Boogaloo

Back when I was working for Amoeba I found an instructional poster from the Bay City Breakers on how to do various breakdancing moves inside of an unrelated record sleeve and I've been wanting to make an animated gif of it for a while. I do think that if I spend a little more time on this I could make it more exciting.

A trip to the beach

Stephanie and I visited our friends in Seattle a few weekends ago and I had time to sketch this picture of Adam. I think I went a little overboard with the whiteout.

Elk

I did this drawing a few months ago and finally got around to adding in some watercolor around the base.


It also looks cool super saturated:




And even de-saturated.

Count Ground Squirrel

Just having some fun.

The continuing story of the Walrus and the Albatross

The finished product. Water color is neat, eh? I think I'd like to do more stuff like this.




I also made this fancy animated gif. You can see our characters as they go from Kansas to the wonderful world of technicolor.

The Walrus and the Albatross

If you recall a very long time ago I invited people to send me pictures to draw. I think I only came through with one of them, but I never forget a project and I'm finally getting around to doing another. This is the beginning stages of a piece inspired by a photograph sent in by Lannice Montague, of San Diego CA. The two figures are leaning up against a section of the Berlin Wall with a Star of David painted on it. I'll be posting a more finished piece tomorrow.

Mon-key

Something I did a little while ago from a photo I took at the SF Zoo. With their wispy hair and mustaches these guys really remind me of Dr. Seuss characters.

If anybody has any great animal pictures I can draw please send them to dailysketch17@gmail.com

Dr. Stranglove or How I learned to stop worrying and make a tentacle out of papier mache'

In this blog you'll learn how I made the tentacle for my Sea Cave installation. First you start with a wire frame as a base, and tape tiny circles created from cardboard of varying size to the frame. This is time consuming.



When finished create your papier mache' out of water, flour, and salt. Instructions can be found on the internet. Using thin strips of newspaper soaked in papier mache' proceed to cover entire form. If you have the energy you can wad newspaper around each individual sucker for a more realistic look. I recommend watching TV on DVD while you do this as it is quite time consuming and tedious. Freaks and Geeks and Seinfeld are both good options.





Finally, paint it. You might want to start with a solid color base (such as white) in order to cover up all the newspaper text, and then add whatever detail you like. Then proceed to take nerdy pictures of yourself with your creation.



The state of my living room the week of my installation.



Be careful. Soon you'll realize that with enough wire and papier mache' you can create anything you want, transforming your normal everyday life into a veritable freakshow of terrible horrors. A perversion of everything we hold sacred as a species!

Or maybe that's your thing? If it is, go for it.

"So a mormon, a nun, a shaman, and a rabbi walk into a bar..."

My friend Sam hired me to do this drawing in honor of the one year anniversary of So Say We All. According to their website "So Say We All (SSWA) is a San Diego based producer of multi-media variety shows whose mission is to promote local artists, of all mediums, by staging their art in unexpected and accessible places."

The characters are, respectively, Justin Hudnall (the Mormon), Jess Jollett (the Nun), Sam Carr (the Shaman), and Jake Arky (the Rabbi). Their next show "Growing Pains" is this Saturday at Cream Coffee and Wine Bar in San Diego. Check it out if you get the chance.

SEA CAVE : The Beginning

This is my original sketch for the installation.



Some changes had to be made spatially when I actually got into the space, but for the most part it stayed the same. It sucks that I never got around to making a jellyfish, but the logistics itself had me in a tizzy. The second small window on the left that wasn't included in the photos has the title of the show on it now.