Literal Fashion Part 4

Spaghetti Strap.

That's all folks.

Literal Fashion Part 3

Capris.

Part 4 tomorrow.

Literal Fashion Part 2

Pencil Skirt.

Part 3 tomorrow.

Literal Fashion Part 1

Tank Top. 

Part 2 tomorrow.

Penguin with dynamite

Be careful about what you hug.

-Steve

An Alligator

Self-explanatory.

A day at the fair

Robots also attend county fairs.

Gym Class

 

7th grade gym class. The trouble is, lots of times I just want to draw a face or something, but then I kind of like the face, so I draw the rest of the body, but by the time I'm halfway down the person, I don't know what to do with their hands, so I usually have them holding something... bats work well. 

Cupcake train

 

So I drew this at work, I wanted to draw a really cool flying train. But then I showed it to a friend and she pointed out that the engines looked like cupcakes. Which made it a lot less cool.

I think she was right, they do look like cupcakes.

Underlay // Reverse-Sketching

If you just want to draw something awesome and perfect, sometimes the quickest way is to use a computer generated model as an underlay. With all the perspective and proportion taken care of by the computer, you can focus on communicating whatever it is you want to communicate with the linework, colors, shading, etc.  It gives an effect of absolute precision, coupled with some liveliness. One of my colleagues calls it "reverse sketching."

I basically had two hours to draw something awesome, so I took a computer rendering I had in my portfolio and used it for the basis of this illustration. I can't really call it a sketch... more like a design painting. It's kind of fun sometimes just to draw when your deliverable is simply a pretty drawing.

IDSA 2010 Sketches

I had the opportunity to attend an Industrial Design conference. It was pretty good, I took excellent notes:

There was a panel discussion with several industry leaders. 

I actually drew this during a very interesting talk/interview by Michael Czysz. It was all about how he built an exceptionally fast electric motorcycle, I got inspired.

I had a middle seat on the plane from Portland to New York. Both ways. I did this to kill time.

Robot Monkey

The monkeys of Oz soon found themselves unemployed.

Robot Waiter and Patron

This is one I did a couple of years ago. I was doing some cleaning today and found it. I had to share.

The Secret Waterfall

When I was younger, I watched The Secret Garden with my sisters.  Bad movie.  I could think of a few things that would have spiced it up a bit.  I'd start with the title.

Valentines Day

Names were removed to protect the innocent.  If I didn't send you one, and you would like a valentine from me, you may print one off and then write your name on the various robots' signs.

Tank v. Robot

 

Another old drawing. Just in case there was any doubt about what would happen if a tank met a robot.

Sketch Mining

 

I've been pretty busy with school--retouching the portfolio and all--so here's one of my old favorites.

WD-40 is a robot's best friend.

Old Stuff

Old picture from my sketchbook. I decided to add a little blue. Smurfs.