down time sometimes equals creativity

Lately at work, I've been having quite a bit of down time. Since starting at ON last October, I've gotten pretty good at using my tablet and stylus to work in Illustrator and Photoshop. Let me tell you, it is SOOOO much easier than using a mouse! Well, since the days have been a bit slow, I've been playing around in these same applications. I've taken to uploading a photo to Illustrator and then drawing on it. My first attempt was a straightforward one, simple clean lines. There's something I like a lot about the quality. It was fun to do, and think I might make posting a drawing a regular occurance, trying different techniques and effects. What do you think?

maria at asensio
maria at asensio-original photo from thesartorialist.