Day 131

October 31, 2015 in pattern, creature like, futurism, figurative, ink, adrawingaday, illustration, drawing

Inspired by all the creatures and infinite possibilities that walk the streets on Halloween.

Day 121

September 11, 2015 in drawing, ink, portrait, illustration, pattern, figurative, adrawingaday

Inspired by my baby niece. I interpret this as a wise entity.

Day 120

August 28, 2015 in pencil, pattern, creature like, bubbles, ink, brain, bursts, drawing, adrawingaday, cat, illustration, color pencil

Sometimes you just need to play and feel like a kid again and see what happens.

Day 111

June 24, 2015 in ink, symbol, pattern, illustration, heart, brain, gouache, feathers, adrawingaday, bursts, drawing

Today is feeling lovely and balanced and in flight. Hence the drawing from today. Happy hump day!

Day 108

June 18, 2015 in illustration, abstract, drawing, creature like, ink, adrawingaday, color pencil, pattern

Today called for a super quick drawing of an abstract being.

Day 107

June 17, 2015 in pattern, ink, adrawingaday, portrait, color pencil, creature like, illustration, cat, drawing

I haven't drawn Ely in a while so I decided to stylize him. Tempted to call this Ely's Infinite Rump.

Day 101

June 10, 2015 in adrawingaday, bird, bubbles, drawing, feathers, illustration, ink, pattern, watercolor

I started this watercolor in a different direction and ended with the California Northern Flicker. I love how patterns are so therapeutic to create.

Day 83

December 07, 2014 in adrawingaday, drawing, figurative, ink, self portrait, pattern

Trying out a self portrait with patterns for the first time. One element led to another without any preconceived idea. Looking forward to pushing this further.

Day 79

December 03, 2014 in adrawingaday, bubbles, color pencil, creature like, drawing, ink, pattern, watercolor

I started off by thinking of an MTA illustration by artist Marcos Chin. I've seen it on the train a bunch of times and I really enjoy it. You can check it out here. His use of lines to define all of the characters' contours is lovely and I wanted to play with that idea. But then I started listening to Radiolab and a story on the fight to conserve a bird called the Kirtland’s warbler and at some point I evidently thought of "The Red Balloon." There's also some 80's rock hairdo going on here. I went with it all.

Day 76

November 14, 2014 in ayotzinapa, adrawingaday, drawing, ink, pattern, pencil, protest

It's been moving to see more and more people both in Mexico and Mexicans in other parts of the world protest what's been going on in Mexico for the past many years. I've been learning more and more about Ayotzinapa and feel sad and ashamed at the country's actions. All of this has also put into perspective my own family's reasons for moving to the states and what life could have been like for my sister and I should we have stayed. My hope is that we will finally come through with a more transparent government.

Day 75

November 13, 2014 in abstract, adrawingaday, color pencil, creature like, drawing, ink, pattern, wanderer

Revisiting a wanderer.

Day 38

September 26, 2014 in abstract, adrawingaday, color pencil, creature like, drawing, ink, pattern

Thoughts of a humming bird, a heart, a helicopter, and pollination came to mind while drawing tonight.

Day 35

September 23, 2014 in abstract, adrawingaday, color pencil, creature like, drawing, pencil, pattern

I started the drawing upside down but a quarter of the way through it felt right to turn it upside down. Can't believe how long it has been since I worked on a patterned piece like this. I felt so much nostalgia for my days in college studying with Barbara Rossi and Karl Wirsum. They were part of the Chicago Imagists group and are just amazing people and artists.