figure drooring

Playing around with some gouache and ink in my toned sketchbook. I like some of the effects I achieved here, but I'm going to keep working with it to see what I can do to push this into my toolbox.

Year of the Dragon

Latest 2-pager for Richmond Magazine. This one was about the Chinese Year of the Dragon coinciding with the political candidates racing toward the election. The AD Steve Hedberg initially wanted a more daring illustration with the candidate's heads adorning dragon bodies, but once he saw the sketches, he decided it was too "creepy". So I reworked the sketch to a rough version of the final you see here and got the 'green-light' to go ahead. The political candidates I was asked to showcase were Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican George Allen. Instead of human heads, I went with the Democratic Donkey and the Republican Elephant as heads to the dragons. Thanks to Steve and all the guys at Richmond Magazine for keeping me busy!

Here's my initial "creepy" concept sketches.

Sketchbook Avalanche

Erykah Badu Portrait

Portrait of Neo-Soul singer Erykah Badu. Charcoal, Pastel, Ink, Gouache, and Digital.

Tom Waits Portrait

Portrait of multi-instrumentalist musician, actor, and Satan Mr. Tom Waits. Graphite, chalk, ink, and digital.

sneak preview at a w.i.p.

Here's a sneak peak at the second installment of my Au Courant Orchestra drawings. Really focusing on simple values and shapes and resisting the urge to render my drawing into submission.

Dead Dogwood Awards

Here's another piece done for Richmond Magazine. The "Dead Dogwood" awards are silly stories that have taken place in Richmond during this year (think humorous "Darwin Awards" for the entire city). This collection of stories was really fun to try to incorporate into a single image. Enjoy!


Here is the approved sketch.