Skeleton Studies

Took an impromptu trip to the museum today. We only had a couple of hours this time around but with luck we'll be able to make it back soon.

Movie Faces

I wonder if tomorrow will be a snow day!

Some doodling while my wife and I watch movies.

Trying to focus on the clothes the characters wear. In the MST3K episode Girl's Town, the main character wears this awesome and strange half dress/overall. Is that a thing people wore, or did they make it up for the movie?

Looking forward to starting up the animal anatomy studies again this year. A trip to the Natural History Museum is in order!

Ah Ah Ah!

Approaching nearly a whole year working for Sesame Workshop, and it's been such a great and unexpected experience. As a life-long Henson fan it's been a joy to work with these characters every day, and now as I see everything coming together I'm humbled by the scope of it. It's still a shock to see my work on all the finished projects. Sometimes I forget that I'm actually drawing these guys for a reason and not just because it's so much fun. I'm grateful for the team that

Anyway good ol' Count von Count is one of my favorite characters and he's one that I don't get to work with too much, so share and enjoy! I might try my hand at some more Muppets that don't come my way too often, depending on how much people would like to see them.

GigaCon 2011 was such a great time. The con itself started to grow and I'm excited to see how it progresses. My storyboarding lecture seemed to go over reasonably well despite some initial technical difficulties, and the sketchbooks turned out really nice. The highlight of the con though was getting to meet and hang out with all the fantastic guests. Thanks guys for some of the most fun conversations I've had in a long time.

Sketchbook Vol. 2 will soon be available to purchase on this site! Stay tuned for details!

My posting has slowed down a little in the past few months, but I have a bunch of new posts lined up.

Sandwich War

Also coming to GigaCon 2011 (click for the GigaCon website).

Watercolor prints available in 12x16" photo matte paper or in letter-sized watercolor paper. This year the con has expanded enormously with some great guest artists coming in from all around the country. Come on down and stop by our table. If for some reason you can't make it, the prints and sketchbooks will soon be available for sale on this here site right here!

Testing, testing

A new year, a brand new sketchpad to fill up. 

From Sketchbook Vol. 2

Back and ready to go in the new year!  Here's a little something that can be found in the new Sketchbook Vol. 2, which debuts this week at GigaCon 2011.

Sketchbook Vol. 2 Coming Soon!

Coming in 2011!  My Sketchbook Vol. 2 featuring sketches from throughout 2010.  Vol. 2 kicks the crap out of Vol. 1, and it's more than twice the size, which gives it even more legroom to kick with.  42 pages of doodles and sundry others, including many previously unreleased drawings.  There will be a limited printing available for GigaCon 2011 in January, and a larger printing soon after.  If you can't pick it up at GigaCon you will soon be able to buy it online, right here even!

Kitty Kitty

Pre-watercolor pencils. 

Pie Time

This is an older illustration that I decided to clean up and ink.  I have no explanation for this scene.

Coming Soon

Triple post today. Here's the rough pencils for a new painting!

A Sketchy Day

I'm working overtime to put a brand new 2010 sketchbook together for the printers!  Ive got two weeks to finish it.  The wife and I have tables at GigaCon 2011 in Washington DC this January.  We'll have prints, chat, and shiny shiny new sketchbooks.  Azure will also have her line of fine knitware (you want to click on it) on sale which is great because you will leave warmer than you arrived.

More info coming soon!

ASIFA Drawing Session FALL 2010 #6

Decent session last week, I only stayed for the first half though so I didn't get a chance to try out the brown paper sketchbook this time. These are 1-3 minute poses, still using the side of the pencil. Click the image for a larger version.

Quizibuck

Bit of a new look for the blog, I've added an Illustration page and a Sketches page that I'm slowly updating. That way you won't need to sift through the back posts so much!

I had a little less of a sketch-heavy weekend than I originally hoped, but I do enjoy this cheerful fella.

An older sketch from my watercolor book that I decided to refine a little.

SANDSTORM

Watched Joel and the Bots riff on Hercules Against the Moon Men tonight and let the pencil wander where it wanted. 

Here's a random pen sketch from earlier this week, hanging out in a cool bakery of muffins and magic. 

We may actually have a free day this weekend (crazy!) and I'm looking forward to breaking out the paints.  Hope to get some new illustrations done in time for January!

From the Sketchbook 2

When I'm forming a new idea I let my mind and my pencil wander. Here's a few recent full pages on nonsense from the sketchbook.

ASIFA Drawing Sesson FALL 2010 #4

Had a good session tonight, so here's a bit larger post than usual.  I continued to sketch mostly with the flat of the pencil, trying to stay as loose as possible.

1-2 minutes:

 

3 minutes:

 

I started something new this session with a little sketchbook I picked up from Muji.  China marker and white charcoal is something I've never really tried outside of foundation studies back in college, but I'm enjoying it so far.  

These are 4-5 minutes:

 

And these are the last two pages of my little watercolor sketchbook.  I think I'm starting to get back into the swing of it.  I'll be looking for a new one with a little bit better paper.  These are 4 minutes each.  

There Has Been a Short Delay

Been a while since the last posting, but it's not for lack of working! Sesame Street has been pretty busy the past few weeks, and our weekends lately have generally been experienced as bright blurry things whizzing past us. I've also been building up a back catalog of sketches in preparation for a new sketchbook I hope to have printed by early next January! I'll be posting a few teasers here and thee in the next couple of months, but there's going to be a lot of stuff I'm keeping exclusive for the book. In the meantime here's stuff from the past two life drawing sketches.

Last week to change things up I tried sketching with just the flat of the pencil. I like how it helped me loosen up and focus on the motion of the figure. There's quite a different feeling between last week's sketches and the ones before. I've also just about finished with the little watercolor sketchbook! I'll be trying something new starting next session.

Poses 1-5 minutes.

ASIFA Drawing Session FALL 2010 #2

iThe model this week had such good gesture poses it's a shame I wasn't able to capture more of them. 1-5 minute poses.

New Space Bear

Had a nice, productive Columbus Day his year. Gouache 5"x7". I might make this a print.

Little Scenes

A guy with a rockin' beard on the subway on the way to the Workshop. Drawn from memory in Flash in between files at work.

Quick brush-pen sketches in a corner cafe. I'm starting to re-train my eyes to look for interesting ways to frame a scene.

ASIFA Drawing Session FALL 2010 #1

ASIFA model drawing class is back for the season.  Tonight was the first session.  I'm really happy to get back into practice.  These are 1-5 minute gestures.  I want to try to really push motion and weight this season.

New Pencils

Pencils for the new version of the space bear. I just need to figure out how to watercolor it without screwing it up.

From the Sketchbook

I just finished the old sketchbook and started a new one. Here's a few doodles from the last few pages!

Brooklyn Aquarium

Broke in my new sketchbook yesterday at the aquarium on Coney Island.