Sexy Librarian

Sexy Librarian. August 31st, 2012.

I drew this today with my Intuos 5 in Photoshop!  I'm just starting to learn how to draw and paint with Photoshop using the stylus.  It's taken lots of practice, but I am getting it.  This is my first big project.  I spent about 5 hours drawing this rough out on 5 different layers.  I think I'll keep working it and see if I can get a full rendered painting out of it.  I'll post it again with color.  Fun stuff!

Updated 9-3-12.

I got lazy and decided all I wanted to do is flat shading.  So now it just looks like a cell painting.  After about 15 hours of work on this one... I just decided I was done.  So here it is.

Sexy Librarian Color. September 3rd 2012.

An Old 54

54 Chevy Pickup. October 2001.

This is an old pickup truck I used to own.  A 1954 Chevy Truck.  My dad bought it off a friend of his back in '98 or '99 I believe.  I remember when he brought it home.  Right away he started tinkering around with it.  He basically brought it back to life from a non running vehicle.  I thought it was great!  I helped out a lot on that project.  Learned a lot and enjoyed every moment of it!  My Pop eventually got tired of it, like he does with everything, and decided to get rid of it.  I had to intervene.  So I suggest he sell it to me!  And of course he did.  Then I began tinkering with it on my own!  I rebuilt its rear end drive train completely!  It was a massive job.  Expensive too!  I believe I dumped well over $2,000 at the time!  It ran so much better after that, though.  The only problem I had with it after that point really was it's front end, and it's ability to break safely.  I started to consider rebuilding it's front end, as well as upgrading it's brakes from drum to disc.

Tinkering Under The Hood. June 4th, 2002.

Grandpa loved that old truck just as much as any car enthusiast.  He would come over on weekends and usually end up tinkering around under the hood with me and Dad.  So I caught him in the act a few times.  He had a lot of knowledge to impart.  I learned a lot from Grandpa about old cars.  Learned that cars even from the 50's era were a lot more maintenance free than cars from his earlier years in the 40's.  He would tell me things like, "These trucks were real good back in those days.  You could go for 3 thousand miles before changing the oil!.  On the old 39 I had, you'd have to change the oil every 1,000 miles, and check the gaps, and adjust the valves if they need it..." Sounds like a lot of work Grandpa!

Skewed Perspective. October 2001.

This is one of my first attempts at painting the old truck  not long after my dad acquired it.  It was sitting in the driveway all tore up.  Missing front wheels and various parts torn out of the front end.  My dad was rebuilding the front end drum brakes at the time.  That's when I started learning about brakes.  From watching him and helping out on the job.  I was also brushing up on some long neglected perspective drawing too!  It looks pretty bad here, but I eventually remembered how to draw in perspective again.

Under The Hood. June 2002.

  After having rebuilt the rear end of the truck and enjoying the fruit of my labor I decided I didn't want to dump any more money into the project to continue rebuilding the whole thing.  It was getting too expensive.  It was a great learning experience and I had a lot of fun! But at this point, I had enjoyed spending my money and decided that if someone else is going to enjoy it as much as I did, it's time to turn it over.  I knew the day would come when I no longer would own it.  So I made some memories and captured them in pencil and paint.

Summer Sketches!

It's been a little while since I posted something new!  Here are a few things from my sketchbook this summer!

 Charlie and Lucy.  July 2012.

 Random Girl Sketches I liked.  Also, I think I made an attempt at Perry The Platypus?  July 2012.

Some sketches inspired by a recent trip to San Diego Zoo. 

July 19th, 2012.

Gorey

Inspired by The Gashlycrumb Tinies.  This was really fun to do.  It makes me smile and laugh!

I, J. April 30, 2012.

K, L. April 30, 2012.

Today

New sketches made at work today.

 Coffee. April 21, 2012.

A Mouse! April 21, 2012

 Doorway. April 21, 2012.

Casey

Here are some oldies. These where done back at Calarts in Fall '97. It is an idea for a short film I had about a dog that gets rabies in a very graphic way. The animal becomes rabid and is eventually shot by the master. It's a little bit of a dark and twisted Old Yeller Story. The dog goes chasing after rats and is led into a trap set up by the rat colony. The rats attack and infect the dog with rabies, who ultimately turns on his master. The dog is put down.

She Caught One. Fall 1997.

Cabin in The Woods. :) Fall 1997.

Casey. Our Dalmatian back in fall '97. She was inspiration for The Dog. Because she was such a killer. Everything from cats, turtles, birds, squirrels, rats... And her specialty, possum. She got em all.

The End. Fall 1997. The end scene in the animatic I made for this.

1960's Girls

I drew some girls at work today. I was thinking about styles from the 1960's. So here are some of my thoughts on that. Not much in the way of fashion drawings... just some drawings of girls that I imagine might come from that era. Here they are:

Girl Smoking. April 16th, 2012.

Girl with Hands on Hips. April 16th, 2012.

Another Girl Smoking. April 16th, 2012.