illustration

It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle ~ Norman Schwarzkopf . When the battle goes outer space and you are the only left ⚔️

An illustration for a Grimm's Fairy Tale in a Moleskine notebook. This one is for a kind of obscure story called The Companionship of the Cat and the Mouse. Just graphite.

A silly watercolor sketch, I know, but there's a lot tied to this little thing. There are so many bittersweet feelings lately. I tend to avoid putting a numerical value to time, I don't like the count-down aspect to things, especially knowing how obsessive I can be with that. It allows me to live in some semblance of ignorance (they say ignorance is pure bliss). There's a lot of tip-toeing around what I want to say and what I'm afraid to say, or even what I'd love to explore and embrace and simply afraid to. It's something I'm not used to. It's taken me quite a while to finally sit with certain things, or even acknowledge them, and it feels like there's so much more I'm now realizing. It's odd to be so frank to some and worried that others may find out. There's a lot of shifting again, goodbyes coming soon, complicated feelings and situations.

Little 4x4 inch marshmallow painting on Masonite board. Check out the time lapse on my Instagram page.

Page of a sketchbook for The Sketchbookproject. Done with ink liner and markers.

This is a little collage (did you know Maxfield Parrish invented collage, not Picasso?) of a characters from one of my children's books. I wondered if this would inspire a book. Not yet.

A Rapidograph inked portrait of a friend, from a photo.

Illustration of street performers based on antique photo (https://phono-optica.tumblr.com/post/90103610273)

Illustration from the sketchbook in gouache, based on a color palette.

Finally finished this one. 2021, Bic4 Ballpoint Pen, Novelty 10 Colour Ballpoint Pen on 9” x 12” Archival paper. Model: Malik_E

Office, Consciousness, part 1, ink on paper.

Double sketchbook page using Posca pens and a Moleskine sketchbook.

Naomi grooving and swaying to some classic blues by Johny Hartman. Bic4 Ballpoint Pen, Novelty 10 Colour Ballpoint Pen on Archival 9" x 12" paper

Odinel Pierre

A lone sunflower

Spent a little time over the Thanksgiving holiday trying out Dr.Ph. Martin's colored inks! I had a little trouble mixing the yellows but for the most part they were a joy to work with. Reference from Unsplash.

Another inktober inky sketch 'FANCY'

from the "Présence - Seeds" series.

My new method of finding something interesting to draw - now that I'm mostly at home, like everyone else - is using StreetView. I use the app to search interesting places around the globe. This one is a sketch of somewhere near Lagos in Nigeria.

This week has been dedicated mainly to creating a birthday gift for my other coach (Happy 31st B-day!!). I won't ramble on for too long, but I'm so extremely lucky to have him as a coach and in my life. I can't thank him enough for all the times he's caught me/saved me from wiping out, and for being someone I can genuinely trust. Thank you to him for making the gym a safe space for me, and for letting me open up. Anyway, I really enjoyed making this, though I can't deny I got stuck (idea wise) at one point.

Day 8 of inktober and the prompt is Teeth. Nick is excited to go out, he doesn't care what the reason is.

Linedrawing with some watercolor.

Sitting around and sketching Natasha on a slow afternoon. Red Bic pen in Moleskine sketchbook.

My new original character, Elena, Queen of the oceans. I loved working on her and this color palette is my favorite! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TUgrM8uaio

The second painting in the Egg-istential Crises series. This one took some crazy turns as I was painting including the Air Jordans he's wearing. Small 8 x 8 acrylic painting.