Heads & More!

Still no real work; still too busy. But, here are a couple of heads drawn with pencil and smothered in Photoshop.

And, for the kids, here's a not-very-good Spider-Man:

Pencil & pen on paper & photoshopped.

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Cartoons for Work!

I've been constructing a graphic at work for a feature on what it takes to get ready for college -- starting in the 8th grade! I sure could have used a similar list of clues when I was in junior high-- not that I would have had the sense to take them to heart
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These are simple illustrative accompaniments for items on a very long list; they're scattered around the graphic where appropriate.
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These started as pencil sketches which I inked and colored in Illustrator. That is not my usual way of working but there was talk of the online department creating a flash version of the graphic and I thought it might be easier for them to work with Illustrator files. It sounds like they're not using the illustrations though. Oh well.
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That's all right. I'm a little burnt out on looking at similarly slick computer cartooning, but this approach is appropriate for the presentation.

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Smoking

Here is a doodle that happened on a piece of paper tonight at work. I feel like I've seen this guy before. I hope I didn't steal him from somewhere.

Took him home and colored him up. He is smoking. Don't smoke if you can help it.

Some Heads

More baby-steps toward doing some real work. These are little heads I scribbled on a piece of paper last week. Tonight, I sat in front of the old iMac, listening to BBC radio drama via internet (the Barchester Chronicles), and painted up these here homely sketches.

Pencil, smothered in Photoshop!

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First Step to Recovery

I'm trying to get back into the ArtBlog habit. This probably doesn't count.

I drew these heads back in January. I scanned the page in June. I colored the top two heads in July. The rest I colored just now. It counts as a post, certainly, but I don't think it counts as new work. I'm not sure. Is there a rule book for this?

Pencil, pen & Photoshop!

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Quick & Feeble Post

After a long and horribly busy stretch I have this!

This -- and that lame scribble in the previous post -- is all I have accomplished in the past month or two.

...Look! See! One hastily crafted sketch, which I then-- with similar haste-- colored in Photoshop.

...There is no point. He is simply a ridiculous, aimless doodle. I felt I had to give him a pistol so he might be taken seriously.

...I foresee spare time in the weeks ahead and I'm hoping I can remember how to draw. If so, I will share.

...Pencil and brush pen on inexpensive Japanese calligraphy paper-- the kind whereupon, with each stroke of the pen, the ink spreads out in willy-nilly fashion!

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