Day 5

Today I revisited this character for little flyer I am working on for my office.

Day 4

This weekend my wife and I cleaned our house to Two Towers, the second film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. So I decided to draw a quick sketch of Treebeard. I think I am going to have to revisit this subject when I have more time. This fifteen minute sketch isn't really doing the character justice.

Day 3

Got this one in just in time. My wife named him Paul.

Illustration Friday: Sustainability

I dub this lanky feller, the CFL Ranger. He snipes incandescent light bulbs with astonishing ease.

This drawing is my first all Photoshop piece. Drawing on the Wacom is fun but different. I need to create some brushes that give a better graphite pencil look and I need to learn to paint better.

Day 2

My wife and I visited the OB this morning to listen to our babies heart. It is so cool listening to the sound of our little developing baby. The babies heart rate is at around 156, which is normal but it got me thinking, what if my heart rate was a constant 156. Then I was reminded, it's been there before and I'm usually gasping for air or complaining of a side cramp. Not the baby, it's just chill'n sucking its thumb or playing the drums on the walls of it's comfy liquid filled house.

This drawing was obviously inspired by the visit. My wife has named this one Marissa.

Day 1

My wife dubbed this character Marcus. She said he looks like he is standing in a long line at Space Mountain, regretting his failure to get a fast pass. So with that comment I added the balloon.

New Goals

I follow a blog by an illustrator named Mel Milton and about two months ago Mel challenged himself to an illustration a day for a month. Today he posted illustration number 61. When I saw this I was reminded of my lack of daily discipline, to grab the sketch pad and draw. I realized that I need challenges like these to stretch me and help revive the fundamental ability to draw by hand. Over the years I have become so accustomed to drawing with a mouse that I soon realized that the physical ability of picking up a pencil and drawing had atrophied.

So today I am making two art related goals:

1. I will submit a drawing a day for a month. Which is convenient because today is the first of the month.
2. I will also submit a drawing a week for Illustration Fridays.