hey man, slow down!

First and foremost, yes, I own a car. This month inspection was past due, and I was forced to make some repairs to my car to drive it legally for another year. My car fixing budget being extremely low, I suddenly had the time to do some of the commissions that my mother has been begging me to do for awhile. Below, her sister, Beverly, approximately age 18.

My mother may argue with me about the "weird color" usage. In other news, I had the pleasure of seeing the band Cuddle Magic this weekend at the Bug Jar. Their nine piece group was incredibly tight, and I found the music so enjoyable, I purchased some cds. I recommend that you check them out, and see if they're coming to a town near you soon!

Well of course I'd like to sit around and chat.

My friend Caitlin got a bike! The other night, we had our semi-regular drawing night at her house, and we were doing life drawing, but I really wanted to draw the bike first (note: unfinished sketch. this will become part of my bike portrait series.)

Once I got the bike out of the way, I drew my friend Matt Roberts.

A portrait commission of my dad's parents. I'll be seeing my Grandmother at the reunion pretty soon!!!!

Why you shouldn't have your studio in your room: at 4am, you will be half asleep walking around, and knock over your in-progress VERY FRAGILE PIECE. Time to reconstruct, thank goodness the deadline isn't for awhile!

old caricatures/portraits

kurt vonnegut, who now swims with the fishes

bono (not a saint)

adrien brody

my brother, gordon

bob dylan

and finally, dave grohl of foo fighters/nirvana fame.

Miles Davis: Kind of.... Sweet

Lately, I've been getting back into Miles Davis. It all started when i got:

Oh man, this album is amazing. It's the perfect funky, sit on your porch and let the summer sun go down album. Miles himself is pretty funky-looking, so today at work I started drawing him...

which was okay... but i really wanted to capture his creepy face...

I kept thinking, "What makes him look so creepy?" I've decided it's a combination of his sweet chops (from his embouchure while playing the trumpet) and his gigantic eyes. More Miles to come!!!

day in the park

dear blog,
recently i had a bit of an illustration freak out, and wanted to improve my quality of work. i wanted to make my work look more professional, and include more environments. being in a portfolio prep class awarded me the freedom to do a new piece on whatever i wanted. since i love drawing musicians, i started from there. luckily, i had obtained some new linoleum blocks and colored inks for my birthday! i then made two prints, and put them together in photoshop. this is the result of my arduous work. i'm rather pleased, if i do say so myself.

maileeeeeeeeeeeer

i'm cutting lino again! supa dupa pumped, this is my sketch for my mailer, and i'm going to do the line work with an incredisweet linoleum print, and probably color with watercolor. or digitally.. who knows?

drawing at work 2

Argyle gargoyles gargle gershwin.

drawing at work 1

My friend gayle was nice enough to let me draw her at work this week.