Inner Musings

Joshua Graydon's Art show opening: "Internal | External"

2011-10-28T08:11:00.000-07:00

Come out and see my art show next week!

Prints for Sale.

2010-04-28T06:05:00.000-07:00

I have just created a printable file for this drawing. I will be selling prints on demand. Contact me for more information. I also have Giclee prints of this drawing. Sold around $100 each. Thanks!
Note: The signature at the bottom right is simply a watermark and will not be on the print.

aaaaaand some digital

2010-04-27T18:14:00.000-07:00

Here are some digital pieces that Tin Salamunic has been assigning and helping us work on.

Oil paintings

2010-04-27T17:53:00.000-07:00

I have been in a figure painting class with Daniel Robbins as well as the illustration, and it is my first experience with oil painting. It is a jump into a very large ocean of possibility and I hope to continue improving as I feel I have. He has challenged me in color, concept and form in these paintings. Here is my work charting my progress.

some Art, not sketches.

2010-04-27T17:32:00.000-07:00

Recently, I've been studying under the amazingly talented Sterling Hundley. He and Josh George have made me think very hard about concepts, composition, and medium. Things like "dark object on a light background", "round shapes inside sharp shapes", and "rendered, flat, or patterned areas" were not generally in my thinking, but Josh and Sterling were able to instill these tools in my artistic arsenal. I have been searching different media, in order that I might find the result I'm looking for. This journey will never end, but it has been a fun start. Here is some of my progress.

These are a few of the studies I've done. Here are a couple finished pieces I did; one more is in progress.

2010-02-27T21:53:00.000-08:00

I've been fortunate enough to go out with my fellow illustrators on many Tuesday and Thursdays to local coffee shops and sketch the patrons. Lately, it's been quite a routine and it has gotten my experimentation in my sketchbook to become much more daring. I'm enjoying this process of finding things i really like to do and I'm hoping to carry them over in my finished illustrations.

It's been a while and I've been working

2010-02-27T21:35:00.000-08:00

I finished my last sketchbook and have started another. With this one, I'm hoping to broaden my curiosity and media experimentation. I've been adding more color and patterning in with the designs. Another big step for me is typography. It isn't very good right now, but as I continue using it in my sketchbook, my ability in type and image will progressively improve. This post is just the last few pages of my sketchbook.

2009-12-17T19:09:00.000-08:00

after much some time, here is the comic we've been waiting for! actually. I've just been working on it; not waiting.

2009-12-17T18:54:00.000-08:00

Sketchbook dump

2009-12-17T18:39:00.000-08:00

here are some sketches from my "not so great" sketchbook. Some of which I just didn't spend as long.

Mario in life!

2009-12-04T16:42:00.000-08:00

After a full semester's work and some blood and sweat, I've completed my comic book. here's what the inside looks like next to the cover (As well as my hard work.)

Comic Book

2009-10-26T21:02:00.000-07:00

I've been working on a comic book: a very loose adaptation of the Super Mario Bros. game. It has an organized crime twist, but completely original plot and character sketches. here are the first few pages in progress.

Sketchbook Complete!

2009-09-30T18:43:00.000-07:00

And I've completed my sketchbook! hooray, huzzah!

Sketchbook unloaded

2009-09-24T19:28:00.000-07:00

I'm getting very close to completing my 2 sketchbook. Around 13 more pages. Those will probably be used by the end of the weekend.

2009-09-12T14:50:00.000-07:00

This semester is the quickest I've gone through a sketchbook consistently. It's all thanks to Josh George, my drawing teacher. He has us drawing from observation at least 10 drawings per class. It helps me stay in the habit of drawing and helps me get better at finding my own techniques, etc. this is what I have after 3 weeks of drawing consistently.

My first photo dump from my sketchbook.

2009-09-12T13:23:00.000-07:00

I filled my first sketchbook completely in the many years I've been an artist. Somehow I always end up never filling them out completely, but through the inspiration of James Jean's first "Process Recess" and other artists, such as my friends Duncan Robertson and Tin Salamunic, I've been putting my mind to filling sketchbook, mostly with observational drawings. here's the highlights from my first sketchbook.

2009-05-02T16:33:00.000-07:00

I've come to realize something about how we ask God for things. God gives us many blessings. We become so accustomed and weathered to these generosities given by him that we seem to ask him for everything we don't really need. This "epiphany," and I only call it that because "revelation" doesn't seem to fit, came when I considered some customers at the Starbucks at which I work. Most Iced Venti drinks come with 3 shots of espresso. However, we pull shots in even numbers. It come to be, that a lot of our regulars have been blatantly asking for the 4th shot for free. At times, I think this is asking for too much. It's one thing for us to offer it, but it's another thing to expect it. "I'll have a triple grande latte (but really a quad)." We often think the same way of God. "Well, you're going to give it to me anyway." I think this most directly relates with our sins. "You're going to forgive me anyway" Paul talks often of God's grace being sufficient. He also emphasizes that we can't just sin because he is so willing to give us grace. God is so freely giving us grace and everything we ask for, but sometimes, i think we can get out of place. He answers our prayers, according to his will. Final point: God is amazing.

First Post

2009-04-20T05:13:00.000-07:00

My posts will most likely be few and far between. I think this will be my venue for displaying my new art work and to publicize my new posts in flickr.