What's With The Blank Stare?

Today I finished off my most recent sketchbook with a self-portrait. The eyes are a bit off and the whole thing turned out more serious than the photo I referenced, but I still like it.

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Blue Sky, Meet Buildings

Sometimes I like the backs of buildings more than the fronts.

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He Likes You

This guy is a bit of a pinhead, but he's a nice pinhead.

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Reflections Two

One side, just like the other, both in vibrant color.

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Abstract #1

The first in a series. One line, many turns.  

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Surreal Croc

Strange animals are known to wander the purple desert.

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The Ghouls are Approaching

A little half-tone pattern, a bit of paper texture, and some vibrant colors helped bring this ghoulishly sketchy illustration to life.

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A Fine Southern Gentleman Dances a Gig

Today I signed up for a couple free months on Skillshare.com. I've already bookmarked a number of tutorials I'm interested in, and I kicked off the fun with one on turning a hand drawn character into a vector illustration. Here's a character I created while incorporating some of the tips I learned in the tutorial.

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A Bundle of Tulips

I drew this bundle of tulips to give to my sister as a gift for her birthday.

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Ice and Grass

Alright, winter, feel free to melt away.

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Have A Lick Of This

One more submission I did for a recent Minted.com challenge.

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I Could Use Some Cake

I recently decided to try my hand at submitting to some design challenges on Minted.com. I've participated in a few in the past, even won a couple editors picks, but I'd like to do it more often. If I'm lucky, maybe I can't build up some residual income. I'll definitely give myself a bit more time to refine my submissions next time, but it's a start.

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Winter Fog

I recently spent some time watching the last of winter slowly fading away. It looked pretty, but I, for one, am happy to see it go.

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I Got My Eye On You

Fooling around with the new drawing tablet and came up with this dude. He seems nice enough...

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Reflecting

One side, the same as the other.

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Through a Dirty Window

This photo is all about texture, both the texture of the dirty window in the foreground and the building, out of focus in the background.

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Hidden Forces Box Art

Check it out, I designed a mock-up of the box art for the card game my friend and I created. While we're in the play-testing phase I have also been preparing some assets for our upcoming Kickstarter campaign. I'm excited to see it coming along.

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In Space

Another colored pencil illustration. I think it might be cool make a space shooter video game with hand-drawn illustrations, so I thought I'd experiment with drawing a few spaceships. Once I get a few more down, I think I'll make a sample animation of what a game in this style might look like. Stay tuned.

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Buggin' Out

I downloaded a cool app/game on the old iPhone called Jazza's Arty Games. Basically, it gives you a variety of suggestions to inspire your artistic creativity. There are a number of different categories that the suggestions come in. This particular illustration was inspired by a suggestion of three specific colored pencils to use create a drawing.

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A Bridge In Winter

Sure, the winter months can be cold, but that doesn't mean you can't take a minute here and there to appreciate the view.

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