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...
I've been hired to design characters for a simple racing game. The characters are various breakfast pastries (bagel, donut, croissant, etc.) to be animated in Flash. Each character is from a different ehtnicity or part of the world. Here's my first few concept sketches, not sure if I am satisfied with them yet. Feel free to...
I saw this link on Drawn! (The Illustration Blog) and had to post it. As some of you may know, Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin and Hobbes, is an extrememly private man. Photos of him are practically nonexistent, he never grants interviews, and even the residents of his home town seem unsure of his real identity. ...
I've recently joined a small artist's group. Every two weeks we sketch or illustrate a different theme, just for fun. The current topic is "Hansel and Gretel". So for my warm-up this morning I did a quick sketch of the witch. I like drawing old people, their faces have so much character. And I...
Today's warm up sketch is a little on the odd side, but was a lot of fun to draw. It was inspired by a thread over at The Drawing Board. Maybe I just needed to get that last bit of Halloween weirdness out of my system....
