Old Sketchbook:1999

A horned Yeti?

Experimentation hybrid of machinery

and fantasy creatures.

Once in a while I dig out an old sketchbook,

and rediscover old creations that still have

so much potential and ask to be given a chance

to bloom and flourish. This would take a lot

of time...but then it becomes a personal challenge.

Last year I took on a challenge of creating an image

everyday. I had a few friends take on the endeavour,

many of them dropped out within three months.

I was about a hundred days shy of a year.

The goal might have been too ambitious.

I will attempt a new challenge taking some images

from old sketchbooks and doing a complete

illustration. One every month, for one year.

I have a few illustrations to finish this month,

but I will do some exploratory sketches,

using the creatures I've shown above.

So it starts.

Thanks for visiting.

GarSeeYa!

Goblin Market: Preliminary Sketches.

 There are a few sketches for the Pin-Up project.

Getting a feel for the characters and setting.

I am still influenced by Frouds, Rackham and Housman's goblins.

I'm trying to find something that suits me. I'll do a few more

pages of sketches and work out a composition layout.

GarSeeYa!

Day 232. Old Sketchbook 1991.

Comp for an Illustration assignment.

Doodles in ink.

 GarSeeYa!



Day 231. Old Sketchbook 1995.

I'm finally getting my books out of boxes and into shelves.

More sketchbooks to be discovered.

GarSeeYa!

Day 176. Tibetan Monks.

Sketchbook 1991.

Tibetan monks were visiting ACAD.

They created a sand mandala on the main hall.

I was using the V-tech Uniball pens for a lot of my sketch work then.

Very thin uniform likes, that took a lot of strokes to fill in the shade.

I'm sure it's nothing compared to doing detail work with grains of sand.

GarSeeYa!

(10:56 AM)

These little drawings is another exploration in

halftones, using Photoshop. These are posted 11:51 PM.

This one posted 12:06 AM.

Seeing how to do it faster.

Original is water coloured.Knocking out the colours took

a little bit of time. The process would be faster with flat

or gradated tones. Line work on top.

 GarSeeYa!

Day 175.Sketchbook 2008.

Sketchbook 2008.

Three pages done on a few lunch and coffee breaks,

working at Prelude. These were done with Faber

Castell Pitt pens. The organic detail is always fun to do.

Thanks for visiting.

GarSeeYa!

(12:28 PM)

A small sketch for Sunday.

Experimentation with halftones.

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(10:19 PM)

Day 173. Old Sketchbooks.

I have filled many pages, in many sketchbooks,

since attending ACAD. I'll be posting select pages,

starting with these from 1991.

At one time I recorded my dreams in a notebook,

kept by the bedside. Dreams of flying was a

recurring theme.

I've never seriously thought

about hang gliding or parachuting.

This is Ed and Dianne. We spent countless afternoons

and evenings playing cards. Something I've passed

on, focusing more on the sketchbook and work.

I'll have to play a few hands now and then...

see if I can win a few hands and beat

the "three stooges".

GarSeeYa!

(12:16 PM)

My boys were watching BOB THE BUILDER before bed.

I sketched for a bit on the couch.

I spent some time with the family today. We went out shopping,

bought art supplies and had dinner out. My eldest just completed

grade one, this was an unofficial celebration. They grow so

quickly and "pick up "so many things, that they constantly

surprise me. I like to stimulate their creative side with drawing,

 painting and just talking with them and listening to their ideas.

On a warm day we put out a picnic blanket on the front lawn.

Between my sons I laid on my back, looking up at the clouds,

and saw imaginary waves crashing on islands, dragons

riding on the wind. They talk of ants, crystal skulls and

bazooka troopers. Sometimes their chatter is background noise,

but it is important to listen to what they say...and I know I will

miss those little moments someday.

 GarSeeYa!

(11:16 PM)