Day 3
The colors were getting to be too much for me on the previous version. I played with it some more today. Then I decided I would try a 3-color approach like I used on the Gocco prints. Then, if it calls for it, I may add a 4th. I'm still just toying with this. Currently uninspired, and this is what happens.
objects
process day 1:
process day 2:
i was using pink to block in shadows on the clouds and when i finally zoomed out i really liked the way it looked... so this will probably end up looking way different than it does in these two shots.
that's it.
"objects of importance: dear sister" graphite + digi '08
process day 2:
i was using pink to block in shadows on the clouds and when i finally zoomed out i really liked the way it looked... so this will probably end up looking way different than it does in these two shots.
that's it.
"objects of importance: dear sister" graphite + digi '08
like a shifting shape when your glasses are off
coloring my woot word-bubble/sonar guy for a possible threadless submission. here is the very very early work in progress:
practicing coloring this without using the wacom cintiq monitor/tablet i have here at work, because when i move away, i don't see myself having access to one again for a long while. or, until i save $1000 for the small portable one and feel like i could actually need it. so, lots of pen tooling and careful mouse work. i think it will turn out alright, which is comforting. one less thing i would need to save for.
i gave up on those post-its for now. not really happy with how they are looking. i have about 7-9 total that i will put together and post here soon, probably in the next couple days. i have an idea for a possibly weekly set of drawing which i actually care to do and continue with. something i didn't have with the post-its yet.
friday, the birthday party with fellow march 26er + redhead, will goodyear, went off pretty well. cake and a pinata and cowboy outfits. pics when i can have lorna email me them from her iphone. thanks to ryan and ryan and lorna for coming out.
practicing coloring this without using the wacom cintiq monitor/tablet i have here at work, because when i move away, i don't see myself having access to one again for a long while. or, until i save $1000 for the small portable one and feel like i could actually need it. so, lots of pen tooling and careful mouse work. i think it will turn out alright, which is comforting. one less thing i would need to save for.
i gave up on those post-its for now. not really happy with how they are looking. i have about 7-9 total that i will put together and post here soon, probably in the next couple days. i have an idea for a possibly weekly set of drawing which i actually care to do and continue with. something i didn't have with the post-its yet.
friday, the birthday party with fellow march 26er + redhead, will goodyear, went off pretty well. cake and a pinata and cowboy outfits. pics when i can have lorna email me them from her iphone. thanks to ryan and ryan and lorna for coming out.
Post-B+C
Was too rushed to upload yesterday, but I kept the dream alive and got a drawing done. Yay. Here is yeterday's + today's (b + c)
b
c
if you can't tell, these connect. i'll put them all together here in time. maybe over the weekend (this is a during the week thing only. my weekends are too all over the place).
b
c
if you can't tell, these connect. i'll put them all together here in time. maybe over the weekend (this is a during the week thing only. my weekends are too all over the place).
Post-A
Going to try a little post-it note drawing every day. Keep busy. Do stuff. You know. That kind of thing.
Here's today, Monday's:
Off to a good start. Or, a start, at least.
Here's today, Monday's:
Off to a good start. Or, a start, at least.
Woot II
I've entered another Woot competition. The theme is Lines. 1 color only. No fills. All the way up my alley, so I did two.
A. Vampire Cactus
Click here to view/comment/vote
B. It's kind of like sonar...
Click here to view/comment/vote
'dats it.
A. Vampire Cactus
Click here to view/comment/vote
B. It's kind of like sonar...
Click here to view/comment/vote
'dats it.
go go gocco
quick process shots from the front of the first real print off of my gocco pg-11
the blue run (i forgot to photograph this run the other day) sitting ready to print
registration plate to make sure everything will go in the right place
pulled print + my thumb
a "good" print
a "bad" print
prints that didn't make the cut of the 40 pulled for the series
the 40 winners drying
and that's it! going to add a back tomorrow and this will be finished.
the blue run (i forgot to photograph this run the other day) sitting ready to print
registration plate to make sure everything will go in the right place
pulled print + my thumb
a "good" print
a "bad" print
prints that didn't make the cut of the 40 pulled for the series
the 40 winners drying
and that's it! going to add a back tomorrow and this will be finished.
Beasts! (process)
Beasts! was an anthology from Fantagraphics Books put out last year featuring ~90 current illustrators doing their takes on classic beasts/monsters/etc. This year a spot was open and they put out a call -- submit your beast and they will choose 1 from the masses to fill the spot. So I figured what the heck. I don't think I could be selected, but what harm is there in trying?
Anyways, I started today and here is the process/progress so far. My beast is the Brocken Bow. As soon as I read about it, I knew it was the one I wanted due to a couple of elements: clouds, mountains and fog. What better way to break out of my current drawing obsessions than to draw them some more? I know, right? Also as soon as I read about it I pictured the final drawing. Here's the first couple of doodles, drawn on the lower portion of the list of beasts already being used.
I had two ideas for the Brocken. Either horizontal hatching or this clockwise continuous line scribble thing I have been drawing for gocco prints.
Then I read another post about him and they were saying that in most cases his head appears as a "halo" of lights. So I had to decapitate the poor guy. I really was enjoying the way his head looked too. So I scratched out a tiny rough of the thing again.
And here's one of the scribbly-ones that was a final drawing but I didn't like how he looked so I have since redrawn him.
The current working version of the illustration has both variations of the monster (lines or curls) but I am leaning more towards the curly one. I may redraw the horizontal line one to see if I can get it closer to what I want, but I think it's a bit boring and less of a shadow monster thing than its curly brother is.
Here's the little mountaineer guy with the file's base purple color on top of him. Trying some minor differences in the way things are colored here.
Anyways, I started today and here is the process/progress so far. My beast is the Brocken Bow. As soon as I read about it, I knew it was the one I wanted due to a couple of elements: clouds, mountains and fog. What better way to break out of my current drawing obsessions than to draw them some more? I know, right? Also as soon as I read about it I pictured the final drawing. Here's the first couple of doodles, drawn on the lower portion of the list of beasts already being used.
I had two ideas for the Brocken. Either horizontal hatching or this clockwise continuous line scribble thing I have been drawing for gocco prints.
Then I read another post about him and they were saying that in most cases his head appears as a "halo" of lights. So I had to decapitate the poor guy. I really was enjoying the way his head looked too. So I scratched out a tiny rough of the thing again.
And here's one of the scribbly-ones that was a final drawing but I didn't like how he looked so I have since redrawn him.
The current working version of the illustration has both variations of the monster (lines or curls) but I am leaning more towards the curly one. I may redraw the horizontal line one to see if I can get it closer to what I want, but I think it's a bit boring and less of a shadow monster thing than its curly brother is.
Here's the little mountaineer guy with the file's base purple color on top of him. Trying some minor differences in the way things are colored here.
Alas,
Well, there it is. The end of Y: The Last Man. It now rests, upside down in the pile of comics I have recently read. It has been a long journey, and it is very sad to see things like this end. I looked forward to every month for this comic. This was my introduction to Brian K Vaughn and I will read anything he writes from here on out. Now I get to re-read this story for the (roughly) 5th time, but the beauty here is that I can finally read it all the way to the end.
60 issues. Collected in 10 volumes. Do yourself a favor and read (or re-read) this soon.
wburkert '08
working on a new design for my personal site. trying to cut down on the cluttered look of the current one as much as possible. this is a constant thing. one day this site will be 1x1 pixel thumbnails with no text and portfolio pieces that will scale as big as your monitor will allow. i just want a simple way to navigate work, and lightbox is not it anymore. also, having unique URLs for each page will help linking to pieces and sending URLs to friends/artdirectors/enemies.
here are a couple screen caps of the design as it stands now.
professional work category. simple nav. simple titles & info.
personal work category. stopped after 3 pieces, so the thumbnails on the left are all in their comp placeholder state.
and also...
all i can show (because this is all i have done!) of a sister site that will be designed/launched after my own is finished. pretty excited about it.
here are a couple screen caps of the design as it stands now.
professional work category. simple nav. simple titles & info.
personal work category. stopped after 3 pieces, so the thumbnails on the left are all in their comp placeholder state.
and also...
all i can show (because this is all i have done!) of a sister site that will be designed/launched after my own is finished. pretty excited about it.
i can't breathe with these words in my mouth
Decided that a way to produce more work would be to join in on these online competition things. A couple for shirts, one for skate decks. Plus working on some stickers/submissions for a local skate zine.
Sketched this at work the other day while the 24x36 inch poster I was finishing was saving. Came back in to work this morning and drew and colored it. This is for the shirt.woot weekly competition, this week's theme being "dreams". So I pieced together some of the usual suspects and floated them as I so typically do. They are always supposed to be dreamy, so I guess it fits.
Here it is along with how it would look on the shirt.
If you have ever bought anything from woot! (and you should check it daily), you can vote on this shirt. If it wins, you'll be able to buy it for $10 next week some time.
Here's a link to it on the site.
http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=9364
As of this posting, it is in 103rd place!
Also, since it has been sitting here incomplete forever, I decided to "finish" this in the spirit of dreams.
That is Martian Luther King. It's like Martin, but from Mars.
For today, that is all!
Sketched this at work the other day while the 24x36 inch poster I was finishing was saving. Came back in to work this morning and drew and colored it. This is for the shirt.woot weekly competition, this week's theme being "dreams". So I pieced together some of the usual suspects and floated them as I so typically do. They are always supposed to be dreamy, so I guess it fits.
Here it is along with how it would look on the shirt.
If you have ever bought anything from woot! (and you should check it daily), you can vote on this shirt. If it wins, you'll be able to buy it for $10 next week some time.
Here's a link to it on the site.
http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=9364
As of this posting, it is in 103rd place!
Also, since it has been sitting here incomplete forever, I decided to "finish" this in the spirit of dreams.
That is Martian Luther King. It's like Martin, but from Mars.
For today, that is all!
The Same Words, COMP
Here's a quick comp of a 2-Color Gocco Print I hope to be running this weekend. Just need to cut down a bunch of paper. Planned edition of 40. Black & Blue on Reeves BFK (or whatever I have in my studio). Roughly 5x7.
Yo part 2
Scored a whole box of yopurplehearts shirts today. 44 in all.
2 quick pics, with my camera + its horrendous flash.
As my mac comes closer and closer to death, I wonder: a new macbook pro or an 8 core big daddy mac pro? oh computers.
2 quick pics, with my camera + its horrendous flash.
As my mac comes closer and closer to death, I wonder: a new macbook pro or an 8 core big daddy mac pro? oh computers.
the horse
finally getting back into productivity mode. here is another piece in a series of fog covered objects. i'm not sure if i'll do more. maybe if more objects present themselves as important. this piece has 5 titles. or, will have 5 titles once i pick the ones i want from this ever growing list.
we'll always have paris / debris / new achilles' heel
we'll always have paris / debris / new achilles' heel
a whole host of angels shuffling through my iPod
the universe of Mass Effect is very gripping. it grips me often and for long periods of time. hence my lack of posts. while John Shepard, Ashley Williams and Tali'Zorah nar Rayya rest after a massive fire fight with rogue machines on the earth's moon, I figure I'll throw some stuff up here.
a. a sneak peek at the next/last piece in what is a trilogy of images. you have seen 2. the first will be redone. maybe removed from the trilogy. i've only sat here coloring this for like 2 hours, but it is almost finished. just needs some clouds and feathered glow. this of course is a very small crop of the piece. what this preview looks like really shouldn't suprise or interest you. but i like to keep track of the progress.
b. You Should Be Working 003. may soon be working on a chillin's book in this style. we'll see how long the project lasts.
c. back to the moon, then the work x-mas bash. bye.
a. a sneak peek at the next/last piece in what is a trilogy of images. you have seen 2. the first will be redone. maybe removed from the trilogy. i've only sat here coloring this for like 2 hours, but it is almost finished. just needs some clouds and feathered glow. this of course is a very small crop of the piece. what this preview looks like really shouldn't suprise or interest you. but i like to keep track of the progress.
b. You Should Be Working 003. may soon be working on a chillin's book in this style. we'll see how long the project lasts.
c. back to the moon, then the work x-mas bash. bye.
a simple song of hope
not so much different than the last time, but anyways. i'm calling it done for now.
epilogue: HOPE! (click for big)
graphite & digital.
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saw No Country for Old Men again last night. Even better the second time, for me. Ready for a third.
Also interesting: the East Coast video pick: Cashback.
Gotta go. Time for Groceries and Mass Effect.
epilogue: HOPE! (click for big)
graphite & digital.
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saw No Country for Old Men again last night. Even better the second time, for me. Ready for a third.
Also interesting: the East Coast video pick: Cashback.
Gotta go. Time for Groceries and Mass Effect.
fogmoth, a work in progress
screencap of a currently untitled piece. I have some scraps of ideas for a title, but I'll need to cut them up and put them all together. a somewhat epilogue to the 5 names piece (which will be probably re-colored to fit this piece). also: this isn't cropped correctly or anything yet. i'm still working on it, dangit!
click for biggie.
click for biggie.
