AdviSe to the Young Artist

I'm serious, dammit!


Oh!

"Isn't This Great?"
Go!

SB

Rewiring

Something I've been working on for the past week. My nephew Corbin asked me to draw his Poke'mon Sapphire team so I gladly doodled up the request.


Drawings in the sketchbook.




And the finished monsters. I worked in Illustrator for the vector shapes and then in Photoshop for the textures and shadows.

I really enjoyed making them and knowing that the person for whom I made it appreciates it is in itself fulfilling. It wasn't about money, deadlines, being the best, or a stupid grade, it was just about making the little Poke'mons. I feel as artists (or maybe it is just me) that we loose the ability of wanting to make something being we sometimes get caught up in what seems and can be the judgment of others and inherently the judgment within ourselves.

"There’s something inherently beautiful in the drawings of those not classically trained in the arts. The relatively care-free lines and the focus on message, not super-realistic renderings (should arktik puppey’s legs have zigzags, too?), is something that I think we can all appreciate. Communication in its rawest form."

-Dustin Williams

Link to see the drawings. (NOTE: Link is subject to change! Look at older posts if it does. Thank Yoo!)

And wouldn't it be amazing if you can find the balance between the acquired training and being care-free?

My brain is on a rewiring trip so my apologies for the incoherent gray matter one has just read. Plus if it makes anyone feel better those oh-so-familiar judgmental voices are already hounding me for this post.

Nice.
SB

The Unforgotten Verona and Boar!

When you happen to be in Verona,


and you see a place like this,
it would be wise for you to eat there,
because of its deliciousness!

*cough*


Carmen was performed in the Verona Roman Amphitheater that evening. Uh oh Carmen! How will you cleverly escape this predicament?


And she didn't! *dramatic music plays*
A great performance! Bravo!


And after all the Italian culture I experienced for two days I returned to Munich and made pasta!


But there's Boar! Get it? The Unforgotten Verona and Boar? ...


Quoi Goat does not understand!


Nor does Milo but that's nothing new.


Huh?

SB
(Just forget this ever happened ...)

More Adventurous

WARNING!

MAY CONTAIN BATHROOM HUMOR

I'm not serious about the bathroom humor (Auww!). Although this sketchbook image did help us stop for a bathroom break. Communication at it's best! :B
Anyway here are some photos from France.


A gargoyl from the Strasbourg cathedrale.


Okay all you art history gurus, can you tell me what this is?


For Stephanie! :D *glee*

For Dustin! :D Whee!



When in France...


Well what did you expect from a person who likes geese?


Kitty chillin' outside of a gallery.


We stopped at a bio goat farm in small town France. The folks had happy goats, a beautiful garden, and some very tasty cheese from the happy goats. Nom nom nom!

Thoughts? Well I have this quote that I feel sums it up.

"Travel is the best education."

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And here are random sketches!


Jean and Milo. I like Milo's "egg head" more.


"Goatie..." D:


Listening to some BT and thinking of EarthBound.

I'm obsessed with being a real person.
Best,
SB

Adventure!

Hello! I have some pictures for you all to see, yes-sir-e.
First and for most we begin with the Christopher Street Parade.


:D *glee*
(Can one guess what this parade was about?)


The same day the München Philharmonic Orchestra was rehearsing at Odeonsplatz. Of course I would take a photo of the bassoons and contra bassoon (... the roots run deep, or the music).


Odeonsplatz.


I have no clue, but I want to believe this is FAIL BLOG material.


And why not? I'll throw some sketches in! Here are some people! :B


And a here are some flygons.

That's all for now because I need to get some food-age.
Ciao!

Children's Literature Festival Spots

More for UCM's Renaissance magazine.
A shout out to SolStock for the lovely paint texture I used on these spot illustrations.
Thanks you! :D

Gosh I need some sleep...

Next up - A photo montage!
(my life feels like a montage ...)

Black Box Theatre

I keep forgetting to upload these as RGB JPEG's...
Anyhow, this is an illustration for Central's arts magazine, Renaissance.

Quite different from what I usually do.. :-O !

Peace.