Still Going

Today at breakfast, I saw this guy with his gorgeous girlfriend, both on their cell phones and barely saying anything to each other.  What happened to interesting conversation in the 21st Century?  So I could stop making these silly spot illustrations, but I keep seeing examples of people who can't separate themselves from their technology.  The Borg & Terminators are going to win.

Spot Illustration Redux

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You'll see why I had to redraw this one in Photoshop.   Must draw...faster...

Late Warm-Up

Was working on stuff today but just did this silly sketch to get ready for more work tonight.  I need to simplify that dog's face...yikes.  I also need to go out for a jog.  Till next post.

Manga Studio EX4 Test

I redrew one of the spot illustrations in MS EX4.  It was a bitmap image and printed fine, but I'm wondering how it'll look on here. 

 

I guess converting it to grayscale & saving it as a jpg is okay for screen display purposes.  I need to work on some drawings due Wed but wanted to see how this worked first.  Hope you all had a good weekend.

Hit Pause

Breaking Bad Season 4.  Saul's bodyguard and secretary.

Sci-Fi Nonsense

I keep saying it, but sci-fi is great because you can draw things that don't make sense and just say that cultures from far away regions of the universe don't make sense.  This one is only strange for that furry thing on his shoulders.  It could be alive or not. 

 

Four posts in three days!  I still have to do everything faster, but at least some work is getting done around here.  Must sketch for the remainder of the studio time because I haven't done so at all today, and then I have to get to designs for the lookbook project.

Even Extraterrestrials Need Directions

This off-world visitor must have forgotten all of the high-tech gadgets on his/her spaceship.  Luckily, the gentleman with a mustache has navigation on his phone!

I need a beer.

Clicking may signal alien invasion fleet.

You've Seen This on the Street

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A few things are not to my liking in this illustration, but I'm moving on to another one tomorrow when I wake up & get to the studio.  I can re-edit stuff once 10 of these plus other portfolio pieces are past the sketch & initial drawing phases.

You've seen the above often enough.  Some folks cannot pick a restaurant let alone a meal without consulting their smart phones.  It's nice that people on social media are being helpful, telling you what their favorite dishes are, but just pick your own lunch special without the phone.  It's not a life or death situation, right?  I'm sure some of you have a vegan joke to throw in at this point.

In a related note: Trader Joe's Cinnamon Apple Snack Sticks are addicting because they're not overly sweet.  I didn't have to do some online research before trying them by the way. 

It's 2:30am PST.  Don't take any of this too seriously.  Jeez.

He's Going to Post It to Instagram

Spot illustration sample with things I don't draw enough...zombies & machetes.  I should have nine more spot illustration samples along with some sequential work, character design, and environment design.  A lot of work to do, but I need to keep producing before I contact some people for some freelance work.  Kanpai!

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