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.
Sketchwars chess pieces
A few weeks ago one of the challenges for Sketchwars was to draw chess pieces. I submitted two entries. A digital knight sketch and a good old fashioned ideation page.
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.
Circle Brewery mural
I’ve been a little busy lately with painting, hanging out with friends, applications and freelance work. Its been a very random month, but I’m starting to relax a little bit more. During the past three weeks, I’ve been working on a mural for Circle Brewery.
In the past, I’ve painted large murals at the graffiti park. The largest painting that I’ve worked on would have to be Anthony Bourdain at 12’ tall x 20’ wide. This mural is about double that size. This was my first commissioned painting and was quite an experience. During the first days, I was a little afraid to work on a 24’ tall ladder. By the time I was done, it became second nature and I felt comfortable putting in details in high places. It was really rewarding to see this painting evolve from day to day.
Stop by Circle Brewery and check it out!
The old mural, which occupied Circle Brewery since they moved into their space.
Circle Brewery staff, Joel laid out the initial sketch for the design. He wanted to tell the story about the brewing process and show the location.
I created a cleaned up version of the sketch and added some color. I wanted this mural to be clean, a bit cartoonish and a little technical looking.
Some shots of my progress