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willie

26 February, 2010 (10:05) | Sketch | No comments

I like old comic strips; they’re a favorite source of models for drawing practice. This was a truly obnoxious character from 1900 called Mischievous Willie. He makes Dennis the Menace look well-behaved. At least most of the mischief caused by Dennis seem inadvertent rather that premeditated.

food chain

16 February, 2010 (09:54) | Sketch, moleskine | No comments

Doodling again….micron, gelly roll & pitt pens with colored pencils.

doodle

14 February, 2010 (09:44) | Sketch | No comments


desert monster

12 February, 2010 (17:56) | Sketch, moleskine | No comments

A while back I found this book Sci-Fi Western, which is a collection of art depicting things like cowboys in outer space, UFOs in the desert, and so on. I love it. It seems perfectly logical to me. Contributors include some artists I’ve only recently discovered, including Gary Baseman, Tim Biskup, and the Clayton Brothers. […]

Perilymphs and Otoliths

30 May, 2009 (12:07) | Sketch, art | No comments

I had a medical checkup a few weeks ago and did a little sketching practice while waiting in the exam room. These are some excerpts from a poster on the anatomy of the ear. I thought the individual parts strongly resembled interesting alien creatures. My favorite new word was “otoliths”.  I think they’re ballast for […]