marker spree

I recently noticed that I have an abundance of markers, and that it was long overdue that I sort through my bins, and trash the ones that have dried up. While checking them to see if each one still worked, I figured I might as well draw a little bit and kill 2 birds with 1 stone. Now I know the markers I have function, plus they’re all nice and organized into brush pens, sharpies, prismacolors and miscellaneous!

BEFORE

AFTER

THE DRAWINS’
(you can click em for bigger)
8.5 by 11 scrap paper from work

step by step (not the TV series)

Have had this one sitting on the hard-drive for awhile now. I’ve been working on integrating more text into my graphics. Step one, scribble some things on a scrap piece of paper.

Scanned into the ol’ Photoshop and completely redid/cleaned up the text. Lately I’ve been getting into the habit of quickly writing things without lifting the pen off the paper, so I ran with that. Also fixed the cheekbone, nose and ear. Never really looked at an ear for reference before, which is kind of weird considering (A.) how old I am, and (B.) how may ears I have probably drawn in that period of time.

Then next, popped over to Illustrator to trace my lines with the pen tool, and flip the fill around. Now you’ve got your original lines, but so much sharper than before, though I guess it’s kind of hard to tell without looking at a larger version of the file.

Then lastly, jumped back over to Photoshop one more time and applied a little gradient for shiz and giggles. Calling it done! Click this last one to open a larger version if you so please.

Might as well throw in a few miscellanious things from work while I’m at it. Sharpie, pencils and crayons on the backs of meal tickets. Shazaam!

graffiti plus odds & ends

A couple of old before and after graffiti collaborations with APE, from the past couple months. Both were started on scrap paper and finished using a combination of Photoshop and Illustrator. First one started at work, second one started after APE took home a seacost spotlight award. Good times!

More to come!

tattooz for PPL

A couple people I know asked me for help with tattoo designs, so look at them already! All designs were scanned in as sketches, fixed in Photoshop, vectorized in Illustrator, and then brought back into PS for maximum colorization.

Also a birthday card for someone at work that is simultaneously obsessed with both Betty Boop, and feces. A match made in heaven? Link below in thumbnail form, for people who don’t want to have an up-close look at explosive diarrhea. For the rest of us, click for a bigger version.

Not entirely sure what I’m supposed to do with this piece now, since it’s really kind of a “one time use” deal. Guess I’ll just have to file it away in my portfolio of cartoon characters from the 1930′s shitting themselves.