Cars Windshield Shade

Alright, here's my official plea for an official Cars Windshield Shade. I'm sure this is already in the works, because those nifty folks at Pixar don't let anything slip by them, but here's what I would like my truck to look like when I put a windshield shade in my car. Imagine how the kids would laugh! Eh...







What would your car look like?

Want to do it yourself? Start with the template I created.

Trees

I really like the trees out west. Some are quite different from the East coast. Here are some more tree studies. Whatchya'll think ?

Ooodles of Doodles

Alright ya'll. I'm going to bombard you with some crud from my sketch book and recent train rides. Note that most people are sketched from behind or the side, or only loosely because they gave me stink-eye while trying to draw them.

For the most part they're done quickly and ordered chronologically below. What do you think?

Rain

Took me a while to get something together for "rain" as I had a great friend from back home move out here last week. I'm stoked for him and he's having a good time thus far.

The inspiration for this comes from being a kid and not being able to do what you want to do because of stinkin' rain. Just a quick drawing, and once again a lack of perspective:

Dance

I can say, with out embarassment that I have been here a thousand times. Its taken a while for me to get comfy cuttin' a little rug. But now that I've got a few moves up my sleeves, weddings, home-comings, and bar mitzvahs no longer make me nervous.

3 Trees

This is for a teeeny, itty bitty personal project of mine: Katsushika Hokusai's wood block cuts and Asian art in general kinda kicked off the itch to start something in the effects animation realm.

On the Train Again

More Train stuff. A tree, a couple old dudes, some hands, and everyone wearing glasses:







(I realy like the sketch below of the guy on the right. I don't know why but its my favorite out of many. He just sort of leaned on his hand this afternoon, and had this bushy head of hair and had a hoodie on. I didn't have long to jot down what he looked like, but for some reason this one just sits will with me.)

More Train Sketches

Here are some more folks from my train:

(A hand study of a guy across from me, as well as a quick bike sketch)


(Folks wear head phones alot, seems now adays people just don't "talk" anymore)


(Older folks are freakin' amazing, I don't care what the experts say, I like wrinkles and, if anything, its a sign of wisdom. You're supposed to look like that, so why fight it?)


(Lawyer guy crashed out after a grueling day at the office)

Trees

I can't get over how awesome all the trees and shrubs are out here. There such a diverse set of trees and bushes and grasses out here, and along the highways, that I just get all revved up to try and draw trees. I'm terrible at drawing them so thats why I try and make them look like some Eyvind Earle abstract background art.

Train Folks

Two more folks from the train. The fella wore his glasses pointed down on his face, and they were huge glasses like Harry Carey used to wear:

Jungle

I went to Catalina this past weekend for a camping trip and had a blast, and I am lagging a bit in the Illustration Friday assignment for "Jungle". I went with a Jungle Book theme-d idea, and went kinda for a Jumanji (sp?) flavor as well. Anywho, this is what I came up with, so let me know whatchya think:

Train Sketches

I've been taking the train for a few weeks now and its rad. Save money on gas, truck maintenance, and I get to relax for a little while before and after work. Can't beat that.

I try and sketch the folks on the train but its freakin' hard cause no one sits still for longer than 10-30 seconds or so, unless they've conked out from a grueling day at the office.

Here's what I've done recently. Lots of hands and quick lines and such:

An awning:


A simple landscape:


Person sketch (and a caveman):


Awning study & Interior


Lady crashed out:

Roomate

Roomate sketches:

New Sketchbooks

I got a couple new sketchbooks recently, and I've been dabbling more in pen / ink, so I thought I'd whip together some caveman prototypes.

So what do we know about cavemen:

a. They dragged their ladies around by their hair (not cool or funny anymore)
b. They all have a very prominent eyebrow ridge.
c. They probably all sported a unibrow.
d. Poor dental hygene.
e. Large hairy forearms and portly bodies.

Anything else?

Here's some stuff I came up with:

Poses:




Expressions:

Portrait

When the winter x games were going on, I found it funny that all the cute snowboarder girls rocked strands of hair through the front of their helmets, rather than pulling it all back in a pony tail. Some looked good, others not so much, but they ALL did this. It was clearly a standard if you wanted to be an olympic snowboard chick.