Friday, November 30, 2018

Angles

The silhouette piece made me think of other angles I could draw, but this one is pretty much something I feel I've already done before. I explored it a bit but I don't know if it's worth developing.

Thursday, November 29, 2018

Sexy Side Eye

I saw a pose online that I liked, but had to extrapolate it a different way, shifting the direction and changing the guys face.It's always interesting constructing a face, and seeing what forms, but then tweaking to see what other kinds of faces form. It's really not as intentional as one might think, more like happenstance that you learn to direct and edit as it goes along...

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Nurse On The Side

I went to get my flu shot today and the one of the nurses was facing away from me, and I got to study his silhouette from the side.

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Silhouette, Also

The hairy guy I drew the other day was a quicker drawing to finish, but the actual pose I think I saw in my head was more akin to this twisting guy, who took a lot of figuring out and pose references to validate the musculature I initially drew without references.

Monday, November 26, 2018

Coat Shoulder

I based this guy off of a face on Instagram, where teh angle of the head and shoulder determined everything. I wasn't too happy with how the coat and body turned out, but it's good for now.

Sunday, November 25, 2018

Silhouette

Its funny the things one sees in their mind's eye. I was browsing Instagram and spied the artwork in the background of this image: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp6-KCuAhBJ/ but I imagined my subsequent drawing up there instead. Need to fix that lat though—kinda wonky anatomically.

Saturday, November 24, 2018

Hairy

I had a vision of drawing another hair-centric drawing, this time with full beard and long hair, but didn't end up liking the face of the guy I drew so I kinda stopped.

Friday, November 23, 2018

(Not) Two

I started fleshing out the two figures form yesterday and thought I liked how the one on the left was developing, so I decided to continue drawing him alone. I still intend on putting the other guy in the frame but I wonder if I should have two versions, both with and without? I could always do them in separate layers, but that's not quite a duo now, is it?

Thursday, November 22, 2018

Two, Too


I realize I haven't actually drawn a duo in a while, so I imeediately sized upon a pose in my head. This is the initial layout.

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Sprawl

I was inspired by images I saw in the magazine store over the weekend, but as the days drew on, I could barely remember the pose that had popped into my head, for drawing later. This is the image i think I wanted, but it's not inspiring me the way I recall I was several days ago.

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

FoneFace

I drew this while waiting on the train. I didn't have time to finish her before I got to my destination, but I think the 'bones' of the illustration are good and worth developing later.

Monday, November 19, 2018

Pencilled

I had downloaded a digital pencil brush from online and I was pretty meh about it when I tried it, so I switched to the Vine Charcoal Detail brush instead, which to me looks more like my hand when I draw with graphite.

Sunday, November 18, 2018

Jake H.

Years ago I spent Thanksgiving over at a friend's place in Harlem, and he said that if I ever wanted to give him any artwork, he would hang it up in his home. Well, I wasn't sure what of my ouvre could be relevant because he's not gay, so nudes of any kind might have been off for a family man. So I kept that in the back of my mind for years. Today I did his portrait in a live sitting, many years after that T-day.

Saturday, November 17, 2018

Green Spots


I had the vision of a beautiful African model with violet-black skin accented by fluorescent green spots on her lids and nipples. With the right colors it could be fun.


Friday, November 16, 2018

Off Balance

I saw a pose in a website (Zara maybe) where the model was standing yet somehow off. I liked it so I downloaded the image as a reference but didn't actually look at it when I drew this.

Thursday, November 15, 2018

2018 Crane

Just a naive little sketch of a paper crane for an invitation I was designing tonight.

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Inkt


I was hoping to just get a sketch I liked, and I did, and am developing it in what keeps coming back as a technique of mine, albeit in evolving forms. Using very flat colors and silhouettes coupled with slightly more detailed linework (in this case, brushwork). I should try and draw more than just the faces. Although I kinda like the simple brush sketch alone too, maybe nor with that hair.

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Pulll

The view I drew looked like a guy pulling a bow, so I tried to make it that.

Monday, November 12, 2018

Hickster 2

Hipster with a retro-glam hairdo? Or hick with a mullet? You decide.

Sunday, November 11, 2018

Hickster

I was shopping the other day at DSM and noted one of the male sales associate's hairstyle. It was basically a mullet, but at his age, it felt fresh. But to older yes, it's another mullet. I thought of channeling that freshness, but quickly aborted this sketch.

Saturday, November 10, 2018

Side Show 6: Movember, Done

I uploaded this more detailed version up to Instagram so I guess I can consider this piece done. I'm happy enough with it.

Friday, November 9, 2018

Side Show 5: Movember

I like the pose and the rendering is fine (I'm not too keen on my more comic-book-y styles anymore) but I'm making sure the anatomy is also correct. Which I'm not sure of so I'll need to gather references...

Thursday, November 8, 2018

Side Show 4: Movember

This drawing keeps evolving, lol. I'm not sure I like where it's going from my original intent, but I'm following through because I'm interested where it's going.

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Movember

He's looking very Middle Eastern, methinks...

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Side SHow 3: Movember

It's a quarter of the month in and I haven't drawn a single moustache for Movember... until now. Not sure yet if I like a moustache, or if I'm just not drawing the right moustached face.

Monday, November 5, 2018

Side Show 2

I'm not quite sure where this style is coming from, but it's coming out this way. I'm wondering how I'll progress with it...

Sunday, November 4, 2018

Backspread

I found an old shoot online and one of the poses was a provocative leg spread, but from behind. It's an angle I've never seen before so I thought it bore practicing.

Saturday, November 3, 2018

Side Show

I didn't do any drawings this weekend so these are makeup drawings. I passed a magazine store and the pose of the man on the cover was similar to this, although he wasn't showing any genitalia, lol. So I took inspiration from that.

Friday, November 2, 2018

Sheena 5

I'm hoping to finish this up before the year ends. Ha!  Fat chance of that, but I'll try.

Thursday, November 1, 2018

Tilted

I saw a pic of a guy posing like this, and thought it might make a nice drawing. Except I'm not sure what the rest of the composition will look like yet.