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Here are some quick pencil sketches I did at the Cofee shop today. THen i went in and did a super fast color drop in photoshop. Shablazm! Ok they are not that great in design. One is my buddy Jason and the other is Me, can you guess? !

Here are some sketches from the zoo thrip I took to San Diego. The others were too horrible to post. And also something form Drawing Salon.

BANNED FROM SHOWING!

Censorship at my school. I was informed this morning that my piece (Titled - Taxi Driver) would not be making it into the Senior Gallery this month because of its depiction of a man holding a gun and shooting someone. Surely this was done by the school to give respect to the students at Virginia Tech. I understand greatly the importance and seriousness of this matter and that we as Americans must show that we care and respect those that were involved whether they are still here with us or not.
But where I stand today, with fear of being called insensitive and immature, I truly disagree with my work being forbidden to be shown.
33 - That's the number of people whose lives were taken during this horrific event at VTech. Its very sad to say and even compare but that's only a fraction of the number of fatalities that the US has lost with our presidents war in Iraq. This month alone there has been 81 Us. Military casualties, in the Last six months there has been a total of 516 deaths. These numbers that i present to you are ONLY casualties form the US. There are many more from other countries dying every day as well. But how come This hasn't hit us as hard? Is it because its on our own soil and not in another country like Iraq. I wonder if i painted a great impressionistic painting of a tank about to demolish a small village, would that be put up? It might, probably because its an issue that we are aware of and need to do something about. Its about raising concern for an issue. Here in my painting, there is no direct relationship to the shootings at Vtech, but it still is possible for a piece like this to raise awareness of an issue. We must all act. And Censoring students work like this is not the way to go about it. That's all I have to say for now. Sorry, and I must go.

If you want to see more numbers of the Ira caualties Please visit The Iraq Coalition Casualty Count

A few from the hot seat

I just stated getting bak in the groove of things here at the park, Somehow i find myself extremely busy, but having fun at work. Hers a few that I thought were ok. Sorry for the bad picture quality.

First Post in April!!

Behold, O friends of mine..... TO mark this momentous occasion of the First post in April I will belch the alphabet to you! Ok I cant really do that, but if I could I would - But take a look at these instead.

Bad Painting

I liked the pose below so i started dabbing in photoshop and trying to paint it. I quickly realized I sucked at digital painting and decided that i would look at a Digital Painting from Sam Nielson and copy his lighting scheme. I loved the colors he used and tried to put it towards my figure. This took me about an hour. I think i learned a few things but still its not that good. I also noticed that when painting and rendering a line drawing it loses much of the depth and gesture. But alas here it is.

Bad Drawings

I go to life drawing Every week. I miss a few here and there but I presume is safe to say i go every week. Some days its a huge miss and I think Ill never get better. Then along comes a few days where I feel im learning something, ever so often these are the ones that instill somehting in me to keep pursuing this art thing. They push me to be better. I want to be like Glen Keane, but then again , what animator doesn't ? Life drawing for me is drawing what I feel from the pose, not exactly what i see. Im looking for force, weight, and beauty. Ok beauty sounds a bit chee-zy but, I see it, its jsut the drawing part thats hard. Heres a few alright attempts at the figure from my last two weeks at the Ole Figure Drawing Salon. The top four are 5 minute poses and the next two are 2 minute poses, the last one is a 1 minute pose. Ill post more soon.

The first one is of a fellow employee of mine.
Heres a sketch i did of my friend Jason. He was drawing me as I was drawing him. This took about 5-8 minutes.
It was done for a Kamans Training class. I did a couple others that night too and will post them once i get a hold of them.

Brown baggin' it. # 547

Sketches done while at starbucks or some other place.