Day 105

June 15, 2015 in bones, drawing, creature like, skeleton, illustration, adrawingaday, gouache, bursts, watercolor, ink

Playful rendition of skeletons, including a conehead.

Day 104

June 13, 2015 in adrawingaday, bursts, creature like, drawing, illustration, ink, portrait, self portrait, watercolor, chilipepper

I got this idea for a portrait with peppers stuffed in someone's mouth while riding the train yesterday and starting off into space. Only now while browsing did I realize it's reminiscent (but not really) of Matthew Barney's Cremaster. It's interesting how most ideas are not original at all. We share a collective memory of a collective life.

Day 103

June 12, 2015 in ink, bursts, pig, minimalism, gouache, creature like, watercolor, otherland, drawing, brain, adrawingaday, illustration

A minimalist drawing sprouted a pig and a brain. I'd like to say I know why. In any case, happy Friday!

Day 91

March 24, 2015 in adrawingaday, creature like, drawing, ink, portrait

I started this a few weeks ago and was hesitant about where to go with it. Realizing this was weighing me down I decided to splash and swirl some marks. It's not my favorite but from this drawing I did find new shapes to use in the future.

Day 89

March 02, 2015 in ink, creature like, bursts, adrawingaday, drawing, abstract, color pencil

After researching a bit more on the Tarahumara people yesterday I felt a sense of relief and let go. I started this drawing without thought or fear. It is and onward I go.

Day 88

February 26, 2015 in mole rat, ink, creature like, drawing, adrawingaday, parasite, color pencil

I started off drawing the colorful growth and somehow was reminded of one of my favorite animals- the mole rat.

Day 87

February 25, 2015 in ink, sea life, drawing, creature like, adrawingaday

I wasn't going to post as I'm not the happiest with this, but then I remembered the reason I started this project. This is what I drew and it's ok. On to the next day!

Day 81

December 05, 2014 in adrawingaday, creature like, drawing, feathers, ink, portrait

Through this drawing I started imagining a human bird hybrid. So you have it.

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 77

November 15, 2014 in adrawingaday, creature like, drawing, figurative, sea life, watercolor, sea otter, self portrait

This day felt a bit quirky. So I searched for images of sea otters and thought, "If I was a sea otter, I would float and feast on sea urchins all day." There are days like this that call for randomness in order to get through the order.

Day 75

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

Revisiting a wanderer.

Day 67

November 05, 2014 in abstract, adrawingaday, color pencil, creature like, drawing, gouache, ink

A few things impeded me from keeping up with the drawings for a while. However, instead of seizing completely I've decided to extend the date and simply finish 365 drawings. So all in all I'm back on track as it were. This is an abstract piece I played with using gouache and ink.