Some New Sketches

This post is comprised of a mix of figure drawings, character designs, observational sketches, and random chaos from the past couple of weeks






 Preston Blair hand studies

 figure drawing





 1 minute pose
 charcoal, long pose
 gel pen
2 minute pose, charcoal

Recent Sketches 11/21

The Big Tuna (ink, photoshop)

Texter (ballpoint pen)


Contemplation (ballpoint pen)

 Mass Transit(blue prismacolor pencil
faces (ballpoint pen)
NYR doodle (ballpoint pen, colored pencil, copic marker, on toned paper)
 (red prismacolor pencil)
 (pen and ink, copic marker)
 (graphite)

Jets Victory(ballpoint pen)
 soldier (ballpoint pen)
dog (pen and ink, white pencil, on toned paper)
Stevie Wonder (ballpoint pen, white pencil, on toned paper)
people on the train (prismacolor pencil)
 viking doodle (ballpoint pen)


 Native American (pen and ink)

Some Recent Sketches, Character Designs, Figure Drawings, Doodles, Etc

 "Draw every day." -ancient proverb

(ballpoint pen, copic marker)

Mats Zuccarello

Derek Jeter (ballpoint pen, colored pencil)

Headless Horseman (ballpoint pen)
 The Wedge, Newport Beach, CA
commission for onezip

 eagle

 Parrot (brushpen, copic marker) at Central Park Zoo

(brushpen,copic marker)

charcoal

ballpointpen at American Museum of Natural History

(pen & ink, white pencil, toned paper) at The Raptor Trust

 (brushpen)

 (ballpoint pen)

 (red prismacolor pencil)



 (pen and ink, white pencil, toned paper)

 people watching

 (mircron pen and ink)
 people watching



 dog taking a leak (ballpoint pen)

 doodle

 people watching


 (ballpoint pen, copic marker) at American Museum of Natural History

 ballpoint pen

hockey player (brushpen, colored pencil, on toned paper)

 (ballpoint pen) at American Museum of Natural History

 red prismacolor pencil at American Museum of Natural History

 dog

 dog

 something weird for Halloween

 quick sketch


 gangster

Raven(ballpoint pen, copic marker) at Raptor Trust


 Toilet Monster

 chicken legs

 Burlesque Girl

 Jack o' Lantern (gelpen, ink, toned paper)

Hipser Fish

 (charcoal)

 (charcoal)

 (charcoal, 2 minutes)

(charcoal)

 (charcoal)

(charcoal)

Some Recent Figure Drawings

I'm trying to get back into the swing of things with figure drawing...Rome wasn't built in a day. These are an assortment of 1,2,5,10, and 20 minute poses, mostly done in charcoal.
































Summer Sketches

This summer I survived disembowelment surgery for ulcerative colitis/ crohns.  During my recovery I found my fondness for birds of prey at The Raptor Trust.  These sketches serve as a glance into my mind during some weird times.


































Sketch Dump

The following is an assortment of sketches from over the past couple months in no particular order.  Enjoy!


















































Recent Sketches

These sketches were done in various locations around New York and New Jersey, including the Raptor Trust, Central Park & The Museum of Natural History.














Recent Sketches 3/22


 The Big Tuna:




model sheet


figure drawings (poses ranging from 2-20 minutes)


John Coltrane


A friend's dog


Recent Sketches

 Louis Armstrong

Thelonious Monk

 Benny Goodman

Dizzy Gillespie

Bearded Gangster

Deep Sea


Visual Development: ballpoint pen, photoshop

January Sketches

A random assortment of sketches from January 2014: