Frank Juval Studio

There’s been a lot going on as of late. I’ve recently taken on a great freelance gig with a great company. Plus I’m doing some major cleaning around the house and getting rid of all sorts of stuff.

After reading Paul Graham‘s essay on stuff, and talking to Ethan Long about stuff, I was inspired to finally purge all the junk we have and lighten the load. By a lot!

One more thing. There’s a GIANT show in September and I will be working on creating some pieces for the show. I don’t want to post anything before the show, as to not give away any juicy details. So I’ll wait until the show opens to post pictures of the pieces and the process. We’re going full steam with PR and promoting the show locally. It’s gonna be big! Lots of great art, from lots of great Orlando illustrators.

Onward and upward!

Here are two sketches I finished in the past few days.

The sketch of the woman is Liss Winnel of Daydream Lily and it was an excercise in capturing likeness. This was a fun piece because I used a Copic brush pen to sketch her with. No pencil. You can find the original photo here.

I kept it loose and worked quickly, keeping my eye on her face as much as possible and not looking too much at the sketch (thanks Mr. Nagel). It’s an excersice I learned in figure drawing class that helps one see better and usually creates a great contour line.

The kid is just something that popped into my head.