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.