hyena

i drew it with a fountain pen. then photoshop editing occurred. then i posty and now you're reading my caption. the key to a good ink drawing is all in the solid blacks. in my opinion at least. and the key to good usage of solid blacks? no idea.

SWELL

SWELL puts out a catalogue every season or so that is a total reference gold mine. p.s. girls are fun to draw.

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chris' idea this week. a "more painful than it looks cartoon" 20 minute time limit.

god of rock

chris came up with the idea to draw a god of rock. so this is unfinished. shooting for a frank frazetta look. cause he is my hero.

good toons gone bad

this week's draw off was paul's picking. he chose "popular cartoon characters in their lowest form" or something. thanks to hanna-barbera and corbis for (not actually)letting me use their copyrighted material in a completely inappropriate manor.

hip who?

hippopotamus at hip-hop anonymous. brandon's idea. look at chris' blog, he drew the same topic.

rhi mow

this is a rhinoceros-man mowing his lawn. most likely on a sunday afternoon. check out chris' blog too, he drew the same thing.

party flyer

this was a favor for a friend who hosts open bar parties in philly. she needed a flyer so i made this. pencil to vector art.

howdy

cowboy. standard issue.

samurai guy

i was bored. or at least would have been if there wasn't a pencil and piece of paper in front of me.

band poster

this is a poster for my good friend's band SMYTH. they are super good and you should go see them. now. the white part will be printed on separate regular paper, cut out, and then pasted on the poster. so they can use it for upcoming shows, without having to reprint. cost effective and involves glue stick! sweet!

smythmusic.com

cars. ferrari and zonda

drawings of cars. ink on bottom, pencil for the rest.

8pm 100 yard dash. meet the starting pistol.

i almost bumped into this charming fellow last night walking to my train. you're lucky i can't draw smell.

pencil contrapposto

hands in pockets, unzipped jacket. she's leaning a little too far to the right.

girl. knees bent. head turned.

sometimes i really can't think of anything clever to put in these descriptions.

first pencil, then ink, and color, then post.

more chi!

ok im done with these guys. whats next

bo staff skills

another shaolin drawing. different stance, same cool pants.

i like to kick

i have this shaolin workout book (don't ask) and its got some great pics in it. i had to draw one of them. look at those slacks! ill probably draw more soon. in the book he's wearing shoes that actually say "More Chi!" and "Train Harder!" on the sides of them. amazing.

green girl. no pants.

drawn from a veer reference. no motive. just a martian in her underwear.

open mic

went to an open mic to see my friend josh play. this is not josh. this is frank.

orange

i have no idea what this is.

bluegoldfish

gold fish. i love em. delicious.

cyclops prelim

i've never actually liked the cyclops. i think he looks like a moron. and he creeps me out. one eye! for crying out loud! that's nasty. but i can't exclude him from the mythological whatevers. so i'm getting him out of the way. this is the sketch. to be continued...

school bus no more

this is... a school bus getting eaten. pencil drawing w/ photoshop coloring. and how!

bruce flea

this is a miniature bruce lee. all the fury in new easy to carry size.

new pen

i just got a fountain pen for inking. ive never used one before and its going to take a little getting used to. unfortunately fancy pens don't make up for lousy drawings. next time ill have to plan it out a little more.

Minotaur

this here is a minotaur. the second to what hopefully will be a series of mythological whatevers. vector art, same as the medusa. the less-is-more style takes a lot longer than expected.

perspectively

i wasnt really sure what to do with this after i finished the form. so i took the easy way out and gave her summer attire. ill probably do something else with it later. mostly likely a less graphic color job. and maybe ill add alligators. this was inspired by eric canete's work. he is way good.

dead pirates

so i saw that movie. it was ok.

smile!

these are pencil drawings of ugly faces. there really isn't much else to them.

dinosaurs

this was for a class project about fossils. ink drawing colored in photoshop.

snowboard ads

these are transit ads i made up for an imaginary snowboarding company

tea rex

pencil drawing colored in photoshop.

house party

ink with photoshop coloring. some of my friends are in this. i'm also hidden in it. alot of fun to draw.

spiderman and friends

i started drawing spider-man when i was in the 5th grade. it still hasn't gotten old. thats my laptop on the desk and other art work is on the screen.

medusa

vector art. trying new styles. ill probably get around to making other mythological characters later.

frankenstein comics logo

this is a logo i designed for a comic book store in new jersey.

john butler trio desktop

a favor for a buddy of mine. JBT is a really good australian band.

kristen desktop

a favor done for a friend. city in the background is london's china town. lady in the front is some corbis girl.

elephants

ink drawing of elephants. coloring done in photoshop. i looked off a magazine. alot of fun to do.

spiked hair girl

pencil drawing. girl with spiked hair, flip flops and freckles. exciting.

samurai granny

pencil drawing. one day i might make a comic with her. she would make some really funny situations.

bike messenger

i see a lot of bike messengers working in the city. pencil drawing. i plan on doing more.

hello.

my name is charlie. this is my art work.