Handsome Gents

Last week, I took part in the most recent Ten Paces and Draw sketch swap. The theme for the sketch was "Handsome Gents"

The sketch I got was from Chris Hajny. Check out his work here.
He's got a lot of great stuff!

This was my take on it. I set out with some pretty high standards, and had a lot that I wanted to do with it as far as mood and atmosphere (and a background) but due to an unfortunately timed bike crash, I was pretty immobile leading up to when this was due, so I sort of had to rush to finish it. I feel bad because there are definitely some good parts, but a lot of it feels kind of half-assed. Maybe some day I'll go back in and make it so they aren't just floating around in space.

Anyways, 10 paces is a really neat blog and makes for some fun projects. Definitely check it out if you haven't already!

Said What?

I did a "Said What?" comic for Benn Ray over at Atomic Books! Hons are real fun to draw, and also real ridiculous.

You're giving all your cinnamon away.

I was flipping through my sketchbook the other day, and came across this doodle of a girl sitting on a bed that I had done a while ago, and for whatever reason I decided to make it a bit more polished.

(the original sketch)

This was probably the fastest I've done an image like this in a long time. I finished it in two days, which, for personal work, is pretty rare for me. I also was trying out a different way to do shading and texture, and I think I'm liking where it is heading.

In case you didn't know, it is ungodly hot out lately, and I have been making and drinking Arnold Palmers like it is my job. Pretty much the best summer drink. Just thought I'd put that out there.

Onward Search

Its Memorial Day! Does everyone have their grilling hats on? There is a heat advisory here in Baltimore, and I am pretty stoked about it. All the fruity drinks and summertime activities I was thinking about while working on these drawings made me so ready for summer to happen.


I did this little logo thingy for the folks over at Onward Search, they were planning a summer rooftop party for their clients and contacts and wanted a fun "summery" logo to use for the invites.

We had initially settled on the sketches with the popsicles, but shortly after I got to work on it, it was decided to drop the popsicles and add in a DC skyline. I was really excited about the idea of a stack of delicious neon lime treats, but I think the image still works pretty well.

Judgement

I don't think this is finished, but I wanted to post it anyways. I was just sort of farting around and trying different things, but I sort of like where its headed.

In the garden

I did this piece for an article in The Isthmus - a weekly newspaper up in Madison, WI. It was about gardening with your kids, and things you could do to get them involved with you and interested in gardening.


I only had a couple days to do this, and it was a lot of fun coming up with ideas. In the article there was a list of several different activity ideas, and I loved the one about creating a little fort/ hiding space out of those big climbing beanstalks.

Vinylmore IV

Hi Everyone! I'm finally posting some pictures of the piece I did for the Vinylmore show at Atomic Books this year!

I had a lot of fun with this guy, and I'm really happy with the way he ended up turning out.