This is a place for me to share my sketches/art and discuss cartooning/illustration/animation and whatever else comes to mind. Thanks for visiting!
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posted by Tom at 6:12 AM
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I am trying to clear out my scan folder, I think this post should do the trick. I'll need to scan some new stuff in soon. As I have mentioned, I have been trying to do a bit more thinking before sketching. You'll see the results of that kind of approach in my next post. For now, enjoy the random doodles!
Haha, this final sketch is special. It's another collaboration between my younger brother Brian and I. I drew a random happy kid head on a piece of paper and Brian took it upon himself to give him a body and a add a bit of a background. I think the results speak for themselves.
posted by Tom at 6:50 AM
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Couple of random doodles. I have been doing some sketches recently inspired by the Jack and the Beanstalk story. This is where the giants come from. I'll post some more stuff done with this story in mind shortly. The rest of this stuff is just random fun. Hope you dig 'em!
posted by Tom at 5:30 PM
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More random doodles for your enjoyment. I've been creating images recently that actually tell a bit more of a defined story, none of which are featured in this post. Once I get through the many random doodles I have scanned, I'll post some more story focused stuff. I've been thinking about the importance of thinking...wait, did I really just write that?...anyway the importance of thinking about what you are going to draw before you draw it. It's something I haven't really done a lot of while sketching for fun. Of course, I think hard when I am doing a preliminary sketch for a comic strip, page, or illustration but not so much during pure leisure sketching periods. I'd always seen sketching as a free for all, just draw whatever pops into my head, let the pencil lead the way. I've found that thinking of a context or idea before jotting something down can yield pleasing results, especially when my inspiration is a bit low. I'm trying to do more of this. Reading this makes me realize how stupid I sound for not having been doing this all along, haha. Don't get me wrong, it's not like every sketch on this blog had no thought or inspiration behind it. It's just that now I am trying to focus a bit harder on telling stories once in a while with my doodles, adding a bit of a new dimension to them. Anyway, the sketches in today's post are just random fun. There will always be plenty of stuff like this because it's super fun to do.
posted by Tom at 6:09 AM
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posted by Tom at 9:40 PM
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Featured today, as usual, some sketches I'd scanned in. All random stuff done just for fun and practice. I really want to try and start creating more images that tell a story or at least involve some interaction between subjects. Random doodles are fun but I find it inspiring to put a bit more thought into what I'm doodling. We'll see how that works out. For today, random doodles will have to do!
Artists I'm enjoying right now:
posted by Tom at 4:06 PM
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Found myself with a little bit of free time this evening, figured I'd post a few more doodles. I'm dipping into my recent batch of scans a bit more this week than I would have liked. Ah well, guess that means I just need to draw more so I have material to share down the road. I think that's a good thing.
posted by Tom at 6:34 PM
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Graduated college, trying to figure out what to do, and I draw a lot.
