Find Joy, Too

I always offer a few variations for clients to select from, so I also did an updated version of my Polar Bear Hugging Penguin card of 2017.

Find Joy

I have a client who asks me to design a non denominational holiday card each year, and with teh results of the election bothering so many, I thought I'd encourage people to find the joy in your everyday lives, inspired by the holiday title of EQ3, a furniture store in my neighborhood, but twisted into a pseudo New Yorker cartoon.

Near Naked for Insta

I took a break from Instagram posting because of the elections, a hectic class sched, and most of all, a reticence to post another nude since I think IG is on high alert with the elections, and they censored one of y cut paper pieces, which is obviosuly NOT a real nude. Ah well, anyhow, I thought this guy would be apt with all those factors involved (after 2 weeks of not posting).

Gym Guy's Hair

 There's a handsome, hot guy who goes to my gym and looks a bit like Chris Evans with a buzz cut. I was observing him under the lights and noted how his hai had an interesting shadow pattern, almost like that of a sphere (if it was a hairy sphere). So I made note of the patterns and attempted ot draw it from memory.

Painted Silhouette

I've been wanting to lay with painted fields with textures for a while now, and I saw a silhouette of a face online somewhere and I got inspired to do the silhouette and add the strokes.

Yellow Sweater

I was doing a sample demo for a menswear student at FIT last Thursday, and I left teh sketch on my school desktop. I thought I'd bring it home and post it for last Thursday retroactively, but I ended up toying with it and making something newer. So, voila!

Trousers Top Too

Gonna see if a better croquis will serve the design more.

Trousers Top 2

That arm looked weird so I adjusted it.

Trousers Top

I had an idea (since I'm still teaching and teaching trouser flats) to do a top that looks like the top of a pair of pleated pants. The drawing came together rather quickly, although I'm not fond of my finishes so will have to retool asap.

Black Cat Man 5

I honestly thought this could first be a Halloween post, then I figured I could always do a Childeless Cat Lad post, then I thought it could be something of a victory post after the elections...but alas, twas not to be any of those. And here he is, almost finished, but with nowhere to be published.

Illustrator Doodles

Still in shock, but trying not to think about it. It's so hard to process, I don't even want to write about it. But I can draw and escape. Life is still going on...

I did some experiments in Illustrator linework, and I'm just gonna post this. I'm too forlorn to do anything even remotely involved.

Aftermath (Black Cat Man 4)

Hold on to your cats and loved ones, the unthinkable has happened. It's a sad day in the US for me and many like me.

Slider Brush Face 2

I experimented a bit with adding Photoshop patterns and I think it looks rather fun, akin to the stuff Cecilia Carlstedt is doing albeit still rawer and more amateur in this style.

Vote 2024

I had made a Vote drawing back in 2020 and instead of uploading my new Childess Cat Lad nude I'd been working on, I thought it best to post a Vote drawing again. I was going to just do a Flashback post and repost the older one, but in the end I couldn't leave well enough alone and had to tinker with the drawing until it was completely different...only Michael J Hildebrandt's Vote design is the same at this point! Keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the best.

Slider Brush Face

I needed a break so I experimented with teh slider brush a bit to see if I can change things up. It's fun, and not bad...

Story Pose 2

Added a few more details to her outfit as well as cleaning up the form more, but still haven't the wherewithal to finish this one yet...I don't even know what it should look like finished!

Black Cat Man 3

I'm really not satisfied with the body—it's a bit hard to figure out how to angle his arms to accommodate a cat...which I am trying to imagine as a form but decided it was best to suggest one as a mass than figure out all its anatomy as well!

Flats Drawing Help

One of my former students emailed me for help trying to render a particular design. I sent this back to her, although I wonder to myself how much I should help them with their homework?!

Black Cat Man 2

Gonna try and ready this for Halloween deployment, but not sure if it will make it as I draw more, then I send up caring more, then I take more care (and longer!).

Spittle

I'm wondering if this pose would be provocative in and of itself since it implies guys lubing themselves up when they masturbate...? First rough for the idea layout...

Black Cat Man

Last year I had a series of super successful (as in over 1000 likes each) Halloween themed nudes. I'd love to get back some of that engagement again as I have barely hit more than 600 likes nowadays, So this year Ill go back to my trusty cat inks.

Cutouts Series 11

Okay, this is the one that goes on the Insta row. I really like how it complements the other poses in the row, plus it's super simple and minimalist.

Cutouts Series 10

I really like this new pose (based on one I took of Ernesto one day) but I think I'll save it for another series of 3. I need something more full frontal for this last 2.

Cutouts Series 9

Yesterday's nude is today's nude with underwear down to his knees.

Cutouts Series 8

I want to round out the series of cutouts to 3 posts in a row on Instagram, so I'm trying to find out that shows penis, yet doesn't repeat teh general feel of the previous ones. This one is simplistic but I kinda like it.

Story Pose

One of the stores I follow posted a few model shots of some of their cloting, and I thought it would make a good croquis pose, so I drew one.

Cutouts Series 7

I adjusted the face on the left to simplify it and make it even more dynamic in its forward movement.

Ernesto Arms, 6

Now it's just the arms because I changed his face to hide Ernesto's identity since it's full frontal. I changed quite a bit, actually, since I wasn't following some parts, I gave myself full reign with others.

Ernesto Arms, Done

Now it's someone who looks very much like a 1950s movie actor.

Ernesto Arms 5

It's really subtle but I changed the shaping of his arms, shoulders and lats. I often go through such minimal (at least visually) changes, until you compare teh previous versions side by side. All in the name of getting it ready to post on Instagram.

Comics Leap

I'm not sure what possessed me to do this classic, Spiderman or Daredevil mid-leap kind of pose, but here it is.

Suitable

I was trying to draw a guy next to another  where the one would be in a suit and more respectable kind of clothing. I never got to his suit but did get his face up.

Cutouts Series 6

I thought of a kind of Greek vase style drawing but this closeup looks like it's copying another artist, so I'll leave this as an experiment.

Cutouts Series 5

I spent a little time refining that penis, lol

Cutouts Series 4

Experimenting now, but wondering if doing multi colors like this apes someone else's artwork more than it should?

Cutouts Series 3

I thought I'd do some push and pull with scales and views and do some kissers.

Cutouts Series 2

I didn't like the pink guy's body, I wanted more of a stocky muscle daddy so I redrew him, even the parts that wouldn't be seen. Well, I wonder sometimes if you can call it drawing since it feels like carving, as I use the lasso tool in Photoshop, to make these shapes.

Cutouts Series

This whole current (and currently waning) style of drawing that is reminiscent of Mattise's cutouts has mad very simple popular art ubiquitous when a store wants to look "millennial". One such nail salon near me on my street (in the former nutrition store manned by my friend and one time model Scott) Has a very simple framed piece with a pink, snake-like shape in the center. I always wanted to try my hand at that style because it would be too easy, and I never had an idea of how. This popped into my head and quickly on to my digital canvas, and I think it's too easy not to do a series.

Stand and Look Hot 3

I'm not actually sure how to make this guy look more interesting.

Stand and Look Hot 2

  

You know, he looks more Ltin American to me now...

Stand and Look Hot

Basically that's the theme of all my homoerotic drawings lately, but I try to change things up. I'm gonna try and make him Asian.

Paper Dolling 3

I was trying to make newer outfits for this model I distribute to teh kids to map patterns on to in class. She's a Demo Girl, but I feel like I should name her.

New Croquis 2

Trying to refine the pose but not sure if I'm just repeating the old pose I have in my head...

Walker 3/4

I love walking poses because you have a dynamic showing of both the body as well as an emphasis on pants/legs. I usually do a side view but this is another favorite angle, and I always struggle to get it right because the arms swing in opposition to their opposite leg.

These drawings were actually done after the fact, retroactively. My computer was having shut-down issues wouldn't start up and I had to go the entire weekend with it in the shop. Yesterday when I was working on the croquis, I had a few more realized versions that got lost without getting backed up so starting from here until Monday are all retro-fitted sketches.

New Croquis

I've been wanting to develop a newer croquis style for myself, as I feel like I'm just reacting to everyone else and the school, but not really doing my own art like when I've got more time. I thought maybe something with more movement, but I realize, hah, I've done this exact same pose before, and almost a decade ago...

Standalone, Rescaled

I published my sketch as it was yesterday, but after seeing it in Instagram's layout I resized and jiggered the head and feet—I have a tendency to draw big feet, I dunno why...although I have to fight to not make my hands too small, haha. They're errrry subtle changes but something I needed to do for my own perfectionist peace of mind. Too bad I can't change it on Insta without losing the previous post.

Standalone 4

I decided to just do the kind of guy I normally do instead of trying someone new—so in the vein of Kiko Henriques, or some hot guy with cirly hair. I thought I did the body well, but I have my doubts about his feet—are they a bit too big?

Standalone 3

This new brush is inspiring a new way to draw, but I haven't gotten my bearings with it yet. It does a color variation thing that i wasn't expecting, and I have yet to find my way with that technique. Like, I'm not loving this man's face since I'm doing a heavy shadow technique because of this brush, so I need to test it out more...

Paper Dolling 2

I decided to add a oversized suit for the students to install patterns in. The exercise is to use Photoshop and create perfectly repeating patterns that tile seamlessly, then apply them to a garment. They have to make sure they try and approximate the direction of the fabric grain, as well as warp the print when  folds happen.

Paper Dolling (formerly Plaid Tidings)

I work with this croquis a lot with my students, as I give them the full file and allow them to work with it. For this class, I changed the shape of the garment a little and added a new top from last year's Vivienne Westwood-inspired one because I wasn't feeling the bustier as much.