Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 160 [GREETING GOES HERE] from like a month ago lol What's Going On Walking to Dinner The client I did the book covers for asked me to draw some spot images for his website. It was really fun, and his site is so up my alley. Random Drawings I drew a few more pieces based on articles What I've been thinking about I ate some green beans last Tuesday My room's getting kind of messy again I think found an organization system that works with me. Just trying it out...
14 days ago • 1 min read
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 159 [GREETING GOES HERE] from udon What's Going On Mark I wanted to create a series to more intentionally practice integrating my drawings with some sort of design, and also better practice thinking conceptually. So here are some poster thingys and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength - Mark 12:30 Sketching I went to a retreat during labor day weekend. I skipped some of...
28 days ago • 1 min read
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 158 [GREETING GOES HERE] american clouds Thanks for all your comments and support last newsletter! What's Going On Editorial Illustration I really want to get work doing editorial illustration, and the past 3 months or so I've been really pushing hard to create a portfolio for it. My first iteration was this: But response rates were not very good. So I got it reviewed and the main takeaways for me were: I leaned a bit too much only on food + travel and not...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 157 [GREETING GOES HERE] Just came back from Tucson lol. It was like 100F+ a lot apparently but I just stayed inside all day What's Going On Metaphors Holistic Health This was a 3 part illustration series about living healthy in all parts of your life Random Drawings I wanted to draw birds. So I did. I like drawing birds What I've been thinking about Thought 1: This summer was really crazy! Very thankful, but I'm aware I have a tendency to jump from thing to...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 156 [GREETING GOES HERE] It's newsletter no. 156, which means if I had stuck with weekly I'd be doing this for 3 years (it's been almost 4)! What's Going On Really excited to share this! I liked the concept of a rocket broom stick and then ran with it. Concepts First 8 Pages Here's the full script for this chapter if you're curious (feedback welcome). The total should be 16 pages. What I've been thinking about I set a goal of 1 comic page a week so I can...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 155 [GREETING GOES HERE] What's Going On Descendant Publishing A few months ago I got work doing interior illustrations for 2 middle grade books, and I really enjoyed working working with them! This first one was called Iffy Eats Monster's for Breakfast Second one was called The Big Hurl and Camp Whurl Overall very fun to draw! And grayscale is SO much faster to do lol Inheritance Magazine Nate asked me to draw graphics for his magazine again. It's a...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 154 [GREETING GOES HERE] I went to St. Louis last week for Realm Makers (a Christian Sci-Fi/Fantasy conference for authors) and had a really great time! What's Going On Day 1: Wednesday When I landed it was pretty humid. I didn't know St. Louis was known for having a lot of homocides. The Uber driver decided not go the recommended Google Maps route because he said there were a lot of drive by shootings (yikers) the hotel/conference is an old train station! I...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 153 [GREETING GOES HERE] When this newsletter comes out, I'll be in Missouri at Realm Makers, a Christian Sci-fi/Fantasy Author convention, and I'm passing out these business cards I made. I'll let you know how it goes! What's Going On Guys look, Brandon sent me a few copies of the book and they turned out so good LOL (surprisingly better than I expected), and the book itself is great Food Drawings I needed to fill some gaps in my portfolio, so I drew a...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 152 [GREETING GOES HERE] Went camping this weekend at a river! We flipped over our canoe lololl What's Going On Random Drawings I learned how to draw teeth I drew some eyes from imagination Figure Drawing I finished my figure drawing class a few weeks back. I have to say that I quite enjoyed it! It was nice to intentionally grow my skills again...I think that was missing for me. this is my fav Not too familiar with charcoal shading, but it was nice getting...
4 months ago • 1 min read