Figure Drawing

I haven't posted anything up in a while. To my shame, I haven't really drawn anything worthwhile in a long time. Bad habits and all. But recently I went to a figure drawing session that my friend and boss, Dino Casterline put together. These are some of the results. These are done on cheap old 8 x 10 printer paper with a semi-dry Dixon Markette and a ballpoint pen. Enjoy and check back soon because there are a few more fun things in the works that will be posted soon.

More fun

Here are some more one-a-days I've been saving up.

Some chick I saw in the park today.

One-a-days

I've enjoyed the blog of Dan Hay so much that I decided I wanted to do the same thing he does. He finds one person every day that looks interesting, and keeps a mental image of that person, and later on tries to make an interesting design out of it. He pointed out to me that its a good way of exercising the brain by always thinking about drawing. I could use a bit of that. I dont know if I'll post a new one every day like Dan, but I would like to try and draw one every day.

These are done with a ball point pen and Prismacolor markers with a little bit of art stix in there for good measure.

Something new

I did these today. Just trying something new. Micheal Jackson was done for Diluc's website. It was a scan of some line work and colored in photoshop. The second one was done from a photo my friend Dan took while on vacation. It was done in photoshop using only the lasso and paint bucket tools. Both are kind of a departure, just trying some new things I guess. Enjoy!

Strange Sight

So here's something interesting. The other day I'm driving down this long road, on my way to a Christmas party I'm drawing for. As I'm driving I happen upon something I never thought in my wildest dreams I would ever see. I couldn't tell what it was from far away, but as I get closer I just can't believe what's in front of me: there is a real camel sitting in an old brightly colored school bus! So as I'm driving behind it and at the same time I'm fumbling to find my camera, because I know that later on I'll just think I imagined the whole thing. So here is the proof for the world to see. Enjoy.

Photoshop landscapes

I was inspired by a post on Marco Bucci's blog and Xiangyuan Jie. So I used some photos from my trip to Los Angeles a few months ago, and tried to do some small photoshop sketches. I tried really hard to NOT use the eyedropper tool, but I did end up using it quite a bit. I spent about 20 minutes on each one. I've never really just tried to do any landscape stuff just for the sake of the landscape before. Honestly I barely put any backgrounds in anything I do, which is not a good thing. I would really like to get a better grasp of light and color as well. Plus I live in friggin Florida and this place has plenty of great landscapes to paint, so I guess I don't have any excuses. Enjoy!

It's Christmas Time

I was asked to make new christmas demos for the stand for the upcoming season. I hung this one up at one of the stands, and a day or two later it just disappeared. Good thing I took a picture of it! Enjoy!

Portrait

Here is a portrait I attempted of my late grandmother. I still have a lot to learn about painting and portraits. I feel on this one I started out pretty good and kind of got lost as I went along. But I learned a few things along the way. This one was done in acrylic on canvas. If you want to see some really inspiring acrylic work, check out my link to Kruger's blog on the right. I spent a lot of time looking at that for motivation. I have a long way to go, but I'm enjoying the process.

Full Sketchbook

I don't really know why, but for some reason, I really like throwing away a sketchbook once I have filled it up. Probably because its mostly filled with scribbley crap. Unfortunately, in doing so I also end up losing a few good sketches. But since I have a blog now, I figured I could just scan the stuff I like and post it here. Enjoy!