Boston MFA Pencil Study

Taking advantage of living in the Boston area by trying to regularly visit the MFA. Very nice museum, awesome Sargent murals in the rotunda, and nice collection of a little bit of everything. Always good to see more of the Monet haystack series in person too. I sat down for this little sketch not too long ago, one of my first sketches in this new Leuchtturm sketchbook. Sketchbooks are sketchbooks for the most part, but I bought into this one because it said "Bound in Taiwan" on the packaging and I just couldn't resist.

Boston Adventures

Latest update EVER. I moved to Boston back in February to start a stint with Clambake Animation as a background artist on an upcoming animated series. Here's a description from the official Adult Swim May 2011 press release:

"Tight Bros is a new animated comedy that follows two moronic "clergybros" who are on a quest for fat beats, hot chicks and tricked out cell phones. Vince and Aaron were called by God to spread a holy message: one of peace, love and tearin' up the club. By day the two sell religious kitsch at a kiosk in Viceroy Del Sol mall. By night they hunt for babes, but only with mega tans and super smooth waxes in place. Premiering in the spring of 2012, Tight Bros is created and written and executive produced by Sam Johnson and Chris Marcil."

Urban Meyer Quick Sketch

Quick sketch of Urban Meyer, who yesterday stepped down from the Gators head coaching job. Experimented with a ink line type of drawing with three tones for the head. Boy did we Gators do a 180 in the wrong direction this season. In an overall odd year for college football where all the perennial powerhouses finished as duds, here's hoping that next year brings a successful start to a new era of Gator football.

Frank Drebin

A sketch tribute I did yesteray to one of my favorite characters and movie lines of ALL time. Thanks for the laughs Mr. Leslie Nielsen, you will be missed.

Wayne Rooney Quick Sketch

Just started messing around tonight with a little bust sketch of presently troubled and consistently benched Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney. After a few layers of basic line and color info, it turned out pretty interesting I think. In other news my ESPN Premier League fantasy team did very well today...woohoo!

On Display at Starbucks in Jacksonville

Currently showing at Starbucks in the trendy San Marco district of Jacksonville is my "Aesop Revisited" series. Since San Marco is a historic district, this particular Starbucks has this old existing brick wall inside that works in great contrast to the rest of the modern, hip look that a Starbucks normally has. The works will be up until the end of July. Each painting is 16" x 20" and done with acrylic on illustration board.

Orlando Weekly Cover

This illustration was developed for the cover of Orlando Weekly with the main story pertaining to the future of outgoing Orange County mayor Rich Crotty and the humorous possible career paths for him moving ahead.

And speaking of Orlando, I went to EPCOT this past weekend for the first time in a while and noticed they updated many of the rides to keep up with modern technology (which makes sense considering the park is supposed to be dedicated to technological advancement and cultural showcase). I remember way back when Spaceship Earth, aka the big golf ball, used to show the "future" at the end of the ride by showing two kids from different continents communicating on a video screen conference of some sort. Who knew the "future" was so imminent??

Happy Fourth of July 2010

Did this little doodle for fun. Acrylic with pencil, 5x7. Also, while you're feeling patriotic today please enjoy this crazy rendition of The Stars and Stripes Forever played out on a single guitar by Chet Atkins. It was originally arranged by a Guy van Duser and I imagine there's only a small percent of super adept guitarists that can play it with such articulation. It's got the melody, bassline, even the very recognizable piccolo part. John Philip Sousa, are you seeing this??

Palette Preview

Here's the palette from a group of four illustrations I just finished. These were cut from side strips of my board where I just sort of tested out colors, but in the end I thought they made for some pretty interesting patterns in themselves.

Pensacola Independent News Cover

Thanks to Samantha Crooke over at the Pensacola Independent News for giving me the opportunity to take on the cover for the annual "rant" issue. It was very open ended, so I had a lot of liberty with coming up with a concept. With most ranting these days done anonymously through the internet, I came up with a sketch that reflected that while also using references to the local, white-sanded Gulf beach and the oil spill that is currently affecting that region. The issue is on stands this week.