Brush Robes

Melodie the model helps me practice with drapery with brushes.

Expressions and Underwear

Melodie the model poses in her underwear. 

I do like the expression I got to throw in has here on page two. Maybe next time I'll focus on faces.

Drape Dance

I've been working on trying to improve my sketching skills in between jobs, particularly when it comes to capturing motion.

Here are some sketches I did of a model swinging a blanket around.

For this first page, I used a marker to sketch out the figure with a stick skeleton with the tip, before turning the marker on its side to fill in the rest of the body before going back in with a white paint pen to add in the highlights.

Obliviously that process was took too long to really be effective, so on page two I switched gears and just used the markers to draw the shadows, so that I could get a sense of form much faster.

Dancing

Sketches of a Dancer. Doing these drawings convinced me to buy some new markers.

Sketches to pass the time

Well, now that "Zoot" is finished, I'm brainstorming ideas for new, more personal projects since I seem to have some spare time. So I'm currently working on ideas to help pad out my portfolio. In the meantime, he are some sketches I've been doing to keep my brushes in shape.

Zoot Suit

A brush and ink illustration of my Uncle's Dog "Zoot" for his birthday. Which is in May, and I couldn't wait to post. I doubt he checks up on this page so, surprise preserved.

Speaking of surprise, I never had much affection for animals prior but after the squirrels and now this, I find I quite enjoy it.

Aaa to Zzz

My latest illustration for sleepcare.com. This time illustrating the difference between zombies and sleepwalkers. 

Originally I just wanted a side by side comparison with some bulletpoint text highlighting similarities and differences such how sleepwalkers act like their going through their daily routine which zombies return to familiar places based on loose memories. The main idea was to demolish the notion that sleepwalkers walk with their arms out strecthed, which they don't.

My editor latched on the idea of having a woman wake from a dream of being chased by a zombie, to see her husband sleepwalking. I don't know that this is the best exitcution of this idea, but I didn't intend on arguing with the guy who writes my checks, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't have fun with this one anyway.