DENVER ZOO

Went to the zoo today to get back in the habit of drawing from life. As you can see, I prefer the animals that don't move around too much. Only had 3 hours, I plan to give myself a whole day next time. Took a while to get warm, I haven't done this in like 6 years. Brutal.

HAIR STUDIES

Just keeping my hand warm, drawing some hair from reference, catching up on MMA podcasts. Why, what do you do on a Wednesday night? ..... Oh. That is much cooler.

SKETCH#008

A quick study of James Jean's "Fables" covers. Turns out I can draw better just sitting in the same room as a James Jean book. Damn his effortless awesomeness.

SKETCH#005

Art Spiegelman spoke at CU today, giving a lecture on the history of comic books. It was a great talk, and great fun listening to one of the names amongst names give his unique perspective on comics. He acknowledged that he's considered the father of the graphic novel, but modestly added that there's a DNA test pending. Hilarious. My sketch today is a quick study of Spiegelman's characters from the Pulitzer winning MAUS.