India Ink

Two photographs I have taken this week.

Hope

What Attitude?

This is the attitude behind not getting my own work done:

Happy New Year!

...a bit late. :)

Font Fun

Comic Faces

I'm thinking about doing a huge piece of paper like this even though this small one took forever and was not too fun to do. I like how it looks.

Sports

This was a theme I gave my students to create a drawing around this past quarter, so I thought I would do it too.

Light

I decided to be illustrative and a tiny bit conceptual. I went with a lightbulb and light as a feather.
I have included my planning sketch in order to show my complete process...

Sitting on The 1 Train

Sunday, on the 1 train...I was headed to Church, this guy was just in my head.

Chaos

This word was the theme for my students' homework this week. Here is what I drew. It looks more chaotic on the small page than the big computer screen.

A Day Off, Sitting At the Museum

MoMA on Columbus Day.

Inspired by Jaime

I was at the New York Comic Con this past weekend and I found a huge book with drawings by Jaime Hernandez. It was hardcover, really cheap, and signed so I had to have it. I know he is one of the most famous and best comic artists, but I haven't really seen his stuff. (I'm relatively new to comic art.) I love the way he draws women. They are beautiful and sensual without so much of the feeling of the male gaze. Here's my drawing of some of his women. Mine aren't nearly as beautiful as his however...

Point

Homework that I made my students do. This week the theme was "point."

The Uptown Girl Mural Celebrates Hunt's Point and its Women

Here is a video by the Hunts Point Express with my students and me talking about the new mural in our school community. Go here for the full article and click on "Art" then click on "Mural celebrates Hunts Point and its women."

Friend #1 Background

I have finally finished Friend #1! Yay.

Now I have to finish Friend #4... :)