drawings awaiting paint!

star freckles & wonder womanfuzzbox koy geisha & maiko shark ~yeah, i know. i crack myself up 😛yellowcake & black rainbow

wonder woman sketch

make a hawk a dove,  stop a war with love,  make a liar tell the truth~ Wonder Woman, get us out from under, Wonder Woman~ all our hopes are pinned on you.  and the magic that you do~ stop a bullet cold,  make the Axis fold,  change their minds,  and change the world! in case…

isabel

george harrison is my power animal

sketch on tracing paper

yellowcake

~ i’ve been kicking this idea around for a year or so. i read, “hubris” about the beginnings of the iraq war & was struck by the perversity of of uranium powder being called “yellowcake”.

there was a black rainbow that rose up & covered the town…

~inspired by arthur machen’s short story, “the white people” & raspuntina’s song, “we stay behind”.

canary murder case

from “louise brooks: lulu forever”

with your heart of gold, make the axis fold…

wonder woman! “from action! cartooning” by ben caldwell. also from “action! cartooning” by ben caldwell and from “how to draw comics the marvel way”

sweet brooksie

from “louise brooks: lulu forever”.

cartoons

fat boy running~ these are all from ben caldwell’s delightful “action! cartooning”. i’ve been trying to get a little rubbery with my drawings & feel all right about these. there’s some problems that need to be cleaned up. but nothing too terrible.  cartoony guy running~ girl strutting~ all drawn with a non-photo blue pencil &…

more bridgman

bridgman’s arms~   have i mentioned how in love with bridgman i am?                                      

bridgman’s wings

this is from “bridgman’s complete drawing from life”. i’ve always dismissed him in favor of hogarth & i regret that now. hogarth’s book are amazing- AMAZING! but i have developed a serious problem with producing slick humans. frankly, i’m a little bored with my style. i want something rougher & bulkier which is where bridgman…