Back to Basics

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 - Captain

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.

Another Robot

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.

Back to the Charcoal

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.

Illustration Friday - Rejection

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.

Staircase

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

Tiki Tiki

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

Workspeak

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.

Two cities

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!

Another cheap post.

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

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

Here piggy, piggy, piggy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Charcoal Abstract 1

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