2017 Art!

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tomb guardian

January 2017

A pen, grayscale marker and white paint pen drawing of a tomb guardian statue at the Nelson-Atkins Museum.

medium: pen, grayscale marker and sharpie white paint pen
traditional work
14x11 inch


horse figure

January 2017

A pen, grayscale marker and white paint pen drawing of terra cotta horse statue at the Nelson-Atkins Museum.

medium: pen, grayscale marker and sharpie white paint pen
traditional work
11x14 inch


tiger mask

January 2017

A pen, grayscale marker and white paint pen drawing of a bronze representation of a tiger face at the Nelson-Atkins Museum.

medium: pen, grayscale marker and sharpie white paint pen
traditional work
11x14 inch


Rodin's Adam

February 2017

A pencil and white paint pen drawing of the Nelson-Atkins Museum.

medium: pencil and sharpie white paint pen
traditional work
11x14 inch


Atalanta and Meleaga statue

February 2017

A pen, grayscale marker and white paint pen drawing of a marble statue at the Nelson-Atkins Museum.

medium: pen, grayscale marker and sharpie white paint pen
traditional work
11x14 inch


door knocker

February 2017

A pen, grayscale marker and white paint pen drawing of a door-knocker at the Nelson-Atkins Museum.

medium: pen, grayscale marker and sharpie white paint pen
traditional work
11x14 inch


portal guardian

February 2017

A pen, grayscale marker and white paint pen drawing of portal guardian sculpture at the Nelson-Atkins Museum.

medium: pencil and sharpie white paint pen
traditional work
11x14 inch


skull mask

February 2017

A pen, grayscale marker and white paint pen drawing of an Inuit skull mask at the Nelson-Atkins Museum.

You can see the context of this drawing in the museum here.

medium: pen, grayscale marker and sharpie white paint pen
traditional work
11x14 inch


soldier

February 2017

An Army person asked me to draw a Centurion in modern context.

digital work


untitled sculpture

March 2017

A pen, grayscale marker and white paint pen drawing of an untitled Native American sculpture at the Nelson-Atkins Museum.

medium: pen, grayscale marker and sharpie white paint pen
traditional work
11x14 inch


dual exhibits drawing

March 2017

A pen, grayscale marker and white paint pen drawing of two exhibits combined at the Nelson-Atkins Museum.

One exhibit is an old Japanese set of armor. I drew a man inside the armor. The other exhibit is a terra cotta Chinese funerary figurine of a horse.

medium: pen, grayscale marker and sharpie white paint pen
traditional work
11x14 inch


Vaisravana statue

March 2017

A pen, grayscale marker and white paint pen drawing of a small bronze statue at the Nelson-Atkins Museum.

This is my second-favorite statue figurine at the Nelson-Atkins. It's actually quite small, so it was a challenge to scale it up in this drawing. The drawing took 10 hours to complete. You can see the context of the drawing in the museum here.

medium: pen, grayscale marker and sharpie white paint pen
traditional work
11x14 inch


kitty

21 March 2017

Digital doodle of a kitty.

digital work


owlbear

27 March 2017

A digital doodle of an owlbear.

digital work


panther

April 2017

A pen, grayscale marker and white paint pen drawing of a panther. I wanted to challenge myself to draw a big cat, given my difficulty with cat head shapes.

medium: pen, grayscale marker and sharpie white paint pen
traditional work
11x14 inch


dragon

April 2017

A pen, grayscale marker and red as well as white paint pen drawing of a dragon.

medium: pen, grayscale marker, red sharpie paint pen and white sharpie paint pen
traditional work
14x11 inch


sibyl prophet

April 2017

A pen, grayscale marker and white paint pen drawing of a Sibyl prophet.

This drawing was inspired by the book Sibyls: Prophecy and Power in the Ancient World by Jorge Guillermo.

medium: pen, grayscale marker and sharpie white paint pen
traditional work
11x14 inch


sealion

April 2017

This is a drawing of a mythical sealion, inspired by a statue seen by friends on a dive trip.

medium: pen, water based markers and white sharpie paint pen
traditional work
11x14 inch


monk

April 2017

A pen, grayscale marker and white paint pen drawing of the head of a monk sculpture at the Nelson-Atkins Museum.

medium: pen, grayscale marker and sharpie white paint pen
traditional work
11x14 inch


Bodhisattva

May 2017

A pen, pencil and white paint pen drawing of a bodhisattva woodcarving at the Nelson-Atkins Museum.

medium: pen, pencil and sharpie white paint pen
traditional work
11x14 inch


cherry tree

June 2017

A pen and watercolor drawing of an imagined cherry tree.

medium: pen, watercolor
traditional work
11x14 inch


pseudodragon

10 July 2017

A pseudodragon Dungeons and Dragons player character drawing.

digital work


revenant

12 July 2017

A revenant Dungeons and Dragons player character.

digital work


berthold

22 July 2017

A (disguised) mummy lord Dungeons and Dragons player character (and his manservant).

digital work


dance event

July 2017

A pen, pencil grayscale marker and white paint pen drawing of part of a dance venue. I wasn't able to finish it before the lights got shut off, but I also was working without a ruler so it may have been doomed from the start.

medium: pen, pencil, grayscale marker and sharpie white paint pen
traditional work
11x14 inch


lizard

26 July 2017

A lizard I painted during a tutorial course.

digital work


dating couple

28 July 2017

A candid sketch of a couple on a lunch date at a bagel shop in San Diego, CA.

medium: pen, pencil and white paint pen
traditional work
11x14 inch


July 2017

A sketch of a rabbit man.

medium: pen and pencil
traditional work
11x14 inch


MCI airport

July 2017

A sketch of the waiting area of the MCI airport, far too early in the morning, awaiting a flight to Denver.

medium: pen, pencil and white paint pen
traditional work
11x14 inch


Denver people

July 2017

Sketches of people on the street and in restaurants in Denver.

medium: pen, pencil and white paint pen
traditional work
11x14 inch


valkyre vs cyclops

July 2017

A drawing of a valkyrie fighting a cyclops begun in Denver and finished on the flight home.

medium: pen, pencil and white paint pen
traditional work
11x14 inch


orchestra

September 2017

A brush sketch of an orchstra (it was very dark).

medium: india ink
traditional work
14x11 inch


22 September 2017

Bubbee the Bugbear, a Dungeons and Dragons NPC.

digital work


frog man

23 September 2017

A digital doodle of a frog fisherman.

digital work


roof ridge ornament

September 2017

A sketch of a terra cotta statue at the Nelson-Atkins Museum.

You can see the context of this drawing here.

medium: pencil, white ballpoint and colored pencil
traditional work
11x14 inch


bard

29 September 2017

A digital doodle of a pirate who wishes he were a bard.

digital work


watercolor tree

October 2017

A watercolor of a tree.

This piece was given away.

medium: watercolor and watercolor pencils
traditional work
11x14 inch


watercolor forest

October 2017

A forest watercolor.

medium: watercolor
traditional work
14x11 inch


autumn forest

October 2017

A watercolor of a forest at Autumn. I did this painting while suffering a migraine; interesting results.

medium: watercolor
traditional work
14x11 inch


cardinal

October 2017

A watercolor of a cardinal.

medium: watercolor
traditional work
11x14 inch


undersea

October 2017

A watercolor of an underwater scene.

medium: india ink and watercolor
traditional work
11x14 inch


alien artist

October 2017

A sketch of an alien artist.

medium: india ink
traditional work
11x14 inch


forest sprout

October 2017

A watercolor of a forest sprout.

medium: watercolor
traditional work
11x14 inch


mystical forest

October 2017

A watercolor of a magical arch in a forest.

medium: watercolor and india ink
traditional work
14x11 inch


woodpecker

October 2017

A watercolor of a woodpecker, done as a gift.

medium: india ink and watercolor
traditional work
11x14 inch


cliff tree

October 2017

A watercolor of a tree clinging to a cliff.

medium: india ink and watercolor
traditional work
14x11 inch


fantasy person

October 2017

A watercolor of a fantasy person.

medium: india ink and watercolor
traditional work
11x14 inch


lich and kitten

October 2017

A sketch of a litch and his kitten.

medium: india ink
traditional work
11x14 inch


bless you, me front

3 December 2017

The front of an album cover design I did for a friend.

digital work


bless you, me back

3 December 2017

The back of the album cover design.

digital work


earth genasi druid

11 December 2017

A mysterious Druid NPC from Dungeons and Dragons.

digital work


a D&D race I created

15 December 2017

A custom Dungeons and Dragons race, the Rata.

If you would like to see the Rata lineart, click here.

digital work


star king

22 December 2017

A digital drawing of a character called the "Star King", done for a friend.

The "Star King" is a MBMBaM invention.

digital work


half-dragon

24 December 2017

A drawing of the evolution of the pseudodragon Dungeons and Dragons player character after going through a mysterious reconstruction with tissue from his former, human body.

digital work


museum guard statue

31 December 2017

A sketch of the wax statue of a 1970s museum guard at the Nelson-Atkins Museum.

medium: india ink and pencil
traditional work
8x10 inch