Important Reminder

Note To Self:  Sometimes all it takes to improve a lousy night is an hour or so sketching.  Both from ref, all sketchbook pro.It's really easy for me to get wrapped up in projects, and going for a specific look to the exclusion of all else.  This was a good reminder that I should be having fun, too.

Airports and practice

Worked on this whilst waiting on planes.  Or on planes.

  From a Katie West self-portrait.  That girl seems incapable of taking a bad photo.  Anyways, good practice.

And I'm back...tentatively.

So, two relatively quick bits I drew tonight. It's kind of amazing how much better one can focus with a decent nights' sleep. First one is based on a really fantastic Katie West photo - her expression is priceless. Second is taken from another great piece of 1920's(?) erotica.

More from a couple years ago...

Looking back over my drawings from the last few years, I'm kind of troubled by how much it's changed. Consistency has always been an issue for me; some days everything works just as I want, other days nothing works at all. I was obsessed with having very strong lines, very graphic-style work for some time. Unfortunately, making that happen is a real struggle for me, considering that my most comfortable working method is sketching with a pen.
That being said, I'm pretty proud of these pieces. Each was something better than I though I was capable of at the time.
p.s. Top left is yet another shot of Zoetica Ebb, top right is Katie West, another source of inspiration.