Pollution Is So Bad

A scene I illustrated for a textbook. The chapter was pretty depressing and all about waste and pollution and the general destruction of the planet. NO FUN.

A Bassett I Once Knew

Once upon a time there was a stray bassett hound. I took care of him for an afternoon before turning him over to a no-kill bassett hound rescue shelter. I decided to draw a bunch of pictures of him because he was the best pal for that day.

This Guy Is on an Adventure

I take commissions and in this instance, I was asked by this lady to draw this fellow she knows all in a laundry basket with a duckling. She got pretty specific about what she wanted, and she specified she wanted it done in MS Paint.

A Delicious Duck Comic

For a while I thought ducks would make wonderful hats. Eventually I became unsure about it.

He Is Haunted

This here is a panel of a four page comic I made this time about a scientist who seeks revenge on his detractors by creating a dragon, lopping off its head, and replacing his arm with that dragon head. Things do not go well from there.

Bison in the Manitoba Snow

This guy is a book cover! You can read all about it here instead of in this post, if you would like.

Learning Prepositions

"Owl against crocodile"
This is an illustration for a worksheet that was used in Argentina to teach English to children. They were learning animal vocabulary words as well as the prepositions.

Chang'e and Lily

In lesson six of the summer textbook, Our World, the characters are having a day trip to the Moon. Here, Chang'e offers a little girl some cake and ice cream. The little girl is suitably excited.

Suicidal Papa Bear

There is no relief for a cartoon bear.
I did this illustration for a website article. It is all MS Paint.

the Tail Tells the Tale

I think Fat Cat is dealing with Spectral Kitty rather admirably. But perhaps the presence of kibble gives him bravery. No one gets his food, not even ghosts.

Sweetpea

This is my ferret, Sweetpea. She enjoys bags of all kinds. This drawing is 8x10 inches.

Baltimore Oriole

Here is a somewhat crummy capture of an otherwise pleasant acrylic painting of a bird. The canvas was a twelve inch square, and in person it is more vivid with clearer detail - but I think you can get a taste of it here anyway.

Horse

A chestnut horse is done up in harness. It has a roached mane. This was on a 12 x 17 " piece of Bristol Board, if I am not mistaken, and is now framed and hanging on a wall somewhere in the state of Kentucky.

Scuttle

A crab. A watercolor crab. On four by six inch paper.

Hug It

On Facebook, there is an app called Graffiti. It's like a better version of MS Paint, I guess, basically. Anyway, I very much enjoy drawing with it. This is a baby tapir.

Sometimes I Make Little Comics, Too

This one was made for NJIT's the Vector. They had space that needed filling on their comic page.

Safety, Sucka!

I was asked to illustrate a typical high school chemistry class for the Chaoyue textbook. Fun fact: the four students are teenaged renditions of my real friends!
Another fun fact: that periodic table is all accurate. If you could look at it closely, you would see.

Also: That is a Mr T chemistry safety poster.

Octocorn

A friend of mine requested that I draw an "octocorn." This is what I immediately imagined.

The Title Block Goes Over the Bamboo

This is the cover for the Our World Summer Chinese Program textbook. It combines elements of the stories contained within, the characters involved, and pretty much represents the themes and energy and feverdream scenarios that are in there.

This Is a Brussels Griffon

This little dog's head was drawn on a seven by seven inch square of paper.

This Highlander Is Yelling

I am occasionally asked to draw images for NJIT's school newspaper, the Vector. This is the school's mascot looking all brutal and warriorful.

Flossing Is Very Important

I was asked to draw dentistry in action. I did my best.

Hooray a Lion Dance

This is a scene showing a Lion Dance during Chinese New Year. It was in the workbook of Chaoyue: Advancing in Chinese.

Not Enough Scarves

I illustrated a series of worksheets for my friend. This penguin helped children in Argentina learn how to speak English somehow. I think they counted the things shown.

Sky Turtle Offers Turtle Delights

It's sort of a turtle. It's about 5x7 inches in size and was included in a little anthology book a friend made in 2010.

A Gentleman, Ashamed

This shamed gentleman was drawn for an article on an internet website early in the year 2011. I was going for a Victorian sort of style for those illustrations.

Oh, Hello Giraffe

This is a pen and ink depiction of a giraffe having lunch. It is from the year 1998 and is on an 8 x 11 inch sheet of paper. It is on display in a kitchen in Racine, WI, within view of Lake Michigan.

Hello There

My name is Amanda Wood and I am using blogger in order to actually put all of my arts together under one roof. So have a seat, browse around, enjoy yourself. Get a beverage of your choosing in case you get thirsty. I am having peppermint tea.

I do hope you find this to be a pleasant experience.