Kitty Kat

8"x10", pen, commission. I thought I'd include some work in progress pics too. I always find them interesting.

Stability...

"Sometimes you wake up.  Sometimes the fall kills you.  An sometimes, when you fall, you fly."

- Neil Gaiman -

Sadly, I seem to be eternally in a state of starting and stopping, succeeding and failing.  I have been doing better the last couple months.  I've only now started to update my blog again.  I gotta say.  I think one of the MOST important things for someone that wants to make art/illustration an actual future career and not a hobby... is stability.  A stable home, a stable life.  Maybe there's something to be said for "Painting in the moment" or being in some "art place/zone" in your head.  But, it's nothing compared to a steady stable flow of daily practice.

"Wedgie" (after the Norwegian Forest Cat), is based loosely on a photo from DeviantArt stock image.

Mini-Update

Life came up again. Fell behind on posting. This is some old work I haven't had the time to post yet.

Hello

I am thinking I will start making my entries a little more interesting then just meaningless posts and images. I was thinking I'd start WAY back at the beginning. As a kid. How did I get to be how I am? To draw this way? What kind of life experiences shaped me into the cliche eccentric anti-social artist?

You wouldn't like him when he's angry.

"Don't make me angry, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry."
~ The Hulk ~

Portraits

"A portrait is a painting with something wrong with the mouth."
~ John Singer Sargent ~

I started practicing doing quick portraits. I want to be able to go sit in a park some day and draw random portraits of people. I think that's a fun thing to say I have done in my life! These are all 13-25 minutes long.

People

Started drawing people again. I rediscoved the joys of pencil while i was at it.