March 12, 2010

The Walk

I kinda like this one in a quiet sort of a way.

March 4, 2010

Theo Writing

I drew this guy reading and decided that it looked kind of like my son, Theo, who is only 9 months old. I think it’s the hair. Anyway, I thought it a funny picture so coloured it up and here it is.

February 7, 2010

Grave

I love this drawing. It was quick and spontaneous and captures something very real. My wife even stopped what she was doing when she looked over at my sketchbook and commented on it (she seldom does that). I’ve just finished reading The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. It’s really excellent. This drawing isn’t really meant to be Bod, or a scene from the book, but it’s definitely inspired by some of the emotions conjured by reading it.

January 22, 2010

The Freak

Where did this blue flower come from?

January 12, 2010

Boy

Not exactly mind-blowing but hey, they can’t all be gems. Feels like a good one to start another year of sketches.

December 31, 2009

Dog, Girl, Umbrella

One last picture for 2009. Happy New Year!!!! Thanks for another year of reading my blog, everyone!

love, jeremy xoxo

December 22, 2009

Sunset

Another dog picture. The photo in the background is old, taken on a digital camera that was one its last legs. However it has a quality that I really enjoy — all those thin lines from the old image sensor as it was deteriorating. Neat.

December 17, 2009

Dangerous Dog

I love this drawing of a dog with a briefcase. I like the implication that he’s carrying something dangerous.

I tried a few different things with him but I think I like him best on a plain white background. I like the photo quite a lot, but I’m not sure if it does much for the overall image. I’m including the original version as well, the one without the DANGER symbol.

Dog: Corel Painter 11

Forest: Photograph and Adobe Photoshop

November 9, 2009

Robots in Nature

I’m not completely happy with this piece. But I spent enough time on it that I’d rather post it, despite its flaws, than let it languish on my hard drive. Besides it might grow on me. What don’t I like about it? Well, basically the big problem with it is the composition: too “central”. What I do like about it is the richness of some of the painting. I like the foreground, flowers, foliage, etc… Perhaps you will enjoy it.

I was going to post a WIP to show the piece in its various stages of development, but since I don’t love it I’ll save the WIP for another day and another (better) piece. I’ve developed some interesting new techniques combining Corel Painter and Adobe Photoshop though. And this piece was another experiment to get used to these techniques. Hopefully I’ll find a use for them in an upcoming book!

Robots: Ink and Corel Painter

Landscape: Painter and Photoshop

October 23, 2009

Panda Watering Garden

I love trees. They are probably my single favourite thing to draw. Why? They’re beautiful and wild. Perhaps more than any other object I draw inspiration from them. They live and breathe. They’re solid yet flexible. They can live for hundreds of years. They are nature’s art. I drew Panda watering it. He seems to be a recurring character on this blog. Dunno why. I like that he seems to take care of things. I fancy the tree being part of his garden.

Panda: ink, photoshop, painter 11

Tree and background: painter 11 and photoshop