Here’s an illustration for an article generally discussing the censorship our federal government puts on itself to cover up much of the information that goes on in the pentagon and white house daily.  Again this is a pen and ink reworked in photoshop.

This piece was originally worked with pen and india ink, then scanned and colored in photoshop.  I basically sought out to portray the dark cloud that a bad grade can cast on you.  For some reason I see the scarlet letter in this.

I recently read how a man was cured of blindness by doctors using his brothers tooth to help create a new working eye.  A tooth?  So that got me thinking…and out came this little sketch.

This is an promotional illustration recently completed.  The original image was drawn with india ink, then reworked with color in photoshop.  When I thought about the amount of need there is in the world, this image formed in my mind.

So here’s that sketch fully transformed in color.  I submitted it to Threadless, but unfortunately it was dropped from the running for the lack of high scoring.   Oh well.  Next time (which will be soon because I just submitted a color version of Oldage–I’ll post it when it’s up).

This is a new ink drawing done in one of my moleskins.  I’m really reminiscing about an older style of painting.  Recently I had become more of an on-site landscape/in studio abstract painter, but I’ve been gradually filling up on these types of ideas.

Here’s a strip I had done a while back, but hadn’t posted.  Why?  I don’t know, but here it is now.  This one shows off my attention to detail.

This is a recent sketch/watercolor (actually done earlier today).  My idea behind it was a young man remembering what used to be.  I’m not quite the wiz when it comes to watercolor, but I’m learning to enjoy it.

Well whadya know!  My host pulled things through with phenomenal quicknes.  Way to go IX Webhosting.  Anyway this little image is the second image I conjured up in my grand handmade sketchbook.  I’ve also scanned this one into my computer and I’m currently developing a new submission to Threadless with it.    I’ll be sure to post something about it when it’s all said and done.

Here’s a pen and ink drawing from my sketch book that I later scanned in to try out some photoshop watercolor techniques.  Still a work in progress, but I’m enjoying it as it goes.

These days I seem to have a multitude of sketchbooks at my disposal.  Each one seems to extract different ideas from me.  I recently received this magnificent 14″x18″ sketch book of handmade paper that I decided would be a great place for some large ink drawings.  This one in particular I later photographed and developed into a t shirt concept soon to be submitted to Threadless.  I’ll be sure to put that up when it’s ready to be voted upon.

So I know it’s been ages…well months at least…since my last post on this little blog. Well I’m back and this time it’s personal…wait…it’s always personal…it’s my blog! Anyway I’ve been spending too much time over on another blog, but recently I’ve been inspired and found the time to scan and upload some new things I’ve been working-on/thinking. This is the first World Talks Back that I’ve done in a while. My own Ipod had been acting up that day…and…poof…comic. Enjoy!

I’ve started a new series of paintings that are portrait/landscapes. Using photographic portraits as my ground, I am weaving an on site landscape painting into it. While painting this particular one I was consumed with energy. Two spirits colliding…that was the feeling I was going for at least. It came out fairly balanced, but the one that I finished after this had an uneasy feeling. I suspect that dynamic will continue throughout the series.