10.20.09 LMoyer

10.19.09 LMoyer

This blog is a difficult thing. Not only is it a sort (or sorts) of work I don't do otherwise, the very standards I use in my other work have to go out the window... Having finished my last book it took a couple days for me to break in a new book (badly, with yesterday's sketch that I didn't even want to scan).

I just need to remember not to worry, and that the more contour drawings I do, the better. No matter how much I hate them. I just remembered today that I won a prize in Colorado when I was in 7th grade for a contour drawing that I hated. Funny how the hate doesn't change. lol

10.18.09 LMoyer

10.19.09 DHohn

Sorry to have been away for so long. Just after my last post I went down hard with the sickness that's been going around.

Anyway, I'm now only "mostly dead" and wanted to continue posting the series tonal sketches. This here's the next in the series.

9.19.09 L.White

Hey, long time no post! Note that I HAVE been painting and drawing every day, just lazy about scanning.

Here's a quick one I did for the prepoduction style guide today...

-L

10-15-09 SKeenan

Some more woodland creatures, and working out the stylistic marriage of Mark Ryden and Shag. Basically what I'm doing is beginning with strong exaggerated geometric shapes (Shag) and then rounding the shapes out into more rendered realistic creatures. No clue if its working, or not...

10.13.09 DHohn

The next in the series

10.13.09 LMoyer

It's way too soon to tell whether any of this will pay off in a way I understand, but I'm startign to think that the more I hate the exercise, the better it likely is...

10.12.09 DHohn

A tonal sketch for a series I'm working on.

10-12-09 SKeenan

I have been tasked with the job of combining Mark Ryden and Shag into a cohesive art style for a pre production game project. Here's some stuff I've been messing around with the last few days. Let the weirdness of randomness begin...

10.11.09 LMoyer

10-10-09 SKeenan

Some conceptual development for a pre production project. This is the dwelling place of our main character who is, in fact, a rabbit.

10.9.09 LMoyer

Another idea for a painting...

10.08.09 DHohn

10.07.09 DHohn

10.6.09 l.white

watercolor experiment. 5x7

10.6.09 LMoyer

contour drawings have never really worked for me before, but maybe I should keep at it.

10.4.09 LMoyer

Drawn entirely in ink and then some white colored pencil added. This is based on the oldest and most flattering of the 26 known pictures of the author.

10.03.09

The anthropomorphized version of the plastic rat adorning Shawna's table.

10.2.09 LMoyer

Drawn during the programming while sitting next to Creepy editrix Shawna at the Dark Horse table at the HP Lovecraft Film Festival.

10.06.09 DHohn

10.5.09 l.white

10.03.09 DHohn

This might be stretching the idea of a "page of sketches" but I was doing some chalk drawing on the sidewalk today. It was part of a children's book store's 35 anniversary.
A great store, and definitely an interesting medium to work on.

10.2.09 l.white

Some charcoal and graphite sketches...

10.01.09 DHohn

Here's about 10 - 20 min worth of work while killing a bit of time in downtown Portland yesterday.

More starts, less finishes

Hey guys, I LOVE the finished work you are doing, it's awsome!! Your clients have to be happy with that level of work.

That said, we need to stick to the blog ideals which are sketching and exploration. Feel free to scribble. Feel free to pull a Jackson Pollock and splatter paint, but let's leave the finished stuff to our websites, etc. The worry here is that showing too much "finished" work will start to tighten up the process and that's the opposite of what we wanted to accomplish here which is:

Draw anywhere and with whatever you have available. Let expression lead the form and technique. Study from the masters and from nature. Get better in the underlying skills that drive the finished work. Post without concern or desire for critique.

Thanks!

10.01.09 LMoyer

Companion poster to the last one ~Salvaging a shard of detail from a very old piece.

10.1.09 l.white

Hey guys, just returned from my trip a few hours ago. I'll be posting some stuff tomorrow! : )

I like seeing all the work on the site!!

9.30.09 LMoyer

A strange collaboration...with both Michael Kaluta who drew the ink Mermaid, and the writer Elaine Lee who wrote the type and mocked it up. I'm happy with the results we'll see if they are....

9-30-09 Skeenan

I have this odd idea in my mind of a fashionista with an alien dog thingy. You know, instead of the toy poodle...ha ha get it? anyways.. So I'll be going out of town for a week and won't be posting during that time. Also, finally I'm proud to announce that my website, www.shaunkeenan.com is live! Take a look , if your so inclined. Also, Lee White, if your out there, please put up the link on the side panel with all you other uber leet artist :).. not that I'm uber or anything, I'm just glad to be here.