[infinkPoode]

Sorry the photo is so crappy; I had to take it with my phone because my camera is MIA. And I had to prop it up against the faucet and mirror in my bathroom Drawing in progress.

[mas-dkt-sive]

Wow wout! You should at least sell prints on etsy.com! I searched for the LONGEST time trying to find a cute original "lovable monster" theme for my kid's room. There was cute stuff, but nothing quite what I was going for. But I woulda loved a flying dragon!

Secret & Choirgirl - your pictures are so good!

[67Irralphaisa]

Love seeing peoples sketches/doodles. Keep em' coming!

Kinda neat what can come from colorizing a few lines of utter crap subway sketch.

Here are the originals

The dog is a web logo. His eyes follow a users mouse movement (bit creepers, but was fun to do). The *trigger* hugely disproportionate alien chick was just for practice. Bless you adobe.

[BurdenRobert]

You all are so talented!

[goatteatromiag]

We had a thread back on @ where we posted random sketches and I thought it'd be a nice idea to do that again. Prompted by a drawing I made for my recently born niece. Take a look

[masteryxisman]

I love your drawing, Wout. You're very talented. Have you ever thought about illustrating children's books?

[bMc8F9ZI]

I'll share some of my doodles:



This one's inspired by some Josh Ritter lyrics - "Every heart is a package tangled up in knots someone else tied."


and I drew this one when I was anticipating the winter solstice lunar eclipse, which turned out to be a bust in my town.

[goatteatromiag]

I love your drawing, Wout. You're very talented. Have you ever thought about illustrating children's books?

thanks that's a huge compliment. I thought about it but am too hesitant to send work in... Maybe I should...

Also, Sekertary, I really like the momentum in the first drawing!

[markphata]

Sorry the photo is so crappy; I had to take it with my phone because my camera is MIA. And I had to prop it up against the faucet and mirror in my bathroom Drawing in progress.

I LOVE this! When I was in college and taking hours and hours of art classes, drawing skulls / bones in pencil and charcoal was my favorite! I'll have to find some of my old sketches and share. But I don't think any of them will rival this one! It is gorgeous!!!

[mas-dkt-sive]

I'll share some of my doodles:

How did I miss this one! I love it!

You guys are really talented. I can barely draw my name

[infinkPoode]

I LOVE this! When I was in college and taking hours and hours of art classes, drawing skulls / bones in pencil and charcoal was my favorite! I'll have to find some of my old sketches and share. But I don't think any of them will rival this one! It is gorgeous!!!

Thank you so much!

[markphata]

Nowhere as good as Choirgirls' skull... but it's one that I did at work one day (using a "fake" skull )

[bMc8F9ZI]

another sea-themed sketch from me:

[kSmica]

I would totally hang that on my wall. Love, love, love!

Lots of great drawings in this thread already!

[markphata]

secret, is that pastels? colored pencil? I love the way the blue goes from light to dark so evenly... that's tough to do in any medium!

[bMc8F9ZI]

Thanks! I use watercolor pencils for my sketchbook. I just love them! You can build up the color just like with watercolors, but without the waiting time for it to dry. Also you have more latitude with paper since you're not just saturating it with water. Plus it's watercolors when you want, and colored pencil when you want!

So this is several different blues - "blue," "french blue," "prussian blue," with "sea green" overall and a tiny bit of black on the right edge. I penciled it in, then used water and a brush to make it all watercolory, let it dry, and did one more coat of pencil, water and brush. The jellyfish themselves are also watercolor pencil, but I used them just as pencil and didn't go over them with water and a brush.

Haha the whole time I was drawing this I was thinking, "jellyfish.... eewwwww!"

[markphata]

hahahaha, i love watercolor pencils! haven't used them in a long time but i love them

and what's ew about jelly fish? they're awesome! lol

[bMc8F9ZI]

feeling dark about nuclear:

[kSmica]

Nice! Your style appeals to me. Definitely keep drawing if you enjoy it. You're talented!

[bMc8F9ZI]

why, thank you. I really do appreciate it. I learned how to draw in college because it was a prerequisite for my photography classes. I was incensed at the time (wondering WHY I was required to take drawing and design), but it's a skill I've loved having ever since then. I never took it much further than the basic Drawing I and II courses, so the things you've seen here are about the limits of my own abilities. It's a good thing about human beings though -- we have a long life span and if we're fortunate, plenty of time to spend on what interests us. So in about thirty years maybe I'll have something amazing to show you that is an independent and artistically brilliant piece of viewing.

Until then, you get to see my sketches.