Some new sketches

Some self sketches I made in my sketchbook. I decided to practice shading and color them in Adobe Photoshop. :)

Ghostbusters!

I just watched the two movies and now I want to watch the cartoon series from the 80s. I remember watching that when I was a kid. Maaan I miss those days. They don't make cartoons like that anymore. ;-;

Character headshot - Mocha

A sketch of one of my characters, Mocha. His design was pretty simple (he only wore shorts basically) but I'm going to put a cowboy-ish hat and a long coat on him. It seems to go with his laid back personality. ^-^

New drawings and new prints

Uploaded two new drawings for my deviantart page-

Mermaid and Fish

and

Patriotic Raptor

They are available as prints on Deviantart and also as framed prints on my Imagekind website- http://jjsketch.imagekind.com

More artwork coming soon.

New drawings

I have completed two new drawings, you can find them on my Deviantart page-

Lady and the Moon

and

Sweet Tea

They have both been uploaded as prints on Deviantart and on Imagekind. Sweet Tea is the featured drawing for my Cafe Press store. Hope you like them. ^-^

Current drawing projects

My current drawing projects. Two of them are almost done.

Bunny and raptor sketch

Poor George, I hope he doesn't get eaten. :(

Landscape sketch

This is a quick sketch of the parking lot in front of my apartment complex. It took about 20 minutes and was sketched with a pen then colored with prismacolor color pencils.

Lanscape sketch

Messing with prints

It's never ending. Everytime I think I'm done messing with all my online prints, I find something else that needs to be worked on. Whether it's because their description is too vague and I have to go back and edit it or the file is not big enough to get many print sizes, so I have to go find that drawing and scan it again to make a bigger file. I'm tired. :(

Comic - Random 1 and 2

I gotta cut down on the time it takes me to complete these comics. It's not that I do too much detail (I could do a lot more). I just have a bad habit of drawing very faint lines at first, then I go back over those lines a little less faint...and over and over until I slowly get to the point where the drawing is dark enough for it to be complete. I'd save a lot of time if I would just lay down darker lines to begin with. It's years of bad habit that I have to unlearn...

Lamp Sketch

A pretty lamp at the bookstore. Black prismacolor pencil.

Random sketch

I was hanging out at a bookstore and saw this guy sit at a table across from me. I like his hair, so I drew a quick sketch based on him and then colored it with Prismacolor Pencils.

Making sweet tea

I think I've discovered one of the secrets to making really good sweet tea. At one of my favorite sweet tea making eateries in town, I've noticed that after they brew the tea they add the sugar, then stir the batch for a minute with a really big spoon and let it sit for a few more minutes (unless they're getting a lot of business, then they're kind of forced to serve it before its properly 'done').

At first, I assumed this was done to make sure the sugar was completely dissolved and mixed thoroughly- Istill believe this is the main objective to that. However, it occurred to me that in stirring the tea that they were also airing it out. I made some tea at home and after brewing, added the sugar, stirred it, and then let it set for a few minutes. It might be in my head, but it sure seems to taste better than my past failed attempts at making this beloved beverage. Viva Sweet Tea! ^-^-b

Latte Flying

This is my original character, Latte, for my graphic novel. This was mostly an opportunity to practice my lighting and shadows. Drawn in pencil, then colored on the computer in Corel Painter. Character and art (c) J. Johnson

Trent sketch- original character

Here's an original character of mine for my graphic novel.

Study of light

Stegy!

George the bunny meets a stegosaurus!

Snobby raptor

Naked - pg.06 and pg.07