sketches Tag

I'm a strong believer in keeping a daily sketchbook. I'm also a hypocrite. I often go days or weeks without cracking mine open. Don't get me wrong. I do a lot of drawing but the overwhelming bulk of my artwork is created for clients with strict guidelines and objectives that have to be met. Between commissioned work and the never ending slog...

It's been a while so I thought I'd post some noodles and doodles from my sketchbook. I don't have a scanner with me at the moment so I thought I'd try snapping pics of the sketches with my spanky new iPhone 3GS. The results aren't as good as a scanner would have done but after adjusting the levels in Photoshop...

Last year I was hired by a local agency to develop a packaging icon for a new snack food with a buffalo wings flavor. The project ultimately went in another direction so this is as far as my involvement went. I don't know if I have permission to mention the product name so I won't, but the agency has finally...

(Artwork copyright © Joe Bluhm. All rights reserved.) Joe Bluhm is a terrific illustrator and caricaturist. I recently discovered his work and have been following him with interest. Joe is self-publishing a sketchbook called Sketch Infectus. It's jam-packed with great eye candy. Joe claims that "you probably won't find a sketchbook with more drawings packed per-page between the covers". The book will...