I’m making a massive color doodle using Sharpie Markers and Sharpie Paint Pens. It’s a stream of subconsciousness, it’s a work in progress; these are details of the larger image. This is drawn on an 18×24″ piece of plywood.
Because Of The Everything
Category: Totally Random
“Shakin’ It Over Here, Boss”
It’s been awhile. I’ve been laying low and keeping busy. It’s good to live way out in the desert these days.
Here’s this:
Working Like The Devil
10/13/16 UPDATE: The drawing is finished and hanging at Meltdown in Hollywood. I’ve updated the animated sequence with all the frames (it ended at 24 frames); see below…
09/01/16 UPDATE: I added more frames to this work in progress sequence. This illustration needs to be at the print shop in 14 days; draw faster!
08/26/16: So much to make, so little time. Lately I’ve been drawing every day until my hand hurts. Then I take a break and draw some more.
Here’s one of the new pieces I started last week. I sketched this on paper then made a hi- res scan of the rough drawing. I’ll continue working in Photoshop using a Wacom drawing tablet and stylus. Similar to using traditional art pens, I’m building this image by stroke and scribble. It’s a slow method but you really have to draw something if you want it to look like a real drawing.
I’m not using any visual references while crafting this image; I’m totally making it up as I go along. Big edits happen every session and there’s no erase or undo with pen and paper; that’s the great benefit of drawing with software.
I save my work in versions when I draw in Photoshop. This animation cycles sequentially through versions (1-5, so far) of the drawing. Each version is one session of drawing. I’ll add to this time lapse as I do more sessions. It should be a nifty little movie when I’m finished.
Grinding Metal
This sketchbook doodle is from sometime in year two of making Metal Arms: Glitch In The System. It takes time (overtime) to make a good PlayStation/Xbox game. Development happens in phases. This doodle happened sometime in the “Fucking Hell, This Grind Never Ends” phase; late 2002.
Don’t Be A Fraidy Cat
Tarantulas have a terrible reputation but are actually quite docile. They’re also very fragile so if you have to handle one be very careful not to drop it. Also watch your eyes; they can shoot those little hairs like projectiles :/
I was a mild arachnophobe until I moved to the desert and started drawing tarantulas. These days I get hella excited whenever I encounter large spiders.
I ♥ Varmints
It’s true. Our house is in the middle of a prairie dog town. Rabbits nest in the cactus patches. We’re surrounded by varmints 🙂
A Pack Of Gamey Mutts
I ‘have a thing’ for scrappy mutt dogs. I currently reside with one stray dog, one shelter dog and one rez dog. None of them look like this picture. I was looking at a photo of a yawning African wild dog while making this.
This is a hand cut stencil painting made in 2010. The red and yellow base coats are spray painted on a piece of sheet metal. I did some hand painting over top and used sandpaper to blend a few areas and scuff the edges. The X pattern in the background is hand etched in the metal surface.
“The History Of Liberty Is A History Of Resistance”
That title is a Woodrow Wilson Quote. Ironically, he’s the same dude who presided over the Sedition Act of 1918, the Palmer Raids and the First Red Scare of 1919–1920. Humans are complicated, I guess.