In Sickness and In Health...

The drawing bug reared its head again last night. I finished this bad boy up this morning.

If you've never had conjunctivitis, and would like to know what it's like to look like a werewolf when you teach Photojournalism students about Philip Jones Griffiths, come on over and I can give it to you.

(You can have my PJG Powerpoint presentation too, if you like.)

Coming in 2011

There's new work on the horizon. Coming soon in 2011 will be my newest group of images. Titled Make Your Own Home, the work will combine photographs and fairy tale illustrations. Is that trite? Maybe so. But, at this moment in time, I don't care.

The entire thing won't create a story, per se, but characters will show up more than once across the group of images. Jack, from Jack and the Beanstalk, and Snow White, with a few dwarves, I'm sure, will make appearances.

Here's a sneak peek at what things might look like, complete with something new: white text on black. All of the imagery is courtesy film strips once again.

Julekalender - 24 Dec.: The End (Belated)

The end of the project. It came and went so fast. I missed drawing something on the 25th, though there were plenty of family distractions to not have me worry about it too much.

I purchased a brand new set of Micron pens to work on the last three drawings. My old pens were all on their way out. Split tips, missing tips, low ink. The new ones worked quite well on the Rives heavyweight paper I used.

Many thanks to everyone that followed along as I tried this little experiment. Scans should appear in a book soon. Look for it next holiday season. It'll make a perfect stocking stuffer. Any input on future projects, drawing- or whatever-related, is much appreciated.

Here's to much more art being produced in 2011.

Julekalender - 22/23 Dec. (Belated)

This diptych evolved as the first drawing (the one on the left, the 22nd) was finishing up. The second drawing was done on Festivus.

Julekalender - 21 Dec. (Belated)

Julekalender - 20 Dec.

The final Julekalender drawing done in Oregon. In honor of the supposed lunar eclipse (it's cloudy here), here's an ambiguous diagram that looks like it tells you something important, but really doesn't.

West Coast Biennial Show

Good news, everyone!

I just received word about the West Coast Biennial show happening next year down in Redding, CA.

Pretty excited to get this work into a show, especially with the faculty show coming up soon at school.

These works, motorbicycles, and LEMON PIE are from Sketches I, and can be seen in book form here or digital form here. They were both selected for the exhibition.

Julekalender - 19 Dec.

A few things about the Julekalender project:

1. I'm leaving town tomorrow.

2. I won't have access to a scanner for a while.

3. Because of items 1 and 2, there will be a slight disruption of the frequency of posting these images.

The drawings will still get made, they just might not show up every day. They might come in batches. They might be shoddy digital photos and not nice scans.

But you'll see the drawings in the end. And there have been rumblings around the home office here that drawings might continue beyond Christmas day. So stay tuned, I guess.