I started on this just as an exercise but it slowly developed into an illustration. So I figured I’d just continue. I just wish I would’ve started it on different paper.

This is drawn entirely in ball point pen. This illo is also different. Different in that I haven’t spent an extended amount of time on an illustration in years (but should more often). I put in at least an hour a day on this. Sometimes 2. Not sure where it’s going exactly but I’m loving the process. Since I don’t know when it’ll be finished, I figured I’d post the work in progress.

For those of you whom are passionate about politics, this is not political; nor does it have to do with any of my beliefs. It’s simply me just practicing my craft. I came across a great photo, noticed all the values (i.e. shadows, lights) and I just had to draw them and interpret the image my way. That’s it.

Just finished this illo in Illustrator. The guy was drawn and inked on paper; scanned into Photoshop and cleaned up, brought into Illustrator, applied live trace and added color and details. The original file is 20″ x 16″ so it’ll be a nice size when it prints.

The Spanish type reads “filiberto vive bajo lineas electricas. que gracioso is filiberto.” When translated to English it reads “philbert lives under powerlines. how amicable is philbert.”

Update: This idea just came to a halt. I somewhat hit a wall with this so I’ve stopped working on it for now until I figure out what I want this to be. Once I do I’ll post the final.

OK. I’m finally posting some artwork. I’m working on a painting of a boxer. I’ve gotten into the habit of doing a digital study. I like figuring the colors, lines, and basically what it should look like digitally before I start painting. I think it’s a great way to solve problems before taking paint to canvas. That’s just my opinion of course.

Below is the basic idea. There’s more that I want to add to it, but I haven’t yet figured out what.

I finally finished the sketch of the dude with the city hair. The piece went through a few names until I finally decided on one (hence the post title).

The final was done in Illustrator.

I’m finally getting back to drawing again after taking December off to work on the house. Click on images to enlarge.