Courtroom Sketching 11-4-15

I was hired by KSTP-TV to do some courtroom sketching today in St. Paul. Quick background: In 1989 eleven-year-old Jacob Wetterling was abducted by a masked gunman and has never been seen since. Whatever became of Jacob remains a mystery. Since then Wetterling has become something of a poster child for abducted children and his parents have become high-profile advocates […]

Sketchbook Update: Hobo Magician

For today’s warmup I thought I’d try drawing a character into a photo. Not sure it was 100% successful, but that’s what sketches are for: playing around, practicing, and sometimes making mistakes.

Sketchbook Update: Monday Morning Inbox

I just got back from our family vacation over a four-day weekend. Naturally there was a ton of email to dig through. I’ve been working on it most of the day and still am not done. This is what it feels like.

KeWe Presentation Art

KeWe is a new social media platform that recently launched. The people behind KeWe hired me to create some illustrations for use in a marketing presentation to promote their app. According to their latest press release, Kewe “combines all of the popular features of top apps like Facebook, Instagram and What’s App into one, while […]

Sketchbook Update: First Time Skiing

I was noodling around with a drawing prompt from the Pose Drawing Sparkbook that reads, “Skiing for the first time.” I liked how the initial doodle turned out, so I decided to tweak it, clean it up, and add color. In hindsight I maybe should have chosen different colors for the gloves and hat to […]

Sketchbook Update: Koochy Koo Redux

Last week I posted a sketch based on a prompt from the Pose Drawing Sparkbook that reads, “Trying to stop a baby from crying.” I thought a tough, scary biker trying to calm a baby might be funny. Today’s sketch is another take on that concept, with what I think is a stronger pose.