Clark, you surprised?

Clark:

"Surprised?  Eddie, if I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I couldn't be more surprised than I am right now.

More sketches

A little caricature of Ghandi.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
- Mohandas Gandhi 

A pen and pencil mixture.

The odd couple

This is a drawing from my work meeting this morning. We were talking about a lady that use to work here who was shaped like a football player. Her husband came in a few times and my drawing pretty much depicts the contrast between the two of them. No offense to those with very large trapezius'.

Here's a pencil sketch from last night. I tried my hardest not to ever use the tip of my pencil to avoid hard lines. I just used a #2 pencil. This is another WWII soldier I found online. I am going to try a few pencils suggested me by another artist. He uses Staedtler pencils and likes to draw on velum. I'll give it a shot.

Pen and Marker

I've been sketching a lot with a pen and marker because they're a lot easier to carry around and I don't have to sharpen them. Plus, you can't erase and I figure it might help me be a little more cautious when making marks. The above drawing I copied from an artist named Ashley Wood. He worked on most of the art for the Metal Gear Solid series which I am probably the biggest fan in the world of. This drawing inspired me to look up WWII imagery to use as subject matter as you can see from the sketches below.

The guy on the bottom right of the image above looked like one mean brother. He was toting around what looked like a missile launcher. Either that it or it just launched apples... whatever it was, I wouldn't want it pointed in my direction. I've always been fascinated with WWII since I was kid. I think I am going to attempt a painting here in the near future.

Pen and pencil sketches

Here's the little dude from the Spiderwick Chronicles. Haven't seen it, he was just on the front of the book cover and it was within 3 feet of my drawing space. Therefore, he was a good candidate to draw.

A few pen sketches. The lower left is my brother but with a Frankenstein forehead - A quick sketch while he was painting. I attempted to paint the other day with my two brothers and it was like taking the frustration of drawing and multiplying it by 100. Pretty addictive though - I'm on the bandwagon. The others are from the old movie, Where the Red Fern Grows.

More quick pen sketches.

Tuesday Meeting Pen sketch

I'm no caricature artist but here is one I attempted of my supervisor Tim Nelson. He doesn't look much like this but fun anyways. I'm excited because my Mom is planning on getting me a book on caricatures by a guy named Jason Seiler for Christmas. He does the funniest caricatures I have ever seen. Take a look at his stuff here: http://jasonseilerillustration.blogspot.com.