Monday, July 28, 2008

good advice

"A word of encouragement about drawing: I think most illustrators are far too hard on themselves. They expect to sit down with one piece of paper and draw exactly what they have in their mind the very first time around. In my opinion this is nearly impossible. Drawing is a process that takes a long time. I like to make an analogy between a good batter in baseball and a good illustrator. A great batting average for the major leagues is “.300.” This batting average means that they get 3 hits out of ten, or get a hit 30 percent of the time. I think that this is a reasonable expectation for an artist to have as well. If I can get 3 decent drawings out of ten attempts – I feel fairly good about myself.

So, relax while you’re in your pencil drawing phase of this process. Get yourself a big stack of paper and get loose, draw lots and don’t be concerned about “bad” sketches – just toss them aside and start over."


- Bill - GoMediaZine

I was really encouraged when I came across this quote. I do exactly that: expect myself to draw exactly what is in my brain in the first few attempts. When really, that is impossible. I should aim for a huge stack of drawings, and see what I get.


also check out Bill's drawing and digital coloring tutorial:
comic book style tutorial

birds, beer and a live auction

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this is a warm-up sketch for another bird drawing I did. I'm working on a digital collage-type thing with it, so I'll post it later. It was fun to draw the parrot. Loosen up a bit.


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some random people at the MCC Relief Sale a few weeks ago. Drawn during the live auction.


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I sketched this inbetween brainstorming for a logo and working on the final logo artwork. A little break, shall we say. and um.... beer.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Nelson sketches

more sketches from BC trip. These are all done at the beach in Nelson, BC. Sleepy little town with lots of artsy shops. And a nice beach to relax at, with freezing cold water to wade in on hot days.

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whoops i lied, these next ones are from downtown Nelson, people watching.
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people don't stay still long enough, you know?

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Vancouver sketches

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these were all sketched along the seawall by downtown Vancouver. We (my sisters and I) were sitting around people watching and drawing, enjoying the warm weather. good times.

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

a couple BC sketches

a couple sketches from my trip to BC. Got all the scanning done *whew* so just a few to start off.

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the very exciting bush outside the Burnaby motel we were staying in. Actually it was a nice, clean place we stayed in, Lake City Motor Inn in Burnaby. I would recommend it if anyone is travelling to Vancouver area. Had a two-storey room with kitchenette, and outdoor pool which they cleaned everyday - no pool gunk! Skytrain station is right across the street, so my sisters and I took the train to downtown Vancouver to sight see. Price was not bad too. No I am not being paid for this plug.


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sketched while sitting in the shade along the seawall on a very hot day.

Friday, July 04, 2008

dark knight posters

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more "The Dark Knight" posters

two more weeks!!! not that I'm counting down or anything.

holiday sketches from the west coast coming soon.


i'm enjoying the artsyness of these posters. I also enjoy this one:

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