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Drawing 111113

admin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:43:01 +0000

Frustration and acceptance. Trying to capture the essence of an acrobat.

Drawing 111030

admin — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:43:25 +0000

Today was really hard. I could not get in a good mental state for quality drawing. I finally just tried to embrace the ugliness that was going onto the page.

Sketchbook #2

admin — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:56:00 +0000

Yep. It has been a year+ since I posted about my first sketchbook… the point being to put something on the page each day. I should have finished several since then. But at least I have been doing a lot more drawing beyond this 5×7 format. And I am ready to move on to the third with more confidence and motivation. Here’s my favorite pages from #2:

Drawing 110531

admin — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:29:10 +0000

This isn’t lifedrawing. It’s not from a live model. I’m in between live model opportunities. But I actually sat down and drew this last night, all on my own. That sounds silly. But most of the drawing I’ve done over the last year has been during a get together of some kind. So although this is your typical, easy, pretty girl, long hair, portrait from a photo, I figured I should post it as a different kind of accomplishment.

Lifedrawing 110220

admin — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 02:28:14 +0000

I was able to focus more today and not jump from page to page. I did two pages but I am only showing one here… it is the one I spent more time on. Next time I would like to get the emotion back, which maybe I am lacking here because I did not rush through it like usual. Also, the photograph leaves some details out, like the stool she is perched on. Maybe I need to make details of the rest of the composition more prominent.

Lifedrawing 110213

admin — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 04:53:58 +0000

My drawing session from today… I’m not showing everything I drew. Perhaps once I gain more confidence I will bare all.

The view from behind the model.

This was done during the peak of my frustration today. Screw the proper way to shade and just scribble everywhere. Get the anger out.

Pastels used to be my favorite medium. This is my favorite composition so far.

Just one heel.

Everyone else that attends these sessions has something really interesting going on. The breaks of wandering and seeing someone else’s viewpoint of the same subject is pretty awesome. I’ve decided drawing is like owning a dog…somehow the styles of the work match perfectly with the rest of the person’s appearance.

Our Portland Story

admin — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:54:19 +0000

Since the fall of 2008 my friend Melissa has spent a lot of time gathering stories about this awesome city and has worked with designers to make the stories come to life visually. She put all this work into a book called Our Portland Story. Last night, Our Portland Story had it’s second coming out party at Backspace during First Thursday. A handful of authors read their stories. Unfortunately I missed most of them, but I did have the chance to hear the last two including the story I designed. I also finally met it’s author, Alex Rauch. The curator of Backspace picked 17 pages to display during the month of November, including mine. So if you are sad you missed out…it’s not too late.

You can buy the book in a variety of ways including directly through OurPortlandStory.com and a handful of local stores including Powell’s (should be on shelves by next week).

P.S. If you have a great story to tell about Portland, I hear Melissa is already taking submissions for Volume 2.

On the inspiration board: Japanese patterns

admin — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:15:34 +0000

All from tengds.

Awesome!

admin — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 00:45:46 +0000

I love this blog: 1000 Awesome Things

It shares really simple things that are pretty common experiences. Things to smile about and think, “Yeah that is Awesome.”

Number 447 reads:
Walking into a crowded party and locking eyes with someone you know across the room.

Ding-dong.

The door opens to you on the porch in your just-washed jeans and crispy clean shirt staring into a sweaty sea of strange faces. You walk in and stumble past a pile of shoes and a kissing couple while awkwardly scanning the room for some friendly faces. Stepping a bit deeper into the anonymousbass-thumping scene you move past empty bowls of chips, slippery wet countertops, and loud laughs … wondering for a second if you’re in the right place.

Then it happens.

You make laserbeam eye contact with a close friend smiling across the crowded room.

Suddenly it’s all confirmed.

You belong here.

AWESOME!

Bright Bike

admin — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 22:09:25 +0000

I’ve been keeping my eye out for things like this. So glad to finally have found something worthy of the hunt.

Get yours at Bright Thread.