It’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything – been very busy with work and a few commissions, but I thought I’d share something I tried out last week just for fun. This is a collection of science fiction ship designs that just came out of my creative muscle. I think the bottom one is cool…
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This DMG Mori turn & mill center is for my friend Joe – his shop has two of these machines. This model is a CTX beta 800 TC. This sketch was roughed out with Micron 005 black ink pen and filled in with Copic marker on Canson marker paper. Finishing touches were done with 08…
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Here’s a quick boat sketch I made yesterday for a coworker. This sketch was first roughed out with Natural Gray N0 copic marker. XS Faber Castell pen was used to do the line work, and various Copic blues, grays, and greens were used to finish it out. Interestingly, Bronze BG78 was used for the water,…
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I’m finding that sketching and art takes you to all sorts of interesting places outside of the core subject matter you focus on. In this case, I’ve connected with a client that does hard milling and has interest in some art of his machines. So…I sketched out this Makino V56 for him to hang on…
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This 32 Ford hot rod was a quick sketch on Toned Tan paper. I tried to keep it very simple and clean as a call back to the artwork you might see in a 50s or 60s advertisement. I started off using a Copic N2 neutral gray sketch marker to outline the shape – I…
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This Bronco 4×4 powered by a 460 big block is another commission job – again, a little larger than I typically do. I started with the line work using 0.1mm Faber Castell ink pen: After drying, it was filled in with Copic grays, and re-lined with 0.3mm and 0.5mm black ink. Finally, used Posca white…
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The supercharged Camaro ZL1 makes 650hp from a 6.7L V8. This car was commissioned and was first outlined using Faber Castell 0.1mm black ink pen. Next, Copic markers in various shades of red and grays filled in the gaps. I added Posca white paint for reflections, and finished the drawing out with Copic Multiliner 0.5mm…
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I was recently fortunate enough to get this job as a commissioned set of three. I started out with ink pen outline using Faber Castell 0.3mm, and shaded with Copic Marker. Posca white was used for reflections. This one is a bit larger than I typically make, and it took an 11×14 frame rather than…
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I tried some new methods on this one. Most obviously, this sketch is on brown paper, or “Toned Tan” as it’s called. The darker paper allows whites to really pop off the page. To go with it I bought some white charcoal pencils, which I used to fill in the body of this Camaro. I…
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I started working on this 1970 Cuda and it was going ok…I had screwed up the door outline, but the rest was turning out to look pretty good. I really like the simplicity of this one, and the perspective. And then I got a smudge right above the hood… Here’s the culprit…Thanks, Henry!