Woodland Creature 3



I'm still getting inspiration from that table. This one, I've sketched several times, but don't think I've quite got it. Above is the best example so far. I'm starting to experiment with color and line quality techniques. The more of them I draw, the further distorted and foreign they are becoming. Still, more to come.

Tillamook Head Trail






Earlier this week Al and I went on a hike over Tillamook Head Trail. It's a huge oceanfront promontory that separates Seaside and Cannon Beach. Absolutely one of the most beautiful hikes I've ever been on. Super green lush rain forest and right next to you, the Pacific Ocean. The trail takes you over the mount and next to cliffs a thousand feet above the water. About half way there's this sweet camp ground with little hut type cabins, a huge covered picnic table and a really nice fire pit. I really wanna stay a night up there once it starts to warm up again. Just a quater mile or so from the campsite you get a great view of the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse. The lighthouse has an amazing history and seems surreal. How anybody managed to build it let alone live in the thing is unimaginable.

From there its another 3.5 miles to Indian Beach. Another beautiful spot with ocean rock and huge waves covering the landscape. The beach is a haven for surfers and we sat at a bench for quite some time just to view them catching the waves. We underestimated the distance to Cannon Beach where we planned to catch the bus back to Seaside. It was another mile to crescent beach and then another mile and a half of road to Cannon Beach. By the end we were exhausted but it was well worth it.

doing a couple dawg paint'ins for the holiday season. Sketch of Lula Bear. Doubt I'll use this pose but I was really trying to nail his expression. It's all about the eyes with him, I've realized.



Another woodland creature. I think it looks like a cat, allie thinks its a pig. Guess it's open to interpretation. That table was the best 15 bucks we've ever spent. I've still got many more creatures to pull from it.

continuing with the wood inspired theme, three more woodland creatures. This time I grabbed a piece of drift wood from the beach and sketched it several times. These three show very different observations of the same piece of drift wood.

Woodland Creature 2

I really love these drawings, especially this one. I'm gonna go right out and do a few more.

side note: next time I'm in portland I've got to get me some new sketch pads. This paper from walgreen's is one step up from toilet paper.

Woodland Creature 1



We bought a wood table at a garage sale last week. It has the best grain running across the top. I've started a couple drawings based on the shapes made by the woodgrain. Here's the first. I've always wanted to start a series like this and hope that it will inspire a few more studies of this sort.

A couple of recent drawings. The first was inspired by a slice of lemon floating on water in a glass. The lemon looked like upper jaw teeth while the seeds at the bottom reminded me of a couple scraggly lower jaw teeth. After I did it, I realized how much it looks like master shake. I guess all that time at radical is starting to spew through my subconscious.

The second is another concept sketch for an up coming animation. It started out as a dog on a bike but kinda evolved into this strange creature standing on a bike crank. It's a unusual drawing but I really like it.

In my never ending quest to own every bike ever made, I've purchased yet another bicycle. This little number is an American Flyer with a body style very reminiscent of the classic Schwinn Stingray. I saw it for $20 at a garage sale last weekend and couldn't pass it up. Now comes the long process of cleaning off all the rust and coming up with a name for it.