Summary: A nice drawing, two big mistakes, and a failed in-class demonstration. Scroll to the bottom to see this painting’s satisfying conclusion. This illustration started as a simple sketch for an in-class demonstration. I’ve been hammering away at the Chris Payne illustration process for some time now. Mixing in elements from here and there trying… Continue Reading
Over the past few months, I’ve been pushing myself to continue learning. Most recently I was motivated by the exercises in the class on painting that I teach. During the demo’s and in the studio I tried a few new materials, such as the Strathmore 4ply 500 series vellum board, and gouache. This painting was… Continue Reading
Summary: A Quixotic Journey from Doré to Don Quixote leading to an illustration of Baron Von Münchhausen It was a dark and stormy night. Well, it was dark at least, and I was doing some late night internet ramblings into The Public Domain Review website which a friend had turned me on to. The website is really fun… Continue Reading
At the end of August, I began to make regular sketches of a character I’d thought of long ago. Slappy the Squirrel was first conceived of maybe 5 years ago amongst a whirlwind of story ideas I was dreaming up. Recently Slappy popped up again during the SCBWI’s LA conference Illustrators Intensive. After graduating in July,… Continue Reading
I did this sketch in my sketchbook. I guess I was feeling a little maudlin… Then I found this quote, which made me feel a little better. “Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Don’t make compromises, don’t worry about making a bunch of money or being successful — be concerned with doing good… Continue Reading
A collection of my weekly sketches for the month of August. … Continue Reading
The Boyler Kat a illustrated response to my MFA related New York City visit last November. These are some some pictures from the creative process.… Continue Reading
Recently I decided to follow Mr. Badger along as he paid a visit to a friend in Mythwood.… Continue Reading
Big thanks to my friend Laurel for getting me out to some life drawing! Here is one from a few weeks ago: These are from last night. I do hope to keep going to these life drawing sessions. They are not only good for keeping my drawing eye in shape, but I also… Continue Reading
A friend of mine commissioned me to do a pet portrait of her chi-weenie dog, Burt Wayne (aka Bat Dog.) She had seen some of the sketches that I was posting of dogs in costumes and wanted something similar for her little pup. At first I mistakenly thought that the “Burt” of Burt Wayne was referring to… Continue Reading
