American Doodles

Doodling as I watched the documentary "American Movie." At first, I thought the movie was depressing. Then it looked brighter because it seemed like Mark was working harder and being productive. It ended on a good note with Mark finishing "Coven." I felt good in the end, but I didn't want to imagine Mark's future.

Wolfman

Marengo Ave

My backyard on a sunny Monday.


*Update: Suddenly, today turned into a bad day.
These guys made me feel better.

Brain by numbers

Objects from around the house:

A red haired model from Art Center in crayon. I like this one:

I saw a good movie yesterday called "Alien". From the start I didn't trust Robot Bilbo Baggins.

Friday Night

I don't want to work at 8am tomorrow. Too bad I love money.

The Affair

ADG

These little nudies were done at the Art Directors Guild.



For these next two, I started to slow down. Really slooowww down. These are 20 minute poses. I want to sit in on a figure painting workshop at Art Center and draw a 2 hour pose. Then I'll actually finish drawing the whole body.

Saturday

My room on a fine Saturday afternoon:


Adam and Maude acting like lovebirds while we watched Ghostbusters last night:


You stay classy, Internet.


Going out of town for a few days. I'll start updating again later next week.

Kingsley Vision

Why yes, that is a pint.

Happy Lunar New Years!

This is a commission I did for a company in China.





Some proccess:

Morning exercise: Upside down Rubens

For this exercise, I had to look at a Rubens drawing upside down and draw it upside down. This was fun and Rubens is so good!

My Rubens:


His Rubens:

Exercise: Copy of Homer

Here's an exercise I didn't want to do. To start off with, I don't like Winslow Homer's drawing. The only thing I like about his drawing is the girls face, which turned out to be the hardest part.

My Winslow Homer:


Homer's Winslow Homer:

Speed Bump

Morning hand, scribbly me and some girls

Negative Space Exercise #2

Well, this turned out like an ad in a 1970's Office Max catalog. It's the chairs fault it's so boring. Though I did like using the toned graphite ground to draw on. It was very forgiving and it's hard to tell how many times I erased my lines. Moving on!

Alisons

Morning, GTA, Girls

Alison's room. I won't apologize for the perspective.



Yesterday, I started playing GTA: The Ballad of Gay Tony. This is Luis Lopez in a cage match. What a violent video game, my lord!


These girls were done at the Art Directors Guild workshop on Tuesdays. I noticed that whenever I start a drawing I begin at the upper left hand corner. No matter if it's a head, body or a landscape I begin whatever is most upper left. I have a few theories on why I do this. One idea is because people who read English begin at the upper left and move right. I might have the same mentality when I begin drawing. Another reason is because I draw with my right hand and want to start on the left so I don't smear my drawing as I go. These are just ideas, I'm no scientist.
For these figure drawings I started drawing in random places. Some I started on the right toes just to be an opposite. I find drawing this way a lot more fun because I'm not using the same approach and making the same mistakes.

Boss Huang from Grand Theft Auto

I beat Chinatown Wars last night.

Kevin Bentz's Room

My view from a sleeping bag at Kevin's place.