ssssunday

working out

i went to a life drawing session last night held at SVA (School of the Visual Arts) by a local animation group. it's been awhile since i've just drawn in the rawest sense. i've spent so much time recently writing and designing that i forget that drawing like any other skill takes continuous practice. it felt like i was doing push ups at first, tiring, and somewhat awkward but as the evening progressed i loosened up and began to feel the freedom and fluidity that goes hand in hand with good drawing, drawing for pleasure. all the poses the model did were short, 2-5 minutes and that was nice. it gave you enough time to get some form in but not long enough to get caught up in details. i also re-confirmed my preference for working in blue colored pencils. they just flow smoothly and have a great light texture.

here's a sampling of the my workout routine: (you can see how i'm very sketchy in the beginning and tighten up the linework later on)

don't be scared

despite that fact that the skeleton, the ghost, the monster, and the bat all have scars, they seem like a rather jolly bunch.

who says graveyards have to be scary?

secret projects

i've been holed up working on a couple of secret projects one involving monsters (i realize that's not quite a stretch) and the other, crustacean pets. after running my latest kid's book story through my writing critique group for the 2nd time it's almost ready to start playing around with some illustrations. the goal is have this one ready to send out to publishers by the beginning of next year. creatively, i feel like i've come a long way this year. that's a good feeling.

i just streamlined the bio section of my website and added a photo: see it here.

doodle

um, i have no idea what this means