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I decided to do illustration friday for my 23 minute entry today.

character for "Christmas every day"

This is a quick sketch I did for the dad of me and Cheries animation we are working on, which I am way behind on. Anyway I'm going to draw him a lot more to get his look down better but this is a start.

Moonlight...Starlight

So I was just messing with paints some more... and got this.

Painted Jessica

So this is a picture of a friend of mine. I used photoshop to paint over her. I used the eyedropper to sample the colors, and then toggled back and forth between that and the brush tool. Occasionally I used the rub tool, but not much. The finished product looks a little like the water color filter that takes two seconds in photoshop, but this seems more rewarding. I've seen comic book guys use this same technique so I thought I would try it out. I got to admit...I'm pleased, and I think it has kind of another world-ly feel even though it's based on something from this world.
I must admit, I finished the whole face in 23 minutes, but the background took me longer.

The picture looks pretty standard when viewed this small, but you can
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Maybe it's a Buick...

I thought it would be cool to see a powerful character struggling to keep something (or someone?) from falling. I would need more than 23 min and a model to solve the problems with the hands and feet.

Dynamo!

I'm working on dynamic poses for the human figure.

An American Danewolf in Provo

My friend Dane liked the first drawing I did of him as a vampire and so I did a second one of him as a werewolf. The non-colored drawing is not my 23 minute drawing, I have a copy of it but since it is in red pencil and is kind of hard to see I put the inked drawing instead. Plus I kind of like the black and white version.

what the?

This is an experimental piece

Arrrrg.

I was doing these other drawings that didn't quite turn out the way I wanted so I figured since I was stuck in this frustrated mood from work deliverying pizza I might as well put that energy into my drawings. The focus of these sketches is with a diliberate lack of care of if it looks like how I normally would draw it and more care into speed and letting my emotions out on the on paper.

Crocky

He's so lost in a daydream, he doesn't realize he's upright.

G & T

Here's a drawing i'm doing for my friend Gentry. He's giving it to his wife Tiffany. The final pic will include their son Gavin.

Dane the Vampire Nerd

My friend Dane asked me to draw a picture of him as a vampire, I'm not quite sure why but I figured I might as well use it as my 23 minute drawing.

James Alan Zap

This is the dad in my comic strip I am developing

A cool blog

Check it out it's got some cool art
http://hog-heaven.blogspot.com/

Jeff Blake #1

I saw Jeff's comment on my Godman post about sketching him so I thought I would give it a go, Anyway my inking technique is getting better but I still see a lot of room for improvement.

Orchid and Mr. Stone

I got the idea for this while I was watching a film by Oliver Stone...
Actually I'm lying I drew this and named it, and THEN realized I was watching a film by Oliver Stone...but the other one makes a better stor....no actually this version is better.



So this is really simple, and is basically a quick sketch of what I hope to make an actual drawing of one day, but I want to keep things simple because I only have 23 minutes. In all honesty I don't remember how to draw and I want to get it back, and I think sketching fast and dirty and simple works best for me right now. I like the little orchid but I'm actually most proud of the boulder to the right which took me all of 5 seconds. Isn't that sad? Oh don't forget Mr. Stone's stone buttocks.

Freaks of the Fair

I like how this turned out however trying to find reference for ideas and redoing the type and coloring made working on this take the longest of any 23 minute project to date. Hopefully I can get back to simple sketches and not loose focus of what this is about. Even though it did take longer than I expected I am glad I spent the time doing it because that is what this is about right, trying new things and experimenting.

the smiling hollow

Finally...my first post.


This sucks. I haven't drawn in years...I have no technique and I usually take my time. Next time will be better

All is fair

When you're as strong as this guy, you don't need to be capable of love.

Bench Press

What do you get when you cross a large man on a park bench and a double-decker ice cream cone? Please tell me, because ever since I drew this, i've been plagued by that question.

Regina

I decided that I wanted to try and draw someone to try better learn how to ink and futher develop my style. I choose one of my new favorite singers Regina Spektor. The first one is what I got done in the 23 minutes. I didn't have a black marker big enough to color in the center so I did it in photoshop and figured since I was there I would add a little more shading.

Creating a tulpa

I was thinking about the idea of a tulpa, (a creature that is created out of thought and is pronounced like "topa") and how cool it would be to do that. I started to think of a creature and did so for about 3 minutes before I got distracted and stopped. The creature that Ethan is thinking about pretty much is the creature I was focusing on to create, minus the jacket.

I'm a scary monster!

I had a lot of fun with this one. I used a calligrapghic pen to ink it.
I thought it would be funny if a monster made a pose that looked like he was trying too hard.

Yet another Ethan

Here is another Ethan sketch, I put the squirrel on his head because it kind of represents a story line idea I came up with. I also just realized the broom shadow is wrong, oh well.

Fox

I just started drawing this and it became what it is. Oh, and I just noticed that she attends Foxford University, or F.U. (Oops)

A few sketches of The God man Jesus Christ

I met this guy Brandon at Comic con who does this comic strip at Mousewax.com and he has Jesus as a roommate for his main character. Anyways I thought that was cool and so I drew Jesus for my 23 minutes today. It also happens to be Sunday and so I thought that was a nice touch as well. I added the color version so I could get some responce as to if the color adds to the sketch or if the sketch goes better alone with out color.

Ethan and a hoverboard

I started this not knowing I was be going to do a skateboarding picture and as I drew it I kept drawing and redrawing the feet and board trying to make it look like he is on a half pipe but ended up changing it at the last minute to look like he was on flat ground and now he looks like he is falling backwards, AH!. Anyway reference here would have helped for sure. It's a bit embarrasing posting this so unfinished but hey 23 minutes is 23 minutes.

Ethan

This is my main character from my comic strip I have been developing for a while, Ethan Zap. Ethan Zap also happens to be the name of the comic strip as well. I'm also experimenting with an inking style, trying to get something that I like. I think I will finish this up and post it on my Ethan Zap blog

Profile

I had fun drawing his beard and hair.

Woman wrapped in fabric

What better sketch to begin with than a beautiful woman shrouded in a sheet? As I began, I felt very stiff and out of practice, but towards the end of the 23 mins, I started to loosen up. I need to draw subjects out of my comfort zone tomorrow. I am very comfortable drawing women.

casey, bug and squirrel

so this is what I got done today I am thinking it might be fun to try and do a nice color sketch in the 23 minutes next time, we will see

What is 23 MIN MAX?

If you're seeing this blog, it's because you were told about it. That is trust. Just so you know, the purpose is to have a place to post sketches done in 23 minutes maximum. No more. Pencils down, scan it in, feel some sense of acomplishment. enjoy our work.
-Adam & Matt

11

Here is my first post, I am going to have to plan a little better so if I decide to ink I can finish it in the 23 minutes. If you notice, each character has 11 aspects of communication