Pelican

 

So While I was on vacation, there were this group of rasta guys that were selling their art, crafts, ganja, whatever... Of course, I drew a few of them as of course, birds, and a frog.

 When I got back home, I decided to develop one of the characters further.  These are just a few of the many pages of sketching, refinement, decision making that I went through to get from the sketch above, to the finished character design below.

at one point, I was trying to make him slow and lazy, kind of drugged out. I had his one arm dragging the ground as he walked. I decided this was too druggy, and so backed off and made the character more of a good natured sidekick type of guy. You know the goofball guy that has some profound, inspirational message for the main character when he gets down, Kind of like Mater, or donkey in Shrek

 And here was my final guy. I didn't want the barrel chest of a real pelican, this guys upper body is thin, and his upper arms are too. He's got some great home made hemp jewelry for you to try out too...

This is probably why this is a "sketch blog" it sometimes takes a lot of drawing to get from there to here.

just a couple things....

Been meaning to post forever, but haven't, so here are a couple random things I've been doing lately.

Lost and Found and a thank you....

So this week I had to go to DC for work. I put my trusty sketchbook on top of the car, when back in to get my computer, came back put the computer in the back of the car and drove away. About 30 miles later, I realized my sketchbook was gone. Sick to my stomach, I called a friend at work and asked him to look for it. He walked down the road but no luck. So I had lost my sketchbook, and was flying out of town that evening. With no time to go home, I had to stop by an art supply store, buy a new sketchbook and get going. I sketch a lot when I'm flying and eating on business trips. I filled over 20 pages on this trip.


Thankfully, someone found my sketchbook, and instead of just calling my number in the book, they dropped it by my house. My pen was still even with it. I'm so thankful that there are good Samaritans out there.

 

So here is a drawing from the old sketchbook and one from the new. The new one will go on the shelf until the old gets full, or lost again.

nuther' hippy bird

I don't know if anyone really reads these comments of mine, but here is a 70's hippy bird. he would fit in with the "beatnicks" I posted earlier. I think it really becomes apparent that the greatest artistic influence on me in my life was the great Marc Davis. I'm no Marc, but this makes me think of his work for Chanticleer and America Sings....