more ink fun

here's an brush and ink/micron drawing that i whipped up in a few hours today. i kinda like it. i think it'll be used as the album art for the new famicombat album. Cathy said I didn't know anything about ink or brushes; she's mostly right.


















here's the b/w scan


















edit: here's a darker more brown verson:

doodlez

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TFP inspired fun

From the Totoro Forest Project website:

"Totoro Forest Project is an international charity effort to save Sayama Forest, also known as Totoro Forest. This endangered sanctuary on the outskirts of Tokyo is where director Hayao Miyazaki got the inspiration for his much loved character “Totoro.”

Over 200 top international artists from animation, illustration, and comics are donating artwork especially created for this cause. Find out more about the auction event, preview the incredible art collection and please consider supporting the Totoro Forest Project with your generous contribution!"

I'm not officially part of it or associated with it in any way but I will donate money if I get any buyers of some TFP-inspired prints! I'll be making 5 prints of my drawing that will be 11x14 inches. All of the profits (except those that will be used to cover the printing cost) will be donated to the TFP. I'm only asking for $50 USD per print (plus shipping and handling) and they will be numbered and signed. So here's what I have of it thus far:

speedpainting

here's something quick (an hour) I worked up today. I'm trying to get better at landscape painting and stuff. w00t

bombin' trains

here's a sketchbook page I did today that I like! partly from the light-rail partly from photoreferences for light and stuff. sorry for all these photobooth pics instead of real scan. w/e im lazy.

sorry for this unexcusably terrible picture

yea werd. i'm working on some new lines. 11x14 on tan reeeeeeeeves bfk dawg. nowhere near done. i'll be doing some fun digital coloring which i haven't done in awhile so look out! obvious jeff soto, james jean, andrew hem, and hayao miyazaki influence is way too obvious.

i don't know if i'll ever finish that other piece below this one that i was working on. maybe one day even tho it was just a study.

summar art

here's something that i'm currently working on. i don't think i'm anywhere near done but i don't mind it so far. yeayea obvious jeff soto influence is obvious.

ICON5

ICON was pretty awesome. I learned quite a bit about the business and made a few key connections. Map props to Whitney for pulling an endeavor like that off and thanks to Gary, James, Cam, Alex, Babs, Autumn, Slam, Josh, Kelly, Tristan and the MICA Ill faculty for making the weekend sweet. Here's a few sketchbook pages that worked up during the conference.

and here are a few sketchbook pages that I just haven't uploaded yet: