“Self Portrait.”
My earliest (semi-successful) portrait drawings were all in pencil.
I began them my freshman year. Most of them aren’t amazing,
but I put a bit more effort into this one. It was my first good
self-portrait, drawn from a photo I took of myself.
(Pencil.)
“Willow.”
Later, I went on to use color pencils. The biggest challenge
of this one was capturing the sweater’s texture. It was
drawn from a photo I took of my best friend’s little sister.
(Color pencil.)
“Ema Lou.”
I discovered the amazing texture of water color paper in
color pencil drawings. I drew this portrait from a photo.
(Color pencil.)
“Margaret Part I.”
My favorite portrait of the time. People always thought it
was a self-portrait because of the red hair.
Drawn from a photo. (Color pencil.)
“Margaret Part II.”
A close up of Margaret.
(Color pencil.)
“Hands.”
My hand study, drawn of my left hand from life.
(Color pencil.)
“Creepy Baby.”
A large (18”x24”) drawing inspired by a photo of a deformed
fetus that I found in my Body Worlds catalogue. I went through
several orange pencils, and a couple of green ones.
(Color pencil, markers.)
“Honey Do.”
A self-portrait drawn from a photo I took. I made several
hilarious puns while working on it: “I sure have a bee
in my bonnet!” and “I’m just a busy little bee!”
(Color pencil.)
“Still Life.”
Since I mostly do portraits, I thought I’d change it up
and try a still life. I’ve done several before, but none
I would feature in a portfolio. In this one I challenged
myself by including glass as well as organic textures.
(Pencil, color pencil.)
“Frankensteinbeck.”
I recently started an online blog to post my illustrations.
This is one of my first combinations of pen and Photoshop.
You can view my blog at www.frankensteinbeck.blogspot.com.
(Pens, Photoshop.)
“Rotary Phone.”
I drew/Photoshopped this for a music video my dad was
working on. Although I had already discovered the magic
of layers in Photoshop, it was during creating this illustration
that I made full use of different brush textures.
(Pens, Photoshop.)
“Zombie Face.”
I just made this in the last few days. I wanted a less serious
self-portrait that would feature my Photoshop skills.
Drawn from life, then colored in Photoshop. (Pens, Photoshop.)
Well, those are my drawings. Now you could take a look at my photography! Or maybe you’d like to glimpse the inside of my doodle diaries…. Or do you have an itch for a video presentation about my comic booking? Whatever you’re craving, the links are below: