Electric Mini Cooper

Here is one I did for fun of Mini's new electric car. There are quite a few alternative fuel vehicles being developed these days, but I really believe the electric car the future. I think we need to learn to let go of the antiquated internal combustion engine. The electric car is still in its infancy, but once it gets popular enough to be profitable we will see great advances in battery technology, which will drive down the cost as well as increase efficiency and reliability.

The great thing I'm seeing now is sporty electric cars, which I'm very happy about. The only way I could give up my SVT would be for something like this Mini E. It's my dream that my next auto purchase will be electric powered.

Check out this video from Jay Leno's garage. He has a great website full of videos of his personal car collection as well as new cars, which he gives good reviews and opinions. He is very interested in electric cars and he's got plenty of videos on those too.

New artwork

Sorry for the lack of artwork lately, but I've been swamped with work. Anyway here's a new one based on a really cool photo on the Shorpy website. I'm not really sure I can repost the photo here so I'll let YOU find it. Shorpy is really worth looking through anyway. New Code 11's are in the works as well, so that'll be up soon.

My most narcissistic post ever!

So after Tre and I figured out what to draw we started planning it out. There was also a brief discussion about the sadness of not being creative enough to try something totally new. Very brief.




Here's Megan not quite willing to tell us how stupid we are.


Then a quick Pepsi break. (I was told my check is in the mail) Diet is gross.






Plenty of sealant and...


...Behold!!






Much thanks to Rita for taking all the pictures. It was major fun. I'm also a little embarrassed, but not as much as I should be.

Chalk Art!

So a few weeks ago I went with a few friends from work to Seminole Community College for some chalk art thing. I wasn't really sure what to expect, but I had to go cuz I promised my friend Megan I would go, and she wouldn't let me back out. She's kinda scary when she's angry.

Here's some of the stuff we saw when we got there.


One of my favorites






I really have no idea what this is






Another one of my favorites


This girl took over the whole show like a rock star by doing a bunch of great stuff all over the place, like this octopus...

...and a bunch of these cool line drawings.


Here is Hurricane Maria's contribution


Here is Megan working on her badass squid to battle with that other octopus


This is Rita's badass seahorse. He has a gun in the other flipper.

Tre and I couldn't really think of anything to draw, but we ate their pizza, so we had to draw something. So we figured since we'd never been to SCC campus and would never go again, these students needed a way to see our awesome faces every day.


to be continued...

Dr. Sketchy

Dr. Sketchy is something I only recently found out about. Once a month here in Orlando, they hold a figure drawing session in a small tea shop. Many cities have Dr Sketchy, so look it up, you might have one near you.


These were from the first session I went to in March. One model, two different costumes. All brush pen and pencil.


These were from last week. These models were not nearly as good as the previous one. Very boring un-dynamic poses, but I was still fairly happy with the outcome. I was better prepared this time as far as drawing materials. Black and gray brush pens above, brush pen and colored pencil on red paper below.

My SVT

I colored this the same way as the last post.

David Bowie - revised

I redid the color on this one. I was never happy with the color job on the other one, but I wasn't sure why. A friend pointed out to me that the black and white version was much more effective than the first color job, so I tried again using only flat muted colors. I do like it better than the other color version, but still not quite as much as the non-color version. Either way I think I will leave it alone and move on.

I want to introduce you to the artwork of my little cousin Nathan. When I was told he likes to draw, my reaction was something like "Oh, that's nice. Good for him." I really didn't give it much of a second thought, since all kids like to draw. Once I actually got to see what he was making, I was floored. He has stacks of notebooks filled with an entire universe of tiny characters. At first glance it looks like pages full of sheer chaos, but with closer inspection, there is a definite method to his madness. I'm pretty sure he doesn't draw them, he just opens the book and shakes his head, and every idea he's had all day just falls onto the page.

In a way, he makes me jealous. Reading his comics, I get the impression he's not TRYING to accomplish something, he's just accomplishing it. I am very proud of him, and I have no doubt that, in time, his work will gain a lot of attention. He has a new blog for his work at thex-17.blogspot.com. Take a look and check back often; there is an inexhaustable supply of it! Leave comments and let him know what you think! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Thanks.

Ken

Decided to try and color the Bowie in Photoshop. I haven't decided if I'm satisfied yet.

Just some inking practice