Memory Sketch

From friday, this gentleman was seated across from me as I was returning from the Mets game with a friend. I still have another person to sketch from that evening, I haven't forgotten.

Monday Night

Thanks to Autumn for all the great recommendations for places to go in Miami...if anyone else has some, let me know.
This is her friend, Liz, who seemed stand-offish at first, but warmed up to Jon and I by the end of our stay at Prey bar. Thanks for sending me the picture.

Char designs.

I thought I'd dress her up in Knee highs, and a t shirt that my friend Todd is makin'.

Drawing on gum packets

I sketched this guy playing guitar last night, waiting for the train.
I didn't have a sketchbook on me......so I used an excel gum package instead.
He was really amazing, had a crowd, and all, and these girls were dancing. I gave him 5 bucks. I know it looks like two different people, but I didn't have my glasses on me, and besides, it was 1 am.

Rainy Day

I took a portal to lunch today, then I walked back to work, and this girl was walking in front of me.
When's this rain going to stop? Feel like I'm back in Vancouver.

Phone Sketches

I was catching up with Justin last night, we spoke for at least an hour, then I looked down and realized I had been doodling the whole time, and these are some of the results. They both started with just one eye, and evolved into something completely surreal. The subway scene I put a bit of thought into, starting with the kid in the middle, then smudging it , realizing he was wizzing by in a train, then adding in the rest. not as exquisite as my shot in the Tripplettes of the train slowing down matrix style with all the char's just sitting there. I realized a couple of years later that I had no idea how to properly clean up and inbetween, (it took me far longer than it should have, but Sylvain was too crazy running around to notice)......only after my friend Mario Carmel at Pascal Blais showed me, (2-3 years into my carreer as an animator). Then I thought it'd be a good idea to work on Sinbad as a clean up/ IB artist for a couple of months to really say I knew how.
what was this post about again? oh yeah, I was just chatting with Justin, and this is what I drew.
Free drink of whoever can tell me which train they're riding.

Union Square drawings_02

Some more sketches from Union Square park on my lunchbreak. The guy was watching the dogs at the dog park, the girl, selling something, probably worked for Greenpeace, and the last guy could sure use a break.

Subway napkin drawings

a true napkin drawing, on the subway around 11pm last night. A couple of nice older ladies saw me doing these sketches and handed me one of their notebooks to draw them. They didn't speak english, but they seemed happy with what I gave them. I only had two stops to scribble something down... that's never happened to me before, it was really cool!

memory sketch from coffee break

Simon drew the same guy as well....I think he was actually bigger. but, this is great practice nonetheless.
tomorrow I'll try and post another one.

Simon on a napkin

Simon Ampel, he was actually in a bad mood for once, and I think I captured it in this napkin drawing last friday at Old Town bar over lunch. Thanks to the gentleman who bought us the round of Guinness for switching tables.

Draw-a-thon and Union Sq. Park

Hey Chris, what's going on? anyways, nice prank you pulled on me this morning. It was way more clever and funnier than taping Simon's cel Phone to the cieling the other day! yeah, so what else can I really say but I'm thrilled that spring has finally arrived in NYC and we can finally go out and sketch on our lunchbreaks. I attended my first ever Draw a thon on Saturday, no better way to cure a hangover than draw for four hours straight and have some punk rock band from New Jersey blast away on their instruments behind me while i tried to tell stories with ink and pencil. It was fun, but I could have done without the punk rock, or whatever it was. Hey, I'll definetely be at the next one. Just a couple of sketches from that day, got more but It's one thirty am , and I should really get home. or should I just sleep at the studio.

Eric Merola

This is Eric. I don't have a nickname for Eric just yet, you see, it's been tough to hang out with one another because our schedules just don't jive. We sit near each other, so I didn't have to really move around to sketch this gesture of him working (or typing an email). The last time we hung out we both woke up with terrible hangovers (in our respective apartments), but that was like.....in NOVEMBER! We saw Borat, and drank beers and some Irish Cider (yuk) and...well, neither one of us really remember what happened next, although there was quite a mess in my kitchen the next morning, lucky we don't have mice.
I'm going to add his website to the links , as well as Brian Cox's . They're both really talented artists and great guys to work with.
I'm supposed to hang with Eric in the next couple of weeks, but we might have to wait until payday, say, April 1st?

For Bryan

Some people need to change their attitudes around here. Brian sitting next to me can be so damn negative, and Brian this is for you. No, you don't have to always smile and be in a good mood, but your low energy is dragging me down. Or is it the fact that I've been partying for 6 days straight? No, It's all Brian's fault. Yawn. Oh, and I got the chance to meet Stephen Colbert today, more on that later. PEACE!

subway study for short film -01

It's been a while since I posted anything, but It dosen't mean I haven't been sketching away. I received the Steve Silver Sketchbook as a gift from a friend as a thankyou for helping out on a music video, and it's just so inspiring to flip through the pages. Maybe one day I'll be an inspiration to someone :), until then , back to drawing.
This, on the Wacom tablet, for my upcoming short (for real) titled "My weekend in 30 seconds or less"

Weekend Subway Sketches

Just trying to make a point to sketch more on my way to work and play. Even opting for the local train , cause there are more seats available. now that's dedication, eh? Chris, now I can look in the mirror again tonight.