Tales from the Sketchbook 023 - Day 37

Didn't really like that sketch that I put on the first page so I changed it up a little with some Kirby influence.

Tales from the Sketchbook 022 - New Sketch Book

Started the new sketchbook today. It's a Lama-li sketchbook from Nepal, just like the last one, except this one has a red paper cover.

Tales from the Sketchbook 021 - filled another sketchbook

I finally finished off this sketchbook. Not with what I would call my best sketches, but either way, it feels good to move onto another book.

And then the last page:

And here's a picture of that sketchbook, held together with venting tape.

Tales from the Sketchbook 020 - one month

Some new sketches to round out the first month of posting these little drawings of mine.

And this one here is where I had to start on a new pen. Also, I like this idea of a refrigerator graveyard. I really want to put that into something else in the future.

Tales from the Sketchbook 019 - quick sketches

Just a few people I saw at the bookstore, and after that, I kinda turned them into Bosch-esque monsters.

And then a quick sketch of my dog, Zoe.

Tales from the Sketchbook 018 - Days 25 and 26

A couple of sketches with a heavy Blade Runner influence.

 

Tales from the Sketchbook 017 - Day 24

I didn't plan on this to be a sketchbook dump, but that seems to be the only artwork I've been able to make time for, lately. Once I get this big video project finished, I think I'll have some illustrations to get to.

This is a character I sketched and have had some fun developing into a bigger concept.

 

Tales from the Sketchbook 016 - So busy these days

Sketches from the last 4 days.

Tales from the Sketchbook 015 - Day 19

Another femme fatale armed with a megaphone. I've been thinking that these illustrations really need to be done with a gig-poster mentality.
Been working on a video editing project, lately. It's given me lots of time to sketch during processing time, but I really need to get some finished illustrations and comics done, too.

Tales from the Sketchbook 014 - Day 18

Still playing around with ideas for a bigger illustration. I like juxtaposing a simple figure with a simple silhouette against a very detailed and busy background. Maybe having the figure in color with the background in blocked-in grays. I just don't know if this is the background for the figure I've got in mind, or if I should come up with a new figure idea. I can always save the one I have in mind for later. Questions that can only be answered with more sketches.

Tales from the Sketchbook 013 - days 14 through 17

Been a busy weekend.

Started sketching this at the Free Press Summerfest in Houston, but the rain kinda stopped my ability to get much more sketching done. Either way, seeing a live performance from the Flaming Lips fill your head with enough imagery to last for months.
A bit of that imagery has been working it's way into an idea for a pin-up poster illustration. Still haven't started on the final image, but I like the way the sketches are going.

Also, the idea for this cathedral/spaceship has been floating around in my head too. I'm not sure about the design I have here, but we'll see where it goes.

Tales from the Sketchbook 012 - Day 13

Still playing around with environments and refineries. This sketch is a little more of a narrative piece, maybe something to build up into a full illustration.
I really do love the aesthetic quality of refineries. The grow out and build up like a biological process, that's so unique to architecture.

Tales from the Sketchbook 011 - day 12

New sketch for some kind of industrial, refinery type of city.

Tales from the Sketchbook 010 - Captain Kiser

Last month I was involved in a little lucha libre match at art gallery in Dallas. The main event was a match between Captain Kiser and The Roughneck. Here are some pictures: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=213336&id=195878661210&ref=pb
Threw out a couple of sketches today of Captain Kiser and his arch rivals The Art Mafia. Drew them in more of a comics (highly Mignola influenced) style.

Tales from the Sketchbook 009 - Day 10

More robots? Yes, more robots.