I went to visit my high school yesterday for the first time since I graduated eight years ago. My senior year I painted Sargent's "Lady With A Rose" on the wall of one of the hallways. Unfortunately, some renovations were done and the thing was painted over at some point. As a bit of nostalgia I did this study.

Trying to keep those drawing chops in check, doing some more traditional stuff like this blue lady.

I was looking through a book of old Thomas Eakins photographs and found a series of portraits of Walt Whitman. I was so impressed by his beard, I had to draw it myself.

Lightnin' Hopkins

Something I'm working on... My own take on those old 19th century absinthe posters. Still trying to work on a color strategy that looks a little more natural.

Just some odds and ends I had laying around. Nothing special.

Inspired by the Tom Waits song "The Black Rider". I'm really not sure what the song is about, but this is what came to mind...

A toast! Obviously not finished yet. Trying to get that moment before things get awkward. Digital ink, color hopefully coming soon.

Not sure who this guy is... A Wyatt Earp/Indiana Jones macho man type I guess. Rainy day today. Everything is digital. Looking at it again I guess the color could be punched up a bit...

Trying to get into updating this thing again regularly. I've been doing a lot of work recently, but I've had a bit of trouble finishing one particular thing. So, to get things started again, I thought I'd put up this steam-punk helicopter/motorcycle thing.

Sketchbook

I've been keeping a sketchbook at school that I'll sometimes find spare time to draw in.

Ajumma

"Ajumma," (auntie) is an endearing term used for older Korean women known for their adventurous style sense, permed hair, and typically fierce demeanor.

This is a quick sketch I did in Photoshop (my 2nd attempt trying to actually do artwork with the program....) Still trying to figure out how to approach shading... Right now I'm pretty much just blending the colors together, but I think it turns out a bit too smooth and vague sometimes...

Fresh Work From Korea

Here's my first attempt at working completely digitally. I haven't gotten a scanner here yet, so I haven't been able to post any of the things I've been doing "the old fashioned way," but I did bring along my wacom tablet. I decided to sit down and try to actually figure out how to work with the thing, and this is what I drew. Everything from the preliminary sketch to the line work to the color was done in photoshop. It's a strange thing to get used to, drawing on something other than what you're looking at, but I'm slowly getting used to it. Also, I'm learning how to use photoshop to color a little more in depth. There are areas here that are kinda lazy or sloppy looking and sketched in, but overall, I'm pretty happy with this as a first attempt.