Pen & Ink: "The Straw"

A quick pen and ink, from an amazing photo of Darryl Strawberry. The '86 Mets continue to remain a team of myths and legends. Anyway this is an art blog. No sports talk. Maybe I'll do a mini-comic about Darryl Strawberry meeting Jimi Hendrix?

Pen & Ink, Photoshop: "Hot Cakes"

This one actually served a purpose! Yay! It is currently being used as the logo for a cake decorator. She is very good. And her cakes are very tasty.

Pen & Ink, "The Continuing Adventures of Jimi"

A little Jimi Hendrix action. I always wanted to make a mini-comic called "The Continuing Adventures of Jimi". This was a sketch for it. Maybe I'll start thinking about that again...

Pen & Ink, Photoshop: "Sparky"

Another class assignment, this one asking us to create the logo for a toy store that sells retro robots. It might seem like I like the color orange but I assure you it is purely a coincidence. Or maybe I'm secretly in love with the color orange. That would be weird.

Pen & Ink, Photoshop: "Ice Dragon"

This is for a children's book entitled "The Runaway Pizza and Other Stories". I have no idea if it has seen the light of day yet. It's pen and ink, then colored on Photoshop. I colored in the outlines of the drawing as well, giving it a very cartoony quality and allowing it to 'pop' more. This was inspired by the cartoon work of James Kochalka, who does the webcomic "American Elf" as well as many childrens books. The Ice Dragon has escaped from a book, and the people are trying to capture him and put him back in the book. Isn't that obvious?

Pen & Ink: Psychedelic Tissue

Another pen & ink one. This was for a class assignment. Again, don't ask me what it means. It looks awesome. And it took a long time to do. Also, I'm gonna tell you there are some hidden messages inside, so you'll spend about 5 to 6 minutes looking until you realize I'm full of shit. But really, there are messages in there.

Pen & Ink: "House Side"

I thought I'd start this Portfolio Blog by uploading a pen & ink drawing, because that's my favorite medium. I find that I have the most control with the pen, I can make a line any thickness or thinness that I want and I can convey shape and shadow easily as well. This was drawn on probably the first nice day of 2010, back in March. Try to imagine Wilco playing, because I think I had my ipod dock outside blasting something.