Given The Green Light!

Post 3 of 11.

I have yet to mention the book cover that I've been working on for CJ Marsicano's novel Resonant Blue, so here I go.  It's been a fun process, and CJ has been a good art director with plenty of kind words for my simple pencil sketches.  You can check out the thumbnails on the novel's -Facebook page-.

Here is the current drawing for the approved design done in pencil with some Photoshop white thrown in.  I feel like I'm going to be repeating myself a lot today, but as I told CJ, the kimono/yukata pattern is still being worked out in the sketchbook.  I can't wait to get that finalized, so I can start inking and digitally coloring this piece.

© Chris Mendoza

Post 2 of 11: Elephant Redo

Plenty of stuff to work on today but had to do this warm-up and fix that funky elephant I drew in the previous post.

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I've been meaning to post here since returning from Maui, but I've been working on ultra top secret projects that I can't share with you just yet.  If you guessed that's only partially true, you would be right, so let's just get to what went into the sketchbook today.

Met an adorable and intelligent 7-year-old and her lovely mother at Elevation 66--a small local brewery that I decided to give a go.  The young girl asked me if I was an artist and then asked me if I could draw her.  I tried my best to do so and keep the conversation going at the same time; it's not easy to sit still for drawings, so hat's off to Erin for being a champ.  I did take a quick cell phone pic before giving her and her mother their drawings.  I'll get it from the cell phone to the laptop soon.  The food, beer, and company were all great.  Thanks, you two.

Reminder for today: work on drawing animals. Any and all because you'll never know when you'll be asked to pull one from memory.

I was asked to draw an elephant, and this is what I came up with.  Yikes.

This was drawn at PIQ Berkeley prior to the ones above. This lady was sharing a meal with a friend a few tables away.

Enjoying the warm Berkeley afternoon.