Drawing Session, Hatching

The Pit of Bones

The Sea

Angel

prismacolor on canson vellum



markers, pens, and graphite in moleskin sketchbook

Quick Studies

into the cave again

Sketchbook

Here are some recent drawings done on a 8 1/2 by 11 moleskin at my quickstudies workshop.

Forbidden Island Board Game

I recently had the opportunity to work with Gamewright to create artwork for a board game called Forbidden Island. I created all the artwork for the game, this includes: the box, play pieces, board tiles, and player cards. The play pieces will be sculpted in China.

The release date for the game will be somewhere around March of 2010. I am looking forward to playing the game when it is out. You can see the teaser trailer for the game on You Tube. Here's the link... Forbidden Island Trailer

These are a series of sketches to one of the board tiles. This board tile was eventually chosen to be the image for the box art.





Here is the box art image. As you can see it is a combination of elements from the sketches above.



Forbidden Island box tin front and back.



These are some of the sketches for the board tiles. These are all locations in the game.




Here are some of the finished board tiles.







Playing around with island shapes.

25th Annual Sketchcrawl SF

Here's the link to the sketchcrawls forum to see what others did that day. www.sketchcrawl.com

I probably would have gotten more sketches done if I didn't spend so much time socializing with everyone:) The time went by so fast.

New Baby

Emma Beatrice Canga was born November 17, 08. She is a bundle of joy and a handful.

4 months here

Quickstudies Workshop Part 3

Quick Studies

You can go through a lot of paper in one workshop, so I like to cram my pages up. Here are some example of that. I will post more of these in the future.

The Violinist/ Kids at Play

Kids at play

Landscapes Sketches

Thanks to everyone for all the feedback on the last post. I really appreciate it.

I like to think of my sketchbook as a visual journal. Looking back at my drawings I can remember everything that went on the day I drew each image.

I find sketching landscapes very therapeutic and relaxing. It is always my goal to do more. These were all drawn in different areas. I used prismacolor pencils on all of these.

An old railroad bridge in Pacheco

A view of the Pacheco Cemetery

Walnut Creek. These were done in the neighborhood near the Lindsay Wildlife Museum.

Temescal Lake Recreational Park. The Oakland Hills are in the background.

Brionies Recreational Park. There was no one on this road for the longest time. I was about to finish the sketch when a Jeep came rolling by, kicking up some dust. I decided to draw it in.

A cowboy parked his trailer right in front of me and took his horse on the trail.

San Ramon Park

I sketched this at the Martinez Marina. This is a great place to draw and paint. The city of Martinez is a beautiful place. John Muir, the famous naturalist and author, knew what he was doing when he settled down in Martinez, California.

I was really captivated by the shapes of these trees. I had to draw them.