Journaling

I've been journaling the last couple of days, to improve my consistency of getting behind a pencil. Here's what's come out....

MORE SUPERHERO FUN...and other sketches

As promised in the last post, I will be putting some of the sketches that my son did from our superhero game. Here is the latest: ALIEN MAN!

I have had to make some time for myself the last couple of days to get some stress out of the system. Consequently, I have taken the pen in hand and doodled what has come to mind. Some of it isn't really noteworthy, but a couple of the doodles I liked. I'll include them all, and you decide what is noteworthy or not.

And finally, life isn't complete with another gratuitous sumo...

Super Hero Fun with my boy

For the past two weeks my wife has been ill and unable to be as involved as normal with the family. It's been sad for us, however, it has given me an opportunity to spend a lot more time with my children. The other night my son and I were playing a game with our sketchbooks. He would guess a name of an unknown superhero (something that nobody has heard of yet) and I would draw it. Conversely, I would pick a name for him, and he would come up with his version of a superhero. We had a blast doing it, and he made a ton of drawings. I'll be posting them here over the next few days because THEY ROCK! Here is his first:

HAVE NO FEAR...FIVE LEGGED MAN IS HERE!! Say goodbye to those two-legged butt-kickin's. You haven't seen justice until you've seen the bad guys get their arse kicked by the FIVE LEGGED MAN!!!

Portrait Exchange

I talked with Kerstin Klein in Germany the other day to collaborate on a project with her. She sent me a picture, which I used to do this portrait, and she is working on one from a picture that I sent her. This is a fun project that is happening between artists throughout the world and are being posted on blogs here and there.

A few more sketches...

I haven't posted for the last few weeks, but I have been doodling, nonetheless.

Recently, I have been on a search for the best sushi in Atlanta. I admit it, I'm a sucker for sushi. I had a friend take me to a little sushi joint just before leaving Salt Lake to come here, and, I was hooked. Since then, I am trying to figure out where and when I will get my next fix. Here is a couple of doodles I did after trying out a little place in Marrietta Georgia called Sushi Zen.

Also, a few days ago I found myself in that same little barber shop that I posted about before, and I was 4th in line. It was a perfect time to get some doodling done. I started a sketch of the old fashioned barber's chair that he uses, but didn't finish before it was my turn. This is how far I got....

Finally, I found myself with a little extra time today and thought I would let my pen play on the paper a bit. This is what came out. I don't know what it is all about, but I actually was happy with the colors I put on in photoshop.

Wrestler's Wedgie (Sumo, that is...)

Another sumo sketch. I have been enjoying doodling sumo's. Call it a Miwashi Melvin, a Wrestler's Wedgie, or a Posterior Pimple...it's fun to draw!

Exercise woes...

Recently I have been more diligent in making sure that I am exercising regularly. I sat down today to do some sketching. I suppose that whatever subconscious resentment for that exercise has leaked out of my pen onto the page. I suppose this is somewhat illustrative of what exercise sometimes feels like.

I'll let you decide just where the seat ended up......