Aug
15
2010
Fifty days ago, I launched an ingenious plan to encourage increased local baked goods production. Â I’m pleased to report that it’s been immensely successful. Â So today, I enacted phase two: Operation Transcendently Fluffy Sifted Ingredients. Â Yes, I’m working on a less cumbersome name.
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1 comment | tags: copic marker, object, perspective, tabletop | posted in Observed
Aug
14
2010
Not much to say about this one — it’s  your pretty basic, garden-variety sketch.  It’s a little bit…you might say…wait for it…old…hat.
Sorry.
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2 comments | tags: charcoal, object, tabletop | posted in Observed
Aug
11
2010
♫ “Who will buy this useless eraser?” ♪
♪ “Such a dis-appointment, you see!” ♫
♫ “Who will buy this useless eraser?” ♪
♪ “And get this thing away from me!” ♫
Seriously. Â These things are terrible.
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2 comments | tags: graphite, object, pencil, perspective, tabletop, tools of the trade | posted in Observed
Aug
9
2010
This is a follow-on from yesterday’s drawings. Â I’m currently working on an idea to develop a series of kid-friendly characters around this and future Mars rovers. Â So where yesterday’s sketches were basically a simplified version of the real thing, this is the next step — finding ways to integrate basic expressions and characteristics within/around the established structure. Â We’ll see how this develops…
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4 comments | tags: character, copic marker, object, perspective, vehicle | posted in Imagined
Aug
8
2010
Another few sketches for a project I’m working on. Â This is the NASA’s next Mars rover, currently under construction at JPL. Â Through a nationwide naming contest won by a Kansas sixth-grader, this rover has been dubbed “Curiosity.” Â And with a head-mounted laser, it ought to make short work of any extraterrestrial felines.
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no comments | tags: copic marker, object, perspective, vehicle | posted in Observed
Aug
7
2010
My aunt is passing through town this weekend, and brings with her more great photos from my grandmother in Australia. Â The writing on the back of this photo says that my aunt, mother and grandfather are baling hay on the family farm — but I think it’s clear who’s doing most of the work…
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2 comments | tags: environment, figure, object, pencil, prisma, vehicle | posted in Observed
Aug
5
2010
Another soulless product illustration! Â Sorry, I wasn’t feeling particularly creative tonight, so we’re left with another “nearest object” sketch. Â But it’s all good practice. Â Plus, even though it’s a dinky pocket-cam, it’s still a Canon. Â So perhaps Ben and Sean can forgive my earlier indiscretion.
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3 comments | tags: isometric, object, pencil, prisma | posted in Observed
Aug
1
2010
This is how all of Sketch 365 (and then some) fits on my keychain. Â Hello, the future! Â Now make with the hoverboard.
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no comments | tags: isometric, object, orthographic, pencil, prisma | posted in Observed
Jul
31
2010
This is the evolution of another little graphic idea for the web (commissioned by the lovely Mrs. Sketch 365). Â And yes, I realize I’m pandering to my female readers with my recent posts of flowery branches, muscular shirtless men, and of course, Vanilla Ice.
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2 comments | tags: graphite, object, pencil | posted in Imagined
Jul
28
2010
“This sketch! is bananas! B-A-N-A-N-A-S!”
(This reference! is archaic! And-to-an-atrocious-song!)
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3 comments | tags: graphite, object, pencil, tabletop | posted in Observed