Another Attempt at Color

Here is a little pic i did tonight took about 40 min to color...and it really doesn't even look that good...by the way for those of you who noticed, he is more blond now. My wife thought it didn't look like me enough...HA! Ok fine, I changed it. I guess I will forever be a California blond boy, even though I think Ive been in California a total of 3 weeks out of my life.

The Skeleton of Pac-Man

A few caricatures that were pretty fun to draw. The one on the top left is from a website that you can find here. This is one of my many talented professors and the one who influenced the way I draw today. I love this stuff.




Yeah he looks a little flat but I went for detail on this one.











I like the pac-man skeleton.

A Couple More

Here are a bunch of gestures. These are to help me keep my drawings loose. Even though alot of these look a little stiff to me, I'm learning from them.







I call him Pleasant Man...well my sister does.











Just a guy.











I started sketching a few caricatures of my friends and family. If you see yourself or a friend let me know!!







Yeah thats a very skinny, slightly stretched, tall haired, me

A touch of color

This is my first attempt at painting in photoshop, heck my first attempt ever at color. Let me know what you think. This took about 30 - 45 min.

Long time, lots o' art

Hey all,
I finally got back to the blog. I currently am studying at BYU trying to enter in the animation program this upcoming April. We have been required to keep a sketchbook of anything and everything. I have tried a few new styles in here, mainly inking the drawings after I draw them, and I have to admit, I really like them. Enjoy, I'll get some more in a bit.



This is Rufus, he was meant to be a character in a children's book about an elderly couples adventures on their jazzys. I dont think we'll ever finish it because the co-creator is no longer part of the family.








I thought of this idea on my own...In no way or form did I get the idea from an incredibly beautiful movie about a small army of spartan warriors based on a comic book by Frank Miller...nope all my idea :) Still not finished yet as you can see.









This page was just for fun...doesnt a jawa say "WOODEENEE!!" I dunno but thats what it sounds like.







More coming soon...well as soon as blogger lets me post more pics.

Im still here!!

I apologize to anyone who has been following this blog for not having updated in the past month. I have been drawing like mad and will get my stuff up here as soon as I can. Again I apologize and will have my new posts up soon.

I have returned

Here are some more sketches finally. I have still been drawing, but I just havent had time to get these buggers posted. I have a few favorites in this bunch. Mainly the bald guy with the big nose (well, both of them) I find big noses are fun to draw :) See if you can pick out which is from dirty dancing...(its not that hard) Tell me what you think. These are pretty recent so this is how I am currently drawing.

Sketchbook

Here you go, a few random pages from my sketchbook. These are all done with a .03 lead. Notice how much sharper the lines are. I like this new pencil, it takes drawing in fine thin lines to a new level :) This fat boy here was done for an art blog challenge at avalanchesoftware.blogspot.com, the topic was peculiar pets...hamburgers are pretty peculiar...anyway the dog is for the blog also, this topic was "too cute for comfort". The rest is just for fun.

Gym Passes

I got these guys out of a credit card ad in a magazine. These were pictures from these peoples Gym passes. Perfect I said. .07 Lead still. March 07

Bald Britney

Our beloved Britney Spears. This one was fun. Its just a little sketch, but i tried to catch her appearance as much as possible. She made it easy on me and shaved her head for the picture. Still not as sharp as i want though. Mar 07

Big Pun

This guy was for fun, I tried to incorporate my newfound favorite style, but it was a little rough with Big Pun. I enjoyed doing this peace although there is something up with his arm. Feb 07

Rocky

I really liked this one, this was kind of a breakthrough sketch for me. The shading finally started to come out the way that i like. I did this one with a .07 lead pencil and so it was hard to get the crisp lines. This one started how I draw now. Feb 07

Simple Face

I need to get a better scanner, but this is one that i did late January or early Feb. It is actually a small child but I decided to simplify as much as possible. I like this one though, just simple enough.

3D Final

This was just finished today. I had a 3D animation essentials class this semester and this is my final project for it. I spent about 8 hours a week on it for the last 5 weeks. I still have alot to learn and alot to add on to this guy. I am thinking of one day animating him, but we'll see when that happens.
April 2007

Faces

The face at the top might be noticeable to sports goers. Hes Dan Dierdorf. He has a classic nose and an everyday hardened football player look, i liked this one.

The next one was a Dave Malan Study. He is an artist at Avalanche studios and you can find his blog here
I loved the facial expression on the guy. Dave drew his version with a .3 lead pencil and i drew mine with a .7. You can definitely tell the difference in talent and tightness if you can find his version. I love his style

Jack and Jodie

You can probably tell who this guy is, if not then...well its Jack Nicholson. I thought that this would be an excelent picture for a drawing. The glasses are a little messed up but all in all I like the face. Feb 2007












This was was after Jodie Foster. I didnt catch her face in this one so I decided to change it a bit. I was starting to get the whole shading thing a bit from this point. Feb 2007

Old Dude

I was very pleased when I threw this one out. His hat can still use a little work, but all in all I like the old dude. I took him out of my photography text book. Jan 07

Mr. Van Dyke

This is Dick Van Dyke, a few months ago I was still developing my lines a little bit. with this one I made all of them dark. Not the prettiest thing I could have done, but I liked how it looked. Jan 07

A Few Faces

This is Zach braff of Scrubs and Garden State. I thought he had a very drawable face and wanted to do it. I liked out how it turned out but I think his nose is a bit small, yet again, a little sloppy on the lines.









Chris Bosh of the Toronto Raptors. This drawing is only about 3x3 so I really zoomed it in. I liked his facial expression and decided it would be fun to draw...and it would have if I had done it a bit bigger :)

Crazy Wife

My crazy wife! I decided to draw one of our many random pictures and I don't know why I liked this one. I drew this in January of 07. Back then I was still a little sloppy with my lines and I am still trying to tighten them up. Hopefully you'll see in the future how it is turning out.

First of many

This guy reminds me of a shick or gilette(sp?) commercial, just imagine him in the bathroom wiping deodorant all over himself. :) I drew this one back in January 2007.

New Art Blog

Here it is, my new art blog. Enjoy the stuff I put up here. Alot if not all of it is straight out of my sketchbook. I have been drawing all my life, but I am still learning. Tell me what you like, and what you hate. Help me be a better artist! :)