Daily Charcoal

Back to Basics

2007-10-21T08:25:00.000-07:00

Life is still busy. My interest in Illustration Friday has tapered off. I wasn't in a good head space to really come up with something good/interesting/witty with the last few topics. Also, I haven't been nuts about the topics either.

At any rate, (I think I say that a lot). Here's an older one just in case there is anyone out there that comes by semi-frequently (if you do I'd love to hear from you). I think I'm going to go back to drawing these abstract charcoals. They seem more moody to me than some of the other digital work I was doing.

Illustration Friday - Blues

2007-10-03T12:40:00.000-07:00

Long time since I've posted. Life has been busy. Here's a quick one I scratched out on my tablet. Just something fast and loose as I haven't done ANY drawings lately.

As always, click on the title bar to check out other work. Some better, some well... you'll see.

Illustration Friday - Visitors

2007-08-25T20:23:00.000-07:00

OK here's a quick one I whipped up for Illustration Friday - Visitors. This was originally a photo that I accidentally took without the flash. I liked the way it looked and immediately thought of an alien abduction. Some color shifts, overlays and some of my own magic and style and I came to this image.

Hopefully the Illustration Friday police won't kill the link. I think it's suitably far enough away from a photo.

As always let me know what you think and take a look around my blog by clicking on the title banner.

Illustration Friday - Captain

2007-08-20T18:51:00.000-07:00

Here's my entry for Captain. I think his hat is too small to be a ship's captain, so lets say he's a Spanish Conquistador Captain! I think he's sad because he's lost all his men.

I'm feeling OK with this one. I wanted to do something in Photoshop again and not have it look like my 10 year old niece's work. I think I had a major art block for about two weeks.

As always, take a look around my site by clicking on the header, and comments are always appreciated.

People on the GO - REDUX

2007-08-15T18:12:00.001-07:00

Ok, so here's the guy from my first "People on the GO". I pulled him into Illustrator a while back and gave him some colour.

When I finished it, the style looked familiar but I couldn't really figure out where I had seen it before. I realized later that he looks very Hanna-Barbarra-ish. Couldn't help thinking he looked like "Black Vulcan". Check it out. Do you see a resemblance?

As a side note, no I didn't remember his name that's the magic of Google. As well the only reason I remembered him was because I'm fan of "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law".

Enjoy this fun post.

Illustration Friday - Emergency

2007-08-14T17:17:00.000-07:00

OK, well after two weeks of very weak digital entries for Illustration Friday on my part I decided to go back to basics. I pulled out the coloured conte sticks and just let it flow.

Here are my thoughts around this week's challenge and my response. When you have this big emergency happening (and I have had a few in the last twelve months) there's all this commotion around you. The emergency is staring you in the face ready to consume you. It's big and scary and your adrenaline is pumping. Yet, you can focus and be calm. Thoughts become sharp like razors. Know what you have to do and execute it. This is how came to my image for this week.

An interesting side note, I could see anger being very similar to danger. Maybe more red. But instead of a focus the middle is empty.

Let me know your thoughts, and please check out the rest of my blog by clicking on the header. I warn you though, my last two are slightly embarrassing. I was going to delete them, but I figured it's a good reminder of how things can go bad.

Photo manipulation

2007-08-13T19:41:00.001-07:00

Well, I'm still in a bit of a funk with the last two posts. I've hit a wall when it comes to drawing lately. Here's a quick photo manipulation that I did. Nothing fancy. It's basic but kind of fun.

Illustration Friday - Missing

2007-08-09T17:59:00.000-07:00

Here's a late entry for Illustration Friday. I wasn't going to do anything this week because I wanted to do an illustration that was more refined. I couldn't let this idea go though, so I just roughed it out in a sketch then into Photoshop. Sadly again, this took me longer that it probably should have.

At any rate, here's my entry for Illustration Friday - Missing: Missing Opportunities.

As an aside, I think I've peaked with Photoshop for now. Instead of progressing my skill I feel like I'm regressing. Instead of getting better and more complex, I feel like I'm getting worse and more simplistic. I'm really not nuts about the execution on this one. Ugh.

Well let me know what you think.

Humbling Post - first all Photoshop drawing (not complete)

2007-08-02T19:00:00.000-07:00

Tonight I tried to do something completely within Photoshop. All I have to say is WOW, it's a lot tougher than it looks. Getting the idea out of your head and into Photoshop is not easy. Right now this thing just looks so hokey and amatureish. Well I guess you got to start somewhere.

I didn't really have a plan, I just was doodling and deling layers when something didn't come out right. Not to say that this did, but it at least started forming into something. I think I have to re-configure my workspace if I want to do 100% digital drawings. I also think I should move off of my laptop and onto a real PC with a nice big screen.

I've been reading some hardcore Photoshop magazines from the UK, the last one I got was Imagine FX magazine. This magazine is for people that want to get into concept art for videogames, movies and TV. Most of the art is sci-fi fantasy stuff. Similar to 'airbrush art' of old. Not that I like all of that stuff, but some of it is really good. Also from a realistic/technical standpoint it's quite astounding. The perspectives, realisim, anatomy and lighting is phenominal.

I do get the feeling though that the guys that are into this might poo-poo the more abstract or figurative work. Similarily all the conventional artists poo-poo the digital art.

Check it out at http://www.imaginefx.com/.

By the way, did I mention I'm still trying to figure out what/how I want to make art? I know I've deviated from my original concept of daily charcoal drawings and I've added a lot of digital work. Oh well, it's not like I have hordes of people are reading this blog daily. As a side thought I wonder how long I'm going to keep this up. My little expeiment today in Photoshop has disheartened me a little. Plus my other hobbies are calling me. (see HERE )

At any rate, if anyone is reading this let me know what you think of my stuff.

Angry at Nothing

2007-07-31T17:28:00.001-07:00

I had a grumpy day today. I don't think I got much sleep last night, and work didn't help. So here's a quick drawing that helped calm me down a bit. It's pretty much how I feel though, angry at nothing.

Rejection - after the fact

2007-07-30T19:33:00.000-07:00

Here's one that I came up with after I did 'Rejection' for Illustration Friday. This drawing started off as 'nothing' then it became an interesting doodle, then finally a little cartoon. I like how the girls hair turned out.

Illustration Friday - Moon

2007-07-29T19:25:00.000-07:00

Yet another kooky idea I had for this week's topics. The fun for me with Illustration Friday are the concepts over the execution. So here's my interpretation of "moon". How many times has this happened to you? Or were you one of the guys in the window?

More serious and less potty-brained pictures can be seen throughout the rest of my blog. Just click on the header.

People on the Go IV - Green Portrait

2007-07-28T12:18:00.000-07:00

I've seen this sort of illustration done a few times before, and in an art blog I saw recently. I figured I'd give it a try. I'm happy with the results. What I'm not happy with is the amount of time it took me to do this. I had a couple of false starts (using the wrong tools) and had to re-do the highlight and the shading to get it right. Still though, I feel it took me too long to complete this.

I'm still having a hard time with backgrounds. I tried a couple of 'canned' backgrounds, or just flat brown, it didn't look right.

Can anyone give me a hand with the backgrounds, I need a few ideas there.

Again, comments are always appreciated.

Fourth Pastel - Indy Cigarette Girl

2007-07-25T19:35:00.001-07:00

Ok, here's my fourth pastel. I worked on it over two nights. It's based on a photo of mine included in the post.

This is one of my better and earlier photos. I'm pretty happy with the photo. I think I did do a little tweaking in photoshop getting rid of some background items and darkening the hair to meld into the background.

As for the pastel painting, I'm satisfied with it, I wouldn't say proud, but satisfied. I did draw it using the smoother side of the canson paper and I think that helped. I used black paper but in retrospect I probably should of used a lighter colour as it would have made her skin tone more fair.

Items I know I could have done better are;

Right eyebrow: The angle is a little off. Erasing that big of a black area would have made a mess.
Eye proportions: the eyes are a little far apart and there's not enough skin between the left eye and the side of her head.
Right side of the face: I couldn't get the contours right.
Right shoulder: Again, not sure how I could of fixed that without making a mess.
Hair ends: I'm not sure how I could of ended the hair better.
Background/Trimming: I copped out and just used black.

One cool thing I learned during this is that brown and blue make a good colour that can be used as a shadow for skin tones.

I'm looking for some real critiques so let me know!

My First Pastel - or - I feel like a first grader.

2007-07-22T18:27:00.000-07:00

OK, so here's my first pastel. Well actually it's my second. Technically maybe my third. My first was a portrait that I never completed. My second one was so horrible I ripped it to shreds. With two failures I put my pastels away and cried. Well, I didn't cry, but I was a little disheartened. After months of therapy (Actually, I've been busy doing other things like this blog, that I doubt anyone reads other than the Illustration Friday people, but they only look at my weekly entry) I finally got over my first two and I figured I better give it another go. So this my third pastel, although not all that great is somewhat bearable. I did learn a few things while doing this. Here's what I've learned;

First: It's a lot harder than it looks to do a good pastel painting/drawing. I have a couple of books on how to draw/paint using pastels, and boy do they make it look easy.

Second: Don't use the wire side of the canson paper. It's painful to use and you get this annoying screen pattern throughout the drawing/painting. (edit - I found some examples online where this looks ok, I guess I'll try it again)

Third: Pastels and computer mice don't mix. Don't touch anything until you wash your hands. My mouse now has some permanent orange/grey pigment on it.

Anyways, let me know what you think. I'm prepared for the worst.

Colour Conte Abstract

2007-07-21T21:39:00.000-07:00

Ok here's a quick one. The colours got dulled a little bit during the scan.

Illustration Friday - Poem - Haiku

2007-07-20T06:52:00.000-07:00

OK, here's a very quick and dirty interpretation of poem. I had a good idea and I whipped it up PowerPoint of all things.

I'll be honest, I don't get poetry. It was always my least favourite part in English class. All the rhyming, iambic pentameters, and all the rules. I just found it a chore.

At any rate here's my submission for 'poem'.

Take a look at my other work, just click on the 'Daily Charcoal' header.

Another Robot

2007-07-17T19:10:00.001-07:00

Here's another robot. This guy started off as a charcoal drawing, the I brought him into Photoshop. I like the sketchy look to him combined with the bold colours. I get the feeling I've borrowed this style and I think I know from who. If anyone else has seen this let me know.

To be honest that's the one thing I'm really trying to find; my own unique style. I like graphical/technical art, but I also like colour blends and transitions. Some of my work would be technical and abstract. As I'm writing this, I'm thinking that I don't have anything really 'organic'. It's all very graphical. I think I'll try to do something less ridged and more free flowing.

Well I'm off to work in my sketchbook with conte in my bed. Yeah I know it'll make a mess, I'm a nutter, thanks for caring.

Couldn't Resist

2007-07-16T18:51:00.000-07:00

OK, I couldn't resist. I put little buddy in a very mediocre picture of mine. Just for kicks.

Little Buddy

2007-07-16T18:24:00.000-07:00

OK, here's my Little Buddy. I'm not sure what I'm going to name him yet, so for now that's his name. I think I've finally found 'my character'. You know the one that you always draw. I've been looking for him for a while. Hopefully he's going to stick around.

Little Buddy started off as a sketch for Illustration Friday - Geeky. I was going to do some over the top Japanese type characters and use them as my Geeky entry. Needless to say, that didn't happen. Instead I found my Little Buddy. He didn't look Japanese per say, maybe more French or the New Retro style. Needing the practice I pulled him into Illustrator and tried to ink and colour him. It wasn't easy, but not that hard either. I'm pleased with the results.

I'm trying to get used to drawing him. I find it insanely hard to redraw the same thing over and over again. I've tried it on the train but he becomes a little wiggly. If anyone has some good tips on how to redraw characters freehand I'd appreciate it!

Illustration Friday - Discovery

2007-07-15T21:09:00.000-07:00

Here's another Illustration Friday submission done in Illustrator again. I had a few ideas kicking around. Soneone had already done my inital idea (Archimedes in the bath) so I had to noodle around for something else. Seems like I'm still on the simple graphical kick. I was going to do something more abstract but this seems very fitting.

At any rate, enjoy.

People on the Go III

2007-07-12T20:31:00.000-07:00

Here's another one from my "People on the GO" series. I think I bungled her nose in this one. Not bad overall though.

Illustration Friday - Geeky - The Pyramid of Geek

2007-07-11T20:23:00.000-07:00

Well now, here's a topic that I was able to come up with TOO many ideas. I decided to go with my 'Pyramid of Geek'.

I have a few reasons I approached this topic this week the way I did.

First, I've been wanting to do something more graphic and less cartoonish, painterly, sketch or drawing.

Second, I wanted to stay away from drawing a geeky character (even though the horn rimmed glasses did make it into my composition).

Third, I wanted to better learn how to use the pen tool in Illustrator. As an aside, the pen tool gives me a headache every time I use it for the first 10 minutes then I get the hang of it, still it's a tough tool to get used to.

Fourth, I wanted to include all my geeky hobbies and things I have been/are interested in.

I did all the icons in Illustrator then played around in Photoshop. I feel the execution is a bit rudimentary, but the concept is sound. I got to tell you though, doing all those icons in Illustrator took me a while (still just learning).

I'm curious if most people can figure out what some of the more cryptic icons are. Click on the image above and you should get two at least. The first person that can provide me the most specific meanings for all my icons, including the top one, will get a print of the illustration signed and sent to their home for free!

The Vomitron 2000

2007-07-09T20:48:00.000-07:00

In addition to drawing, I also like taking pictures and fancy myself a budding amateur photographer. I didn't feel like posting another drawing I was kinda 'meh' about, so I figured I'd put up some of my photos.

So here's some pictures of the "Vomitron 2000", well actually it's a Ferris wheel taken with a long shutter speed. I like the patterns of light that appear in the first picture, the second one is just insane.

Again, comments are always appreciated.

Back to the Charcoal

2007-07-07T12:41:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted a charcaol abstract in a while so I figure I'd pull one out of my stash. I've also been busy with life in general.

Here's one from a few months back. Again, just sitting and drawing and sketching away until something came out.

Lately I've been trying to do more work in Illustrator and Photoshop. Those are both pretty big applications and you can do a TON of stuff with them. I'm just trying to learn how to master them. I don't know why I find Illustrator difficult. Connecting all the line segments and whatnot together and then making something out of them. I find Photoshop a lot easier.

At an rate, here's my drawing. I called it 'Roots'. Enjoy.

As always, any comments are appreciated.

More Crazy Photoshop Fun

2007-07-01T22:39:00.000-07:00

Still playing around in Photoshop today.

This image was originally a picture taken at a 'State Fair' (we call it the Canadian National Exhibition - CNE for short). I love going there, always a fun day for me.

At any rate there were these two entertainers a guy and and a girl walking the grounds. It was a neat show they had. The guy was on stilts but had a suit around him that looked like he was sitting on this tall ostrich. The girl walked around with a magnifying glass. Her costume though made it look like she was floating. It was all very Ren-fair-esque (Renaissance Fair), but insanely interesting.

I hope they are back next year, I'll take more shots. If they sit still for long enough.

Illustration Friday - Twist

2007-07-01T12:33:00.001-07:00

Here's my entry for "Twist". This week was more just playing around in Photoshop than anything serious. I'll admit, I think this week's topic was a little weak. I have another ideas kicking around in my noodle not sure if I'll get to it though.

Tutorial Fun - Green Bubbles

2007-06-30T16:15:00.000-07:00

Here's a quicky little thing that I did following a tutorial from the magazine "Photoshop Creative". It's $20 bucks and comes from the UK. It's a good magazine, you just have to pick and choose the issues you buy.

At any rate, here's some green bubbles.

Playing around

2007-06-29T21:10:00.000-07:00

Here's another robot I was playing around with tonight. He's a little rough around the edges (literally). I was more just going through the motions than really working towards something great.

I do need some help though. I can't think of a good background for this bugger. I'm having that issue with these quick drawings (see other robot, and my IF-Suits).

Well if anyone has some ideas, please let me know

People on the Go II

2007-06-28T19:16:00.000-07:00

I was into sketching people on the train for a little while. I have one that I posted up earlier.

Here's another one. I'm pretty happy with this one. I have a couple more ready just in case for the future. If anyone is really interested I'll post them up quicker.

Unfortunately, most of my drawings are of people sleeping. Seems like that's the top activity on the train in the morning or the afternoon. The only other pose seems to be a sour, or just a straight face. Hard to find some real emotion.

I think I'm going to start drawing on the train again. This time I'll try taking a different train car. Being a typical commuter, I'm a creature of habit and sit in the same car, most of the time in the same seat.

At any rate, let me know what you think!

Future Dude

2007-06-25T19:11:00.000-07:00

Here's my "Future Dude". He was my first successful digital colouring work within Photoshop. I initially drew him out pencil then scanned him in. Using the tutorial from Steel Dolphin (see my links) I coloured him in.

Don't mind the bands around him. I used "Save for Web" so I can save some space on my blog. Although I still have plenty of space left, I figured I'll start saving where I can.

Let me know what you think.

Illustration Friday - Camoflage

2007-06-23T22:58:00.000-07:00

Here's my entry for this weeks theme of 'camouflage'. I think I was influenced by the one guy who did a wolf in sheep's clothing for 'suits'. I think this one is pretty self explanatory. Enjoy!

Another doodle

2007-06-22T10:47:00.000-07:00

Here's a doodle I did a few years ago that I just found. It was during a meeting at work. I don't think my manager was too impressed with my artistic talents.

Illustration Friday - Rejection

2007-06-20T18:12:00.000-07:00

Here's my entry this week for Illustration Friday - Rejection. I sat and thought about it and had a couple of ideas. One of them was already done a few times (kids rejecting food). I didn't want to do a sad person sitting in a corner.

So the idea I came up with based around the actual point of rejection. I was trying to capture the moment of rejection; the expulsion of something unwanted, pushing away and getting rid of whatever.

I also figured I'd do something more abstract/figurative. Also seeing as my blog is called "Daily Charcoal" I figured I should do something using charcoal.

I believe the images above capture that. Let me know what you think.

Doodle Time

2007-06-16T21:33:00.001-07:00

Haven't posted for a while because I've been busy. Here's a little doodle that I did tonight. I'm growing a little tired of my abstract charcoal drawings so I've moved over to more a comic style (for now anyways). I'm still trying to figure out 'my style'. Well enjoy this dude. I was tempted to use him as my entry for "rejection" for Illustration Friday.

EDIT: I kept thinking this dude looked like the son from "Sanford and Son". I couldn't remember his name (Lamont). A colleague at work helped me out.

Quick Post

2007-06-12T18:49:00.000-07:00

I was playing around with Photoshop tonight. It's nothing too major, all the colours are flat. Trying to get a good idea to render within Photoshop.

Which way is up?

2007-06-10T09:50:00.000-07:00

I'm trying to figure out which way this goes better. I had originally thought the drawing should be oriented with the buildings/boxes going up. I didn't think it looked right so I rotated the image. Let me know what you think?

Illustration Friday - Suit

2007-06-08T20:57:00.001-07:00

Here's my first Illustration Friday entry for "Suit".

How about eight suits; business, armor, bathing, birthday, clubs, spades, hearts and diamonds?

Click on the header to look at my other sketches, drawings and rants!

Conte City, Final!

2007-06-07T20:25:00.000-07:00

Ok, after reworking it a few times, I think I'm finally happy with it. Onto something new!

Squares 2

2007-06-06T15:27:00.000-07:00

Here's another 'squares' one. I know they aren't really squares, but thats ok.

Squares

2007-06-05T19:17:00.000-07:00

Here's a quickie post. I've also taken another crack at the Conte City desktop (1600 x 1200). Enjoy!

edit 1: I don't konw why you can't click on the pictures. I'll take another crack at it later on tonight. I tried something and it didn't quite work. I will try again.

edit 2: The desktops are based on sketches that I've scanned in and photoshopped.

edit 3: Yay, got it working!

Fox or Owl?

2007-06-04T18:32:00.000-07:00

My back catalogue is almost depleted. I'm starting to run out of drawings. I need to get cracking on more. At any rate here's another one. Is anyone reading this blog anyways?

Staircase

2007-06-03T19:23:00.000-07:00

Here's a spooky dreamy staircase drawing. It's from my primary school. I've seen this image in my dreams a few times.

Conte City desktop!

2007-06-02T22:19:00.001-07:00

Here's a little desktop I just created. It's for 1024 x 768. If there's interest I'll make it for other resolutions. Try it out and let me know.

Tiki Tiki

2007-06-02T20:54:00.001-07:00

Here's a couple of Tiki looking drawings that I did. Or maybe they are more of a Myan glyph.

Avocado

2007-06-01T22:12:00.000-07:00

Here's another colour conte. This is another one that spontaneously came together. The only bummer is that my sketchbook is bigger than my scanner so I can't get the full image on here. You can't see the vignetting I did all the way around the image. It really frames the drawing and gives it a much better look. I might try and take a picture of the full drawing and put it up at a later date.

Chef in Love

2007-05-31T20:34:00.001-07:00

Ok, finally a real colour one. The colour is actually more intense than this. I didn't fiddle with the settings while scanning and/or play with it within Photoshop.

I still like doing my abstract charcoals though, but it's good to mix it up.

Oh I'm also making the images a little smaller and lower resolution. I think it makes them easier to view online.

A Man, A Tower, A Door

2007-05-29T19:15:00.000-07:00

Here's another conte abstract. Kinda dreamy. The tones are a little more muted that I would have liked.

Arizona

2007-05-28T18:06:00.000-07:00

Here's another conte sketch. Like most of my drawings this started out as nothing. As I progressed it started forming these cactus like shapes. I've been to Scottsdale Arizona, it's a nice place to visit. Not sure if I want to live there. At any rate, the drawing started to remind me of my time there. Very dry, brown and hot.

Workspeak

2007-05-26T20:45:00.000-07:00

This one was done after a particularly bad day at work. All I heard was the corporate line that translated into 'blah blah blah' for me. Kind of like the adults in the Charlie Brown cartoons. I was just aggravated from hearing BS all day that I put it to paper. So is it art? I don't know, but it made me laugh when I was done, so that's good enough for me.

Finally, colour! Well sort of.

2007-05-26T07:03:00.000-07:00

How about an abstract conte drawing? Enjoy!

Two cities

2007-05-25T20:44:00.000-07:00

OK, here's a couple of newer drawings that I like. So far I've had one comment, so to show my appreciation to the one guy who left me a comment I'm going to post a couple more city drawings for him. The first one is was accidental, but it did give me the idea for my second drawing. Hope you enjoy them.

Coming soon... COLOUR DRAWINGS!

People on the Go

2007-05-24T18:20:00.000-07:00

Here's one that's actually brand spankin' new. I read online about sketching on the train. As weird and creepy as it sounds, it's actually kinda fun. Hopefully I won't get popped in the eye or anything else.

So here's a dude that's on my morning commute into *insert major metro area here* . He's actually quite older than what he looks like in my drawing. His nose isn't quite the same.

Old sketch

2007-05-22T17:57:00.001-07:00

I was going through my old sketchbooks and I found some that aren't half bad. This one is at least 10 years old maybe 15? If only I would have been working on this earlier, maybe I would have been a famous art-tiest! Well maybe not.

Another cheap post.

2007-05-21T13:33:00.000-07:00

Here's another cheap post. Actually they are so cheap, I'll give you two! Trust me they do get better. At least I think they do!?

Cheapie Post

2007-05-19T22:30:00.000-07:00

Can't say I'm too nuts about this one.

Here piggy, piggy, piggy

2007-05-19T07:35:00.001-07:00

I've got a confession to make, these aren't so much as 'daily' as I have a stockpile of sketches I've been doing since March-ish. I think I may have peaked on the abstract art with my charcoal lines. I still don't mind doing them, they are really just a form of relaxation for me. Most of these drawings are done before I go to bed at night. I don't think they are works of art per-say, but they are the result of my thoughts at the end of the day.

I guess I could get pretty artsy and make up something along the lines of, "These sketches are the culmination of my daily feelings and activities put to paper. It is my visual diary of my emotions of the day. I try to capture what I've felt through the day and immortalize it on paper." That sounds pretty good actually, it does sound a little like BS, but there is some truth to it. I love talking to artist at outdoor arts shows and whatnot, they have such great stories about the pictures. Some are interesting and you can get to peek inside their head. Others sound like total bollocks and feels like they are making it up on the spot.

Can't really remember how this started but it ended up looking like a pig to me. The shape of the head can also be a torso as well. I may have started out like that, but oh well. At any rate here's my picture for today, hope you enjoy it.

Eye Eat Rabbit

2007-05-17T18:33:00.000-07:00

I really like this one. Whats neat about it is that it works both as shown and upside down. I think I was playing a little to much Rayman Raving Rabbit on my Wii at the time.

Matchstick

2007-05-16T19:17:00.000-07:00

Started off just laying down tones and values, started looking like a burnt forest. I added some stick figures. Makes me think of some sort of pagan ritual.

City People

2007-05-15T19:04:00.000-07:00

I've been busy lately and haven't been able to post. Guess this isn't as "Daily" as I'd hoped. At any rate, here's one that I like. It started off as pretty much nothing, but it turned out ok.

Another abstract charcoal

2007-05-13T16:38:00.000-07:00

Here's another one. These first few are in chronological order. I'm thinking they do get better with time. So is ANYONE seeing this?

She 1

2007-05-11T21:03:00.000-07:00

Well almost daily. Didn't quite get this one in. If anyone is actually seeing this blog, I wouldn't mind hearing from you.

Frog and Robot

2007-05-10T18:33:00.000-07:00

Whoops missed a day. Here's another two, Frog and Robot. I like both of them. The robot although simple, reminds me of my toys as a kid.

Charcoal Abstract 2

2007-05-08T18:19:00.000-07:00

Here's another abstract that came out of my head. Like I said, just trying to get the images out.

Charcoal Abstract 1

2007-05-07T19:35:00.000-07:00

An abstract image that popped into my head. No real plan, just lines and smudges.

Hide and Seek

2007-05-06T18:24:00.000-07:00

Here's the first charcoal sketch. I quite like this one.