recent doodles and sketches

YEAH YEAH YEAH's!

This is a piece of the YEAH YEAH YEAHS done at the academy. Each member was xerox transfered straight from a drawing in my sketchbook, which was very rewarding to totally incorporate my sketchbook in my piece. It was a conceptual assignment , but I was able to let the medium and energy in the drawing speak for teh concept special thanks to two instructors, Doug Chayka and Sterling Hundley. size: 15"x7"

INK

Each of these are 6x6 inches, the top one is a portrait of Clint Weaver, the second is Martha Washington  and the third is Memphis Slim

POW portrait

a detail

George Pratt at the Illustration Academy did an amazing impromptu demo (at my desk! OMG!) of Bert Silverman's  watercolor technique, in which the whole studio swarmed around with in about 5 seconds of the demo comensing. of course I was waving my arms like a madman behind his back, comunicating some crazy magic was about to happen, haha. it was pretty amazing, it was the technique George used for his incredible graphic novel, Enemy Ace: War Idyll. Well, this little experiment of mine was not so breath-taking. I was holding my breath most of teh time. I cant imagine doing a whole graphic novel this way! it took me 3 hours and this is only 4"x4.5"!!!... But I did enjoy it, I dont think I let the medium really do its thing, maybe I should try a bigger painting next time.  Anyway, George Pratt, your my hero (I LOVE YOU!!!)..

PEACE!

Will

Quick 30 min drawing/painting

I did this last night for fun; some acrylic ink, I kept it loose and went at it as fast as possible, the reason being, during my first try, I spill almost an entire bottle of ink over it and realized it was lost... Soo, I sucked it gave a nice little roar of frustration and reminded myself that nothing is sacred, up and started over. This is a portrait of one of the dudes from the Metal Mulisha, one of the most notorious and most talented groups in the Motocross industry. theres a good article in the new ESPN on them, which is where the photo is from. PEACE!