Break Time Drawing #1

I usually create one or two drawings during the work day. It's meant as a way of taking a break from the daily grind. I try not to spend too much time on them. Usually it's only a few minutes. A lot of the time this will help inform the illustration work I'm doing for the company. Here's one from today. The drawing may not be that great, and sure there are some errors. Still, its a good way to exercise the creativity.

 Also, about a month ago the Blue Mammoth team decided to play the game League of Legends during our lunch breaks. The game was a wee bit too intense for me. I played one round and decided to sit out on the rest. That being said, that didn't stop me from doing a quick sketch, poking fun at the teams intensity playing the game. It's all in good fun. ;-) I apologize if you cannot read my handwriting.

 

Hello! It's been awhile.

I create A LOT of drawings while I'm at work. Most go unfinished because...well...I enjoy the energy and gesture of the drawing rather than a polished look. I've never been too good at cleaning and "beautifying" a drawing. I'm more of a sketch artist than a clean up artist. With that said, I thought I'd share some of my random doodles with you all. Some drawings may completely suck, but I'm totally OK with sharing them. You might also find some random Unbroken Skies drawings sprinkled throughout these new posts. Unbroken Skies is the personal comic/film animatic that I'm working and struggling on. I'm going to post these work drawings as often as I can. If anyone is interested in prints, just shoot me an email. Thinking of putting these into a sketchbook completion. All in due time I suppose.

Cheers everyone, and I hope you enjoy!

 

Thursday Sketch Post

 

Just some breaktime sketches. :-)

 

 

 

Tuesday Sketch Post

Bad Wolf

A little anthropomorphic action to start out the weekend.

Cheers everyone!

:-)

Pinup Studies

So, I've finally decided to leap into the illustration tradition of pinup art, which is both fun and intimidating. It would seem, that each illustrator has their own unique approach to a pinup illustration, creating a multitude of flavors within this "genre" of illustration. All you have to do is open a Playboy magazine from the 1960's to witness the pinup pluralism. It's interesting for me to see how each individual artist has made their stamp by way of problem solving through the pinup. I started asking myself, if push came to shove, how would I approach a pinup? Cool thing, my friend Bernardo Franca (who is an amazing artist by the way) asked for such an illustration! Now I get to find my voice within the pinup world, and I couldn't be more excited.

Here are a few facial studies. :-)

By the way, here's Bernardo's blog.
delaburns.blogspot.com

Cold Blooded Warriors

It feels like I'm developing more projects than I have time for. To me though, that's a good thing. I often find that it's better to work and develop multiple projects rather than to have just the one. It keeps ones eye sharp and helps inform the other projects one is working on in many ways. It's not an excuse to explore different styles. Honestly, I've never had much interest in that, or I should say, I don't enjoy letting a style become the directive for a project. These stories or ideas just pop up in my head and I draw them. Its really as simple as that. Such as this drawing series I'm developing for fun called "Cold Blooded Warriors". The idea came about at work, while I was taking a break between assignments. These two drawings are a work in progress, but hopefully I'll have them finished soon.