Under the Bed

Here is one of five illustrations that I have been working on for six months. I've been figuring out some things about digital painting.

Horsing Around

These are the results I got from using a brown prismacolor marker and a white prismacolor pencil on this indigo colored, strathmore art paper. It's not super clean, but still fun to look at.

Four Dudes

More fabulous work from my sketchbook.

White on Red

Drawn from a magazine photo.

Some Old Editorial Cartoons

The awards I won were for my editorial cartoons including this one here about text books. My "Aliens on the Roof" comic didn't turn any of the judges heads, but it is still one of my favorties. Anyone who was at R.C.C. at the time would understand why it was relevant. As for the blackspot on the trees, it was an accident. I was drawing almost entirely with crow quill pens at the time and accidental ink spots are pretty much unavoidable.

The Horny Toad was a character that I created for my animation course at R.C.C. I then used him in several strip comics for the student newspaper there. I didn't get any awards for him, but he was a lot of fun. I never actually settled on any particular name, but Eddie always comes to mind. I've been drawing him over the years since then. I used him in a one minute cartoon short and I've been working on a redesign every so often. For the last three weeks I've been trying to find time to sit down and do a couple strip comics. So far nothing. So here is some of the old stuff.

I'm Working at Knott's Berry Farm

I get paid to draw people. It's a start,

Work in Progress

This is a little tribute to two of my favorite artists. I've only gotten the pencil done so far. I'm likin' how it's lookin'.

Vans Tennis Shoes Are Great For Hiking

I've done my share of walking. I wore through two pairs of Doc Martens and a pair of Sketchers when I was a Missionary in Argentina. I was living out of suit cases so I didn't have that much stuff (for two years) but I did have a pair of Van when I could'nt stand those other heavy shoes any more.

I also went on a number of hikes and I found that VANS were a lot nicer to my feet than hiking boots. Actually at the moment I'm wearing Ocean Pacific shoes, but VANS are still my favorite.

The idea behind this illustration (that I drew years ago while at community college) was to advertise some product. I was heavy into swing dancing and classic car shows at the time. Hot Rods Hangout had Rockabilly bands every week.

I added color to the drawing some time ago using Illustrator, but the colors came out very flat. Just last night I used photoshop to touch it up a bit. I'm much happier with it now, and in any case it's still one of my favorite drawings.

The First Try at a Realistic Fruit

Just a day after creating this I was shown a number of brush tricks that would have been helpful.

William Bouguereau Master Copy

This is the first of five master copies that I will be drawing for my life studies course this semester. The original is on the left.

Black Dress

This image was influenced by the nose art on old World War II planes, and also by a black dress that my wife had at the time. I had just bought Adobe Illustrator CS2 at the time. This was one of my first attempts to digitally enhance and color an image.

How Cool are Model Ts

I like drawing old cars every once in awhile.  My father in law has one of these in the garage, so apart from internet photos I was also able to get a close look at his car.  I gave this version a yellow hue so that in would look older.

I actually wound up drawing this twice.  The first copy was ruined, I can't remember if I ripped it or spilt something on it.  The second version turned out much better any way.  I used a non-photo blue pencil to lay it out, and inked it with rapidographs.