Since Sarasota

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Gon' Away

I'm off to Florida for a few days. Yes, Florida. I can hardly believe it myself.

Perverts

Feminists

Tonal Studies

Occasionally I try to draw without lines, to varying levels of success.

Failed Comic Game

So Sam and I were going to play a game where I drew the panels and he filled in the word balloons. But then I did this and it just seemed better left ambiguous. Click for a larger version.

Dinnertime

Colour Schemes

Sunburn

Dog

Procrastination Sketch: Figures 2

Procrastination Sketch: Figures

Some of you might be able to tell that I was watching Whisper of the Heart while doing this. But, uh, not from the penis-guy. Because Studio Ghibli doesn't roll that way. But anyway, I love that movie and you should see it.

Procrastination Sketch: Tones

Greenpoint Wildlife

Greenpoint Music

I think I prefer the black outlines.

Shadowy figure

Procrastination Sketch: Greeks & Romans

Greenpoint Misunderstanding

Blondie

Berlin: Citizens

Can you spot the graphic designer?

Berlin: Unicycles

Unicycles are strangely popular amongst Berlin children! We saw a kid on stilts too. German youth are clearly more advanced than their North American counterparts (with whom BigWheels are the choice mode of transport).

Berlin: Androgyny

Berlin women do androgyny very well. Hot.

Berlin: Kissing

There was a lot of PDA in Berlin. As a Canadian, I really can't condone that...

NYC Thoughts

I just flipped through this slideshow of photographer Jill Freedman's work on the NYTimes site. I love these old photos of the city and it makes me wonder, as a relative newcomer, if I would have been able to hack the NYC of the 70s and 80s.



Accompanying article.

Berlin: Bicycle-less Bicycle

Thick-Necked Man

Fashionistas

Above, a German.

Hey hey, so I know I was just away and not posting, but guess what! I'm going away AGAIN. But on a real vacation this time! To Berlin! 

I will be back on April 20th. Maybe by that point I will have some drawings of more factually accurate Germans. 

Enjoy springtime!

Hair Cuts + Sperm Whales

Red Trunks

Free Fall

Inspector Van Sant

Watercolour Play

Parlour Games

Telephone Doodle

Watercolour Scheme: Calgary

Watercolour Scheme: New York

Watercolour Scheme: Banff

Watercolour Scheme: Reykjavik

Watercolour Scheme: Vancouver

Watercolour Scheme: Blue

Watercolour Scheme: Red

Watercolour Shapes

People Dancing

More mechanical pencil drawings.

I thought this was appropriate because we just watched Footloose with Jessica tonight. To reiterate a post from a few days ago: I like my entertainment light. EXTREMELY light.

Mechanical Pencil Drawings

I used to draw all the time with a mechanical pencil when I was in school. Then I stopped.

More Horses, More Faces

Face to Face

Yesterday during our class at Parsons, we spoke about "Visual Language" (which I think is a less oppressive word than "Style"). And how it is our duty (and fate!) to explore our own languages thoroughly throughout our entire lives, not just as students.

Also, there is the problem of always drawing the same face (usually a variant of our own? I for example, actually have a problem drawing eyelids, not being a proprietor of any myself). I try to break away, as the above illustrates: usually with only minimal success.

Horse Show

Meds

I Only Watch Horrible 1980s Movies

Yeah, this is 80s-kid pap. But we watched The Wizard yesterday and it was pretty awesome. Or was it awesome because I remembered it to be awesome when I was 9? Who can say.

And then I got depressed when I realized most of the students in my class at Parsons were born the same year The Wizard was released.

Also, Mecha Bart Simpson:

Warming Hands

Gretel drinks out of mugs

"Quiet, I'm Thinking!"

Panther

I had my class at Parsons do a silhouette project. I think it's a great exercise; "the silhouette" should be considered in every illustration, even those in full colour.

Snowy Friday

This has got to be the most disgustingly charming thing I've drawn in a long time. Oh well. If you're in NY now, you'll understand.

ARE you in NY? Are you going to the Society of Illustrators opening tonight? I might see you there.

Skating Rink

Strange man and his son

Gorillas 2