House behind Hole

This is a house in Falls Church, Virginia, which is behind the "Hole in the Wall" used book and comic book store. It's part of an older built-up area in Falls Church that is quickly disappearing, to be replaced by useful, profitable, but generic mid-rise commercial and residential buildings.

Pink Goddess

A set of tiny character concepts I did while waiting for a copy run to finish. She is the "Pink Goddess" from a fantasy I recently read. This will eventually become a costume/character portrait. Imagine the color Pink as a relentlessly sweet, aggressive, and emotionally intrusive Goddess.

The Trashman's Cozy Cottage

This structure is not a living space, but an office for processing the fees people pay to dump trash and landscaping waste at Fairfax County's recycling center. I was recently there to do some recycling, and the place is being re-modeled. I have had a fascination with tiny living spaces all my life since I played and even slept some summer nights in a similar shed during my childhood. 

This drawing is from 2003. I can't always make a fresh new drawing for this Weblog every day, but I have a large amount of archival material.

Constructivist

I created this one digitally in 2005. It was the sketch for an acrylic on canvas. I was never really satisfied with the final painted product. It's inspired by detectors at atom smashers, where the collision of particle beams produces all sorts of subatomic fragments which are recorded by layers of sensors. I used squares, even though these detectors are usually round.

Artistic License

What else would I do while waiting to renew my driver's license? People get into all sorts of positions when they're bored and stuck in one place. Class distinctions are very sharply defined by dress, body language, and accessories. I draw'em all. 

Another Workplace

I have many workplaces. One of them is a bagel and sandwich shop in a nearby shopping center. I do signs advertising breakfast, lunch specials, and weekly features. In this workplace, I get paid in food. I drew this portrait of the shop's interior earlier this year.

Cosmic Business

An image from 2001. On a lunar base, a cosmic businessman prepares to make a presentation. Original is acrylic and watercolor on illustration board, 11" x 14".