To keep in practice with my Traditional Illustration techniques, I offered to create free commissions for my friends and family.
The first was a "thank you" to my Aunt Sherry for sending me a full set of Prismacolor colored pencils as a belated graduation gift:

Captain Jack Sparrow, savvy?
My buddy Chris from my internship last summer is a huge Britney Spears fan. I made him this acrylic painting finished with colored pencil to display in his new place in Long Beach:

My friend Crystal from my Beginning Crafts class wanted a drawing of someone from TruBlood, so I created one for her of Sookie: