Cool Sketch

Here is a small drawing from my sketchbook.

Sketch concept information

While at a job interview I was asked to sketch the concept "information" on a white board. Later that evening, I drew a much more polished version of the sketch in my sketchbook. Someone pointed out the title of the book was on the back cover instead of the front. I hadn't noticed. Haha, just goes to show how valuable a second opinion can be. Sometimes I make mistakes that are sooo obvious I can't believe I didn't notice them.

Black Water

I drew this years ago. I've been coloring it little by little over that time. I started with a streak-y background in various beige, yellow and grey prismacolor markers. I did most of the shading in col-erase and graphite pencils. This picture doesn't quite look finished... ... How long am I gonna be coloring this thing?! Oi. Comments appreciated.

Botanical Illustrations

Musical Yami and his Demon Band

Drew this last night. It's a character design for someone I named Yami. He has demon musicians to accompany his mandolin playing. This was drawn using pencil and the color is done in copic marker. I like the half colored look myself -- I think coloring the whole thing would have garish results. The marker colors I used were Chrome orange, peony, and light grape. Comments always welcome.

Digital Painting One

I am going to ... ...ugh ... digitally paint. I'm really serious. So serious I titled this Digital Painting One. I'm just going to sit down and force myself to figure it out. I'm gonna try to paint a convincing thunder-y desertscape for the background. The background worries me the most.

Soldier Illustration

This is one of the better sketches I've done lately. I'm trying different things with it in photoshop. Ideally, I'd like to color it digitally.

Fantasy Drawing

This is a little something I did for the group Project Suckle. I have been working on my penning skills and I like how this turned out.

Apocalypse Meow

Story: Eric Finck

Art:Kris Moore

Natural History Museum Drawings Part 2

Top: White-Tailed Kite

Bottom: Feruginous Hawk

Ladies and Gentlemen, "Basset Hounds"

Thumbnail, Drawing and Underpainting

This is the thumbnail, the full drawing and the finished underpainting. The final step is to paint the color on with gouache. Actually, I've already started painting it. It's exciting because I've never used an underpainting before, and according to most painters the underpainting is an important step. For the underpainting I layered washes of india ink. I'm a little worried about the amount of denim clothing I'm gonna have to paint -- they can't all be the same color and shade. That would look lame.

The final, full-color painting will be featured in a Blind Melon fan book. Comments appreciated.

B-Day present for JAWCooper

I drew this as a birthday present for a close friend. I gave it to her about a month late... It's a chick riding a wildebeest, which is the kinda thing my friend really digs. My inspiration was my recent trip to Kenya, where I saw both wildebeests and a whole lot of whatever type of bird I drew here.

Natural History Drawings Part 2

More from the Natural History Museum. There was an awesome bird exhibit and I was able to draw a barn owl, which is one of my favorite animals.

Natural History Museum Drawings Part 1

My friend and I spent an afternoon drawing from the exhibits at the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum. It was a lot of fun and I hope I get a chance to go back soon -- there are many taxidermy animals left to draw :)