.com/digi-sets/january-12-member/prod_196.html

Half Year membership Good January 2012 thru June 2012
http://www.doodledragonstudios.com/digi-sets/2012-half-year-membership/prod_198.html

and Year long good January 2012 thru December 2012
http://www.doodledragonstudios.com/digi-sets/2012-year-membership/prod_183.html

Added a few others to the past that I have been missing, still catching up...quiet week (knock on wood) so I should be able to get all done...
Dustin

Meet Yeddie and Works in Progress...

I am my own worst critic and a lot of the times I find mistakes with images that I just don't like...Things I would like to change...even after they are posted. Then like last night I get an idea for something that I really like and he actually comes out like I want him to...He name is Yeddie...

I have lived in Utah all my life with the exception of 3 years in Germany, and I have never once skiid or snowboarded. Ever, tubing and snowmobiling yes, 
I could see him in books and joining the DoodleDragon Crew here shortly...Any writers out there want to give him a story we could turn into an ebook? Anyone else on the Doodle Crew as well, Dudley, Ollie the Monkey...

I am drawing to catch up, stay ahead and just stay on the task at hand, here are some other roughs...

Valentines, St Patrick's, and Easter all coming as well as catching up and finishing past months that I have been slacking on. I am adding the Calendar images as singles to the monthly stuff for those wanting them and even for those needing a re-arranged season calendar, working on an ebook as well as some more monthly goodies...

Freebies will be moving to Fridays, Wednesday is my CRAZY day between school, drill, dance and church I have 5 spare minutes on Wednesdays, it's even the eat out for dinner night or something realllllyy easy to make on Wednesdays...

I have had a few requests for digital images, so I have gone back to a few older sets and I am redoing them in Illustrator and saving them as transparent PNG as well as JPG images. Here is the first, I am keeping them on Etsy to keep the confusion level down for those buying the traditional DoodleDragon stuff and not wanting the illustrator drawn images.

 

Here

Dustin

Challenge Winners - "Anything But A Card"

It is a new year and if you are reading this you survived the last year.  With the new year I hope you find time for relaxation and creativity!  We had some pretty creative entries in out last challenge and are excited for the upcoming challenges to get under way.  Be on the lookout for the next challenge.  Our winners from the last challenge are:

Christy Bean (with her hanging tags) - Pikes Pick













and Joyce (with her christmas wrapping) as our random draw.



















Be sure and contact me at dustin_pike@yahoo.com with your single image pick.

A new year...

A new Calendar...
Dudley has been waiting for this one for years. It's the Doodle Dragon 2012 "Year of the Dragon" Calendar. Black n White ONLY. This is a print your own and color 2012 Calendar... Loaded to the January members page...HERE

 

12 Months, 12 dragons...Hours of coloring fun....

Dustin

IF ~ Highlight

Ok, so maybe the play on words isn't as funny as it was at 6 am driving to Drill Team practice this morning during Christmas break...

Also some other Works in Progress...Coming Really Soon...

Dustin