IF: HOMAGE

This is an homage to Roy Lichtenstein.

IF: HEAVY

I've been busy again. Wanted to post something- This is a little cartoon I made at school like 4 years ago just for fun. It's based on an old SNL skit and don't worry: It's just ketchup...

IF: MULTIPLE

I've been wasting time trying to come up with something to do. Figured I should just sit down and do it. Found some pics of people online just for portrait practice. This is alright considering it's been quite a while since I last took a stab at a portrait. The sketch was fun. Ball point pen- not my usual tool of choice but my kids seem to have run off with all my pencils. Then I put it in photoshop and played with value. I am finding that whole process enjoyable which is good as I sometimes find myself bored with work. That's all for now. Thanks for coming by. Tell me what you think.

JUST SOME DUDE


Update:
Realizing this could be fun I started playing in photoshop with different expressions. Then I thought, 'Hey, this could be a fun thing for the IF topic: MULTIPLE.' So here you go: multiple expressions. It's a lot of fun- I may keep going all week long.


huh?!?


eeeeew!


snoozin'


shock and awe

Why has it been so long?

So for Christmas we got our kids a dog. I guess it turns out we kind of got me a dog. We call her NACHO(as in, "Hey! That's Nacho Doggie!"-not your doggie). She's a boxer. She is almost 4 months old now. I realize these are not drawings or art really. But I wanted to show what I've been doing with my free time where I haven't been able to draw much. So here it is. Also on the day we got her, my wife told me she is with child, our 5th. She's been quite sick and so when I'm not working, or taking care of "my kid's" dog, I've been doing laundry, cleaning house, dishes etc. She's feeling better now so hopefully free times right around the corner.

Wow! Has it really been that long?

These are something I did for a play some folks at the church were putting on. I wish I had more time to put into it but they had a limited budget and I didn't have a ton of extra time to put into it for free, but I think it turned out pretty good. The color one ended up about 11x17 with date/time info in the big empty space in the bottom left corner. The B/W image was for a program just 8x5. They didn't need the info so I added the dress. I was going for the Drew Struzan movie poster look. Obviously not even close to the quality and detail he puts into it. I even borrowed his composition a little bit from his Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom poster.

Beary Christmoose

I made this today for an invitation to a hot cocoa party we're having next week.

Some guy- caricature attempt

This was a pencil sketch colored in photoshop.

IF: Scale

(Images can be clicked to view larger.)I did this a while ago. Been out of it for a while. Need to do more. Still need to finish the "Leafy Bug"- have just been exhausted lately and not wanting to do anything.

"Leafy Bug" Sketch

I figured I'd try to do an in progress step by step thing. This will hopefully motivate me to get some work done on this in time to post before Illustration Friday puts up a new topic. The topic this week is Extremes. My boys were extremely excited to find this extremely interesting bug in our back yard. It's a "leafy bug" and is their favorite bug now thanks to its extremely clever camouflage. So here's the sketch and hopefully tomorrow we will have the next step.

16 OCT 07
"Leafy Bug" Value Study

I don't always do this step but for this one I did. I like to determine the values and see if my composition is working. I think it's headed in the right direction so tomorrow I will paint over with color- Hopefully we'll have a finished piece tomorrow.

IF: Open

This is just my 3 year old Jake opening wide for a sip from the hose. He's a good kid, we tried several times before I got the right shot. He got a kick out of it though.

Edit 5-20-2011-   Jake is now almost 7.  I used this for an Illustration Friday post a few years ago but thought it fit nicely with this week's topic.  I mean what three year old can drink out of the hose without getting soaked?