Drawing day 2011

Here's a quick sketch I did just for Drawing Day. I did three. I just found out about it on Drawing Day from my friend Michael Lee who posted one of his drawings. There where hundreds of drawings posted but it seems like very few professionals posted anything. Maybe they didn't because it was giving away free art? Or maybe because it was world wide they wanted to display their best art? In any case there were hundreds of kid drawings, amature drawings, anime fan drawings, copied photograph drawings. Mostly it was just a fun thing to do!

I pretty much Draw everyday anyway, so why not?

Another thing- I guess I interpreted drawing day as a day where you draw so I post only things that I drew on that day. But I guess that's not the way it works because there are things on the site's gallery that you know some one worked on for more than a day. Not that I'm going to post things that I've slaved over because I really like to draw quickly and move on. Maybe come back and revisit some drawings .

That should be the reason for doing this anyway . Get some ideas out and see if anything calls for more exploring.

-Lar

Warrior of the Hyborean Age.

This came about when I was wondering what to draw for World Drawing Day. A friend said " Hey, Draw me! "

That was enough to get me going. I realize that because I just like the process of drawing al it takes is someone to make a request. What I liked about this one is that it fits the subject's personality ( at least self image) and it just developed naturally without too much labor or thought . It took about 20 or 30 minutes . Drawn in photoshop CS5 on a CIntiq 21 inch screen .

Fun!

-Lar

Some color on Sunday night

I started adding color to the the sketch I did this morning.

I just realized that it looks like someone I've seen at the Gym. ( Big surprise huh?)

Here's a progress report of the drawing/digital painting.

brushy Photoshop

Just another quick "brushy "looking photoshop sketch . Remember I'm doing this on a Wacom Cintiq . Or sometimes my Modbook.

Close up of Modern Marilyn

Detail of previous blog post.

Sunday Morning Painting.

This is just a type of figure that's been floating in my head recently. Sort of reminiscent of the sixties but with some current look to it as well. Or maybe not and I'm just stuck in the past. "Painting " in black and white tones in Photoshop just feels very natural to me . I like that it is so immediate. I don't have to find the right paper. I do not have to sharpen pencils or knead erasers. I know it feels like cheating and that I should be using classical tools but at one time those classical tools were the cutting edge of technology! Who invented the rubber eraser? Before that artists used to have to use a squished up piece of white bread.

The reason for me to do these drawings is because I spend so much time drawing for other people that I have to draw for myself. Sometimes it's easier to work for other people. They know what they want ( Sort of) they're generally happy with what they get and there's a definate deadline so I can't play around with it forever.

This is just a figure. I like drawing figures and I like drawing them from imagination because I have to work it out in my head and it feels more like creating than copying. Some people like to do crossword puzzles and jigsaw puzzles . I like to draw.

I was looking at some old posters for "Casino Royal" from 1967 and I liked the illustrations . They were nicely painted. Some of the anantomy was off and the likenesses were not that good but hey looked complete and part of a set. Also they didn't look over worked. Something that's easy to do when you're working to make something look good. you have to know when to stop.

I'll play around with this a little more.

-Lar

Quick Doodle

Just a quick soft pencil doodle before hitting the hay. This is what you get when your eyes are tired and you are getting sleepy and you've almost forgotten what it's like to use a real pencil on real paper. The features of the face look lopsided. Reminds me of when I was a kid and used to draw things with my head leaning over to the side. The drawing came out skewed and distorted.

Work has been non stop lately - still gotta make myself sketch something that's not part of an ad , storyboard or poster.

But that's the story with being a Freelance artist- Work as much as you can in case you get a slow period.

But those periods are never predictable .

So when I do get some slow time it take a little when to get out of the "work mode" .

Have to force myself. It feels better after you get rolling again.

-Lar