Nov 30, 2009

Sketch hour

I've been working hard on an animated short film lately, handling character and prop design, so in between work and life I try to still give myself at least a couple hours a week to just sketch for fun and practice. This is my time to relax, watch television and just let my brain wander... sort of stretching my sketch-muscles.

Here a sketchbook page from one such session a couple weeks ago:



(these are Prismacolor markers and Prismacolor colored pencils on paper)


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9 Comments:

Blogger mordicai said...

Blood berries ftw.

6:32 PM  
Blogger dan hay said...

love the flow on the top hummingbird!

12:54 AM  
Blogger Leslie said...

i love the little bird silhouettes

3:09 AM  
Blogger galvinator said...

beautiful sketches man, inspiring work!

5:50 AM  
Blogger Junko Miyakoshi said...

Are these from your mind or do you sketch looking at references?
These are beautiful and I very much enjoy your blog! :)
-Junko

4:25 PM  
Blogger Joe Bluhm said...

Thanks, Junko. Much of this is from reference. I will look at animal books, but I will exaggerate and distort, embellish, enhance expressions, and change the image a bit. Also color choice is a fun variable.

Thanks for the kind words. :)

4:27 PM  
Blogger Junko Miyakoshi said...

Wow, thank you for responding to my comment Joe!
I love learning from other artists so I really appreciate it!
Looking forward to more of your works! :)

12:56 PM  
Blogger 7414Stars said...

Very nice birdie sketches. Beautiful!

11:36 PM  
Blogger Jeffrey W. Meyer said...

That hummingbird is gorgeous! I just did a tattoo recently of a hummingbird and it turned out pretty nice, but the dynamics of the one you've drawn here is just swell! You have a great gift for capturing emotion.

11:16 AM  

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