This was the last of the series I produced before the show. I actually finished it the Thursday before the opening.
For now I’m probably going to let the stained paper work rest just a bit as I recharge some. I did learn a lot from doing these, and that’s always the goal. In fact [...]
This was a concept thrown out to me by Chris Horrorshow. At the time of doing this one I was down to two more images to create before the opening and I was drawing a bit of a blank. Chris threw the concept of an old west gun crossed by a ray gun at me. [...]
This is a House Sparrow. I had no idea that “house” was an indicator of a separate breed of these things until I was grabbing reference for this bird drawing. Clearly I should be on the Audubon Society’s short list of illustrators*, with thoughts like “Oh There ARE different kinds of Sparrow. Would you look [...]
Any new technique or style I work with has to pass the ape test. Yes I’m aware the file is named Monkey!, and this is a chimp. It’s okay I assure you. Tarzan called a Chimp Cheetah, clearly they have no special identity issues.
More coffee stain drawings to come this week.
I’ll do a write up on the opening at some point this week. However on the off chance anyone who was there is A) reading this and B) took pictures while people were there, that would be awesome to know. I ended up running off at the mouth [...]
Pencil, brushed ink, White colored pencil, white china marker, white gouache, on coffee stained water color paper. 4″x6″.
I started doing these as an experiment, and ended up liking the results enough that I’ve done ten in the last two weeks between preparing for tonight’s opening. Come on by if you can and check them out. [...]
Another in the current series. Shamelessly exploiting my fascination for World War I era gas masks.
Trying out some stuff. I’m having a lot of fun with this.
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Pencil, Ink Brush, and White Colored Pencil on coffee stained 140# Water Color paper.
Pencil, rapidograph, and white colored pencil on 140# water color paper that was soaked in coffee.
