One of the gifts I received this Christmas was a two-disc special edition DVD of Citizen Kane. Many movie buffs consider it to be one of the greatest films, if not the greatest film, ever made, so about two years ago my wife and I decided to rent it and educate ourselves (actually, I really wanted to see the movie...
To warm up each morning I've been trying to fill a page a day in my sketchbook. However, I've been so swamped with freelance work that I've only been averaging about a page a week. Better than nothing, I guess. Here's a few heads I drew the other day from some old photos....
Lately I've been trying to discipline myself to fill a page a day in my sketchbook, usually first thing in the morning as a warm-up. I'm not a morning person so this is a good way for me to clear the morning fog out of my brain. So far I've managed it about once every 2-3 days. This page combines...
I received a letter from a man in Germany who collects autographs and sketches from cartoonists around the world. In broken English he politely asked if I might someday have time to send him an autographed sketch. He also asked that it be of a pig, since his wife likes to collect little pig knick knacks. Normally I don't make a...
For eight weeks now I've been posting my assignments from a character design class I'm taking at schoolism.com (taught by Stephen Silver). Only one more week to go! This week's assignement was another two-parter. For Part 1 we had to go to a busy public place and fill a page with observational sketches. The Mall of America is near my house,...
