Toad study.

Practicing toads. Gouache on cardboard--my new favorite thing.

Space Rock.

Getting ready for some color work so I'm practicing my gouache technique. 

A little study of a space rock here.

Sun Lizard.

Scientists recently concluded that the sun is actually a lizard.

Red Lake Trail

Went on an excellent hike today through the woods and drew this watercolor sketch above treeline.

Strange Magpies.

Last week there was a sad absence of new drawings, because three little birdies with three mean spirits flew away with my drawings. I guess they developed a guilty conscience, or perhaps they completed whatever nefarious scheme required my drawings, because this afternoon they came pecking at my window, stolen property in tow.

Temperance.

My final tarot card drawing for fantasy art.

A crater and a floaty thing.

Your guess is as good as mine.

First there was line.

Here is a crazy little sketch. It's about time perception, or whatever you want. Your choice. :)

more fish

Concepts One.

My first assignment for this year's core illustration class: Concepts I. This is a five-inch spot for a recent TIME magazine book review of Thomas Pynchon's detective novel "Inherent Vice." TIME magazine used some nonsense stock photo, so our assignment was to make something more appropriate for the review.

Scullions's Sinking Skedaddle Strategy

My first illustrated book assignment: come up with a crazy four-word alliteration and illustrate it. This was the first of first assignments, and I didn't post it immediately because I was unhappy with the way my figures got lost to the color, but I like the wacky concept so much I decided to post it after all.

Narrative selections

Some recent narrative work.

Life Drawing week 7

I wish I could say the watercolor is mine own, but it's actually painted by my illustration teacher, Jose Villarrubia, who did a watercolor demo in class today and used me as a model. Life drawing as usual. I got a good likeness of the model (except for the missing arm), so I am a little pleased. The longer poses promised to me in the coming weeks will be greatly appreciated.

Narrative Illustration week 1

Messing around with stupid trolls in narrative illustration.