For almost a year I've been slowly working on a personal project, sort of a mini-comic book. I've got the story written and the layouts thumbnailed, but I've been wrestling for a long time trying to find the right look for the main character. I spent a good part of yesterday playing around some more with the "retro"...
I've always been impressed with artists who can draw in the "retro" style, which emphasizes bold designs and flat, graphic shapes as opposed to a sculpted, three-dimensional, "realistic" cartoon rendering. Think Powerpuff Girls or Dexter's Labratory rather than The Lion King. It's a "less is more" way of thinking, bold and deceptively simple. It's a hard style...
I'm not a sports fan. In fact, athletic events bore me to tears. But last night my wife rented "Coach Carter" starring Samuel Jackson, and I have to admit it's a pretty good flick. It's based on the real-life story of an inner city basketball coach who insisted that grades and character come before athletics. Carter...
A late night doodle I was fairly happy with...
I've been called in twice this week to do courtroom sketching for a local murder trial. Normally I enjoy this kind of work, but for this trial I've spent the majority of my time staring at an empty courtroom while the judge and lawyers debate behind closed doors. That's left me with a lot of time to sketch the backgrounds,...
This morning I was supposed to be the sketch artist for a local murder trial. But after we waited all morning, the judge announced that the trial had been postponed. So before leaving downtown St. Paul I decided to grab some lunch and sketch some of the local city life. It was wonderful! It's been a...
