One night I was playing with clay making specimens when this little dude came along. His expression caught my affection and I knew something more was meant for him than being a locked up creature in a jar. He quickly made the transition to my sketchbook. We are getting to know one another now. HereContinue reading “A New Friend”
Category Archives: My Sketchbook
A page of crows and a turkey
These are sketches from my Dummy Challenge. The story I want to flesh out is all about a crow. No details yet, but I need to make him look rather crazy. The above sketches don’t capture that but, I love the way a crow looks angry by the way their brow arches. These are aContinue reading “A page of crows and a turkey”
Moose Under Water
I know this is not at all what Matt was imagining when he gave me the prompt Moose Under Water but, it is what came to me today. I am going to revisit this for sure and make it more goofy. Last night as I went to sleep I was rehearsing what I would sayContinue reading “Moose Under Water”
Chicken Week!
I was hoping to get farther and have a final chicken today. Here are my sketches so far:
Animal Sketches from the Holidays
Sorry for the terrible lateness is posting, still Wed! Had to deal with snow all day.
Sketch Break
The past two weeks have been endless hours spent on my computer, designing, emailing, twittering, etc. My eyes are getting tired of looking at the screen! To fix this I took a sketch break. I have joined Sketchoholic for quick ideas on what to draw and PiBoldMo started by Tara Lazar to get my brainContinue reading “Sketch Break”
Snow Dreams
More sketches of these two. They are similar but, I like the subtle differences between the two images. Hoping Snow Dreamer is looking more like himself. My next sketch will show a different angle of him. It’s nearly impossible to not be influenced by other people’s work. Many flying side kicks were thought of whenContinue reading “Snow Dreams”
Halloween’s Choice
Boy, what a week! I feel like after last Sunday, the 24th, I fell into the tracks of preparing, going, and being at the Halloween party. Finally tonight, after wrapping up a few last loose ends, I feel like I am coming back to my senses. The Halloween party is a yearly friend reunion. MostContinue reading “Halloween’s Choice”
Still Afraid
This piece is still rumbling around in the background while I do some other work. I had a false start this weekend from the sketch I posted a couple of weeks back. It made me decide I needed to take a whole new approach to the image. Here it is:
Papa Bear
Continuing to work on those characters for Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Had a little inspiration yesterday at the zoo with Bubba and Smokey, the Stone Zoo bears, sitting right in front of us. They were good models. Although, I still think I made the standing bear look a little too polar bear shaped.
Squirrel Assassin
Here is my first comic page after checking out a couple of books and attending a couple of seminars about graphic novels. It is still in rough sketch form. I was hurrying it last night as I was suffering a headache. I wonder if it was partially from my marker. The smell definitely took meContinue reading “Squirrel Assassin”
Making my narrative
About to make a 3 image series of a well read story for my portfolio. I am starting with character design. Here is my Goldilocks:
Casey Girard Illustration 