Two abstract 3×5 index card drawings both before and after coloring.
7.5.08.D
First time I’ve used the color markers to fill in fine lines. Scanning hurts this one, it looks better on paper.
See also: previous large scale color piece.
Pssst, want some stereo speakers free abstract index card art?:
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It’s drawing 5.21.08.A, totally free and public domain. Print it, paint on it, colorize it, redistribute it, reuse it, remix it, make a million bucks off it, whatever.
Fun project: download the full size version and run it through the Rasterbator to create free, large [...]
There’s a backlog of these from May I haven’t posted yet.
The new naming convention is: m.d.yyyy.X, so these are 5.13.2008.A-C
Previous index card drawings
This weekend I dropped about $60 for more Copic markers. The Sharpies just feel wrong now. Here’s my Copic arsenal:
13 Sketch markers
One black 0.7mm Multiliner SP
One black WIDE marker (Oh baby. So much fun it should be illegal.)
Below are my latest pieces. At the bottom of this post are links to all previous drawings.
So far [...]
This time I used a brand new black Copic marker. Completely different than a Sharpie, the Copic has a hard wedge marker tip on one end and an amazing flexible brush tip on the other end. With a Sharpie no matter how hard I press or how fast I go the Sharpie will lay down [...]
Index cards are the best. You can use them for organizing your life, paper prototyping, and even fixing Aeron chairs.
I’m using them as a stopgap until I buy an easel and canvases:
Which do you prefer? Why?
If you do your own 3×5 drawing (doesn’t have to be abstract) and email it to me I’ll put [...]
Here is another upside down drawing exercise from Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. It took several days to complete this; I kept losing patience with it. It was much harder than the upside down Stravinsky exercise, possibly because this jouster is more realistic than the Picasso line drawing.
When I was little [...]
The last time I did a painting of any kind was over a decade ago I think.
Suck.
Good thing we live in the future; I didn’t have to invest in a ton of materials. Instead I dusted off my Wacom tablet and fired up Photoshop. Eventually I’ll get some real painting done, but until then this [...]
