transparency.

This drawing was done about 8 years ago. One of the things I love most about working with oil paints, water colors and to some degree acrylics, is the ability to use transparency. It makes the image more appealing and draws the eyes of the viewer in.

This is a look that can be replicated in the digital world. by letting some of the background "bleed" through. Basically by lowering the opacity, every color can potentially be a transparent color, no need to look at the label! (I'm looking at you brown pink)  

demons

Here are some sketches for an activity for an art forum I'm a member of.

photoshop.

the silliest dream.

a link

no one did  it better than Chuck Jones.
http://gizmodo.com/5893520/chuck-jones-teaches-you-how-to-draw-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck

moebius tribute

I was at a long meeting so i started a doodle that became a tribute to a hero of mine. 

Life drawing

Drawing and posting on the train.
 The trick to doing these drawings is going with the bumps. (good words to live by I always say) When your hand slips or the train makes a sudden jerk, go with it. Don't fight it. If you're constantly fighting it your lines will be stiff, jagged and just plain old  ugly.  Make the drawing feel like you meant to do it, look confident. Its like tripping in public, act like you meant to do it and if people laugh, good! you meant to do that! YOU SIR/MADAM ARE A PHYSICAL COMIC GENIUS! you can go home and cry about it later. Also art isn't like baseball, you can cry all you want. In fact Im crying right now. On the  train, over this post.  yep that's what Im doing.
No. Im lying. But all that other stuff about drawing is all true.
still standing,
jiaxing.

Don't let the angry bird fool you, that is a super fine line on that pen. It was a quick ride and luckily the three people closes to me had interesting faces and all fell asleep within minutes of getting on to the train. About 4 train stops. The best models are always asleep.