Saw this photo of a couple of friends of mine and couldn’t resist it. Â Not to worry, this fight is only about as serious as an Adam West/Cesar Romero matchup.
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I did a few different sketches today, and this one based on a magazine photo turned out the most normal (even if he does look a bit crazed). Â The other three were:
1) a figure drawing workshop sketch of a guy who my wife said looked like he should be the front end of a centaur;
2) a different sketch from a magazine photo that ended up looking like an old man in a water polo cap; and
3) a weird little mistake that I’ve dubbed “Blackbeard del Giacomo.”
Somehow I can’t seem to resist sharing that last little bonus outtake. Â If you can guess its backstory, you win a yet-to-be-determined-but-sure-to-be-amazing prize.
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This time, no redacted image! Â Today at work, I was doing storyboards again for this future Mars mission — and here’s a frame I can actually show. Â This is a made-up closeup of the rover’s main cameras, which sit on top of a rotating mast. Â (In the real world, it would look something like this.) Â What I’m trying to do in these storyboards is to give a little bit of personality to this robot. Â And hey, if you’re gonna do that, why not borrow from one of the classics?
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Tonight was the closest I came to missing a day of sketching. Â Somehow it had just slipped my mind. Â Every light in the house was off, and I was headed to bed when it struck me. Â So I went back to the desk for a quick sketch, and here’s what I ended up with. Â I have to say, it’s certainly unique among the sketches so far…
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Found this guy a few years back, either at a garage sale, or a thrift store or something.  All I remember is that I had to get him because the character design was so cool.  The actual toy is much cooler than the drawing; I love the fabric and color choices.  (Here he is in real life, for comparison.)  Somewhere along the way, I decided he looked like a Pedro — and the name stuck.
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July 16: the long-awaiting opening day of “Inception.” Â After seeing the 10 a.m. showing, my wife and I were talking about it all day. Â I suppose it’s not surprising then, that at the end of the day, this is the sketch that came out of my brain.
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I was having a really off day at figure drawing. Â I only caught the tail end of today’s workshop, so I missed the brief warm-up poses at the beginning. Â So after I botched a few drawings, there were only a few minutes left, and the guy running the workshop had the model do a bunch of quick 60-second gestural poses. Â It’s definitely where I should have started. Â Not that these are great — it’s just that they’re necessary.
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Another sketch from a figure drawing workshop. Â The angle I was viewing from made for big nostrils and a very snooty-looking pose. Â Also, there’s a lot of stray marks on this one from the setup and refinement process. Â But of the three sketches I did of this model, one looked like Frida Kahlo, one looked like a manly Aztec, and then this was the third. Â I think it’ll do for today.
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I’ve been sketching a lot of these storyboard illustrations at work, and so I figured I could just use one of them for the daily post. Â Unfortunately, I realized that the rover pictured here is also based on some drawings that may or may not be public. Â I did several of these today, but nothing else, so a redacted version will have to do.
P.S. Sorry to “play with your heart,” get “lost in the game,” etc.
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I was working on some more digital illustrations today; these are just a few of the things I always have around.
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