In-animation

Drawing games are always fun while waiting for your food at a restaurant. This one was "draw a self portrait as an inanimate object" and "anthropomorphize an object that you own." Thus you have me as a calculator and Mr. Bedside Lamp. Sorry that they're not more impressive drawings.

Valentine Art

I wanted to think of something really special to draw for my girlfriend for a Valentine's card so I thought of the most romantic thing I could: Squidward from Spongebob Squarepants as a real squid. Actually it was something she requested about a month ago and how could I say no? The real challenge here is that Squidward looks nothing like a real squid, so he still ended up looking pretty cartoony in this drawing. The good news is she likes it anyway and the even better news is she made me an amazing card full of rocking dinosaurs! The images have been posted below with full permission of the artist. Happy Valentine's day everyone (a week ago, I know).


The T. Rex playing Keytar is definitely my favorite. He wails.


The pachycephalosaurus makes for a great vocalist, but man, what a bonehead.


Triceratops can play the keys into any woman's heart.

Cafe Dog

No doubt about it, the best place for a dog is outside of a coffee shop in the morning. This guy was getting pets by everyone who walked by.

Apples and Nuts

I had to take my computer into the Apple store last week for some minor repairs and was completely overcome by how bustling it was in there. Have you experienced this before? It's wild. Anyways, I managed to find time to sketch this customer as he was being enlightened by a Mac "Genius."

This is what a typical Portland man looks like, age 60.

Dino Map

He's coming to North West Portland and he's going to ruin all of you.

*sigh*

It's been a while

I realize I haven't posted in over a week and I didn't really want to apologize for it because I don't want us to have that kind of relationship, but I do think an explanation is in order. Simply put, I had the flu. I fantasized about how I would continue drawing during my ailment and create amazing illness inspired art, but the fact is I just didn't feel well enough to do anything. Finally I'm better and am ready to post some sketches. I've been focusing on drawing things from my imagination, which is kind of hard when you've been working from life for so long. Not only do you have to tap into your imagination, but you have to have confidence in your drawing skills. Everything is so much easier when you have it right in front of you. Here's a caricature of me surrounded by angry, fluffy creatures. These are the monsters of winter and if only I could figure out how to banish them for good.

"Are ya hungry? Can I get ya something?"

This is how I've been greeted every time I've gone to my Grandparents house for as long as I can remember. God bless Jewish grandmothers.

Lottie Schraer on cardboard in white out.

White Out Portrait

I've always been a fan of white out and I've always been a fan of portraits, so this piece came pretty naturally to me. I'm gearing up for a mosaic portrait of my grandfather using bottlecaps and this drawing is from the source image I'm going to use. I think it pretty accurately depicts his charm and personality. I've been planning on doing this mosaic for a few years now, but I recently became aware of the work of Molly B Right who's been doing it for a little while now. Check em' out!

The Sun, a Stag, and Me.

I did a simple cutout piece to adorn a package the other day. There's a lot of possibility for this medium.

Beautiful Beast REVAMPED

I haven't been sketching much lately but that's because I've been hard at work designing the inserts for my new prints for sale. I wasn't fully satisfied with the original beautiful beast logo
so I spent a couple of hours the other day toying with it and making it a little more fetching. I'll be sure to let you know when I've got the prints up for sale. For now I've gotta go out there and soak up some of those rays.