There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. - G.K. Chesterton
Ever have those days where you feel you were getting a ton of things accomplished with almost no effort? Such was today.
After trying to shower only to find the hot water had mysteriously disappeared, I threw on a hat and met Jimmy for breakfast. Then, as if carried along by some current of [...]
Loose sketching to warm up.
Today was one of those days that just felt clunky.
I’ve found that after a couple of weeks focusing different projects, I haven’t done any drawings start to finish. So today I’m counting as a warm up day. Sometimes, after enough time warming up, I get into the zone where work seems to flow [...]
It easy to get into a rut, and sometimes I find myself drawing the same subject matter over and over. As much as I enjoy drawing comics, I think I need to make a conscious effort to diversify. I’ve been re-re-reading the Hobbit, and was thinking about the part with Smaug.
“Bilbo [...]
This is a rough sketch I did for a piece based on the Hobbit. The final, which is almost finished, turned out a little more cartoony than this.
…for a variety or reasons. But I did finally get pictures of this larger drawing I did for a friend. It wouldn’t fit on my scanner.
Halloween came and went leaving me visited by a couple Darth Vaders, a jaguar (which I incorrectly guessed was a leopard and was corrected), a Frankenstein monster who I’m sure was in high school, and one girl that looked kind of like a prostitute but I’m sure was supposed to be a pop star.
Looking out [...]
I spent all day working on a commission piece that the manager of the local comic shop here in town had me do for a DC writer that’s doing an in-store signing. I spent all afternoon working on it, and almost trashed it halfway through.
I learned a few things while doing this today:
1) [...]
This weekend I was at a convention, which is nothing too unusual.
Except that someone made a costume of one of my characters.
I thought that was pretty cool. The guy that made it (modeled here by a friend of his) says it’s not quite done yet (I notice there’s no belt or sleeves yet) but [...]
The economy may be in trouble, but legal stimulants aren’t going anywhere. And if Joe the Plumber is going to make enough money to spread the wealth around, he’s going to need a lot of them too.
I, like our large friend here pictured by the fire and speaking in transliterated greek, dream in color. I’ve always heard this is rare, but most people I talk to seem to dream in color. Another reason for me to doubt hearsay statistics. I have also heard, and can’t remember where, [...]
Today I was thinking about the creepiness of Honda’s Asimo Robot. Then I remembered the sheer terror that is the Boston Dynamics Big Dog. With its lack of discernible head, unstoppable momentum and the crazy, freak-out inducing beehive sound, I cursed the day science bent its collective warped mind to [...]
Painting is something I thought that I’d like to be able to do for a while now, but it’s been a very slow process for me. When I was learning to use markers (and I’m still learning) I had tried initially to use color and the drawings turned out like poo. So I [...]
I figured I’d continue the art theme.
Someone paid me a little money for a sketch back in May at an event at the local comic shop, and it took me nearly 5 months to get to it. So I figured I should do it up right since they had to wait so long. [...]
Some days getting up at 4am leaves me feeling worn down and unproductive for the rest of the day. Other days, I get a second wind and it’s like any other day. Today there was no second wind.
Instead, there’s just me trying to get through this afternoon and a sketch of [...]
Yesterday I couldn’t get very focused on work. Maybe it was the rain and wind, or the fact that my day began at 4 am. I tried to do some actual work, but only managed to do two sketch cards and then played around with watercolors, which will help me in the long [...]
Another head sketch.
I’ve been trying take some time during the week to work out some issues in my drawing. Working from old black and white photos is a good way to study lighting and form. Do it enough and you’ll begin to learn how shadows and light fall on the various planes of the face. [...]
I just finished coloring a page for the editor of a book a friend of mine is inking. I’ve realized a couple things.
-After the last few years coloring with traditional mediums, coloring on the computer makes me feel disconnected from the work. This is part of the reason why I don’t [...]