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 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. :)

Day 112

June 29, 2015 in adrawingaday, abstract, creature like, drawing, gouache, heart, illustration, ink, pencil

I took to a larger paper today and stretched out my lines. It was a time to abstract ideas I was holding on to as too precious a thing.

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 109

June 21, 2015 in cat, illustration, watercolor, adrawingaday, drawing, ink

This is Pickles at play. Happy Sunday fun 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 106

June 16, 2015 in adrawingaday, bones, brain, bursts, creature like, drawing, gouache, heart, illustration, skeleton, skull, spine, splash, voyage, watercolor, wanderer

Started thinking about nurture versus nature and emotions versus logic. Sometimes it feels like we push one out of the way in order to attain an intangible desire.

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.