SUMMER'S HERE!

Summer is just about here! I feel great! It was a long cold winter. I am newly inspired to do something I have not done in many years; paint something! I'm not talking a digital painting in photoshop or painter, I mean the real thing, with paint and brushes, rags and mess, it may be water colors, or guash or acrylics, or even pastels or a mixed medium. I am pretty antsy about this. The past few years I have been doing all my rendering and coloring on the computer. It will be a challenge to dive right into a painting with out the benefit of an "UNDO" button. So I'll do a few skeches and then decide which one I want to paint. Here is my first sketch, nothing says summer more than baseball.

RAZOR

Not the striped pattern of fur that my cat Razor has, but I captured Razor's attitude pretty good.

COWBOYS & INDIANS

I like this simple flat style of design. I like how you see both eyes but the face is like a profile. I may try to do a style like this for the next web episode of "THE Z - FILES," even though the first 4 episodes were not in this style at all. It would be interesting to see how it works with what I am trying to get across in The Z-Files. If it doesn't work, I will still do some animation with this flat retro UPA look to it.

SKETCHY WEIRDNESS

Just some sketches, Frankenstein, Nosferatu, and some random characters.

FAT GUY ON THE METRO

I saw this huge guy on the subway the other day. I drew him from memory first thing when I got into the studio half hour later.

FRESH FROM THE GARBAGE PILE

Even blob monsters are born kinda cute.

1 EYE or 2?

I would go with the one eye.

2 EYES or ONE?

Personally, I like him with one eye.

BLOB MONSTER BABY

They're all cute when they're small.

3 colored versions

I am not sure which color scheme I prefer.

HUNCHBACK

I doodled this guy at work. I recently picked up THE ART OF DISNEY'S HUNCHBACK, plus all the absolutely incredible art of JOHN NEVAREZ I have been looking at, inspired me to draw this hunchback.

first life drawing in over 3 years

I finally went life drawing, after a hiatus of more than 3 years. I was completely out of practice, and my drawings were not good. It'll take a couple of months of going life drawing at least once a week to get back into it. I thought it would be interesting to post some of the decent pieces, after each weekly session, and see if there is a noticeable improvement over the next few months.

SOLDIER SKETCH

Here's a couple of versions of a sketch. The first is the scan from my sketchbook, the second is with the flag added digitally. The spatter was done by hand, by tapping a brush with paint against a ruler. I had to do that part in my bathroom. I tried to be careful, but I still got red paint spatter all over my bathroom. It looked like a horror scene. But I cleaned it up before it dried, so my bathroom is nice and clean again.

HELLBOY

The best HELLBOY drawing I ever saw was by Jeff Matsuda on his website. I was thinking of his HellBoy when I drew this at the studio today. His is better of course.

Gorilla

This gorilla was sketched while I was warming up to do some drawing at the studio.