Makeda

This song is so cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22HL5ZOOHGI


Perfect to listen to while drawing a quail.

Quail, work in progress

The Zulu

Zulu

This is Zulu.  Hate him, love him, he'll be fine either way, because he has a job to do.
 I've decided that my favorite part of this drawing is the name.

Kingfisher progress

I used to think it was really cool to save cardboard coffee cup clutch dividers when I worked for Caribou Coffee.  Wish I had more, actually.  They are 11 x 17", an acceptable size for me,  and also have a side that is a very comforting shade of grey.  It's a durable surface as well, allowing me to spread graphite around smoothly and also has a high tolerance for color. 

I made a sketch of a Kingfisher on one of these lovely, sustainable dividers about nine months ago, and just kind of forgot about it after that.  I feel like at that time, my style wasn't ready, I couldn't conceive of a process to finish it.  I looked at it a few days back and had a vision for it right away.    I'm using 15 different pens at this point, probably 18 or 19 after I finish the wood at the bottom.  Variety.

What a funny looking bird.  Still cool though, like the Grandmaster Flash of kingfisher drawings.  Hope to finish it up today or tomorrow.  Or the day after that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6e9G-ump3Y

waxwing completion

I think it would be really fun to wear this, so at this point I'm thinking that this is going to end up on some clothing.

waxwing

I've been wanting to have my art on a piece of clothing for a long time, and I think I've got the design for it.
The bird is based off a Cedar Waxing.  As always patterns are determined mostly by my initial sketch of the bird, and are aimed at achieving a synthesis between actual anatomy and abstraction.  I welcome any comments/criticism. 

run that back

This drawing has been sitting around for a over a year now.  I was trying to fit birds inside shapes one night, and this was me fitting a bird into a circle.  I think it needs something else in order to be finished, something for it to be standing on at least. 
 

A dope track for tonight:  Zion I feat. Planet Asia - Critical
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l3EHv6r38k


And one more, People Under the Stairs - Earth Travelers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrIS13kmiRA

white guy rapping

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0Uo8ZYn3hk



If you were wondering what it sounded like when Robin Williams tries to rap, here it is.  Fern Gully is an awesome movie.  "I'm a fruit bat, and I'm ready to rap!"

Mockingbird