Sketch Book: Fun with Copic Markers
Hey, look! Yet another logo! I'm obsessed...but I'm having fun, so I don't care. Anywhat, events and things conspired to get me outside yesterday and do some real drawing in my sketchbook. Not that digital art making isn't real, it is, but I miss getting outside and getting dirty when I work sometimes. My wife had an important call for work, which meant I had to keep the kids (who are on vacation) not only out of the house, but away from the house in general, since they tend to be loud. The only way I could make that happen
Work In Progress: Process
Well, today is the kids' first official day of summer vacation, and I'm managing to update the site. Hopefully that bodes well for the summer. Before I get to the actual post, I'd like to wish all my fellow dad's out there a Happy Belated Father's Day. Were it not for my own dad, I probably wouldn't be pursuing my crazy art dreams. When he was younger, he dreamed of being a cartoonist or animator, likely working for Disney (to this day he's a huge Disney fan, you should see my parents' house. There's your standard figurines and art, but
WIP: Work In Progress
Alrighty, I'm adding another semi-regular blog entry called WIP, which stands for "work in progress". I thought it might be fun to share my process as it evolves as well as let people see what I'm currently working on, regardless of it's state of finish. The images from these posts won't make it into the gallery until the image is done, though. Hopefully it will give me more material to post about as well as help keep me on track and focused on finishing things, which can be tough when I have so many ideas and so many distra-look! Squirrel!
Gallery Update: Happy Graduation, “Jack”! (and some other stuff)
Hey, maybe I'm back on track with site updates! Of course, this is the last week of school for my kids, so who knows what next week will bring. Anyway, I'm powering through a headache to bring you this: Better take the warning seriously... Hopefully this arrived in time for his college graduation party yesterday, otherwise...oops. One of my cousins, who really shouldn't be old enough because time shouldn't be moving forward, graduated from college recently. His family threw him a party yesterday, but, being 2+ hours away and busy, we weren't able to attend. But, I did
Studio Stuff: Best Manliness and Excuses for My Absence…
Well, technically it's Thursday...not quite 2 weeks since the last time I should have posted...so, here you go: So, um, yeah. I've been busy. This little project started as a fun idea, but I got carried away, figuring I owed something special for missing so many updates. I improved some of my skills and learned quite a few new tricks, many of which will be applicable to some actual digital drawing and painting. This was quite fun, though tedious, and there's a lot more painting in these than you might expect. Generating the light sabers was pretty easy and quick.
Gallery Update: Sketches, Random Doodle-age and Some Stuff
I got to do a bit of non-digital drawing this weekend, which is always nice. I've been wanting to get outside to do some drawing again, and I finally had an opportunity/excuse. My generous and awesome wife took the kids to a local park while I did some chores before meeting up with them and their friends. Once I got there, they ended up taking off to sell some popcorn for Cub Scouts for a short while, leaving me at the park with my sketch book, pens, and markers. It was really nice to just sit, observe, and draw. I
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