OUT THE CAR WINDOW - KT 1

This is another quick Kwik Trip view. Same old house from the same spot. In my sketching of late I've been looking for gray. How to make a good gray. Smooth and even. The shadow on the white house is close to what I want. It's done with an HB.

posting posts

this week, apparently, the theme was those wonderful cement milwaukee lamp posts.

last week

last week, we did some 3 tone thingies. didn't get a chance to upload. wish i had an uploader monkey.

More Jonah

It's been a good sketching week. I've got a bunch of quick scenery doodles done, but i haven't posted any of them yet. BUt then i continued to rework my jonah scene. I'm still not happy with it yet. I also started playing with new images to share the message of Jonah's big fish. One of the old images i reworked to include a muskie, the wisconsin state fish. I thought that makes it a little more personal? I really need you guys to help me design a little jonah that fits into the picture that doesn't look like a fly, or detract from the larger image. what do you think. Critique the whole design concept please.

FF SNOW ROOFS

This is another Kwik Trip drawing. It was a contour drawing, but it was the snowy roofs that caught my eye, so at home I filled in--made up--the shadows.

the progression of a vision

Ok. Jonah is near an dear to my heart for a number of personal reasons. I love him because I act a lot like him. And God, like Jonah, used a really bad experience to make me break my will- or maybe better bend my will to his?

So i have this vision in my head. It's not quite out yet. Here is the progression.

Please note the key ingrediants i need in this image: A pirate ship lookin boat- but not so pirate"y". Arrrrrggggg! Choppy waves and sea foam, but smooth stylized lines for water. A giant fish. A helpless Jonah. ALSO i would like to have clouds in the back ground, showing the storms breaking.

Help me out here guys. Take your own shot at this image. I'd be interested to see what you do- or even copy mine and add to it.

ITERATION

What attracted me was the oval face in all that hair. And that black V of her blouse. I wanted to do a non-Caucasion without making it a caricature. Hard.
I've been tweaking this for over a week. Gave her a hint of an ear. Still don't like the look. I may have to overwrite it with my 14th iteration.

Faces are hard. They look back at you. Usually with much disapproval.