Sketch Session No.5
Today I tried to work completely paperless.  The first sketch was off a 4x6 Wacom Graphire tablet.  I dunno, I'm not pleased with the results.  I got pretty antsy after drawing for an hour and I needed something a little more... um... sophisticated? The second drawing was done with a Wacom Cintiq.  Felt a little better, but I'm still not satisfied.  Hopefully, the results will get better the more I practice.
Sketch Session No.4
Hope you all had a good Thanksgiving. It was good to get a break and see my family again. I had some friends visit from Seattle, and that was a lot of fun to see both my friends and my family interact together.
Lately, I had some trouble trying to come up with anything for these sketches. Part of it was being sick, the other was just getting stressed out about how I draw since I'm putting these on the web for people to see. I check out some artists' blogs every once in a while and some of them have real valuable information in them. However, it's tempting to mimic another artist's style that I find appealing. I realized that, while it is helpful to learn from examples, the burden's still on me to produce my own style. If I can draw well, but have no style, I'm just a drafter, not an artist.
Anyways, enough of my ranting... here are some of the sketches from last week and tonight. Thanks to Michelle for providing the dogs. They're so cuuute. Enjoy!
Feeling under the weather…
I'm fighting some bug I picked up last night. I tried to do a sketch session today but couldn't draw worth jack after two hours. I'll post something better later this week.
Color!
Today I took my first swing at digital painting. I took a cue from some of the guys at ConceptArt.org. I'm more of a pencil-paper guy and haven't delved into color all that much. Anyways, here's my first attempt.
See ya…
It was a lot of fun having you around, Clarisse. Hope you have a great time in Arizona. We'll be missing you at NewGen.
Sketch Session No.3
I struggled through a drawing block today to get these two pages.  Hopefully the rest of the week gets better...
 
 
Sketch Session No.2
Got a late start tonight. I got pretty dry on my ideas once I got to the third page. I'm feeling a little better with each drawing. I have some books here that will hopefully improve my technique, but I still got a long ways to go. Anyways, enjoy!
2007 Music
Earlier this year, I felt a little guilty about the mp3s I downloaded when I was in school. This summer, I deleted all of them, which is the majority of my music collection, and I was left with a much shortened playlist. No problem, I thought, I'll just buy back the ones that I used to listen to all the time. But then I realized that if I wanted to be legit, I need money. While I miss the days of downloading songs by the gigload, this does force me to consider which music is worth my money.In 2007, I've purchased the following CDs:
Augustana - All The Stars And Boulevards
Eric Clapton - Clapton Chronicles
Franz Ferdinand - You Have It So Much Better
Jimi Hendrix - Experience Hendrix
Jars of Clay - Good Monsters
John Mayer - Continuum
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Queen - Greatest Hits
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien
The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
St. Vincent - Marry Me
Switchfoot - Oh! Gravity.
Derek Webb - The Ringing Bell
I have to say that Radiohead and Spoon are getting the most plays. I warmed up to St. Vincent after a few listens and Derek Webb's lyrics in The Ringing Bell are awesome. So if anyone has any other suggestions for music, I'd like to hear them... so I can go and hear the music too... yeah...
Sketch Session No.1
I'm trying to block out my Tuesdays and Thursdays as sketch nights. I need to just sit down and make time for myself.  So this is the first of my sketch sessions. Most of it is drawing whatever comes to mind, sometimes it's developing something from my little black book. A goal for me is to find my style in the next few weeks. So, without further ado, here are some excerpts from my first sketch session.
