Posted on August 4, 2021 by James
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I was asked to be featured in this fun art subscription box called Illuminart! I’m honored to be a part of it! I’m sharing a short video here of my steps while creating this cartoon drawing of a Chinese Crested Dog, using supplies from…
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Posted on May 18, 2020 by James
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I drew this FlyBoy sitting on a rooftop… had this idea for a while, but was waiting to figure out all the details in my head before drawing it… Here’s the inked drawing. I used my favorite Copic Gasenfude brush pen to ink this…
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Posted on January 15, 2020 by James
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A little drawing sparked something in me recently… Some good friends of ours have a daughter who loves drawing monsters– I really loved this one she did! His name is Charly. It inspired me to draw a version of him myself! It’s so fun…
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Posted on August 6, 2019 by James
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New drawing I was sketching for fun… The idea came to me because of the tan paper I chose. Sometimes inspiration can come from a single color! I wanted to keep this one limited in colors, so I stuck with tan, brown, and a…
Category: Blog Tags: Arizona artist, artist, brush pen, cactus, cartoon fox, comic, copic, cowboy, desert, drawing, earth tones, fox, goggles, goldfish, hike, hiking adventures, illustrator, markers, ohuhu markers, orange, sketch, steampunk, steampunk art, trekking
Posted on March 26, 2019 by James
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Quick dragon I sketched & inked for my niece, in her sketchbook. She requested a bad dragon. I always love drawing things for my nieces and nephews! As you can see, I sketched this out with green col-erase Prismacolor pencil and then inked it…
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Posted on August 10, 2018 by James
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I finished the last drawing in my latest Travel Sketchbook! It’s a retro robot! Always feels exciting to finish out a sketchbook. I’m sure every artist can relate– I am going to try and finish out some half-filled sketchbooks I have, before buying another…
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Posted on June 19, 2018 by James
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Random idea I had… a Cobra Bear! A Cobrear? If this showed up while you were playing Dungeons & Dragons, what would you do? I love drawing animal concept art mashups. I never get tired of drawing monsters and creatures! For this one, my…
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Posted on June 14, 2018 by James
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Just felt like drawing a fun, exaggerated dragon. Sketched with prismacolor col-erase pencil, then inked with a Copic gasenfude brush pen. Two days after drawing this guy, I found time to color up my dragon drawing! Colored with markers, and the simple background added…
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Posted on May 21, 2018 by James
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I’ve been playing around with an idea in my head for a little while… it was an idea I had written down to draw several months ago. I finally took some time to draw out an initial concept. Here’s a bit of my process…
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Posted on May 16, 2018 by James
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Another Travel Sketchbook drawing… this time a flying fish, with floaty wings! I’ve always been a fan of Surrealism and I think this guy flutters his way into that genre of art. And here’s my odd fish drawing in color! I colored with markers,…
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Posted on May 2, 2018 by James
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Here’s a quick doodle of a bizarre little lizard creature. I had sketched and inked it by hand in my Travel Sketchbook. I’m really starting to love the Copic brush pen I’ve been using. It was a little tricky to get used to at…
Category: Blog Tags: alien, art, artist, bizarre, cartoon, concept art, copic, creature design, creature designer, cute, desert, drawing, fantasy, fantasy art, iguana, illustration, illustrator, inked, lizard, markers, monster, Murloc, sketch, sketchbook, ugly, ugly cute, weird, whimsical
Posted on March 14, 2018 by James
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I had an idea for another water creature who ventures out onto land… this time it’s an axolotl! This little guy always had a heart for adventure. After years of waiting, he finally left his home to see the world. I drew this character…
Category: Blog Tags: adventure, aquarium, artist, axolotl, cartoon, Character Design, character designer, children's book illustrator, children's books, copic, creative, creature design, creature designer, cute, dive suit, diving, drawing, explore, fantasy, illustration, illustrator, imagination, inked, kid lit, kid lit art, markers, pets, salamander, scuba, sketch, travel sketchbook, whimsical
Posted on February 26, 2018 by James
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I rediscovered an old idea I had written down in some idea notes, stuck in an old sketchbook. I decided it was time to draw out this cute little creature! It’s a cross between a Bumblebee and a Boar… a BumbleBoar! These critters are…
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Posted on February 23, 2018 by James
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I recently found out about Vampire Crabs! These are super colorful crabs from Southeast Asia. Fun Fact: Several species of these crabs weren’t “discovered” & identified until they showed up in the aquarium trade. They are so cool, I just had to draw one!…
Category: Blog Tags: aquarium, artist, cartoon, cartoon crab, colorful, cool animals, copic, crab, crab tank, creature design, creature designer, cute, cute crab, drawing, fish, fish tank, Geosarma aristocratensis crabs, illustration, illustrator, inked, instaart, markers, pets, purple, vampire crab
Posted on February 9, 2018 by James
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I sketched this little artichoke-pangolin fantasy grunt for fun. I wanted to keep him nice and round. I had this idea in my head and on my drawing idea list for several months, but just didn’t find the time to sketch him out until…
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