Christmas Portraits

Here's an example of one of the portraits I did for clients this year for the Holidays. This portrait was for a new JP friend and I was very happy to do it! The portrait is about 8x10" and done in graphite.

I'm always accepting commissions, just shoot me an email: sophy (at)sophytuttle.com.

Happy Holidays!!

If you live in Boston and go to cool places, you might start to see a poster I did for the awesome band called Tallahassee. This may also be true if you live in Providence or New York City. Here it is along with the sketch, in case you're not cool enough to see it in person. I highly recommend checking out their show as well.

Catfish

I finally finished the line drawing for the upcoming issue of ANE's Whole Terrain magazine. Now I'm starting to add color to some of my favorites. Here's a catfish that accompanies a poem called Currents. Prints available on my Etsy store!

Animal Skulls

Something I did on Thanksgiving. I love drawing bones and skulls, so it was a lot of fun to do. I'm still experimenting with color and finding things that work and things that don't.

Rollstone Studios

I've recently joined an artist's collective/gallery in downtown Fitchburg called Rollstone Studios. It's a great community with some nice studio spaces still available! The only cost is utilities. You can get to our website is here. We're still looking for some more artists to join us... if you're in the area it's a really incredible deal.

This fall, the artists are offering a few d

ifferent classes. Check out the flyer below to see if anything interests you!

Also, I'll be doing henna pumpkins on the first Thursday of October, which I believe is the 7th. It will either be at the studio on Main Street, or at the Concert Festival put on by Fitchburg State on the same day. Details to come!

Bar Sketches

Just a few sketches I did at Idle Hour the other night. Dave was DJing so I went by to show my support!

Swine Flu is no Fun

Quick little swine flu illustration. Enjoy!

Natick Historical Society Posters

I'm currently working on a set of posters for the Natick Historical Society's 140th Anniversary. They're a great organization with a lot of really interesting stuff in their collection. I did a set of posters for them a few months back celebrating the rich sports history over there in Natick, MA and I guess they liked me enough to commission me again!

I'll post some pictures when I get a chance...

Hey Baltimore! Vote for me in the Baker Artist's Awards!

This year I'm participating in the Baker Artist Awards. If you don't know what it is, you can read a little bit about it here. Basically it's a competition for all kinds of visual, sound, and performance artists in Baltimore City. It's a way to gain exposure for us and celebrate the rich art scene here in Bmore.

I've made a page with all my 2D and 3D work for people to vote on. You only have to vote for an artist, not their individual work. To see my page (and vote for me if you like it), please click here.

Thanks for checking it out!

Towson Arts Collective Fall Illustration Show

I just got word that 2 of my pieces were accepted into the Towson ARTS Collective Illustration show. Thanks so much to Diane, the coordinator of the event, and the two jurors, Warren Lin and James Warhola!

The show will be up from September 3 to October 23rd in the gallery at 406 York Road in Towson, MD. The reception is on Friday September 11th, from 5:30 to 7:30 and you are cordially invited, so mark it down!

The two pieces that were accepted are "King Kong" and "Animal Farm". You can see them on my website, under 3D illustration. They will be for sale and part of the proceeds go towards supporting the Towson ARTS Collective.

It should be an awesome show since there are so many talented artists in the area, and I can't wait to meet everyone! More info when I have it...

Nudashank Opening

My good friend Morgan Blair is going to be part of the new show opening up at Nudashank, a downtown Baltimore art gallery in the H&H Building. The show is called 'Picture Plane' and it opens this Friday, May 15th from 7 to 9 pm, so you should be there if you're in Baltimore and looking for something to start off your Friday night right!

The Fugue

I am excited to say that my work is going to be on the cover of this month's Fugue Literary Magazine. Many thanks to Andrew Millar, one of the senior editors at the Fugue, for making this happen! I was really impressed with the work they chose for some of their other covers and honored when they decided to use mine. I'll post a copy when I get it in the mail!

New 3D Illustration!

I finally finished it! This is a piece I started when I got laid off from my previous job and was considering a career change at 22. I decided to stick with illustration a while longer and make this, and I'm glad I did. You can see this image and all my other 3d illustrations here.

New Sculpture/Illustration

For the past couple of weeks, I've been working on a new sculpture. It's been keeping me busy while I wait for calls about jobs, and it's been a good creative outlet while I'm home. The final illustration will be about choosing a new career, but that's a few weeks off I think. It's made of Super Sculpey, but I'm adding paper mache elements and some other stuff as I think it needs it (as you can see I don't have a very solid plan... just sort of letting it develop organically).

Here's a mid-way picture...



Hopefully by the end of next week it will look a lot more finished!

Artist for Hire!

Do you need a last minute valentine's day gift? birthday present? a little something for yourself? I'm offering my services as an artist for any ideas you might have. I can do caricatures:


pet portraits (real or imaginary!)

or more realistic portraits:






I'm open to pretty much anything, if you have an idea, email me and let me know! I can give you pricing info and a time frame. For caricatures, I would charge about $25, for other things, email me and I can give you a more accurate price guide. Thanks!

New Self-Promotion Postcard

I just took advantage of overnightprints.com's sale on postcards and got a new mailer made. I didn't have a ton of time to design it, but I'm pretty happy with how it came out. I used my latest 3d illustration, and then an older one for the back to show some different styles of 3d.





I also got a new business card made, this one has one of my illustrations on it, tweaked to hold my personal information! here's a picture....

Society of Illustrators Acceptance!

I just found out that the cover I did for the Fall of the House of Usher has been accepted into the Society of Illustrators LA show and annual catalog! Thanks so much to Susan Doyle-Shed for submitting my work via RISD and to Jon Foster and my former classmates for the critique and suggestions to make it better! The show is going to be at Gallery Nucleus in LA from March 28 to April 3, so if you're in the area... stop by and see what I'm sure will be a great show!

Here's the piece that was accepted:

Edgar Allan Poe

This is my latest 3D illustration... it's a portrait of Poe in celebration of his 200th birthday this coming January. Poe hung out here in Baltimore quite a bit so I thought he would be a good subject to do while I'm here...

Redesigned Characters

These are redesigns of characters from the animated movie Titan A.E. I chose to design the female lead as well as the female weapons expert. When I showed my initial sketch to my group, they suggested making it more feminine, so I changed a few things around for the final.

Warm and Cool

These two characters use warm and cool colors to emphasize their positive and negative traits.