Happy Holidays!

Happy holidays from me and mine: a little family portrait a la Rankin-Bass. God bless us, everyone.

Jobim

Black Bird

Working on a new print for eyechartcity.com. Can you guess the locale?

Four Calling Birds

An early version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" refers to "four colly birds"- "colly" being a regional English expression for "black."

Afternoon Sketch

Camus

I am woefully behind on blog posts. Here's a charcoal sketch of Albert Camus.

Here's Looking at You

Something a little different for us- this iris art for Reichert Technologies.

Cartoonology

It's not complicated.

Cut and Paste

Some days we draw cartoon rabbits and some days we draw a laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy. You just never know.

Seen Around Town

Our UB Bulls logo, supersized. I tell my Digital Illustration students- make sure you get the details right. You never know where (or how big) that logo is going to be used.

Wonder Woman

I met an Isaeli Army veteran who asked me (okay, ordered me) to do a drawing of Wonder Woman Gal Gadot (herself a former Israeli soldier). I'll do a "nice" one, but in the meantime here's a little late-night cartoon.

Bubble Kid

Just a little late Summer drawing...

Arya & Needle

A fun little Game of Thrones drawing. "Valar Morghulis!"

Kirby

August 28th will mark the 100th birthday of Jacob Kurtzberg, better known as Jack Kirby, the King of Comics.

Afternoon Sketch

Fly the Adirondacks, Framed

Cool- our "Fly the Adirondacks" print in a hand-made birch frame at dartbrookrustic.com.

Spider-Man

A little Spider-Man drawing, inspired by "Homecoming," which is terrific.

The Maltese Falcon

Our latest retreaux poster...

Late Night Sketch

Dave Stevens' Rocketeer.

The Outlaw

Happy Birthday, Jane Russell!

Mermay

Attorney General Jeff Sessions

T-shirt art...

...for that righteous babe, Ani DiFranco.

Brain Work

Lady Windermere's Fan Step-By-Step

I thought might be fun to show the process behind a recent project- a poster for The Irish Classical Theatre Company's production of Lady Windermere's Fan.

A few years ago I did this quick, loose sketch from a magazine photo while I was working on something else (apparently involving City Hall).  I thought it was an interesting pose, so I tossed it into the cardboard box under my desk where I keep the drawings that might prove useful one day.


 I remembered that original sketch when I started thinking about Lady Windermere- I thought it might serve as a starting point for a portrait of the title character. I did a quick pen-and-ink version, adding jewelry and a fan:

Next, I did a tight pencil sketch, placed it in the layout and sent it over to the Theatre to get their feedback:

The folks at the ICTC gave me a go-ahead with one minor suggestion: move the fan in front of Lady Windermere's face. I brought the pencil sketch into Adobe Illustrator and started "inking" the drawing using the pen tool:

Once the line art was finished, I added flat areas of color, and then brought the drawing into Photoshop where I added a little bit of modeling and a little distress. Done!

Dr. No

Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder. Dr. No premiered this week in 1963.

Eberhard-Faber Typewriter Eraser

Illustrations for UB's Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics.

The Handmaid's Tale

A little Sunday morning vector art drawing of Elizabeth Moss as Offred in "The Handmaid's Tale."

Woman Singing to Chickens

Late Night Sketch...

...after a painting by Alberto Vargas.

Wallpaper Design

Classroom wallpaper design for UB.

National Puppy Day!

Silhouette

Reminiscing about my first car...

Sippy Cup

Inked up an old sketch just for fun.

Tennis

See New Orleans

Just in time for Mardi Gras, our latest Eye Chart print, this one featuring all things New Orleans.

See Los Angeles

Ray's Donuts, Muscle Beach, The Chemosphere House, etc.- our latest Eye Chart.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Out Like Flynn

Sketch of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.

Late Night Sketch

My dog gets a bone every night at 8pm...

Larry David

Looking forward to the return of "Curb Your Enthusiasm."

Rosa Parks

Bombshell Pinup

Cool- we found our pinup art for Bombshell Hard Apple Cider on display at Three Brothers Winery.

Kirsten Gillibrand

Sketchy drawing of US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.