A Christmas Post

It's not Christmas without snow. Sorry California, Florida, and the southern hemisphere.

Homage to the great suburban teen

Went to my friend's house. Her little sister showed me some ink drawings. I always draw in pen, but it had been forever since my last work with ink and brush. It doesn't work at all for products, but kind of fun for sketching.

What I'm thinking at any given time of any given day.

Robotic Hand

I've always wondered which of the two would happen first: Robotic hands, or hands grown from cells. I might take the robot hand. I could then open any jar.

Finally.

 

I've always wanted to illustrate one of these stories, but I've never put the time into it.  So here we go: Ammon and Lamoni.

"Horses", dinosaurs, goats, and sheep.

Something I've noticed is that many women that can draw, seem to be able to draw horses very well. The opposite is not always true.

I was paying attention. I swear.

When I got to thinking about the horse that I drew, I realized it had a definite goat feel.

 My favorite parable.

Some Paintings

This is the start of a painting for a friend. It's supposed to be: "inspiring." We'll see what happens when I finish it. The figures borrow heavily from three statues, the top figure from a fountain in Cincinnati, the two seated figures from outside the most Supreme of Courts. The guy in the middle is just there for dramatic effect.





Every once in a while I just need to draw the meanest looking robot that I can possibly think of. This one borrows heavily from a Japanese mask I saw at the Met in NYC (my favorite museum ever).




What's the difference between this photograph and the painting above? A $125,000 mold change. That's it.

Work Decor

This was inspired by my friend Kaeling.  I saw one of her robots and wanted to copy it. 

Business.

 

 

All of the above pictures are hanging in my office desk right now.

Mo' Sketchbook

Flying bug, bird thing, listening to music and dropping decorative ornamentation.





A rose, drawn square-like.





My friend Scott, in 20 years. Tassels.

More Random Sketches

This is Cincinnati, viewed from... some park. I can't remember which. But it was kind of tricky to find and the view was nice. Just pretend there is a bunch of color and atmospheric distortion to get the whole effect. To my left was a wedding. I choose not to draw them.







A girl at church, she was actually pretty, but I think this just makes her look mad. I think it's my oversized mouth line.








Some dude. But there is something about the line quality that's working for me.

Park Ranger

Line Weights and Robots

DC - Neoclassicalism--America Style

Palmyra

Palmyra