Paintin' Pages

Yo, there is a pencil sketch I did. I was trying to get back to the way I used to do it. No guidelines, just draw a line and then see what it could be for a second, then finish the drawing. Before I went to the school I used to always draw whatever I thought of, but it was a symbolic style most of the time. So I guess it is good to be versatile at drawing realistically or cartoony or whatever. Anyway, I did a few Bruce Lee paintings in my sketchbook. Also, some made up face, and a crappy Andre the Giant sketch that I started and then didn't really feel like doing about 30 seconds later. Then I have another gun from a magazine. I feel like I learn a lot about what I draw if I am in the right mind state. Observing the way that muscles change in motion and how simple shapes can be used to make up anything, especially when it comes to the cars and guns. But these are also viable options for careers. Designing cars and guns, or cars with guns is useful to somebody. The military is always paying for killing gear. You would be like Iron Man. Haha alright this is way off topic. Peace.

Gangsta

I would never ever buy one of these. But I was just like, "I want to find a good photo of a fancy car." Didn't even realize til half way through it was a Benz. So little knowledge about cars makes me not give that much of a shit I guess.

Word

Back To My Roots

You take a mental journey through the art world by studying the others from our world's past and modern age. You find techniques, inspiration, you perceive limits and... hopefully you obliterate them. Then it all comes full circle. You start to do what you did before, but with a new feeling. A sense that you have gone so far, you could not return if you wanted. Creativity and imagination brings responsibility that I never fully understood. We have the power to teach and the power to judge. The ability to create art is the ability to instill emotion and communicate an understanding to a person without needing to be physically present. Artists can affect history, the future, the past and time itself. Alright, I'm done trying to be philosophical.

There's a Hogarth study from a book I got recently. I want to brush up on my anatomy so I can do some original turnarounds in my free time. Then, I have been watching a lot of Samurai Champloo and getting way into hip-hop and graffiti and anime again. But I think 'speck' is pretty much taken on the internet, music world and such. So I have to think of a better, more original name that sums up who I am. So I'm back in the abyss of writing any word I think of. Looking for the one that feels right.

Breaking the Rules...

There's a picture of my artistic arsenal on the floor. I decided to just tape and paint on one page, and that sucked. Then I started using some skateboard, car, and magazine references with microns and ink. I decided to take a cue from James Jean and just cross and overlap lines. I felt like I was breaking my own rules and there were times when I found myself trying to stop at the "edge" of another drawing. I liked the result and it seems I can do more with markers then I had first though. I also used a bit of chalk pastels on the cheetah and surfboard, then I just used all types of markers and colored pencils. I'm hoping to do more stuff like this with the rest of the sketchbook, experimenting with different mediums and such because I am having more fun and I feel like this is the best book I've done so far.

R-R-Random

Random sketches.

Mo Gouache!

Step-by-step shots of a camaro done in gouache and acrylic. It totally sucked at first.

Gouache?

I thought it was something fancy but it is so much like acrylic paint. Here are a couple watered acrylic and gouache paintings I did today in my sketchbook. Billy Corgan, a handgun, and one of the guitarists from Slipknot. Also there is a Dave Chappelle in acrylic on canvas from a few weeks back...Word. I haven't been doing pencil or charcoal for these, just going for it by eye with the brush. But I did attempt Chappelle in Photoshop first, so that is the exception.

Tablet Action

Alright...We've got a post here with Dave Chappelle, some Vans, and a homeless looking dude in a robe thing. There is something about Dave's face...the angle of his right cheek especially, that was tough to capture. I definitely need to keep practicing faces and portraits. I attempted to draw some shoes from a reference because until now I have never done that and I see Rick do it all the time. I'm glad to see how easy it could be to stay in touch with and be inspired by my peers using blogs and social-platforms...but a couple people still don't have any sites or anywhere to post yet...In other news, I just got Mouse Guard (David Petersen-artist/writer) today and it is awesome so far. I've also been reading The Walking Dead (Tony Moore-artist1-7&covers, Charlie Adlard-artist) and that is bad ass too.

Acrylic Paint & Water Colors

I was inspired by Rick Quemado (http://goodideasdrawnbad.blogspot.com/) to get a little out of my element. Plus I like the way the sketchbook pages look all worn out and ancient after you paint on a bunch of them. So I started the Wage Slave piece and then used references for these other three about a week or two ago.