Sunday sketches
Posted in Sketches on Apr 26th, 2009
Just one drawing with a small one of the bass player. The man on the left kept turning his head so, while I waited for him to turn it back, I drew a second ear angle.
Monthly Archive for April, 2009
Kal Penn portrait
Posted in Personal work, Sketches on Apr 20th, 2009
When I started this, Kal Penn was in the news for leaving House to join the Obama administration. The sketch was drawn upside-down using my Jack Unruh inspired semi-blind contour drawing technique, resulting in some distortion. I corrected a few proportion and alignment issues and added color and texture.
My Obama print is a part of the Officially Unofficial Exhibit this month and through May at the Chicago Tourism Center, across from the Chicago Cultural Center. (above photos by Ray Noland)
Sunday sketches
Posted in Sketches on Apr 12th, 2009
Two parishioners sitting near me during the 9am service today.
Final couch illustration
Posted in Jobs on Apr 12th, 2009
Here is the final couch illustration, previous post is here showing the sketch with collage. The client liked the idea of no background so I went with just the line work and flower pattern. For the final, I re-sketched some parts and thinned out the dress shape a bit. Also added color to the line [...]
Food sketches
Posted in Personal work, Sketches on Apr 10th, 2009
This week, I took my digital illustration classes outside of the computer lab to sketch food. For my sketches, I decided to start with candy, found out that pretzels aren’t the easiest thing to draw. Then I tried a cupcake from Starbucks followed by a pig’s foot, a fish, and some vegetables from an Asian [...]
Sunday sketches
Posted in Sketches on Apr 8th, 2009
These are from the previous two Sundays.
