'Febrrruary' | Daily Drawing #310
A mild December and January lulled us into a false sense of security. Winter officially came and kicked our ass this weekend.
See you in the Spring. If you need me, I'll be under that pile of blankets.
Tools:
Apple iPad Pro
Apple Pencil
Procreate for iPad
Photo is of my actual frozen backyard.
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'Chase What Excites You' | Daily Drawing #291
(Unless what excites you is crack, or your boss's daughter. Then no, don't do that.)
Tools: Kuretake Fudegokochi Brush Pen, Photo via Unsplash
'Never Let the Truth Get in the Way of a Good Story' | Daily Drawing #289
An excellent quote from Mark Twain.
Tools: Kuretake Fudegokochi Brush Pen
'Reality is for people who can't handle drugs.' ~ Laurence J. Peter
Daily Drawing #282
Tools: Kuretake Bimoji Felt Tip Brush Pen
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'Yes, Please!' | Daily Drawing #278
Tools: Tombow Dual Brush Pen, vector traced in Adobe Illustrator, composition in Adobe Photoshop.
'Real Wealth is Not Having to Spend Time With Assholes' | Daily Drawing #268
Your Monday inspiration, a quote from director John Waters.
Tools: Pentel Arts Pocket Brush Pen.
Prints and more available at Society6.
'Keep Your Head in the Clouds' | Daily Drawing #265
Tools: Tombow Dual Brush Marker, Kuretake Bumoji Felt Tip Brush Pen
'Screw It, Let's Do It' | Daily Drawing #263
Just say fuck it. Book the trip, make the phone call, ask the girl out.
After a brief hiatus, I'm resuming my Daily Drawing series. The pause was not intentional. Let me explain.
I live in Philadelphia. Philly is an amazing city, and you can’t beat the location: an hour from the mountains or the beach, a few hours from New York or D.C., and anywhere is reachable via a short drive to I-95, the Turnpike, or the airport.
The problem with Philly? The weather sucks. Especially the Winter. This Winter was especially cruel. Thankfully, I work from my home, so I have no commuting issues. But working from home comes with it’s own costs. One of them is isolation. Combine that with a touch of seasonal affective disorder and you’ve got a big cocktail of crazy. So when the weather finally broke in April, I took full advantage of it. The time I would normally spend at my desk early in the morning or during breaks in the work day were spent outside. Biking, walking my grateful dog, gardening, exploring. Anything to get me out of the house. It was just the mental reset I needed.
It feels good to be back.
'Take Action' | Daily Drawing #262
Testing out a workflow using the using the Adobe Shape app. Lettered with Zebra WF3 Scientific Brush (Medium).
'Some People Feel the Rain, Others Just Get Wet' | Daily Drawing #259
Tools: Pentel Pocket Brush Pen
'Never Had a Bad Day' | Daily Drawing #257
If anyone ever tells you this, they're a goddamned liar.
Today was, in fact, not a great day. On top of car, tax and technology issues, there was also an emergency trip to the vet.
But, we're all good and will live to fight another day.
Tools: Freeform sketch on paper, inked and scanned. Composite in Photoshop.
'Lust for Life' | Daily Drawing #254
Tools: I started with large, loose sketches. The sketches were inked with a set of Sakura Pigma Sensei markers, which are actually sold as Manga drawing pens. This set has fine nibs as well as a large 1.00mm nib which made it easy to fill in large areas. Scanned then vector traced in Illustrator.
'Living Large' | Daily Drawing #252
Tools: Zig Millenium .005 Pen
'Take Chances' | Daily Drawing #249
Tools: Tombow Dual Brush Pen.
Vector traced in Illustrator, composite in Photoshop.
'Coulda Woulda Shoulda' | Daily Drawing #248
Don't let this become the story of your life.
Tools: Tombow Dual Brush Pen, Wacom Tablet
'Good Donuts!' | Daily Drawing #246.
Some mornings you go to the gym and some mornings you think about donuts.
Prints and more available at Society6!
'Mad Skills' | Daily Drawing #243
Tools: Pentel Pocket Brush Pen
'If we had no Winter, the Spring would not be so pleasant' | Daily Drawing #242.
Tools: Pentel Pocket Brush Pen
Photo taken this morning of the frozen Delaware River at the Bristol Waterfront.
'Leave Me Alone!' | Daily Drawing #241
The Valentine's Day card that comes with its own restraining order.
Tools:
'Leave Me' type: Tombow Brush Pen
'Alone 'Type: 1/2" Paint Brush with Acrylic on paper
Both pieces scanned/cleaned up in Photoshop, traced in Illustrator, then composed in Photoshop.
'You're Just OK' | Daily Drawing #240.
A card for when you care just barely enough.