inspiration

one thing about nephews is that they are never short of fresh ideas. the slump has returned and it's been affecting all aspects of my life lately including the doodles. thankfully, the boys came up with this idea for me yesterday and this is what i envisioned. i'm off to white rock for a couple of days--needed to get out of the k-town gloom--and won't have much to do during the day so i plan on bringing my book and investing in a new black fine point... perhaps i'll manage to unclog the creative pipes.

8.5 x 11 (lined)
felt-tipped pen/wax crayon

sketchbook

years ago, i had a number of journals and sketchbooks that i would write in and have on hand religiously. i recently bought another in the hopes of jumpstarting that method once again. unfortunately, i only did the one entry (see above). maybe with my resurgence of interest in faces--and my relatively open schedule--i can actually get something in there...

ballpoint, september '06

kombi

a few years ago, mom and dad bought a vw kombi when they were in peru. this is another sketch that i did up for my coffee mug, plus i'll attach the original photo that i was working from. note the straight line under the driver's window: that was the first line i drew and, ironically, the only part of the sketch that i regret.

ink, february '06.

godzilla mug

i have a mug that allows you to put in photos or advertisements or whatever in the side so i usually sketch out stuff and fill it that way. here's a pic of godzilla rampaging the city. june '05.

snoop?

a bad picture of snoop doggy dizzo that i did in class one night a year or so back. i went through a celebrity faces phase then; something i'd like to try to do again this year, i think. if anyone has ideas of unique faces they'd like to see mt try, let me know.

rajko

for those of you who read the other site--which, i assume, is probably all of you--these are some sketches that i did last august of rajko, my tool partner for the past five months. i drew the dated one first (ink) but wasn't very happy with the result (note the white-out under ear on right). about an hour later i tried another method, limiting my time to 5 minutes and using another medium (pencil). i am much happier with the second result.

* also, i wanted to clarify an error that i made in my original rajko post. rajko doesn't identify himself as either serbian (as i had claimed) or croatian, he sees himself as being from the former yugoslavia. apparently, there are too many politics associated with the newer titles. i also discovered that he served in the war, and was discharged when he took shrapnel in his leg from incoming mortar fire. the shrapnel is still in there.

tami's fave

this is a picture of myself that i drew way back in 1999. for some reason, tami loves this one and has it on her makeup stand. i'm not such a fan... the hand bothers me. this is also in my flickr sets which can be accessed through a sidebar link on the other site.