In lieu of my lighter fare I thought I'd bring something a little darker to the sketchbook, it being close to Halloween and all. I didn't take the time to fuss around with this in Photoshop so sorry for the poor quality. Scanners don't like layers of transparent washes and my camera is on the fritz so this is what you get. This was a lot of fun and I learned a lot from fussing around with different painting techniques. That's what sketchbooks are for. I'm in the middle of a fun project and I'll post it sometime next month if I can. As an illustrator you are perpetually leaning new things just from the inherent nature of our assignments.

Sometimes you just need to slay some dragons to make it in the art world. I'll let you know how it works out.

Some of you may know that I have a proclivity for painting old war photos in my sketchbooks, this is no exception. These rarely take more than a few hours to finish. I paint them to stay fresh and to learn a bit about how I like to paint and which materials work or don't work. This was done with Speedball black ink and gesso along with some hints of acrylic, and acrylic ink. Fun stuff, cheers!