Color Paper and Pencils!
Posted on January 31, 2008
I made a recent purchase of all types of assorted colored paper, pencils and more and tried a very distorted cartoon attempt on my son. This is far from being finished and I plan to dabble some more with media, but my goal is to experiment, trying mixed medias and such, along with creating funny cartoons.
Wish me luck, cuz I need it!
My cousin Cheezy JR!
Posted on January 30, 2008
After sending him this by email, he told me I am out of his will! 
Update: My Uncle is not doing too well (Docs told him 6 mos and it is going on 7) so I put his boys together in a drawing to bring him some laughter. He’s a funny man himself, so I believe he is going to enjoy this one!
God bless you Uncle J! We love you!
Phun Philly Event!
Posted on January 30, 2008
I started drawing heads, but later had requests for themes, so I thought, “What the heck – go for it!” I aim to please!
One issue about themes is I do not memorize any body situation or have any plan. I’m not sure if that is a good or bad thing, for I know many artists who practice with body situations. I prefer to conjure up the idea given to me, at the time, and hit the paper.
As you can see, golf was the “popular” theme for the evening, so I did several golf themes and went to town on different, fun ways to draw this theme with each of my guests. Mind you, I had to think and draw fast, so I had very little time to think about proper body structure and balance. I believe I need to work a little more on this, as well as my distance scenes, (mountains/lakes/trees, etc).
For now, I’m content on what I can do at a fast pace when drawing caricatures live.
Also, I need to make sure the photo taken is not “blurry!”
Dr Jeckyl/Mr Hyde
Posted on January 28, 2008
My second week with Silver was to design a Dr J & H of your own. I chose to create a 1960 Ivy League Student that transforms into a slovenly obese ale lover!
I actually learned something new this week with Silver’s 2nd assignment and received my personal critique on my Fat Joe design from Steve. The critique that I received was exactly what I expected of my work, too.
Even though criticism is hard to take for some, doesn’t it make one try so much harder? It does me!
I am only finished with my second week with Silver at Schoolism and I highly recommend anyone willing to learn character design to take this course. It is really worth it!