Tis a dumpage of sketches.

So I purchased a Wacom Intuos this summer. I always kinda wanted to play around with one, and now I've got it, but no time to work with it. Sad day, I know. Anyway, above is my first all digital sketch. Its about 15 minutes of work. I can see how people would utilize a Wacom as their main tool, however, I can safely say that the bulk of my work will remain in the traditional media.

The rest of these are a few sketches with no order, rhyme or reason.

Mustache confusion

I started collecting pictures of things/people with cool mustaches. I think its going to be a very interesting series of images.



Some Valleyfair junk




This is my latest freelance job. I wish I would have laid on a lot more paint. Oh well. I'll get em next time.

Puppetmasters

Here's yet another illustration for City Hall Magazine. I drew this mainly with Micron pens because my piece of crap nibs were not drawing at all, and it was very frustrating. I started inking it at Valleyfair, and I didn't think to bring spare nibs with me. I did also learn that a semi-decent watercolor job can cover up a semi-crappy inking job.

Caricature Bliss?

This was a really fun family. They sat down and asked to be drawn really exaggerated. What else could a guy ask for?




The guy in this drawing had such a thick neck that it swallowed his chin. I was so excited over it that the only reference to a chin that I put in was a little dab of facial shadow. I lost the likeness a little bit, but I didn't care, I just wanted to draw it exactly as you see it here.

Final

This is the latest finished Illustration. Needless to say, I got little to no sleep this weekend, and the last two days I've been moving into a new apartment in Menomonie. I really really need a day off. But its back to the grindstone for this cat.

More Sketching

So here is yet another rough for some NY political literature. I got a call this morning asking for a cover illustration which is due on Monday morning. Should be an interesting weekend considering my 11 hour shift tomorrow, working Sunday, then heading to Wisconsin to move into a new apartment Monday morning. But tonight, I'm going to sip on a couple beers and get a much needed good nights sleep.

Oh, I almost forgot, the cover story is about three lesbians who are running for city council in NYC. I'm not sure why, but the way the art director described the story to me was just hilarious.

Finished Illustrations

I finished these two yesterday morning before work. I was given 5 days to complete both of them and I thought that would be plenty of time. One thing I didn't really realize was that I only had one day off during said 5 days, and that day I was going to be out of town and unable to work on them. However, with several hours of drawing after work everyday and one really late Tuesday night, I got them all done.

Anyway, I think I'm making some good strides with my watercolors lately. I like where things are going. Don't get me wrong, both of these still had their fill of frustration, but I'm feeling a lot more comfortable with them.