The Time Has Come
A dear old friend recently commissioned me to do a drawing based on Lewis Carroll’s poem, “The Walrus and The Carpenter”. It’s one of my favorite poems by Carroll and was originally illustrated by...
Tagged: pen and ink
More Ink than you’d Think
Lately, I’ve had a couple of folks inquire about how I work. What do I do digitally, what do I do analog, what am I smoking… you get my drift. The simple answer is...
Blues So Bad: Penciling
Ask Sam Viviano and he’ll tell you I’m a one-trick-pony. All I draw are bluesmen. Well, he’s partly right, there’s a guitar playing blues character that I love to draw and I’ve done finished...
Tattoo You
I’ve been given the honor of designing a tattoo for a friend. How someone would trust me to design something that will be on display on their body FOREVER is beyond me. It’s actually...
Adding Some Torque
There were guys in 8th grade that could draw the coolest cars, choppers, dragsters…you name it. I envied them as I drew my little people with big noses. Being able to draw stuff like...
Making More Work For Myself
Sorry I’ve been absent. I’ve been working on the website/blog for the new line of shirts pretty heavily. In the meantime, of course, I’m working on Dixie Drive. I often wish I’d developed a...
Old Dog, Old Tricks
I know, I know..Photoshop is great and it totally makes an artist’s life easier. If used correctly, you can really tweak your art to a higher level and, at times it’s a very necessary tool. For...