Christmas Day Sketch

A little sketch that i did on Christmas day.

Life Sketches

Here are some more sketch I have done recently:

This one is a little 10 min sketch while I waited for my pizza in the Intel Cafe.. They made a pretty good Personal Pizza.

The Christmas Tree in the Intel Cafe

My wife's cat, Ruhk, sitting on our daughters chalk board looking out through the binds.

Life; Moving forward

It has been awhile since the last I posted on my blog. I really should try harder to keep up with this.
Anyway; recently I moved closer in to Portland, the reason for this is so that I can get out of Nowheres-ville Molalla and be closer to work. Also, if my car ever breaks down for one reason or another, I can now take the some what reliable Tri-met system where as out in Molalla I would of been screwed. :D

Anyway, I have been reading through the book: Urban Sketching by Gabriel Campanario. THIS book is nothing but pages and pages of inspiring work from artist all over the world. This has in turn inspired me to try to keep up with my own sketching and as such here are some of the sketches I have done recently:

World on a String

In the last few months a friend of mine, Danny Popovici has been painting illustrations for a children's book using oil paints. The book itself is called "World on a String" and is a fantastic book about a child and his best friend, a big red balloon. The book's core message is designed to help children deal with and come to terms with lose when the young boy loses his balloon, when it is taken away by a strong breeze.

Anyway, the illustrations are beautifully done and they are doing a kickstarter that has 14 days left; so please check out their kickstarter and help them out.

Laika House monthly Art Challenge: Paranorman

Every month, Laika House does an art challenge and this month they decided that the challenge would be to create a character from their film "Paranorman" who did not appear in the film, and explain why.

This is my entry into the contest:

Work Doodle

Here is a little character I doodled up while drawing a logo design at work:

Teen Girl character Design

I painted and finalized a character I designed a while back as a part of work. We are not going with this look for that project, but I still like the way she looks. :D

Slight adjustment made to original image since first posted. Tangent removed, and background darkened and added increased contrast.