ENCHANTED BOTTLE!

I seem to draw lots of cartoon figures lately, and they're often running somewhere.

It's not really a bear, or a beer for that matter.  But, this little fella is chasing after some liquid refreshment.  I imagine that come Friday night I'll probably do the same.

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It's a Mouse.

"I just wanted to know if you have a snack for me."

Here be a little rodent.  I sure do like mice.
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Flowpacity

Hey All,

It's been a smaller delay this time while I sorted out some gallery work and began to ramp up to the March Modok Madness for 2013.  I've still been drawing a fair amount too, just sluggish to post much of anything up.  To rectify that I'm gonna post up these studies I painted in photoshop. 

Yep, I've become closer and more cordial with Photoshop in the past few years.  There was a time when I wouldn't have dared to render something from scratch (mainly because I like the feel of having some manner of hand drawn or scanned element to play with) for fear that it would look too rigid, and awful.  The passage of time however, has called on me to do Photoshop paints that were quick and pretty... So, I adapted.

Probably the biggest epiphanies came from that first set of Ryan Church paint demos I saw.  Granted he was painting in Painter (not Photoshop) but, his approach to the process was revolutionary for me to look at and implement.  From then on I watched (and rewatched) samples of Seiler, Chiu, Bluhm, Zhu, and countless others just looking at how people paint and digitally.  Picking up habits that worked along the way, and trying new things.

Both of these lines were made with the same brush, using Black.

However, It wasn't until about a week ago that I'd read an online tutorial about resetting the FLOW of a brush as opposed to changing its OPACITY.  I'd always dinked around with opacity settings knew the hot keys right off the top of my head.  But, something new clicked in my brain this time.  I found a new way of approaching my work in photoshop.  By monkeying with the flow settings now I feel like the paints are more lively, flexible and I've had fun incorporating it into my workflow.

• So manage those layers while trying to keep them at a minimum.
• You CAN do a whole lot with that basic round brush.
• It's much easier on your eyes to interface with a workspace that is midtone.
• Check your values, and remember that you can always add color later.

Will shoot to share more soon!

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Finley Ferrumfanny...

Here is a friendly little rusted out ROBOT pal I sketched... He was drawn with markers and some pen and I tinkered with him in the photoshops..   The stuff he's saying has no meaning,  but when I drew him I imagined he was just saying Hello in his native robot language...

Other then that, I'm still sketching. Working with the newly acquired Copic maker set I'm putting together.  Putting together a showpiece and cooking korean food a the moment.
Just trying to keep busy.

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Little Marker Studies.

I've been doing some more playing about with markers of late.  Making a small set of COPIC markers that I can work with in the coming weeks and months..  I've been doing these small little characters to practice blending and color mixing so that maybe Everything I post on the blog isn't just me working in PHOTOSHOP.  I'm also trying to familiarize myself with the limited palette that I'm trying to set up.

My favorite scribble here is the whacky looking wolf.  And the strange dude in the pink pants.

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Hello, like before....

Hey everyone,


Sorry I've been away for a bit but I'd rather not dwell on it too much.  Had a good long with family and friends back home and am readjusting to life here in the big bad city.  Right now I want to see about getting back into a steady regiment of sharing stuff here with you all...

I may not have been POSTING, but at no point did I stop drawing.  I've even picked up markers again recently and am trying to have fun with those too.  Getting some new photoshop chops as well.

Don't believe me?  Behold a scurrilous stack of scribble-dy scrawl and select strange sketches.

The photo is a few months old... So, the heap is a bit bigger now, and I look forward to sharing it with you all in the coming months.

For now though I'll go get some sleep seeing as how I'm not feeling very well today.
Take it easy everyone, and best wishes on 2013..

I hope you dig,
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Rock'n Billy

I liked where this sketch started out so I slapped a color treatment on it and even a snazzy circular crop job... With some DITHER!...

Just havin' fun.
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P.S.: Here's the lines without the colorin'!

The Gravity of Things...

Here's a scribble of Isaac Newton from a Few months back...
Just never wrapped it up, before today.
With summer drawing to a close, the last few months seem like they're finally being internalized and dealt with. Mind you I've been drawing bunches, but without the same zeal for posting as I'd once had... I'll definitely get back to posting here in the coming months... Making a mini challenge of hitting One Thousand posts before years end..

But, even as I do this I'm thinking there should be something more. I've kicked around the idea of doing books and more shows for a while... Possibly getting into more published illustrative based work.

Lots for me to consider...
But, more then anything these days I feel the need to choose a course... and take it...

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Just plain weird...

YEP!!
It's a strange bubblegum pink colored rabbit creature...

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Ugly Fish...

Truth is... some of them can be mighty tasty. And they know it..

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BLUH WHALE!...

This emerged on a page of of brown craft paper a while back... the photoshop is really minimal.. I actually fiddled some colored pencils in with the inks on the here Blue Whale. Stay cool everyone...

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HOORAY for the D.I.A!!

So, after much tension yesterday. I learned that the millage for the Detroit Institute of Arts has PASSED! The door of that fine museum will continue to be open to the public... I couldn't be happier or more eager to get back home so I can do some drawings there...

A quick thank you to my friends in Oakland, Macomb, and Wayne County. Who got out and voted to keep this Historic Landmark alive within the City of DETROIT.

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THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS...

There is a vote going on today to keep the Museum open.. The though of it closing is really hard for me to handle. Made an image to reflect what I'm feeling right now..

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There's a BEAR!

Yeah I need to get offa' my butt again here... I've been drawing, Sure.
Just need to post some more of it here, yah know. Get my artwork seen by someone other then just myself. Been a while since I'd drawn a bear so here's one.

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Time to get Cooking.

Hey all,

Just a quick hello from the ol' Beers an' Bears because I've been a bit aloof of late with posting. It certainly has been on the warm side lately and that generally tends to keep me off the computer. Instead I favor of a cold drink and a sketchpad by the nearest fan or shady tree in weather like this. Beyond that the humidity and heat make me pretty sleepy, Which brings me to the art of this post...

On Monday, I awoke from a fitful evening of sleep to face the work week. Normally, my phone will sound the morning wake-up call (and following snooze alarms) to wrest me from my bed.... But I hadn't heard it. So, I got up. Upon getting dressed, I realized that I didn't have my phone. After a brief search it materialized underneath my bed. I figured I must have knocked it onto the floor, it does happen sometimes.

More interesting than finding my phone on the floor was finding that I'd received a text from my friend Brendan in Rhode Island earlier that same morning. The text simply read,

"I think you need to draw Walter White before Sunday on the blog."

So I did.
Later that day I scrounged a bit of ref and got down to a bit o' digital painting. I'm a fan of Breaking Bad and have actually painted Walt a few times before (three times I think) and figured I'd have another go at Mr. Cranston's MUG. On the whole I dig how the image came out... I tried to keep the paint rough and limit my brushes down to one or two. In the end I had to keep things simpler for the sake of time. So, the composition got truncated and I incorporated some Blue Meth. I might try to do a series of images like this...It was fun.

I'll see about compiling some of the work in progress here for the next post on the ol' blog. But, that might be a few days. For now I wanna wish everyone visiting the blog a safe and happy summer, and hope that you'll all enjoy the Season Premiere of Breaking Bad this Sunday evening.

Hope you dig...
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Bear with a Beer...

Sorry I've been away for so long... I have been drawing and paying the bills here so that I have food and electricity along with the rent required for my domicile... HOWEVER, I was SHOCKED when I realized that I've neglected drawing bears lately, and I also am having a beer at the moment... So I bring this quickie lil' bear with booze image...

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FISH AN' CHIPS!

When I was but a lad, my folks would make the occasional Friday night into a fish and chips outing... This usually meant a casual automobile trip downtown to either Fergie's or Milroy's... Both of them where good for a nice bit of fried fish and some chips...
Sadly, I'm probably not getting fish and chips with my folks tonight... Instead I'll post up this little Golem scribble... Eating a fish so juicy sweet..

Bit of pen sketching, some color pencil fiddle faddle, and a pinch of photochop.

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BREAKING NEWS!!! I had an additional GOLEM to share...
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ICE Explorer!...

I liked this sketch enough to visit it again with my little traveling bag of colored pencils... Then hit it with a small dose of photochop to spice things up a bit... Overall I like the outcome..

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MR.OINK

I drew a grumpy downtrodden pig...

"As the years passed Mr. Oink began walking with a cane, he also became increasingly cranky... Most of the other animals avoided him from there on out... For reasons even beyond the fact that Mr. Oink no longer bothered wearing pants."

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SOJU Hooskerdoo...

Last Friday night,
I had a conversation about the wonders of drinking in South Korea...
Soju (the sweet potato based Korean Vodka) can be a very clean buzz. At times IT IS deceptively strong, leaving it difficult to tell when you've had too much. Regardless I love the stuff and find it well worth drinking, plus it blends well with lots of stuff...

Also all this talk of Drinking socially was worth a funny drawing of this drunk fella tripping on a bottle.. I'm guessing he lost his shirt somewhere between his fifth and sixth bottle.

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