Hudson Highlights 8

 I love that tiny little car and its tiny little dog with its ears flapping in the wind!

Hudson Highlights 7

If this drawing is going to succeed, it'll be because of all the little details, so I'm trying to be careful to be true to the spirit of the town.

Hudson Highlights 6

 I got a LOT of images done on this collage, and I also got the approval of my client/friend. So this is on to the fun part of filling it in...

Hudson Highlights 5

 This is one of the buildings I did for the design.

Hudson Highlights 4

I decided to draw two friends of ours who live in Hudson. And I finally developed the style I needed to imagine this tee shirt design.

Vote Boy, Done (Vote 2020)

 I wanted to post this by election day and it isn't finished to perfection, but done is better than perfect.The "Vote" typography was designed by a fellow artist, Michael H.

White Shirt On Pink

 I love a white shirt on a naked man. I draw it a lot, but this one became a last minute white shirt when I wanted to use the face I sketched out impromptu.

Jump Shot

 I saw a pose in an online story, and while it wasn't exactly this pose (and fully clothed), it inspired me to do this pose which I've actually thought of and seen before, but have never drawn. And now I'm wondering how I might finish it.

One Line, Two Legs

 I drew all the black lines in one continuous line without once lifting my hand. All the white parts were done afterward, of course, but still, I'm quite proud of the continuous contour line.

Face Building

 I've been trying to find my formula for creating and shading black faces, specifically the more African (versus African American) types that show up in the menswear shows and ads nowadays. I don't know where they're from and I do want to learn more. Right now, I'm just working with visuals. I'm especially keen on the guys with really dark, almost blue black skin, which I think looks so beautiful.

Happy Cat Day!

 I didn't realize until my brothers pointed it out on Viber that it was national Cat Day. So I whipped out one of my brush kitties.

Vote Boy 4

 I'm happy the way his all American features are coming through even if this kind of twinky face isn't my preference to draw. He's a bit milquetoast for me, but oh well...

Vote Boy 3

 Still sorting him out, even if I drew out his full face underneath his mask.

Vote Boy 2

 This arm pose was one I had done before, and maybe that's why I wasn't so keen on doing it again—even if it seems to fit the drawing I'm trying to do. That said, I guess I'm not getting it right because it's nothing new or challenging. Stupid arms.

W Concept

 Saw a great pose while shopping the W Concept site and it was kind of perfect as is. But I didn't want to copy it so I just studied it, put the image away then sketched it from memory. I'm hoping that's a way to properly channel a photo reference.

Jamie at Drink & Draw Online

 I was excited to draw the handsome Jamie Mack via Drink & Draw's online Saturday group drawing session. I didn't have much time to prepare so I decided to just do digital, and to expedite the work I used the Ruffin brush alone, and kept it fairly minimal to prevent the kinds of disappointments I've had with drawing online with Photoshop before, when I tried to do too much. Not the best but not bad.

Vote Boy

 I want to make a Vote themed drawing and this is the face I started with.

Making Faces

 Just playing with the Ruffin brush even more, because I'm so enamored of it ability to create soft brush strokes which I can then go over with another layer, but also reduce with a simple stroke in Clear mode.

Rage-y Stretch 3

 I retooled the anatomy on his arms as well as did quite a few versions of his hands, to ready him for Instagram.

Blackwalk 2

 

Well, he's blue for now, but just tooling the pose so it looks natural. Next step is to actually clothe him in detailed articles of clothing versus just the shapes.