some stuff part 2

stuff

another week, another couple of sketches that aren't completley worthless.

mirror

this is a test, it is only a test. If I like the results, you may have to get some protective gear.
just kidding. sort of.

week ending 5/26

the first is an alternative to last weeks illustration friday "signs". the second two are an idea that seems to be hatching in my subconsious(sp?) and leaking out in incriments. the problem being I have little to no experience with ocean landscapes. damn my sub-mental ramblings!

illustration friday "cars"

This idea started as a drawing of the inside of my car, then I started thinking of those old horror films they made you drive the simulator through in drivers ed. After that a natural progression to this fine example of a work in progress sketch. Hope you enjoy.

last week

illustration friday "signs"

She doesn't know that the pilot light on the water heater went out last night.

where have I been ?

Actually, not so much my fault as much as that Kim was taking a class online and claimed that her need of the computer was greater than mine. So the question is, does anyone see any of this stuff? probably not, and thats why she got the computer.

illustration friday "fortune"

while one mans fortune does not have to be another mans folly, it certainly tends to work out that way quite a bit.

My Hero's are falling

Johny Hart died last weekend. in a profile I read of his years ago he (I paraphrase here because I can) said that his B.C. comic was much harder to draw than other strips because he used minimal background. if you draw every leaf on a tree, no one notices if they aren't all perfect, if all you have is a horizon line, it better be in the right place. I instantly started to teach myself(Unsucessfuly) to be a minimalist.
Last night kurt vonnegut died. I read slaughterhouse 5 because john lithgow called it perverse and obscene in "Footloose" (forgive me) I read everything else because I found something that spoke to my cynical hopefulness. and hoplessness. I also learned that even the most secondary background character in every story has a life, a story, loves, fears, dreams and doubts.
these things come in threes. I don't know who is next, but this has been a sad week for me.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Easter drawings

illustration friday "green"

I feel that I should say something about the way I spelled "Benjamin". but too tell the truth, I'm too ashamed.

a big ugly "sketch dump"

been a while so this is a relieving of a backlog buildup of sketches.

illustration friday "snap"

got injust under the wire.

20 min. from picture

illustration friday "I spy"

Not terribly original, I know, but I'm pressed for time this week. Spring cleaning, dont'cha know.

done 3/22

Well...

a doodle that got away from me!

So there I was at the oldest boys piano practice doodling in my doodle book and before I knew it, this fairly finished sketch was sitting in front of me. Probably took the better part of half an hour or more.

a few things

illustration friday "total"

the top image, she's a total package i.e. all that and a bag of chips. the bottom image I was too lazy to post for six and a half days.