Halloween Doodles

These sketches were done in an art journal I had during my my high school years as a teenager.  My photography instructor had us keep a journal and we had to turn in a minimum of 5 pages every week.  The idea was to get your head in your creative side daily.  It was a great exercise, one I should do more often.  I walked on the "darker side" of life during these years and like Ministry's famous song, Halloween was everyday for me.   

 

Medium: Graphite, prismacolor, watercolor, and ink on sketch paper
Dated: 1992-1993
Original size: 8"x 6"

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Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare

This illustration was done as an extra credit assignment for my English class during my sophomore year of high school.  I was one of the few students who loved reading Shakespeare and I jumped at the opportunity to illustrate one of my favorite poems.  I also used Patrick Nagel's style to draw the woman since he was a huge influence for me during these early years.

In case you didn't know, the opening line on this illustration is also a lyric in Sting's song Sister Moon from the album Nothing Like the Sun.  
  

    

Medium: Ink and prismacolor on sketch paper
Dated: 1991
Original size: 14"x 11"

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Anatomy Face Study

Basic anatomy drawing is important to all artists and most of us start with the human face.  The eyes, nose, and mouth have a unique symmetry to them.  Lots of practice is required in order to bring them from the model to the page.  

Here are some of my early studies which I sketched in the journal I kept as a teenager in high school.

    

Medium:  Graphite on sketch paper    
Dated: 1991-1993
Original size: 8"x6"



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Letter Transition: V for Vampire

This illustration was done in my Commercial Art class.  It was a "transition" assignment starting where I had to start with a letter in the alphabet and transform it into an object.  I loved this assignment and went with a vampire theme.      

Medium: Ink and prismacolor on sketch paper
Dated: 1991
Original size: 4"x 10"

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Still Life Organizational Line Drawings

Organizational line drawings provide a structural, analytical framework for a drawing.  These lines take the measure of an object's height, width, depth, and spacial relation to any other objects next to it.  Typically the lines are rough and the edges are unfinished.  I don't really like messy lines, so on all of my drawings the lines and edges are cleaner.  The samples below are some that I did during my Drawing I class in 2011.

    

Medium:  Graphite an Newsprint and Sketch paper    
Dated: 2011
Original size: varies


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Divine Irony - Concept Sketch #2

This sketch was inspired by DC Vertigo's comic book series Lucifer, a spinoff of Neil Gaimon's The Sandman series and by Dante Alighieri's novel The Divine Comedy.  

Lucifer Morningstar is a handsome devil dressed in a tuxedo shown reading and being amused by Dante's novel.  

This sketch was the second one I did while trying to figure out the composition I wanted for the final painting.

Medium: Graphite on vellum
Dated: 2018
Original size: 14"x 11"

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Gaudium (Joy) - Ink Drawing

This illustration "Gaudium" is the third and final in my  triptych series of Angels: "Peace, Love, and Joy".  
  

Watercolor is next!

Medium:  Ink on bristol paper    
Dated: unfinished
Original size: 9"x 7"

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