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I drew Mel Gibson from my head during some down time at the job. I don't know. I feel him in there a little bit. What do you think? Chis Chua, I'm looking in your direction in particular. Do you think you can Gibson criticism?

This is based on Mercedes 560 SL that was sitting on the drive for a while. I believe I made it look much more beastly than it is. It's really a very elegant little machine.

Another drawing of Aida. I'm like how the cat part came out especially.

Francis of Assisi Limerick

I just learned about the patron saint of animals on the radio and felt compelled to write a limerick about him.

There once was a man from Assisi

who loved every animal speci.

They didn't have souls,

but still they had holes,

so he fed them and cleaned up their fece!

Sketch of Nate and hoop and Conan

Charles Barkley

Sketches

The likeness on this one is not quite where I'd want it, but I like how the shapes fit together nice. I think I won't be 100% happy with a likeness of Aida unless I include the nostrils somehow.

I'm pretty happy with my likeness in this lil sketch. It is from a photo though.

This Is

This is a wonderful spot called La Jolla cove. A spectacular sunset is extra spectacular here. If you are ever visiting San Diego you must go here even if there's not a spectacular sunset taking place but especially if there is a spectacular sunset taking place. And I forgot to tell you, make sure you wear your emo pants like the two Asians here pictured at left.
This is a very talented artist by the name of Touvou. He is from San Diego and worked doing caricatures at the Zoo and SeaWorld for a while. Now he mostly focuses on Landscape but he also has some comic book stuff.
This is just some lady. Her hand didn't actually look deformed. I was just trying to capture her proportions and pose before she shifted her weight to the other leg.

Dwight Schrute from the office

Three Profiles: Convex, Concave, and Cylindrical

This is a common white person face. You got your pointy nose, your skinny lips where the top lip protrudes out further than the bottom.

This is a black person's face and its pattern is fairly typical. The bottom lip and jaw comes forward. The nose is short in profile and pushed up into the head, for lack of a more eloquent way of saying it, and the forehead is very dome-ish.

I don't know what to say about this guy. He's a white guy who seems to have a case of the awesomelookins.

Dunk

Look at that expression on his face? That's how I'm gonna feel when I dunk for the first time.

Steve Carell Caricature

Sketchy Acrylic Sketchys

These are all sketchy acrylic sketches which I don't intend on finishing. They were all done around, oh, I'd say maybe...I guess about two years ago. Right up there we see Nate Kapnicky and Kev Jackson playin Halo or something. Those were some good times, Lil Woo, huh? Yeah. Those were good times. Lil Woo tell you all about it. Back when Halo was whats good and beastin it meant more than meeting your stands goal. Back when a warm cup of cocoa and a good conversation was all it took to bring the kin folk round the fire place. Lil Woo tell you all about it. Next.

This is a quick one I threw down and didn't think I was gonna post, but here I'm postin it. So don't say I don't never do nothing for you. I like it a little bit cuz I feel the space. Its the view from behind my front screen door on a rainy day in San Diego which is a rare occasion, like a... like a donkey eating a sandwich or something.

Matt Damon's likeness was really frustrating the applesauce out of me so I was trying to copy a photo of him as close as I could to get some real insight. I got one of them nostrils a little too low. That's what he gets for ragging on Sarah Palin. Dirty orange hippy.

Phil Jackson

This is legendary basketball coach, Phil Jackson, Kevin Jackson's daddy.

The shortest arm possible

This is the shortest arm possible.

Landscape, Quickish Acrylic Paintings

On Wednesdays me and a few of my friends go out someplace and do landscape painting or drawing. The sun moves quickly so the brush moves quickly too. I'm learning to be choosey about my details, and I'm coming to terms with the fact that I gotta fake stuff if I wanna get done before my subject is lost in the darkness.

There was so much to this scene. I was very careful about laying out the right colors in the right places and leaving the tinier objects, like small leaves and grasses for the end, but the end came quick. It got dark out, the colors changed, and I had to leave it be.

Some of the rocky area came out nice. The water was rushed and needed to be handled with more sensitivity.

I really just wish I had more time to get the bricks in the foreground right. I'm pretty happy with the top half of the painting.

Merry Christmas, Al Ry

T Rex arm scribbly sketcheroo

Three Caricature Related Items, part 2

This is the one called Sam Gorrie. She is very nice girl, and from Canada and with blue hair. I've drawed her a few times before. She hasn't seen this one yet.

Here we see a photo of a caricature I did at the Coffee Amici session when I was back in Ohio. Sadly I don't have a photo of the girl. I'm very happy with how this turned out. I like the mass of her head and the way her eyes nose and mouth look. If you go to the Coffee Amici website, in the photos section there, they actually got a subcategory called "caricatures" now. There aren't any photos of the people, though, but anyway, moving right along.

This was a preliminary drawing I did of Colton. I had to get the caricature out of me before I went and did the portrait. I don't even know if it looks like him much, but no matter. The photo that this is drawn from is a really good one, and I just wanted to dig into those shapes. I bet alot of you drawers out there know what I'm talking about. You see a good photo where the darks and lights really show you exactly what's going on with the forms. You just gotta dig right in.

Three Caricature Related Items

Hey, its Fred. And here's three of his videos I recommend. vid1, vid2, vid3 

Caricature of Aida

Caricature of Aida

cars

  These are the most nice finished up things I got out of the bunch. They're on quarter sheets o paper I keep in me pocket.

  This is just a fun lil b-ball doodle, inspired by my little bro's bball drawings he did when he was really little, which were inspired by my b-ball drawings I did when I was somewhat younger also.