Hollie Hibbert

2012-02-03T11:49:00.000-08:00

From work.. . . .
http://www.imaginelearning.com/

2012-01-03T16:02:00.000-08:00

It's been awhile since I've posted anything so here's a piece of a painting from work: http://www.imaginelearning.com/

Website Makeover!

2011-11-12T21:00:00.000-08:00

www.holliehibbert.com

It's not perfect yet, but it's getting close. I'm SO much more happier with this than what I had before. I'm open to suggestions :-)

"An Orphan No More: the true story of a boy"

2011-11-07T18:56:00.000-08:00

I am very excited to announce that the children's book I finished in October is now available for pre-orders!
Read all about it at either of these websites and then pre-order! www.anorphannomore.com or www.jordanwindle.com

This is an amazing book! It is based on a true story and has a heartwarming message.

Pre-orders will run now until November 30th at $16.95; This would be a great gift for Christmas! Also if you'd want a signed, personalized copy, email Jerry Windle at jcwindle@yahoo.com.

IMPORTANT: When you place your order, be sure to enter in my reference code HH2011. Then I'll get the credit for your purchase. Thanks!

IF: Scary

2011-10-31T17:32:00.000-07:00

Last minute Halloween Post

Just a fun warm up

2011-10-14T13:15:00.000-07:00

Birthday card for a friend who loves Halloween

2011-09-07T11:30:00.001-07:00

Witches and pigs are the best subject matter. :-)

"We wanna go on a walk."

2011-09-02T12:09:00.000-07:00

A fun little job I did for a lady who loves basset hounds. :-)

LOOK MOM! I'm painting with REAL PAINT!

2011-08-31T08:15:00.000-07:00

Yes yes, it has been ages since I've gotten my oils out, don't judge! My new apt that I moved into has a lot of wall space that I'm itching to fill. This is still unfinished, so I'm open to lots and lots of critiques, (more so about design, cuz I have a lot of plans for the color). (This is of the Rexburg LDS Temple btw).

Birthday card for my sister (She loves lions)

2011-08-30T07:22:00.001-07:00

Nate & Tony at the Movies: Twilight style!

2011-08-27T17:48:00.000-07:00

Knock Knock

2011-08-22T22:53:00.000-07:00

Who's there?

Anah-dah

Anah-dah who?

It's ANAh-DAh BASSET HOUND YAY!!!!!

2011-08-16T14:22:00.000-07:00

Royal Mousies :-)

2011-08-06T14:41:00.000-07:00

Royal Mouses- Main objective of this exercise was to create a series of characters that could belong in the same story. It was a good challenge to try and stretch the designs shapes that would portray their personality the best.

IF: Obsession - Bears and Food!

2011-07-29T17:23:00.000-07:00

If there were no allergies, bad smells, or sharp claws, I'd totally have a bear for a pet!

Nate & Tony at the Movies

2011-07-28T11:55:00.000-07:00

I've been doing these for a couple of months now, I figured I might as well post my favorites. Nate and Tony are local movie critics who asked me to help them with their new business. These two are hilarious, it's been a lot of fun to work with them. Most of these have been on t-shirts and flyers...and other stuff. I can usually whip these up in a couple of hours, it's a good break from doing the rendered paintings all the time.

2011-07-15T14:08:00.000-07:00

IF: Stay

2011-07-08T14:07:00.000-07:00

We recently got a black & tan coonhound puppy for Father's day. He's the cutest and sweetest dog, but he likes being chased. This was slightly influenced by "NO DAVID."

Book Cover

2011-07-07T14:10:00.000-07:00

Another Banjo Pig

2011-06-16T15:19:00.000-07:00

Experimenting with textures, pallettes, and new brushes that I never use. I was really excited about the texture I used for the pig skin. I used a fancy paper texture that made it look like the pig had some veins underneath it's fatness! I even grossed myself out a little! :-)

2011-06-01T15:12:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my life! I've been cleaning a lot lately and it's been sucking all my painting time away! If only, if only mopping was this glamorous!

2011 Playmill Theatre Poster

2011-05-17T08:25:00.000-07:00

Promotional Poster Job I did for the Playmill. This year they are featuring Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Dirty Rotten Scoundrals, and High School Musical.

http://www.playmill.com/
http://www.delorum.com/#/home

2011-05-03T20:19:00.000-07:00

This is going to be epic!

2011-04-30T16:46:00.000-07:00

A small part of a painting I'm working on.

Something traditional (it's been a while)

2011-04-25T11:12:00.000-07:00

Picture of a drawing I did in my sketchbook on Easter Sunday.

I know I haven't been posting a lot lately, but it's not because I haven't been busy. I will be posting some recent paintings soon (as soon they're printed).

IF: Journey

2011-04-16T22:07:00.000-07:00

He had finally made it to the top, but it was a looooong way down. . .and this irritated him tremendously.

(And yes. I made a lot of sound effects while I was drawing this).

2011-04-07T17:59:00.001-07:00

IF: Duet

2011-04-03T17:13:00.001-07:00

I wanted to redeem myself from the lack of narrative from my last elephant attempt. :-)

2011-04-03T10:22:00.001-07:00

I don't think I've ever done an elephant before. I wish I could have thought of a better narrative though. Eh, this was mostly meant to be a lighting/ brush exercise anyways

2011-03-21T09:44:00.000-07:00

I did do something this weekend, I just didn't get very far.

2011-03-12T21:46:00.000-08:00

45 minutes with a new brush

2011-03-04T21:57:00.001-08:00

Cabbage Patch Bunnies

2011-03-03T12:42:00.001-08:00

In my neighborhood, there are a bunch of wild rabbits roaming the alleys. Every morning, we see one or two of them hopping around in the yards. We don't have a garden coming in this summer, (but the neighbors do, muah ha ha ha), so we don't mind seeing them scamper about.
Bunnies have a special place at my house. We have owned so many. Just recently, our floppy-eared Chester died at about 8 years old. He was the the sweetest rabbit. We'd set him down on the grass and walk away and call him and he'd happily hop over and follow us clicking his heels. :-)
Anyways, we love rabbits. The end.

Bear Hug/ IF: Layers

2011-02-19T10:50:00.000-08:00

Layers:
Underneath that tough exterior is a sweet bear just waiting to be loved.
It's one of my best friends' birthday today, and I just thought I'd do a quick sketch for her. But I ended up really liking this, so I went ahead and finished it.

What I did today. . .

2011-02-05T16:29:00.000-08:00

Not everything we artists get to do is glamorous. I made this little handout in hopes of helping the girls in my Singles Ward to do their Visiting Teaching assignments. It's really important that the girls get to know each other and letting everybody feel involved. I just tried to make it fun and silly. It's not meant to be a fabulous art project, but I did have fun creating the speech bubbles. :-)

(For more amusement, try saying everything in a Teen Girl Squad Voice (homestarruner.com)) hee hee

2011-01-29T18:15:00.000-08:00

GUESS WHAT!?!?

2011-01-25T21:35:00.001-08:00

I FINALLY got my website updated tonight!
holliehibbert.com

2011-01-22T22:13:00.000-08:00

2011-01-07T15:11:00.000-08:00

2011-01-04T21:17:00.000-08:00

The Evil Kitty King and his Queen

2010-12-30T20:35:00.000-08:00

IF: Winter (is coming)

2010-12-28T21:46:00.000-08:00

This is something a little different than what I normally do, so critique away! :-)

2010-12-17T09:29:00.000-08:00

This is a job I did for some local movie critics.
Click here to see their website.

In progress

2010-12-15T20:40:00.000-08:00

This started out as a mindless doodle that I liked and tried a different way of painting. I kinda like it.

2010-12-07T21:58:00.000-08:00

2010-12-07T19:30:00.000-08:00

Mermaid Detail

2010-11-17T21:48:00.001-08:00

I've had a few requests from people who wanted to see this up close. It was a quick painting, so it's pretty loose, as you can see...

IF: Burning

2010-11-17T20:47:00.000-08:00

This was SO much fun!

Hershey's Hugs

2010-11-17T13:06:00.000-08:00

My little sister is a Basset Hound fanatic. For years she has been begging me to paint one for her and I finally had the time (and motivation) to do this little spot for her. Anyways if any of you are interested in purchasing a puppy from her here's her website:
www.maplestreetbassets.com

2010-11-10T12:52:00.000-08:00

I have a small obsession with reptiles... :-)

2010-11-09T20:26:00.000-08:00

When I started this, I was experimenting with brushes so I was mindlessly drawing when I came up with the one drawing and decided I'd paint it. . . . .don't ask about the weird green, ET-looking thing. I have no clue what the heck that is!

Can't you just feel the "Holiday Spirit"?!?!?

2010-11-03T15:33:00.000-07:00

Eh, I can't feel it either. As much fun as this painting was. . . I don't think I'll be painting another turkey anytime soon. This is just my vain attempt to get excited about Thanksgiving. Now I'm beginning to understand why I'm seeing Christmas decorations in the stores and why my neighbors are putting up their trees already.

Rainy April

2010-11-02T21:17:00.001-07:00

This was for a big collaboration project with some art friends. We were all assigned to do a calender coloring page with a specific month. Mine was "Rainy" in April. I liked the drawing so much that I wanted to paint it. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Thanks Adam for the prompt!

2010-10-30T16:48:00.000-07:00

Hi Cassie! I Posted!!

2010-10-29T20:06:00.000-07:00

I was on the phone earlier this evening with my friend Cassie Grace (see blog lists to the right). And she yelled at me for not posting more often. We were both at our computers, so I just posted what I was working on at the moment. This started out being just another grayscale exercise but my character kinda ended up looking like one of the guys in my singles ward. He's not quite this goofy looking but it made me smile to myself. I would have finished it but I'm off to a Halloween Dance Party! (woot woot) :-)

2010-10-18T16:42:00.000-07:00

IF: "Old-Fashioned" Vampire Costume

2010-09-24T15:29:00.000-07:00

2010-09-23T22:27:00.000-07:00

*sigh, everything I do is so random these days. The point of this exercise was practicing cooler flesh tones, plus fit an awesome hairdo in it.

2010-09-23T17:36:00.000-07:00

Just a random painting I mindlessly started that I kinda like. Mostly just experimenting

2010-09-23T16:56:00.002-07:00

Happy Halloween!

2010-09-08T21:29:00.001-07:00

WOW! Not one, but TWO posts in a night! I'm on a role!

Trick or Treat?

2010-09-08T19:42:00.001-07:00

I don't think I really like Halloween for the festivities as much as I like all the flood of ideas that it brings. Maybe it's just that time of the year when everyone goes back to school and the anticipation of the holidays begins to sink in. It's very rejuvenating! So I am getting a rush of ideas right now, so hopefully I'll be posting more often.

Banjo Piggies

2010-08-14T16:32:00.000-07:00

Old Ephraim

2010-08-03T16:16:00.000-07:00

Girl Reading

2010-07-27T15:48:00.000-07:00

IF: "Giant" Cloud

2010-07-07T21:31:00.001-07:00

Still in need of refining, having a blast with it.

We're......off to see the wizard!

2010-07-06T11:54:00.000-07:00

This is one of my favorite stories. I had a blast designing the characters. Critiques are welcome!

Not Done Yet...

2010-06-29T15:57:00.000-07:00

I'm figuring out the background still.

A revised painting from the sketchbook. . .

2010-06-23T22:22:00.000-07:00

IF: Paisley

2010-06-22T20:45:00.000-07:00

Thanks Emily!!! You are brilliant!

Little Brown Jug

2010-06-19T15:45:00.001-07:00

Was this inspired by the song "Little Brown Jug"....no. As I was entering the title I was going for 'Little Brown Bear' but 'jug' came out instead...which suited him. :-)

Croc on a Rock

2010-06-19T15:41:00.000-07:00

I miss LOST: Sun Kwon

2010-06-12T10:08:00.000-07:00

A quick tribute to my favorite TV show. It's also good practice for rendering.

A Day with the Blue Ballon

2010-05-29T16:11:00.000-07:00

"Pigasus"

2010-05-17T20:02:00.000-07:00

Maybe I should write a story about a magical pig who steals the Dragons' wings after he tries to eat him! And the frantic Dragon chases after the flying pig and has all sorts of adventures getting dirty and scratched up. And all the while the pig is mocking him....and teaches him a lesson

The Fretful Dino or The Wingless Dragon

2010-05-17T19:54:00.000-07:00

I'll admit, I forgot to add the wings! So I guess this makes him a dinosaur.

Page One/ Title Page

2010-05-14T15:11:00.000-07:00

I'm trying to make my trees have a little more variety than what I usually do. I have this standard way that I have been doing them, so I tried to mix things up with this swamp tree.

Purple Grace

2010-05-08T15:30:00.000-07:00

1 hour painting

Swamp

2010-05-08T13:58:00.001-07:00

This isn't for anything specific. Just so you all know.

Another Ogre Study

2010-05-07T12:22:00.000-07:00

Playmill Theatre Poster 2010

2010-05-01T21:12:00.000-07:00

The Theatre is presenting "Beauty and the Beast," "The Foreigner," and "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers."

Gypsy Study

2010-04-28T11:00:00.000-07:00

Just for Fun

2010-04-14T19:57:00.001-07:00

(That's the end of the Bucket List)

2010-04-12T20:48:00.000-07:00

I needed to get all that posting out of the way! The Bucket List series was my BFA project at BYU-Idaho. I'll be getting my official illustration website up soon!

Bucket List: Swim In Jell-O

2010-04-12T20:46:00.000-07:00

Bucket List: Go to a Rock Concert

2010-04-12T20:45:00.000-07:00

Bucket List: Win an Eating Challenge

2010-04-12T20:44:00.000-07:00

Bucket List: Start a Club

2010-04-12T20:43:00.000-07:00

Bucket List: Be the Belle at the Ball

2010-04-12T20:41:00.000-07:00

Bucket List: Become a Collector (of World Souvenirs)

2010-04-12T20:39:00.000-07:00

Bucket List: Spend a 'Fearless' Night in a Haunted House

2010-04-12T16:34:00.001-07:00

Bucket List: Live in a Tree House

2010-04-06T16:12:00.000-07:00

(IF) Bucket List: Take a 'Dip' with Dolphins

2010-04-02T10:43:00.000-07:00

Bucket List: Feed Exotic Birds

2010-04-01T10:09:00.000-07:00

Bucket List: Own an Unusual Pet

2010-03-30T18:13:00.000-07:00

Bucket List: Ride Something Bigger than a Horse/ IF: Rescue

2010-03-25T17:29:00.000-07:00

(IF) Bucket List: Drive 'Ahead' in a Convertible

2010-03-25T17:12:00.000-07:00

Bucket List: Drive a Dogsled Team

2010-03-25T17:05:00.000-07:00

Bucket List, Learn to Use a Unicycle

2010-03-25T15:40:00.000-07:00

Bucket List: Read all the Classics

2010-03-19T07:43:00.000-07:00

I am currently working on an official website for my illustrations. I will post the link when it's finished. If anyone would like prints of my show, email me at holliehibbert@gmail.com.