New Artwork 10-3-2019

Several non-art projects have kept me busy—but I have managed to slip away and do some sketching as well.

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So, today you'll find three new drawings from my sketchbook—all in the cartoony direction I've been exploring with my character designs lately—although admittedly, the last one is a bit "darker" in mood and tone.

Let's get to 'em.

'Song Bird' - Copyright 2019 - Jephyr! - All Rights Reserved

^ ^ ^ This silly sketch was begun way back in June before my surgery—but I only just got around to finishing it.

Even though I'd quickly scribbled in most of the bird's pose and entire body—I was feeling dis-satisfied with it.

Then while sketching at a coffee house recently, a young artist approached me and said she liked this one—and that encouraged me to keep working on it.

Within minutes of speaking to her, and on a whim, I added a smart phone and ear-buds.

Then I added the high-wasted, nerdy pants, and shirt complete with a tie and pocket protector, along with a city background with a hunched character skulking in the distance (his posture/mood contrasted with the 'Song Bird's')

A few notes swirling around the bird's head completed the composition and then all I had to do was tighten the whole shebang up..

It's pretty light-hearted sketch I admit—but the world needs a bit more of that IMHO.

'Union Sundown' - Copyright 2019 - Jephyr! - All Rights Reserved

^ ^ ^ This one was another loose scribble started eons ago—probably before my surgery as well.

I try to finish every drawing on every page in my sketchbook rather than leaving a bunch of stuff half-realized—so periodically I'll flip back through my sketchbook looking for something to work on—and recently decided to see what I could do with this one.

The basic shape of the eagle was already there (with a rough idea for the flag/background)—but I didn't like just having the eagle just sitting around doing nuthin'—so I was trying out different ideas for it's right-side weaponry—still trying to decide in my mind what it was holding or doing.

Then, when I sketched a claw/talons that looked like they were grasping something—and added a candle that had just gone out in it—the character/pic began to feel like it had something more symbolically going on than just being a cartoony sketch of an eagle.

After that I tidied-up everything up—and could finally call this one DONE.

Aspasaurus - Copyright - 2019 - Jephyr! -All Rights Reserved

^ ^ ^ While still a little cartoony—creating this "darker" feeling character/creature was challenging and fun.

Way back when—I'd scribbled some of the basic concepts—and as I mentioned about going back through unfinished drawings above—I decided to finally finish this page up one recent afternoon when I was out sketching.

Initially, I had the head and torso and tried to add stubby, lizard-like legs onto it—and worked with several ideas in that direction—but nothing I came up with was very satisfying.

So after a bit I gave up on legs—and erased them and roughed in a snake body—and when I swept some quick lines around the body indicating its tail—everything FINALLY began to "feel" right.

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Creating hands I was happy with was another hurdle to get over—and although I had some loose concepts sketched in—I took several photos of my own hands in various positions and used those as references to get the look I was after.

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Anywho—that'll do it for today.

Thanks for stopping by.

See you again soon.......