Aug 30 2011

Portrait Night 8/30 (Paul Westerberg)

I’d decided that this #PortraitNight drawing was such a lost cause that I’d printed out a couple of pictures of Tommy Stinson, thinking that I’d just scrap the Paul drawing and start again. Unfortunately, I realized that I really didn’t have time for that, so I just powered ahead with what I had on the page. What can I say? They can’t all be winners. And, hey, if there’s any band that’s an appropriate recipient of a drawing that’s a bit of a sloppy mess, it’s The Replacements. Even if the drawing isn’t great, it was well worth the exercise for me since, in Googling around for images, I discovered this great resource: The Replacements Bible.

If you’d like to suggest a #PortraitNight subject, you can do so either via the comments section here, or via my Twitter.

Aug 29 2011

Please Support the Chain World Kickstarter Project

Well, it looks like I’m dipping my tippy-toes into the world of Kickstarter. I’m one of the “five industry artists” in A. Dave Lewis’s fascinating and ambitious “Chain World” project. The project is unlike pretty much anything I’ve seen attempted comics-wise, so rather than try to explain it here, please just go check out the Kickstarter page:

Chain World – A Free-Form Comic Book Experiment

(For those not in the know, Kickstarter is a service/system by which private individuals can directly fund creative projects.)

One of the “prizes” for backers is a hour-long online art lesson from me. I suggested basic perspective because that’s something I’ve taught a lot. I’m certainly willing, though, to do an hour-long lesson about pretty much anything a potential donor might be interested in–just contact me in advance. Possible subjects could be things like “graphic novel: start to finish,” “basic inking tools and techniques,” etc.

Aug 29 2011

V is for Viceroy Butterfly

You can follow the other “V” entries as people post them to Twitter this morning by following the #AnimalAlphabet hashtag. To see all the entries so far, check out the Animal Alphabet Tumblr: http://animalalphabet.tumblr.com.

V is for Viceroy Butterfly

The original art for this is for sale here.

Aug 23 2011

Portrait Night 8/23 (J Mascis)

Continuing in my series of subjects taken from Our Band Could Be Your Life, here’s Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis.

If you’d like to suggest a #PortraitNight subject, you can do so either via the comments section here, or via my Twitter.

Aug 22 2011

U is for Umbrellabird

You can follow the other “U” entries as people post them to Twitter this morning by following the #AnimalAlphabet hashtag. To see all the entries so far, check out the Animal Alphabet Tumblr: http://animalalphabet.tumblr.com.

U is for Umbrellabird

The original art for this is for sale here.