Sketchbook

I just scanned in a bunch of stuff from my sketchbook. I thought I'd post one of the pages here and if you want to see the rest you can go hit up my gallery.

Old Wrinkled Man

For some reason I love drawing old wrinkly men; they have such personality to them. The big noses, the sagging jowels, the huge domed craniums, and the drooping earlobes. There is such experience, wisdom, and years and years of hard work behind leathered sun-beaten faces like that. This one I did as a doodle on some scrap paper but decided to ink with a brush and throw some washes of color on it. It almost gave it a Chinese look.

Horse Boy

My daughter and I just finished reading "The Horse and His Boy" by C. S. Lewis. I don't know any other 18 month old that asks for C. S. Lewis over Dr. Seuss for a bedtime story.

It was fun to read it again and it made me want to do an illustration for it. I think the colors are overly saturated, but if I keep noodling on it anymore I might go crazy.

A Potter Painting

I gave myself a goal to do an illustration every other day. I do the thumbnails and the final drawing the first day and I tone it and color it the next. Here is my first one. I feel like it is unfinished, but my wife says to stick to my goal and move on. If you have any suggestions on how I can finish it please let me know.

Wide

This quick little doodle was done for the Illustration Friday topic "Wide"; looking at it now, however, I think that this would more appropriately fit the topic "Bizarre Genetic Experiments Involving Prominent Members of the Republican Party." Maybe it's just me, but this guy looks like a cross between Cheney, Bush, and McCain.

Monkeys

I started these for my wife a year or so ago, but things got busy and I didn't finish them until recently. I'm still not super happy with them, but they're cute. They are expressions that our daughter made as an infant portrayed by monkeys (since that is her nickname).

Be Mine...OR ELSE!

It was back around Valentine's day when I did a doodle of this guy. I thought, "He may look mean, but I'll bet he's a tender guy underneath those spikes." So I gave him a lacy little valentine to hold to show that he is just sensitive and misunderstood.

You're Everything That A Big Bad Wolf Could Want

Here is another "Little Red Riding Hood" character design. Definitely inspired by the Sam the Sham song. Here the wolf is a "lone wolf" who stops in at the local greasy spoon "Grandma's Place" and meets the cute waitress "Lil' Red." Originally I had him giving her a toothy grin complete with subtle wolf-man fangs, but the closed mouth smile seemed more his style.

Batman Color Key

Here's a color key I did from a Batman storyboard panel I drew as an assignment. I wanted to push some odd colors into the sky to intensify the moment. It was fun to push around acrylics again.

More Sidewalk Chalk

Here's another sidewalk doodle.