The Virginia primary was today. I did take the time to vote. Caricaturists tend to vote for the easiest politician to draw. I couldn’t decide on that basis since I find them all hard to draw. I remember that political cartoonists were practically salivating back when Ross Perot was running. Those […]
Here is a design we did for Coins for Anything, a company that does challenge coins. Like us, they do a lot of work for the military. Jeff Morin, the founder of the company is an inspiration. When I first met him he was a Marine Corps active duty sergeant with big […]
Here is the comp of a cover I designed for 3d LAAD Battalion’s newsletter. This issue will contain a discussion of Marine Corps values which is a favorite subject of mine. If you’re not familiar with Marine Corps values and philosophies, you can check out a lens I put together on the […]
Here are a couple of sketches from the weekend:
Here is one of the designs we worked on last week. I did the pencil and ink work and Turner Hilliker did the colors and text.
We got a bit of snow yesterday so everybody was at home. My six year old insisted that I draw a picture of her in between the pictures of ninja bulldogs, and armed-to-the-teeth Marines. I think it came out well, but I consider the major accomplishment getting the human hurricane to sit still […]
Here are a couple of pictures I did for the drawing jam going on over at Drawingboard.org. Come join the fun.
[B]ad drawing springs from basic faults as surely as good drawing springs from basic merits.
– Andrew Loomis
One of the most critical fundamentals of draftsmanship is perspective. You really cannot draw much without it. Even an expert understanding of anatomy will be worthless unless combined with a basic understanding of perspective. Fortunately […]
As both Marine and a creative person, I find this hilarious. Thanks to Cam for leading me to this.
I got two books for Christmas: The first I have been wanting for the last year, Creative Illustration, by Andrew Loomis. It’s sadly out of print, so my wife had to find a copy on Ebay. The copy I have was printed in 1950. Andrew Loomis has written what is considered […]
