Swordfish Sketch Club

A group of us at Speakeasy started up a weekly sketch club about a month ago called Swordfish. Here's the sketches I've drawn so far.

30 Monsters 30 Days: 30

Mission completed! My goal for the month of April was to pencil, ink, and paint a new monster every day. And I did it. I wanted to learn more about watercolor and explore some different inking styles and pens. I think it was a really successful experiment. I only had one close call where I almost didn't get the drawing posted in time.

As an animator who works in 3D it easy to ignore my drawing skills and this was a really fun way to keep stretching those drawing/design muscles. I've got some other drawing projects coming up so I won't continue the daily drawing challenge for now. I've been participating in Speakeasy's weekly Swordfish sketch club and will continue to do that. I'll post my previous Swordfish sketches soon. I've been asked to participate in Kevin Burkhalter's Friends of February and I'm super stoked to start that. My drawing had a slow start to 2010 but I feel I'm back on track here and that the rest of the year is going to be a great year for growth.

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Robot Dino

I did this drawing for the weekly sketch theme over on the AM forums. This week's theme was Robot Dino.

Sorry for being so quiet lately. Lisa and I moved to a different town in NJ closer to work and we visited CA for a week for my sister-in-law's wedding. It was a crazy month. But I didn't stop drawing. For October I made a goal to do a simple journal comic every day. I only missed three days and I learned a lot so I think it was a great success. I'll start posting those comics soon.

Mole Man's Monster

I've been super busy with moving and haven't had enough time to draw. Here's something from a couple of weeks ago I did for the CGS forums.

Abby's Flying Fairy School

Check it out.

Astronaut Man

This is the inks to a piece I want to watercolor. Don't ask me what it means. I drew an astronaut in my sketchbook one day waiting for a playblast. Later I decided he need to be dragging something. Several days after that I decided that no drawing is complete without a large flaming skull and a castle in the background. So there you go. I guess it is kind of morbid.

AM Forum Sketch: Monsters Under the Bed

I decided to join in on the fun over at the Animation Mentor sketch forum. This weeks' topic is "Monsters Under the Bed". My inspiration came from Sybrian from Kazu Kibuishi's Amulet.

Comic Test 2

Another test for the up coming comic. I think I could push this a lot more. Now that I look at it it feels identical to my previous version.

For My Nephew and Niece

My nephew, niece and I have been sending art to each other through the mail. Here's my most recent contributions that I'm dropping in the mail today.

Funny and Educational

Comic test

A couple of guys from Speakeasy are putting together a comics anthology. Here's a test I did to figure out the villain of my story. I'm trying to figure out how I want to color it, ink it, and some of the nuances of the drawing style. So there is a lot in here that is up for grabs.

Gandalf

"Gandalf thought of most things, and though he could not do everything, he could do a great deal for friends in a tight corner."

-J.R.R. Tolkien
Chapter 4 The Hobbit

Ryu

I pity anyone my age who didn't play Street Fighter till their thumbs were sore.

Does Whatever A Spider Can

I had fun playing with the proportions of the friendly neighborhood Spiderman.

Magneto

This one was a lot of fun for some reason.

Harry Potter

Harry from his Deathly Hallows days.

This Is Sparta!

King Leonidas from Frank Miller's 300. The movie good but the comic was great. The more I look at this sketch, the less I like it. I'm not sure what it is.

Josh on the Crossfit page

The picture of my brother Josh on the top of Half Dome made the Crossfit main page! Most people probably don't know what this means but I think it's pretty cool. Most of the time you have some pretty hard core athelets that get their picture featured for the day on the Crossfit page. So it's pretty neat to see family up there. Crossfit is the workout program my wife, brothers and I follow. It was at a Crossfit competition where I took those pictures of my cousin collapsed on the floor.

Abby Cadabby

http://www.animationmagazine.net/article/10480

They're finally releasing images of the show I've been working on for the past 10 months. I'm super excited about this. Everyone at Speakeasy is really proud of the what we are doing. It really has been a dream project.