close-up crop from an architectural render i didn’t really finish.

i have a rule of thumb that it takes at least one solid day of drawing something you’ve never drawn before until the drawings start turning out OK.

despite this, i always start drawing something new (like dogs…), and they suck so bad that I inevitably turn to something I know I can draw, like spaceships or buildings.  Hence all of my spaceships and buildings.

this time, i just kept pushing and pushing until the results started improving.  I’m not 100% thrilled yet, but holy cow you should see some of the super sucky ones that came along with these guys.  (also, try drawing cartoon dogs without making them look like Dug. it’s IMPOSSIBLE. Dug is perfect.)

every once in a while, i have the realization that the insanely capable illustrators that I idolize have, simply, put in a crap-ton of hours drawing an insane assortment of things, and I just need to keep doing that.

it’s kind of reassuring, yet totally frightening at the same time. …nah, it’s awesome.

the 13th Cute Division.  when fired upon, the vehicles cry tears and play pitiful whimpering noises from hidden loudspeakers before forgiving the opponent.  After any offensive assault, they apologize profusely and promise it won’t happen again. 

Still working on some final graphics for our show.  Right now I’m re-working the floating elements within this poster concept.  Unfortunately, the composition above doesn’t work within the sketchbook-window idea (just too much going on)… but I liked it enough to turn it into this.  Maybe it’ll make it into a thank-you card someday.

another poster idea.

I stole the floating geometric shapes from my inspiration folder, though it would be super easy to recreate if we were to run with this idea…