Azog the Defiler

Portrait of a pale orc.

Because...why not?

Pencil sketch with digital watercolor enhancements.

Recent Life Drawings

Illustration Friday: Hidden

Another collaboration with Jacqueline Garno and one of her altered papers. I made several changes and added hand-drawn elements.

Somewhat inspired by a quote from Brian Eno: Honor thy error as a hidden intention.

Maia

Trying out some new, extra-soft, extra black pencils — General's Kimberly Premium Graphite Drawing Pencil 9XXB. Nice and black, but still not as soft as I was hoping for!

Pencil (obviously) plus digital color. Click to make it bigger, okay?

More Life Drawings

Several sessions at the Old Town life drawing drop-in, Summer 2013.

Life Drawings

Several sessions at the Ella Sharp museum, Summer 2013.

Collaboration — Web of Mind

 

My friend Jacqueline Garno and I collaborated on this limited edition giclée print. She provided the altered paper original from her collection of wonderful papers, and I did some digital manipulations and additions.

Jakízze

Portrait of the model from a recent life drawing session at the Ella Sharp Museum in Jackson, MI.

Cardboard Portrait 2

Another cardboard portrait of Jessica.

Cardboard portrait

I saved the pristine cardboard liner from a box of cat food and grabbed a few Prismacolor pencils and scribbled a portrait of the lovely Jessica, using her photo stock.

Art of Belly Dance

 

 After a lot of time off, I managed to put something together for the Art of Belly Dance event coming up in Detroit in June. Inspired by Inga Petermann's performance at Tribal Prague 2012.

Pencil, watercolor, ink, marker, digital, sparkly stuff, etc.

Emma Frost to send the old year out

This is a commission that took me too many months to complete (sorry, Tim!)

Last post for a year that didn't see a lot of art-action by yours truly.

I'm gonna raise a large gin and tonic tonight to a more art-ful 2013.

A very Happy New Year to the handful of folks who still stop by this blog. :)

Dr. Sketchy's Grand Rapids ~ Lula Loops

After hours of laboring over my sketchbook, back in my dark and steamy corner of the Sazerac Lounge last night, I relaxed and scribbled a little portrait of petite and lovely Lula Loops with more energy and freshness in it than all my other drawings combined.

So I scanned it and added some color.

Jade: study

A pencil portrait I did of one of my favorite deviantArt stock photo providers, Jade Macalla, from one of his excellent photos.

I always meant to finish this by drawing the rest of the pose but now I like the incomplete quality of the drawing so—I'm calling it done.

Cardinal

My too-late entry for Faestock's Creative Challenge #11

I took Jessica up on her suggestion to try a different medium. The line work was done in the ink-resist technique, which yields unexpected results and pretty much obliterates the details of the original drawing. Watercolor was added and some Photoshop fiddling was done as well.

Illustration Friday: Jump

I don't think I've drawn a horse since I was around 12 (when I was crazy about 'em.)

Drawing in pencil; colors added in Photoshop.

He looks a bit more like he's flying than jumping, probably.

Reference via a lovely stock photo by deviantArt's slime-stock.

Benedict "Sherlock" Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch portrait in purple pencil with some added tone in Photoshop.

I am so looking forward to Season 3 of "Sherlock."

Dr. Sketchy's Grand Rapids: March 2012

Recent Dr. Sketchy sketches, featuring the wonderful juggling gunslinger, Will Oltman.

(Note: Will did not actually pose in a bikini; that was an entry in the "draw him as a her" contest.)

Dr. Sketchy's Grand Rapids: Feb. 2012

Had a great time at the Sazerac Lounge in Grand Rapids last Sunday for Dr. Sketchy's: A Black Heart Valentine. I made a serious effort to loosen up a bit, inspired by the immense amount of creativity at these events.

The Vivacious Miss Audacious

This delightful and effervescent lady is one of the reasons Dr. Sketchy's is so much fun. (Check out her Facebook page and website.)

Done in colored pencil and white paint, using, for reference, a photo taken by the talented Jonathan Clay (whose Facebook page is here) at the last Dr. Sketchy's Grand Rapids event.