Vannin’

A sketch for a client, in the initial stages of the process.

Wizard Sketch

Just a quick post of a sketch since we’re getting quite busy here at Wiz Studios. This one will be fleshed out a bit more and colored when I get the opportunity.

Bob Unplugged

Long ago, in another lifetime, I used to draw cartoons without any computer involvement at any stage of the process. I recently ran across this example of my purely analog work while digging through some of my archives. It was a birthday present for Bob, the spouse of a co-worker when I was working for the advertising department of Home Depot; a caricature created in ink and colored pencil. A more recent photo of Bob is shown for an idea of how close I captured him back in ’94.

Drawing in Class

Here are a couple of pics from last week when I stopped by my favorite grandson’s kindergarten class for an hour to sketch some cartoons. I think we ended up with about 10 or 12 sketches after I took requests for a horse, cow, dog, tiger, truck, race car, mermaid, bumblebee, and more.

It was busy that day and I was bumped from my early morning time slot to the hour right before lunch by the Magic Tooth Fairy. Really. She did magic tricks about teeth. So after my first half hour the kids began to get a bit restless, but even so, everyone had a great time.

While I was pulling these stills from the video, I got a very enthusiastic hug and kiss so I guess I must have made a nice memory for Christian.

Frog Sketch

Here’s recent frog cartoon from the sketchbook.

Sketching a Cartoon Helicopter

Toon in progress

Here is a vector toon in progress, just about ready for color.

Edit: The color version.

Dragon Sketch Video

Sketching a Whale

Biker Bear sketch

This is the start for a possible t-shirt design, although I’m still working on the motorcycle to go along with it.