Characters for Judah's party

This last Sunday was my son's birthday party. My wife planned it all out as a safari theme based on the Maasai Mara she went to on her trip to Africa. She put me in charge of drawing the animals and Maasai boy.

African Elephant

Maasai Boy

Giraffe before the spots

Lion

Zebra (pre-stripes), or as I called it, the redonkyu-donkey

Giraffe post-spots

Zebra post stripes

A Panda for Kaitlin

Here's a cartoony panda I drew tonight for my cousin Kaitlin.

Challenge 5- Best Friend

For #5, I had to draw a picture of my best friend. Of course that is my wife. Today is our 4 year anniversary and so I thought that I would challenge myself to draw a picture of her FROM MEMORY. This is going to embarrass her like crazy (heheheheeee), but I think this is pretty accurate. Isn't she cute!? Her favorite color is green hence the background. By the way, she doesn't normally stand like this.

Doodlestravaganza

Here's a page of random figures and heads from over the past couple days. I just wanted to practice different expressions, angles, and poses. Tell me which ones are your faves and why. Click on it for more detail.

Challenge 4- Favorite Place

This is a sketch of one of my favorite places. Can you guess where it is?

It is the Columbia River Gorge on I-84. This is a beautiful drive and is the corridor of transition for almost every major chapter in my life.

Tablet Scare

I thought my Wacom tablet was broken. All of the sudden it stopped working. I plugged it in and the light wouldn't come on, nor would the pen work. I was scared. I got ahold of Wacom customer service and fortunately my tablet is still under warranty. They said I could send it in and get it repaired free of charge. Sweet.

I went up into the attic to find the original box, and I emptied the contents to make it lighter for shipping. In doing so I pulled out an extra USB cable for the tablet. I thought to myself, "Hmm. It's worth a shot." So I plugged it in and BAM it's working again. Looks like the problem was the cable, and I won't have to lose the tablet for weeks. Bonus!

2 Minute Landscapes

I decided to challenge myself personally by doing a sequence of landscapes limited to 2 minutes each. This challenge was mainly to practice gesture drawing, for I never have done a gesture sequence of landscapes. These are all straight out of the noggin...or straight out of the pen. As you can see, some are better than others, and I think the better ones are those that have a stronger balance between black and white. Also, I adjusted pen settings about half way through, which made a huge difference. Tell me what you think.

The two minutes did not include cropping.