Drawergeeks: Star Trek

I had a pretty unproductive week art wise. I have plenty of art projects that I should be working on, not to mention some fun ones, like this weeks Drawergeeks assignment. I had a big idea for a piece that was a little beyond my expertise, but I just didn't make myself do it. Maybe I still will. At the eleventh hour, I decided to at least add some quick digital color to the Star Trek sketch that I did earlier and just submit that. I did, however I accidentally closed it without saving, and decided that I didn't care enough about the final result to stay up another hour into that already late night to redo it. So just my sketch got submitted. If you want to see it again, it's here. If you want to see the other cool designs, check em out here.

D is for Dingo

No I didn't cop out and simply choose a dog for my D Animal sketch. I chose a dingo. Course it looks like a dog. Who cares?! After capybara and buzzard I needed something straightforward.

Dingo

I colored my monkey

This is the sketch from my previous post.

C is for Capybara

If you've never seen a capybara, be sure you check them out the next time you're at your local zoo. They're the world's largest rodents! Their head has a very distinct rectangular shape and they have eyes that strike me as both squinty and bored. Anyway, they seemed like the most interesting "C" animal for my alphabet series (this week in Color!).

Capybara

Star Trek Reborn?

After being the last trekkie in America to see the new Star Trek Movie, I just felt I had to draw something Star Trek-ky. I never really have done any Star Trek artwork before, aside from some quick dry erase drawings in the Toontown Gag Factory Stockroom, because one of the other CM's there was/is a big trekkie and we'd always doodle ships on the whiteboard as we passed. But that sort of thing was always more technical than what I usually drew. Anyway, the upcoming Drawergeeks subject is Star Trek, and while I will hopefully have a more developed entry when that completion date rolls around, for now I have just this quick doodle. I only spent about 5 minutes on this, so please be kind.

My intial thought was "Star Trek Babies" ala Muppet Babies (besides Ducktales, the single greatest cartoon of my generation- don't bother arguing, it's documented fact). The possibilities in a single frame would be endless- Baby Kirk in a walker that looks like a big saucer shaped ship, Baby Scotty taking apart or building some elaborate Tinker Toy creation that could probably power a starship, and Uhura sticking things in her ear. For now we have little "Spocky" pinching other kids.

Drawergeeks: Space Girl

The Drawergeeks subject this week is Space Girl. Here's my submission:


I really didn't intend to become as involved with this one as I did. Originally I was just going to paint it in guoache to see if I could get a nice 50's feel. Then after I got the sketch done I decided I'd just try some quick digital color. It just snowballed from there. The whole thing kind of ended up with a comic book cover look (with the exception of being square), just because I like doing big titles and I like the idea of this character having some horrible punny name.

Check out the other submissions here.

Monkey always wins

My good friend and spectacular artist, David Scott Smith, has started his own blog and you should check it out. It's new so there's not a lot of content yet, but I know there will continue to be great things posted. Dave and I work together at Disneyland, in the sense that we both do the same thing, though in truth, we are rarely there at the same time- there's only one desk. Even still, I have learned so much from Dave. I've asked him a lot about his painting process, his influences and he's always full of insight. In honor of his blog, Monkey Always Wins, I now present my own quick Monkey sketch:
Check out Dave's blog!

Drawergeeks: Troll

It was another fun subject for Drawergeeks this week. Here's my entry for "Troll"...



I'm glad there aren't any bridges near my house. Oh wait, I think there are... this is why I avoid the out of doors. Check out the other entries here.

Witch sketch

This is a very rough sketch of a character I'm developing. I'm really looking forward to coloring her when I have some spare time.

Totally listening to every word

Happy Easter!

Drawergeeks: Candyland

Just some sketches for this weeks Drawergeeks. I know I say this every week but I really didn't have any time to work on this. Not only that, I couldn't think of much that seemed interesting about the subject. After a shift at Disneyland that ended at 12:30 AM I came home fully intending to let this subject go by. But I figured even if it was just a pencil sketch I'd try to submit something, and lo and behold I got two sketches done.

You can view the other submissions here.

A game of cat & mouse

This is a sketch for an illustration I'm planning, once I have a free moment.

Marker sketch

I did this several years ago and just came across it in an old sketchbook. I don't even remember if the subject was a guy or gal, but I would suspect a guy, probably in one of my figure drawing classes. I don't know why, but something about this drawing appeals to me- probably the 2 subtle shades of grey but lack of any real black.

Pretty faces

Ok, maybe "pretty" is stretching it, but cute, how about cute? I really was just trying to break out of my habit of always using the same face for a pretty girl. It's pretty much always the Disney formula. These aren't too far from that and I'll probably do some more extreme versions later.