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Fake Poster Sketch

Just messin' around.

Coffee Shop Sketchin'

These are from the past few months.

This was inspired by Shaun Tan's book Tales from Outer Suburbia.

Bloody Glow

My buddy Jean Francois Beaulieu collaborated with me to color up this sketchy ink drawing I did a few weeks ago. He did an awesome job. Love to see how other artists approach a problem.

Goliath Bot p1

This is a little project I'm working on with someone. It's a 50 foot tall robot.

I started with a sketch, then I cleaned it up, and then took it into photoshop for a very rough block-in of values. My end goal is to show a fully rendered illustration with this guy in an environment. So there will be a lot of exploration of value and color to help sell the scale of this guy. Of course, I'll add in little birds and some people on the ground, and also, a little bit of a background to help give you more things to relate its size too. The only thing I wish I could have done was to warp the perspective to show you how it would really look, but I know this is more of a concept piece so it needs to have clarity of visual information over "how it feels".

Deep Sea

Experimenting with brushes and process.

This is around 18x12" and I only had some sketchy lines down, no details or anything when I started inking it. I didn't have a plan when I started, just some guy slashing at something. It's pretty messy, but I had fun doing the texture.

Ink and white acrylic.

Hulk SMASH!

Oh joy. So, for some reason I'm very inspired to do these quick ink drawings and then see where they go in photoshop. With the inks, I started off way too careful at first, but loosened up by the end of it, maybe next time I'll have to do some warm-up inking beforehand to make me a little more bold.

I'm not sure who will be next, but I have a few characters in mind.

Punisher: Miami Vice

So I have to say I'm really rusty at drawing the superheroes that I grew up with. It's unfortunate, but I have to say drawing comics for two years left a pretty bad taste in my mouth (due to the stressful deadlines and general burnout). I've learned a lot from the experience, most importantly, I need to speed up.

I've been looking at this fellow's http://evanbryce.blogspot.com/ work for inspiration, very awesome color choices and energy in his characters... I'm not all about swiping, but this is just for a learning experience and it's one step closer to how I want my sequential work to look.

Wolvie

Experiments!
Inked with brush and colored in PS.

I tried to draw with the ink and just see what happens. Take things through ugly stages and try to make lemons out of lemonade.... er.... wait a sec.

BatShark w/ polish

And I'm officially done...

Snake Eyes

I Heart You Too, Electric Girl

The digital age is a strange one.

Chairs

Swearing can be fun.

Astronauts

While doing reference research for a personal project I came upon some amazing photos of 60's era astronauts. It's amazing to me that these guys risked their lives for the exploration of space. Most of these guys look like total dweebs, but have got to be some of the ballsiest people on earth. I loved the contradiction.

As for the style, I'm totally ripping off the colors from countless ads I've seen, but instead of stopping myself from having fun, I just said screw it and made it anyways, because, why not? It's liberating to just make what I feel like and not care if I fall on my face. I think for the first time since I was a little kid I finally am just making art for fun again, and it doesn't have to take 20 hours, it can be these quick little farts of ideas.

Also, sometimes the search for originality can stop us from even taking chances... I have stopped myself too many times to remember from making something because I felt like it wasn't original enough or it didn't fit my misguided notion of what I was "supposed" to be making.

These could be parodies of current style choice because they are kinda full of cliches, but I wasn't too concerned with the style, just the idea of astronauts using modern style. Our current view of astronauts seems to be a little distant because the media does not portray them as heroes like they used to.




I kind of like using tangents and cutting off words right now. I think it's interesting to think that by cutting off a word, you're almost cutting of the idea... like interrupting someone in mid-sentence, because you're bored of what they are trying to say.... which is how I think current society views astronauts and the space program.

Quarter Century

This is a bit of a departure from what I normally do, but I think it's also reflective of my life and my mind in general at this point. I just turned 25 and life has been pretty interesting so far. I feel very fortunate to be alive and experiencing life. And more importantly, trying to learn from my experiences so far. I like to think that everyone goes through growth their whole lives, it's what makes life worth living in my understanding.

This is colored pencil, Tombow markers, ink wash, gouache, and india ink.

Bloc 11

I love sketching. Now that the weather is nice, it's sooo awesome to just sit outside and look at the beautiful world around us.

Done at Bloc 11 Cafe at Union Square in Somerville after visiting Hub Comics (my favorite comic shop in Boston so far).

Diesel Cafe

Felt like sketchin' tonight. My gf is coming in to town tomorrow (she lives in San Diego) and we're road trippin' to Ithaca, NY for her sister's graduation, so I felt guilt free for spending my Friday night in a cafe making art.

Warm-up sketch

I need to try this some more. Start the day with a random sketch, then finish after work when I've had some time to think about it and also when I'm a lot more warmed up.

Insomnia

Two Giants

It's strange how some things don't turn out like you want them to. Here are two examples of trying to get an idea out of my head, but having totally unpredictable results. Sometimes things just have to be finished before you can learn and move on.

The first one is my failed attempt to get what I somewhat managed to get in the second.

Personal Demons

It's nice to see all that experimentation pay off a bit. This is a pencil drawing, with ink wash, and gouache. Plus, I cheated a bit in Photoshop with some levels adjustments and some really loose dodging and burning.

Sketches

Experiments and a possible short story in the works.

Daredevil Robot

This is for the Better-than-your-mom blog http://better-than-your-mom.blogspot.com/.

Fun times...

Sketch was done in gouache w/ lil bits of colored pencil over Colerase pencil and ballpoint pen.... yay for mixing shit together.

Lifedrawing in Boston

10-15 minutes each.