100 Hands – December 2014 Edition

Long-haul readers of the blog will recall that I have a habit of drawing 100 Hands every now and then, thanks to an exercise set by my mentor Eben Matthews ages ago . Last week I finished my annual pilgrimage, which I now present here for your viewing pleasure. References include: Pixelovely Reference Tool, Animopus … Continue reading 100 Hands – December 2014 Edition

Process Post: Black Hand

A couple months ago I was delighted to receive an email from Glenn Fleishman, who some of you might remember as the fella who interviewed me for The New Disruptors earlier this year, asking if I wanted to work on an article about an imaginary friend for his publication The Magazine. I love the idea … Continue reading Process Post: Black Hand

Monday Sketchdump

In honor of completing my story for Cartozia #3 last week, I decided to do a little warm-up sketch of my two protagonists on Sunday. Meet Grumley and Bumley, cantankerous fishermen at large. I’ve also been trying to get back into the habit of doing warm-up sketches on a more regular basis, so here are … Continue reading Monday Sketchdump

Spottin’ Blacks

More weekly challenge stuff. Focused on high-contrast faces this week to get more decisive about laying down blacks: And thanks again to everyone who came out to the workshops this week! It was great to see so many of you there. I’ve posted my lecture notes from the Freelance Badassery talk on Tumblr if you wanna … Continue reading Spottin’ Blacks

Horses

New challenge. Did this one early because horses make me SUPER NERVOUS. I’ve seriously never drawn one before IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. Referenced a couple great artists for this like Joe Weatherly and Claire Wendling, then did a few from photographs. Just like the 50 Shoes exercise, this felt really awkward and clumsy to begin … Continue reading Horses

Suits, Heads, & Other Sundries

A couple challenges from the last few weeks. Remember you can always join in on these suckers by heading over to the Artistic Veggies tumblr! A new challenge goes live every Monday. I’ve also been blasting through the last of my Kickstarter custom comics! Thank goodness for that. The most recent strip was a requested … Continue reading Suits, Heads, & Other Sundries

Sketchdumps!

Some sketches of Greek statues from a current exhibit at the Portland Art Museum. Extreeeeeeemely delayed portraits for Kickstarter backers. An anniversary commission. Aaand some anteaters. Because AWWW.

Back On The Wagon

To further combat the dreaded ARTRUT, I returned to figure drawing this week! Had a blast and got some good sketches done to boot. I’ll definitely be making this a weekly thing. Julie was an amazing model. I had so much fun drawing her. Also tackled some watercolor and ink for the longer poses. That’s all the … Continue reading Back On The Wagon

Sketchdump and CrapComics™!

Today I got stuck in a big, fat You can’t see that letter. It’s an R. For ART RUT. Y’know, those days when you feel like you’ll never draw well ever again, all your ideas are crap, life is pointless, etc etc. BOOOOOORING. So I spent all of the Sip and Sketch this afternoon busting … Continue reading Sketchdump and CrapComics™!

Portrait Sketches – Spring 2012

The semester is almost over, which means it’s time to throw the fruits of my classtime labor up on the Internet for all to see. I was feeling frustrated with my ability to capture good likenesses of people, so for the last three months I’ve been drawing students from two of my conferences at Reed. … Continue reading Portrait Sketches – Spring 2012