Shark Week Pt 01

Some Shark Week Sketch Jam sketchbook doodles:

Day 1:  The Spotted Houndshark

Day 2:  The Bull Shark

Day 3: The Epaulette Shark

 Day 4:  The Wobbegong (or Carpet Shark)

I've got more of them I still need to scan. I also have more sharks to draw and more terrible jokes to write, so I'll be posting more soon. Happy Shark Week!!!

The Grocery Store Pundit

I've been doing more comics in my sketchbook lately. This one is about yet another weird encounter I had the other night at my local Albertsons. It seems like every time I go there, I see something weird. I did not make any of this dialogue up...these are the exact puns the rather hammy cashier used when I got up to the checkout stand....

I hurriedly left the store with many questions--exactly how many grocery puns does that guy have in his repertoire? Just what is the appropriate response to an unexpected barrage of food-related jokes? And why is it so hard to control my face during awkward situations?

The Drawing Club--Tron Theme

It's been a couple of years since I last stopped by the Drawing Club. I'm pretty out of practice and almost didn't end up going, but I happened to read an inspiring blog entry by the amazingly talented, ever insightful Dave Pimentel. I'm really glad I ended up going because despite the initial feelings of insecurity and rustiness, I ended up having a lot of fun.

Here are a few sketches from the night, most of them were drawn with a black Copic sketch marker, and I added a little color to a couple of them with colored pencil/marker:

Leftover Shark Sketches

Happy September, friends! I'd done more shark sketches during Shark Week, but I didn't get around to scanning the traditional ones until last night (I know...bad form)

Marker and Brush Pen Angel Sharks from my sketchbook:

 A page of brush pen Tiger Sharks (colored digitally):

 Some digital Whale Sharks:

And a chance encounter off the shores of Berk:

Bramble Shark (Day 2's Shark!)

Pretty late, but here are my drawings of day 2's shark (the Bramble Shark)
 
Decided to do a marker/color pencil sketch. Still don't like how the colors are scanning:

And a bonus drawing of a Sperm Whale caught in a bramble patch:











Tiger sharks are coming soon...

Shark Week 2012, Day 1: Oceanic Whitetip Shark

I've meant to dust the cobwebs from this old blog for months. What better time to resume posting than the most wonderful week of the year? I am, of course, referring to Shark Week. And this year, as in years before, the talented Kristen Campbell is heading up the Shark Week Sketch Jam! For those of you who want to play along, each day we will be drawing (or painting, sculpting, sewing, etc.) a specific shark species. Take a look at the sketch jam blog and deviantart pages to see what everyone else is coming up with, and feel free to join in on the fun!

Sunday's shark of the day was the Oceanic Whitetip. I sat down with some scrap paper, my Pentel Pocketbrush, and some markers and, in spite of how rusty I felt, did a few sketches of the whitetips (and their pilot fish companions):

This page was fun to draw. Added the color here digitally:

I don't think the colors scanned very nicely, but ah well...here are a couple I colored with markers:

So it begins. Happy Shark Week, everybody!

Edit: Day 2 is the Bramble Shark :)

Sketches

I sometimes go to a local coffee shop to work. Here are some sketchbook drawings of the patrons that I scanned.

Burly suspenders man:

Old dude who always wears a leather jacket:

A Chinese lady walking her pomeranian:

I often see people completely engrossed in texting:


I saw this kid run by one day. He was clutching a huge bag of Flamin' Hot Cheetos.

Girl with cowboy boots:


The Red Cougar:

I saw this lady today and had to grab my sketchbook and draw her. She had to be in her late forties/early fifties, but that didn't stop her from dressing like this. Every time she walked around the room she sashayed her hips and she posed seductively even while waiting in line for the bathroom.