God Bless the Ball Point Pen

Keepin' at it.

This was fun. I worked with my friend Chris Grim at a cafe on this sketch. We traded this back and forth over the course of two hours, spending ten minutes at a time on it. It was a great exercise in working with shapes and details. He was much more concerned about details and textures, while I was a lot more focused on the overall shapes. Together we created a pretty interesting character.

Animal Sketchin'

Happy with how this came out.

Winter Image

A little bit of sketching to cope with winter.

Ode to the Metabarons

This was a lot of fun to do. I learned a lot in the process, must keep going! I looked at Frank Frazetta and my Metabaron comics by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Juan Gimenez for inspiration.

WIPs. WIPs, and more WIPs!!

So I'm going to try and get these finished in about a month, plus... maybe a few others if I can! Crazy times.

Shapes and Symbols

This started as an exercise with light and dark values and shapes. I started rendering it just to see what happens and then I started thinking about symbols (ie, dots for eyes and a shape for a mouth; I recently reread Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics and he talks about the face as a symbol) and without them, all we can see are maybe materials, maybe something in three dimensions, but nothing really to ground our focal point.

I realize that some people are more intrigued by pure abstract shapes, devoid of symbolism and others (like myself) are very interested in these symbols. It's a lot of fun to play with.

Samus Sketch

Colored up an old ink drawing.

Old Timey

This was inspired by my friend http://www.tychocafe.com/ Jean Fhillipe. Always inspiring, his stuff blows my mind. Looking forward to seeing his work everywhere in the near future!

Dr. Sketchy's Boston, etc.

5-15 minutes each

"Willowesque"

I like mountains.

Lifedrawing

These poses range from 2-10 minutes.
Markers for warmups and watercolor for 10 minute poses.

Study, Study, Study

A quick Albert Bierstadt study.

A quick John Singer Sargent study.

Tombow Marker Lifedrawing