With a Wacom

Oooh, using the Wacom Tablet is getting addictive. I love how my style sort of loosens up as I use the stylus. I wish I could have a small Cintiq sketchbook by Moleskin. How hot would that be?

Little Red Hoodie Frog

FEET

If there is anything I USED to hate drawing more...its feet. The human foot has always tripped me up in life drawing. Sometimes, my drawings will mysteriously, um, stop just a little below the waist when I'm drawing a person. Oops!

But to be a better artist..to grow I must force myself out of this little corner I've painted myself in, and make myself learn. Hence, I've been drawing and looking at feet. ALL DAY. LOTS AND LOTS OF FEET.

I feel like a foot fetishist. Oh YEEEEAH! TOES! WOOOOH! LOOK AT THAT ARCH!

These are my sketches, and some random notes.










And at the end of the day...I think all the pain was worth it. Here's the sketch I drew afterwards:

A Random Face

Sometimes I draw faces in a stream of conscious way without any references to guide me.
I never know what they'll end up looking like. Kinda like a weird road trip you take without a specific route or destination in mind. And then I kinda look at the person I wind up with in my sketchbook and think..."Wouldn't it be WILD if there was a real person who looked like this?"

Chicks Doing Chick Stuff

Recently, I had a peek in my male friend's sketchbook.

"Wow! That's a lot of boobs! And GUNS!"

I don't know why I'm surprised. Working in animation studios filled with horny, overworked, repressed male artists- I've seen plenty of boobs and guns in my day.

But maybe it's stuff like this that reminds me boys and girls are...different.

I'm usually loathe to specify men are THIS...women are THAT....

But these tend to be what the women in my sketchbook look like. And it's not like the boys I draw are "Mr. Universe With His Shirt Off" baking a cake either.

I think that's true for a lot of other female artists.

Hmmm....why do you think that is?

High Fashion in Tarzana, CA

I've been meaning to draw more pictures from life, but I haven't been inspired to lately until I started noticing some of the interesting fashions sported by the residents of Tarzana,CA.
Especially at the Coffee Bean and Panda Express next to my offices. Ever too shy to whip out my camera, I've decided to opt for a more subtle and lasting approach of using pencil and paper to preserve these images to memory.


Like a Norman Rockwell painting come to life...okay no. But somehow this seemed less yicky when I heard them speaking French. Aaaaah...the French.


I am all about women with a little swerve to their curve, junk in the trunk, jiggle to their wiggle...but sister here needs to learn how to dress to play DOWN her ASSets. Pajama capri pants with girl clown smiley faces are NOT the way to go gurl.

Incidentally, Tarzana is also the town where Britney up and shaved her head all crazy like that.

Something in the water?

A Booty-Shaker

My roommates and I are OBSESSED with So You Think You Can Dance?

Its affecting my art!

Little Women

I've been flipping through The Danger Girl Sketchbook lately as I'm brushing up on my anatomy...as TOTALLY objectifying as Danger Girl is, its usage and exaggeration of human anatomy is brilliant. HOWEVER. I've been ODing on boob-a-liscious half naked comic book females lately, so in retaliation I decided to devote a whole page to what I think young women REALLY do look like. In my world at least.

In Pain

I screwed up my back a week ago ,and for a day I walked around like C3P0 not being able to bend or flex my spine or torso.

Here is the picture I drew that day...

Ninjas!

A Shot of Erin From the Roadtrip

Erin is definately prettier than my drawing. Sorry!

A Phone Conversation With Tom

To Finish Her Short Film

People in Assorted States of Dress and Undress

1-Minute Poses -I'm such a prude, I love drawing clothed people...

2-Minute Poses- One of the designers in our studio asked if he could keep these. :)


10 Minute Pose- "I call this...Bald Adonis."

30 Minute Pose- At Spring St. Studio in NYC

Washington Square Park Dog Run- And finally...Nekkid' Dogs

Toy Designs for Valentine's Day

I actually don't quite mind Valentine's Day. Whether coupled or not, I don't freakin' care. You love your sweetie, sure, but you can also love your friends, your family, your dog, your 14 cats that share an apartment with you....you get my drift. These are some funny toy designs my friend asked me to come up with for her company. My faves were the hedgehog and pug.

During a Dull GMAT Class

GMAT Class? Long story. Let's just say I hold an equal interest towards broadening my business and artistic education. This fellow is inspired by Prince. Reading Comprehension was on sexual and asexual reproduction of fungus colonies...sexual reproduction...sex...sexy music...sexy rock stars.....PRINCE....last night I saw a Chappelle Show skit on Prince...hey isn't it Halloween soon I should dress up as Prince...what would my costume look like? Ok, you get the idea.