Hannah Dunscombe 6/18/22 Hannah Dunscombe 6/18/22

Link

This portrait was a good challenge for me, since tabby fur can be so complex. It’s very tempting to get out an eye-lash thin brush and articulate every fleck of white or black to add texture, but it can end up looking hyperrealistic and leave an awkward digital graphics vibe. Instead, I went heavy on the colored pencil, which naturally creates a texture with the grain of the paper, especially when combined with layers of different tones.

Hannah Dunscombe 6/17/22 Hannah Dunscombe 6/17/22

Monty & Toby

This is a recent commission that involved pulling two doggos from different photographs and placing them into one portrait.

Hannah Dunscombe 6/10/22 Hannah Dunscombe 6/10/22

New photography pages

I added some new photos over the last few months!

Hannah Dunscombe 5/14/22 Hannah Dunscombe 5/14/22

Professional Portfolio

A major project for my Technology for Information Professionals class was building a professional portfolio using CSS and HTML… from scratch.

Hannah Dunscombe 4/16/22 Hannah Dunscombe 4/16/22

Page 32

Grandpa Andy was a big reader, and Grandma Rose volunteered at the library. This system of circling the page number on page 32 helped them keep track of which books he had already read so that she wouldn’t bring home something he’d already read.

Hannah Dunscombe 3/26/22 Hannah Dunscombe 3/26/22

Tina & Tristan

This is my cousin Tina and her husband Tristan. The two had a private ceremony in Washington, DC last year and celebrated with family in Maitland, FL this past weekend.

Hannah Dunscombe 3/13/22 Hannah Dunscombe 3/13/22

Remembering Ivy

Whenever Ivy heard a noise that might be related to food, she perked up.

It could be the fridge door opening, or the crinkle of packaging, or even the sound of tablets rattling in a vitamin bottle.

She would pop out of her enclosure, ears alert, nose pointed upward to detect the scent of appetizing food, eyes eager for some confirmation of her suspicion, teeth chattering excitedly.

These would also be accompanied by the classic guinea pig sounds of anticipation: a hopeful "brweep! brweep! beweep!" and the metallic drumming sound of teeth gnawing on the bars of her enclosure.

Hannah Dunscombe 3/10/22 Hannah Dunscombe 3/10/22

Saying goodbye to our beloved Ivy

Yesterday was one of the hardest days I've ever had. Ivy has been my friend since 2016. She was there for me when Archie died in 2019, only months before the pandemic started. I never once felt lonely over two years of working from home and then studying from home while my partner was out working each day. She comforted me while he was ill and quarantining for weeks in another room, helped me adjust to moving from an apartment we had lived in for eight years, and celebrated with us when we got engaged…

Hannah Dunscombe 3/1/22 Hannah Dunscombe 3/1/22

Ukraine

Grandpa Andy’s parents emigrated from Ukraine in the early twentieth century. His father Michael Mysiura, son of Eudocia (Czornii) and Andreas Mysiura, left at age 18 and arrived at Ellis Island aboard the Graf Waldersee on June 21, 1907.

Roughly eight years later, Michael’s future wife, Anastasia (who later went by “Stella”) Dwulit made the same journey, leaving her parents Catherine and Alexander Dwulit and arriving in the United States at roughly the age of 16.

Hannah Dunscombe 2/24/22 Hannah Dunscombe 2/24/22

Comics, de quervain’s, and guinea pigs

I ended up cranking out quite a few drawings in January despite getting covid, and that has continued for part of February. I’m really excited to have incorporated yet another color into the book’s palette: beryl green…

Hannah Dunscombe 2/16/22 Hannah Dunscombe 2/16/22

Dot portrait

This adorable pup is Dot! This commission came in through way of Ripley’s extended family…

Hannah Dunscombe 2/15/22 Hannah Dunscombe 2/15/22

Snow night

The seismic rumble of a plow
vibrating the china plates and teacups,
slicing and quaking through the snow,
plucking out fresh potholes
and enclosing mouths of driveways
in sugary embankments.

Hannah Dunscombe 2/6/22 Hannah Dunscombe 2/6/22

New website!

At last! About a year ago, I decided Weebly was not going to be a good fit longterm. It has largely stayed the same since I launched my online portfolio 14 years ago. I got some practice launching my graphic novel website, and last semester while learning about usability in one of my information science courses, I started working on the transition…

Hannah Dunscombe 1/17/22 Hannah Dunscombe 1/17/22

Desk with a view

Since we moved in September 2020, I’ve had my desk in a narrow corner at the entrance of the bedroom, and my guinea pig’s palace at the double window…

Hannah Dunscombe 1/15/22 Hannah Dunscombe 1/15/22

Covid

Like so many other people, Chris and I caught what we think was the omicron variant of covid after the holidays. I have no idea where I got it from, since I was only at my parents during the holidays and we didn’t see anyone else/they never caught it…

Hannah Dunscombe 1/13/22 Hannah Dunscombe 1/13/22

Ripley portrait

This was a commission for some friends over the holidays. Isn’t he the sweetest??

Hannah Dunscombe 12/30/21 Hannah Dunscombe 12/30/21

Round Top

On my last day in Endicott I hiked up Round Top, a park that I’ve mentioned here before that’s a few blocks uphill from my parents’ house…

Hannah Dunscombe 12/27/21 Hannah Dunscombe 12/27/21

Holiday dispatch - 2021

This year was a busy one compared to last year!

Hannah Dunscombe 12/21/21 Hannah Dunscombe 12/21/21

Holiday card 2021

This year’s holiday card is a little moody, which felt about right given how it’s been another rough one with the pandemic and a lot of transitions. Chris helped me pick it out from the photos I took on a walk with him a couple weeks ago.

Hannah Dunscombe 12/13/21 Hannah Dunscombe 12/13/21

Emily & Derek portrait

This portrait is based on Emily and Derek’s engagement photos and was a gift for their wedding. I really loved working on all of the beads and the embroidery on Emily’s vyshyvanka. Plus, it’s always so nice to painting people you know…

Blog