Mocca Fest is finally upon us. I’ve been preparing for it for a month, mostly making the dioramas you see below. By the way, if anybody buys these lovely HANDMADE dioramas, my suggested frame is an IKEA RIBBA square frame. The bulk of the stuff I’ll be showing Mocca is handmade, down to the business … Read More
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Illustration Friday- Layers
Layers are things (of the same kind) piled on top of each other, right? So decided to do layers of people. Like I mentioned in my “Reverse” submission, I wanted to tackle drawing groups of people, and my source of inspiration was the same (Utena Art book). Looked online for some reference photos. Found this … Read More
Illustration Friday : Toy
My submission for this week’s suggestion. Don’t really have time to do a proper drawing, so this is just a sketch. I basically drew one of my teddy bears, but didn’t use use any reference material for the kids. I’ll need to replace the clothings of the kids with less generic looking stuff, but you … Read More
Preparing for Mocca
Won’t be able to update the blog as much for the next week or so. I have a table at Mocca fest ! This is the first such event I’ve ever attended, and the first time I’ll be selling my artwork. I’m trying to get as much done before April 9, assembling mini comics, printing … Read More
Animal Essence: the art of Joe Weatherly
A few years ago, I think it was when I was working on a book about elephants, I realized that I actually didn’t really know how to draw animals. Sure, I can copy from photos, but I didn’ t understand the underlying anatomy of what I was drawing. Imagine my surprise when I found out … Read More
Figure drawing: reclining male nude
I’m not submitting anything for Illustration Friday this week. I’m busy working on other things, getting ready for the Mocca fest most importantly. I may not be contributing pieces to ilustration for a few weeks…unless the suggestions really inspire me. Instead, this week I’m offering up some sketches I did last Monday. It was a … Read More
The Hallowed Seam
James Jean is an illustrator, most famous for his work on Fables. Since I rarely read American comics, I actually learned about him through one of my teachers at SVA, Stephen Gaffney, who teaches figure drawing. Interestingly, James Jean’s figure drawings do remind me of Stephen Gaffney’s figure drawings, but I digress… This book (248 … Read More
Illustration Friday : Warning
I like the distortions that happen with fish eye lenses and I wanted to do something in that vein. It’s too bad I can’t seem to find nformation on how to draw “distorted” perspective correctly. I think in a perspective course I took, the teacher mentioned something about 4 point perspective, which according to another … Read More
The drawings of Heinrich Kley
This is a big book, 128 pages full of sketches from this relatively obscure but talented artist. Heinrich Kley was a mostly a commercial artist, which explains why he’s not as well-known as Van Gogh (for example). The drawings in this book are mostly political cartoons he drew for a German newspaper. All of the … Read More
Illustration Friday : Swarm
About a year ago I saw amazing wildlife footage of gannets fishing sardines underwater. (Seriously check it out! It also has sharks, dolphins, and a whale! It’s the most awesome wildlife footage ever!)It’s somewhat surreal to see birds “flying” in the sea. I’ve been wanting to draw something inspired from that video for a long … Read More