Day 133

November 04, 2015 in figurative, illustration, drawing, ink, gouache, adrawingaday

Walking around Chinatown taking pictures for a project last month, I saw this man standing by his shop. He went about selling things as a customer came by, but his eyes seemed to belong elsewhere, like they were viewing a parallel universe.

Day 132

November 03, 2015 in gouache, figurative, illustration, ink, drawing, adrawingaday

Saw this man on the train yesterday and I loved the calm and wisdom he evoked. I'll revisit him on a longer portrait later.

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 130

October 30, 2015 in abstract, adrawingaday, drawing, ink, shapes

A play on shape and color.

Day 129

October 29, 2015 in ink, drawing, adrawingaday, people

Almost fell off the wagon with this but I'm back! Doodling around is all.

Day 128

October 10, 2015 in adrawingaday, drawing, illustration, ink, panda, tiger, bamboo

A first take on a panda being attacked by a tiger. But maybe the tiger will change his mind.

Day 127

September 30, 2015 in adrawingaday, drawing, ink, illustration, portrait, watercolor

It's been a while since I've drawn a proper portrait. While this doesn't look exactly like the sitter, I'm happy to have gotten the opportunity to draw him. I call this his alter ego, Tito.

Day 126

September 25, 2015 in adrawingaday, bones, brain, color pencil, creature like, drawing, gouache, heart, illustration, ink, skeleton

A year ago I started combining the brain and heart to create a singular organ. I'm sure this has been interpreted in one way or another many times, but I've grown attached to the image and its symbolism for my own reasons. Mainly I'm drawn to the balance we struggle with between reason and emotion, logic and madness, love as something magical and intangible while at once being something practical and controlled by chemicals in our brain. I'm still exploring this and am excited to see what bubbles up.

Day 124

September 21, 2015 in emotion from afar, splash, ink, ant, gouache, drawing, bloom, flower, adrawingaday, watercolor

A veces nos sentimos tan frágil como una hormiguita solitaria y es difícil tomar la belleza y amor alrededor de nosotros. No es para uno de afuera juzgar lo que siente esa hormiga pero si es posible, porque no acompañarle durante esa tormenta.

Day 123

September 17, 2015 in ink, gouache, hill, adrawingaday, otherland, drawing, bones, watercolor, environment, skull, desert

Starting to get carried away with excuses on why I shouldn't publish drawings I've done, I stopped myself today and snapped a picture of this drawing watercolor as it is. As a whole I'm not liking it. But I enjoy elements of it on their own.

Day 122

September 14, 2015 in ink, adrawingaday, brain, gouache, drawing, illustration, figurative

Working on a separate idea, I got side tracked with this collage drawing. Essentially I was thinking of letting go of over analyzing.

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 119

August 21, 2015 in heart, color pencil, illustration, pencil, bird, adrawingaday, drawing, hand, ink

Yesterday I heard someone share a composer's advice for breaking a creative road block- give yourself permission to fail. So here it goes again. It's a struggle to remember this but every time I do let go, I feel that much happier. Perhaps nothing comes of this idea as a whole, but maybe a stroke will trigger something else.

Day 118

August 20, 2015 in creature like, illustration, ink, color pencil, wanderer, drawing, abstract, adrawingaday

I had a craving for drawing an abstract, patterned being.

Day 117

August 10, 2015 in gouache, adrawingaday, ink, watercolor, illustration, drawing, creature like, hand

It's tricky to know what to write about along with these drawings at times. Frankly, sometimes it takes me a while to figure out why I did something.

Day 116

July 28, 2015 in illustration, adrawingaday, pencil, brain, heart, gouache, ink, drawing

Continuation of the brain and heart theme. I'm pushing myself to draw even when I'm not sure what to do.

Day 115

July 23, 2015 in emotion from afar, illustration, watercolor, splash, ink, drawing, adrawingaday, bursts, text, gouache, brain, heart

There are some things that are best left unsaid if nothing else will sprout from it. But it's nice to take a new meaning and make it your own. Happy Thursday!

Day 114

July 21, 2015 in gouache, chola, creature like, adrawingaday, bursts, splash, plaguedoctor, illustration, feathers, figurative, ink, crow, bird, drawing

I drew this in exchange for a lovely library lamp. For inspiration I went through the owner's Pinterest and was happy to learn of his eclectic taste but most of all to discover the history of plague doctors who wore crow masks. Took a few tries to execute a chola plague doctor but I feel this is a decent launching point. Will revisit the theme in the future.

Day 113

July 01, 2015 in color pencil, adrawingaday, skull, bird, illustration, brain, crow, heart, drawing, skeleton, bones, ink, creature like

I don't know why I felt like combining these bones and organs together today but here they are. To me it looks like a skeleton cheer leader. :)