Tanya Lam Illustration

Sorry I’ve been neglecting ye olde blog, it’s been a helluva month. A lot of ups and downs, but things are levelling off, thank goodness. Anyways, here’s some of the shenanigans I’ve been up to in my sketchbook: Cross-posted to my facebook page, and my livejournal.

Sorry about the delay in the Tanya!fails. I was hoping to do one every few days, but life got in the way, as it is wont to do. Crossposted on my FB page, and twitter.

Here’s a sneak peek at my process on how I normally do most illustrations. Primarily they are digital, especially on ones with a fast turnaround time, anywhere from a few hours to (for this one,) 2 days. This is for Swerve Weekly, and I hope you enjoy!

It’s still freezing cold here in Calgary! Sleet, rain, snow, wind, it’s like the Ice Age all over again. Anyways, here’s some sketchbook shenanigans: This is for the 100th follower on my twitter, that isn’t a sandwich item. (It’ll make sense in a minute!) When I offered a gift drawing for my 100th follower on [...]

A little preview of an upcoming personal/self-promo piece, based off of the bond siblings share with another.

Good news, everyone! I am now officially being represented by Three in a Box Agency. I am excited to work with them, and keep posted for our future projects together. Here is a preview image, for their Box Lunch promotional package:

NSFW, swearing and nude mans! This is for all you new dads: Adventures in gouache! And I bring to you, the First Daily Tanya Fail! This one is of how my mother claimed she was going to “just trim your bangs a bit, dear,” and ended up chopping off a head of shoulder-length hair. RAGE! [...]

Here’s something I did for a submission for Uppercase Magazine, for their Gallery of Foxes. Hopefully I am accepted, because I was a bit past deadline! It will also be going into my portfolio, so sorry for showing it twice. It’s about foxes and their love of trampolines, as evidenced in this video! I am [...]

My sketches have been getting incrementally crazier, as the hours pass. It’s better than nothing, I guess, so here you go: By the way, that image is the most accurate self-portrait of me ever done. Here it is in colour: It also is the start of what I affectionately call, “Tanya Fails.” They are going [...]