Spores, Molds and Fungus

2012-01-23T01:01:00.000-08:00

I think I drew her because of her stretchy neck. Right? Pretty stretchy.

Gallery Girls Turkish Bath Figure Drawing

2011-11-25T01:21:00.000-08:00

Ring Master Figure Drawing with the Drawing Club

2011-11-25T01:20:00.000-08:00

Superheroes being awesome

2011-11-22T00:33:00.000-08:00

Two of my fav's. Spiderman 2 and Iron Man 1 are where it's at.

Zoo and other drawing excursions :)

2011-11-16T00:19:00.000-08:00

Some Vegas down time

2011-11-07T23:56:00.000-08:00

Drawing some Beckinsale...

2011-10-18T01:41:00.000-07:00

People of Burbank....sort of

2011-10-17T22:55:00.000-07:00

D1ck & 8Ruce: Night & Day

2011-10-17T21:55:00.000-07:00

Watchin' Tron

2011-10-13T23:24:00.000-07:00

Flynn

Joey Joey Joey

2011-10-10T23:43:00.000-07:00

More Wednesday Figure Drawings

2011-10-10T23:15:00.001-07:00

Emily & Joey, the saddest dog ever

2011-10-10T23:15:00.000-07:00

Graduation Cards

2011-10-02T15:32:00.001-07:00

I graduated in 2011 along with my girlfriend, from the Animation/Illustration program at San Jose State. This was the cover I made for our joint-graduation party thank you card. Forget about the elements....we are paint benders!

S'more S'stuff

2011-09-26T00:30:00.000-07:00

Annie Oakley @ Lunch Time Figure Drawing

2011-09-22T19:45:00.000-07:00

Annie ropin' in a big one...

sketchallover

2011-09-22T01:59:00.000-07:00

Some drawings I did after work out and about....having fun by myself, really. :)

His name is Jeremy

2011-09-16T00:36:00.000-07:00

Just had my 27th birthday...I'm officially an old creature.

Found some more sketches :)

2011-06-17T01:38:00.000-07:00

His name's Butch...

2011-06-16T22:22:00.000-07:00

My Roommates! Fellow Nick-terns, Mike and Erica

2011-06-16T22:21:00.000-07:00

Sketching at the Glendale Galleria; 6_16_2011

2011-06-16T22:20:00.000-07:00

Dr. Sketchy's at Titmouse, Inc_6_14_2011

2011-06-16T22:18:00.000-07:00

Alley Cats- Out drawing some bowling people

2011-06-16T22:15:00.000-07:00

Figure Drawing Practice

2011-06-16T22:13:00.000-07:00

Last place he looked

2011-03-13T03:48:00.000-07:00

I was

2011-03-13T03:46:00.000-07:00

Spotlight

2011-03-13T03:45:00.001-07:00

Blinds

2011-03-13T03:45:00.000-07:00

"Hey, say that to my face"

2011-03-13T03:44:00.000-07:00

Breeze

2011-03-13T03:43:00.001-07:00

Naked Noir at Dr. Sketchy's LA

2011-03-13T03:43:00.000-07:00

Not Paprika Passion....

2011-03-13T03:42:00.001-07:00

Raincoat

2011-03-13T03:42:00.000-07:00

AT&T Hotspot

2011-03-13T03:41:00.000-07:00

Booth Sayer

2011-03-13T03:40:00.000-07:00

Bob's Big Boy

2011-03-13T03:39:00.001-07:00

Priscilla's in Burbank

2011-03-13T03:39:00.000-07:00

Daughter

2011-03-13T03:38:00.001-07:00

Taking off

2011-03-13T03:38:00.000-07:00

Sleepy on the BART

2011-03-13T03:36:00.001-07:00

Staring contest. You Vs. Chubby Freddie Mercury. Go.

2011-03-13T03:36:00.000-07:00

Scary yawn man

2011-03-13T03:35:00.001-07:00

Bored and stylish. Maybe just bored

2011-03-13T03:35:00.000-07:00

Giuseppe!

2011-03-13T03:34:00.000-07:00

Pondering. I guess.

2011-03-13T03:33:00.000-07:00

Duuude

2011-03-13T03:32:00.000-07:00

Flirty Lady

2011-03-13T03:31:00.000-07:00

This is your captain speaking

2011-03-13T03:30:00.000-07:00

Inside Cover

2011-03-13T03:29:00.001-07:00

It means Hello

2011-03-13T03:29:00.000-07:00

My Artist Pantheon

2011-03-13T03:02:00.000-07:00

A few years ago when I was a student at San Jose State, I had an amazing class in Paris with my teacher, John Clapp. The class was focused on creativity and visual problem solving while being completely immersed in a foreign culture- talk about mental overload. Before we even left for this month long trip, we had several pre-meetings to start thinking about a few things: ourselves as artists, why we create, and what we are personally drawn to, visually. John brought up this idea of a Pantheon for artists. The word Pantheon, comes from Greek meaning roughly, "to every God". In Rome or Greece, this was a building that was dedicated to all the different revered Gods, and the Pantheon in Paris is similar; it honors important historical figures and even holds many of their remains such as Voltaire, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Marie Curie, Louis Pasteur, and many others. For an aspiring artist, there is a long reaching network of other artists who have left their mark for you to find and get inspired by. There are some artists or masters that have made artwork that not only is good, but its aesthetic or feel speaks to you specifically. John said that if you find all those artists whose work doesn't just look good, but makes you want to work and be creative on your own, you'll find connections and threads between them. That thread- the things that all those artists and their work have in common, will reveal the kind of artist YOU want to be. For a young or new artist that can be a great source of inspiration to draw from as well as a target to reach for.

At the time of the class I thought about my own Pantheon and wrote some names down, but now after graduation, I really wanted to get back to that and spend a little time jumping into it. So, for my first post on this sketch blog, I'm putting up my current Artist Pantheon. I've collaged work from 12 different artists who I admire and whose work gets me jones-ing to get to work, myself. Can you identify the ones I've put up?