I’ve been using this time for more creative sketching for myself. Some time ago, I found a really cool picture of a praying mantis. I finally took some time to sketch it in my moleskine sketchbook with pen and tombos.
Sketchwars exploded views
After winning the chess piece challenge, I was given the honor of picking the next week’s topic. I was sketching exploded views for my freelance work and decided it would be an appropriate topic. This gave me an excuse to take apart an old remote I had lying around and sketch it. It was an interesting challenge that brought back memories of viscom from my days at CIA. Once again, I really enjoyed trying to create a clean sketch with pen and markers.
Random sketches
I have been doing more sketches lately. The top one is of my friend, Krishna. The bottom one is Charizard for my friend Alisha. I always love going back to traditional medium. I find it challenging, and as a way to become more disciplined with other tools. Plus, I always love it when friends give me suggestions to sketch.
Rayguns!
After winning last weeks Sketchwars, I was allowed to choose the topic for this week. For this week, I wanted to re-live a fun project from Soulcake times with rayguns. It was a great excuse to be fun and loose. With rayguns, you can explore form, color and materials.
Lately, I haven't been hand sketching as much. I thought this project would be a good way to practice form exploration and to feel comfortable sketching with pen. It was a lot of fun to create nice pen drawings and to color with the computer. As a designer, I feel that I should still feel comfortable sketching with traditional media. I should be less afraid to be loose.
My desk
Whenever I’m bored I like to draw Indian patterns on my desk. My desk is always a work in progress!