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Air
'Air' | Daily Drawing 463.
When I was a punk kid, I practically lived on my skateboard.
It wasn’t just a means of transportation - it was an obsession.
When I wasn’t skating, or thinkin’ bout skating, or drawing people skateboarding, I would pore over copies of skate and surf magazines.
As a poor kid from Philly, the ultimate dream was to be one of those lucky bastards in the magazines out in Cali or Florida or Hawaii that could skate and surf 365 days a year.
I never get to California (only to visit), but I sure could draw a mean frontside air.
I drew this the other night and the drawing muscle memory kicked right in.
This whole ilo took not more than 30 minutes.
Tools: iPad pro/Procreate App
Retro comic textures and colors using the True Grit Texture Supply Debaser Lo-fi Coloring Kit for Procreate.
Atomic Punk
‘Atomic Punk’ | Daily Drawing 462
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I am a victim of the science age. Nobody rules these skies at night like me, the atomic punk.(Apologies to Van Halen)
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More retro/psychadellic comic madness with the Debaser Lo-fi Comic Coloring kit from @truegrittexturesupply. 🚀
Tools: iPad Pro / Procreate / Debaser Lo-Fi Comic Coloring Kit.
Run From Your Problems
‘Run From Your Problems (It’s Easy!)’ | Daily Drawing 461
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Holy hell, I’m having a ball running from my problems with the new Debaser Lo-fi Comic Coloring kit from @truegrittexturesupply.
The version for @procreate is a game changer. Worth every scrap of paper money I spent. 👊
I was so eager to jump in a start using it, with no plan or sketch this weird little little nugget was born.
Lotsa fun. Look for more lo-fi comic ilos from me if yer into that sorta thing.
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Tools: iPad Pro / Procreate / Debaser Lo-Fi Comic Coloring Kit.
When He Lies, His Ears Get Big!
'When He Lies, His Ears Get Big' | Daily Drawing #386.
Our Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath, forgetting about meeting those pesky Russians.
Tools: iPad Pro / Apple Pencil / Procreate
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Hop On the Gravy Boat!
'Hop on the Gravy Boat!' | Daily Drawing #366
The world is your meatloaf!
Tools: iPad Pro / Apple Pencil / ProCreate App
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Bad Hombres
'Bad Hombres' | Daily Drawing #348
Unpublished piece from the last Presidential debate.
I imagined the 'Bad Hombres' as a musical group. This is the cover of their first album.
So glad this shitstorm is almost over.
Tools: Procreate App / iPad Pro / Apple Pencil
Happy Daylight Savings
'Happy Daylight Savings' | Daily Drawing #347
"Sure can't wait until it gets dark at 3pm!" said no one ever.
Tools: Adobe Draw / iPad Pro / Apple Pencil
Ivan
'Ivan' | Daily Drawing #346
More fun with Adobe Draw this morning. I've been feeling stuck in a rut lately with my lettering. These quick cartoon illustrations are the perfect diversion.
Tools: iPad Pro / Apple Pencil / Adobe Draw
National Taco Day
'Happy National Taco Day' | Daily Drawing #344
Like anyone needs an excuse for Tacos.
Illustration for SUMO Heavy Industries (we really like tacos).
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Let's Build a Wall
'Let's Build a Wall' | Daily Drawing #318
It will be the most beautiful wall. It will really be something.
Tools: iPad Pro, Procreate, Apple Pencil
The Coffee Achiever
'The Coffee Achiever' | Daily Drawing #303
Coffee. Make it black, like my heart and soul.
Those of a certain age will remember the ad campaign for coffee in the early 80's called 'The Coffee Achievers'. For some reason The National Coffee Association felt the need to spend millions on an ad campaign featured celebrities and athletes drinking coffee. “The band Heart drinks coffee, and they’re awesome, so maybe I should try some of this stuff!”
The thinking of the time was that coffee was for old people, and old people die so who will buy the coffee? So their ad agency created a campaign featuring an elite band of super coffee drinkers like ELO, David Bowie, Cicily Tyson to name a few, to get ‘the kids’ thinking coffee was cool.
The ads were hokey and seem very dated now, but there was a time when ‘The Coffee Achiever’ was made to be something you strived for. Because who wouldn't want to sit and have coffee with Kurt Vonnegut?
Tools:
Apple iPad Pro
Apple Pencil
Procreate for iPad
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Nice Day for a Run
'Nice Day for a Run' | Daily Drawing #300
This is the first stab at an illustration with the Apple Pencil on an iPad Pro, using the Procreate app. I’ve used Procreate in the past, but with mixed success due to the poor choices of styluses available at the time. The Apple Pencil really changes the game. Palm rejection was the main problem for drawing on a tablet, and they’ve solved it. The Pencil itself is sleek, has a nice weight and feels natural in the hand (that’s what she said). I was up and running within 10 minutes out of the box and was able to bang together this quick drawing.
My complaints so far are minimal: The Pencil itself is a beautiful, almost delicate object - and is perfectly round and rolls right off the desk. A piece of masking tape at the top, like a little flag, solved this problem. Storage is also an issue – there’s no way to clip this to the iPad or the keyboard, and the Pen itself is about 6 ¾” tall, so you can't exactly slide it into your shirt pocket. I’m sure we’ll see third-party solutions soon enough and these concerns aren’t deal breakers.
I’m really impressed so far with the Pencil/iPad Pro and look forward to seeing what I can create.
Tools:
Apple iPad Pro
Apple Pencil
Procreate for iPad
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Wednesday: Day of the Nervous Turkeys
'Wednesday: Day of the Nervous Turkeys' | Daily Drawing #294
Hamburger Helper
'Hamburger Helper' | Daily Drawing #288
Day 5, the final day of the 'Meat Week' series.
So many questions came to mind as I drew this:
- What's with the monkey's outfit?
- Why doesn't the monkey just eat the damned burger?
- And why is there no tomato on that sandwich?
Sometimes there's no rhyme or reason to what winds up on the paper. It is what it is.
This series was fun to do. I really didn't plan these out in advance and I can't spend a great deal of time illustrating them. I'd usually start in the morning playing with words and phrases until something would click. If I was lucky, an idea would stick and I'd at least get the concept and the lettering sketched out before starting my day. Then I'd come back to it at night and do the ink and and color, usually posting at around 10pm. I like working with constraints, like a theme (and time), but I starting sweating it out by Wednesday, because I didn't want to post a dud and I certainly wasn't going to bail out on the theme.
I'm working on some ideas for future series, in the meantime I'll be back to posting my usual random themed daily drawings.
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Tools: Kuretake Bimoji Felt Tip Brush Pen, Wacom Intuos Tablet
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High Steaks!
'High Steaks!' | Daily Drawing #287
(They're so basted...)
Day 4 of the 'Meat Week' series.
Tools: Kuretake Bimoji Felt Tip Brush Pen, Wacom Intuos Tablet
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Fear the Wurst
'Fear the Wurst' | Daily Drawing #286
Day 3 of the 'Meat Week' series.
Tools: Kuretake Bimoji Felt Tip Brush Pen, Wacom Intuos Tablet
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Hide the Salami
'Hide the Salami' | Daily Drawing #285
Day 2 of the 'Meat Week' series.
Tools: Kuretake Bimoji Felt Tip Brush Pen, Wacom Intuos Tablet
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Long Live NYC Pizza Rat
'Long Live Pizza Rat' | Daily Drawing #282
The internet was buzzing this week with a video taken in a NYC subway station of a rat carrying a slice of pizza down the stairs.
Let's all hail his 'can-do' spirit and determination.
If you can make it here, Mr. Rat, you can make it anywhere.
TOOLS: Kuretake Bimoji Felt Tip Brush Pen
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Happy National Donut Day 2015!
'National Donut Day' | Daily Drawing #264
A quick drawing I cooked up for National Donut Day (see what I did there?)
Tools: Kuretake Bumoji Felt Tip Brush Pen