Been a while...

It's been a while. That's because I've been traveling again. Had an event to go to in Boston, a gig in Northern MA, then one in Saranac Lake, NY, spent a couple of days in Vermont (which I love) and then a few in CT along the Long Island Sound. It was about a week and a half of work and some play. It's nice to be home. I guess we timed it just right with the weather. We brought along the 4x4, anticipating another freaky blizzard but that didn't happen till we were safe and sound back at home... Meh. Kinda disappointing to be honest...

Here are some photos from the trip:

Set up for 2 artists

My buddy Ron, working with me at a college. Sponge Bill Triangle Pants is in the background getting ready to eat somebody...

A caricature I drew at the event.

Another

Me working...

Stacie at the pastry counter in Boston. Soaked to the gills. Below, Another caricature I did

Ice Castle at Saranac Lake

Super creepy graveyard in Boston. Doesn't look like much but the big one in the middle is John Hancock's grave stone. Also buried here are Samuel Adams, Paul Revere and Mother Goose. Ben Franklin's parents are also buried here. It's called the Granery Graveyard and it's pretty much right in the center of town.

Works in progress:

Above is what the builder will have to work from. I am designing 2 cars for a guy based on his rough drawings a couple of example photos and this. It's going to be a fun project and I am really looking forward to it!

Below is the rough faces for a group picture of a wedding party. I've got lots more stuff to catch up on this week so I should be making a few more updates here really soon. I still have to finish the dang T bird too!

T-Bird Progress

After most of the drawing is finished I start to add some reflections by copying the shapes and cutting out the reflections that I want to use and then placing them where they belong.

After I get most of the reflections where I want them I start filling some of the shapes and moving them forward/backward when needed. It gets a little confusing so I usually use some obnoxious colors to differentiate layers/tones. This gives me an idea of the lights and darks and shows me basically what it's going to look like in the next step.

At this point I've got most of the reflections and the solid body shapes filled and on the plane where they should be. Some of the body reflections are still pretty rough and the chrome has not even been started yet. Reflections and shading gets tricky so I save that part for last when I can. When the colored shapes are filled in and I can tell what is what I will start shading shapes a tone darker or lighter than the ones around it so I can take away the outlines and make it look less cartoony.