TS - Café Sketches

Knitting & Drinking Coffee - Pencil

Starbucks - Pencil

I went out of the house today and chilled out in a café for some time today. The sketches aren't great but they aren't the worst either.

TS - Bridgman's 30

Bridgman's 30.1 - made with Tayasui Sketches

Bridgman's 30.2 v.1.0 - made with Tayasui Sketches

Bridgman's 30.2 v.2.0 - made with Tayasui Sketches

3 more sketches made on the iPad.

BP - Bridgman's [30] v.2.0

Bridgman's [30] v.2.1 - made with Tayasui Sketches

I'm enjoying using the iPad while binge watching TV shows.

BP - Bridgman's [30] v.1.0

Bridgman's [30] v.1.0 - made with Adobe Line

TS - Bridgman's 25

Bridgman's 25 v.2.0 - made with Adobe Line

TS - 7 x 7

7 x 7 - made with Tayasui Sketches

Somehow, when I get lazy, I always revert back to just doodling on the iPad.

TS - Bridgman's Digital re-Draws

Bridgman's 23, digital - made with Adobe Line

I uploaded a couple of my earlier sketches (Bridgman's 23, 24 and 25) into Adobe Line on my iPad and just worked over them again to play around a bit with colours and different tools.

Bridgman's 24, digital - made with Adobe Line

Bridgman's 25, digital - made with Adobe Line

TS - Die Drei Dickhäuter

Die Drei Dickhäuter v.1.1 - Ink Pen, Aquarelle

Holiday Break

I'm spending a good week back at home and will not promise that there will be a picture every day. I'll resume making daily sketches no later than the new year though.

Die Drei Dickhäuter

I have a funny feeling that these three friends, die Drei Dickhäuter*, are going on some adventures soon.

TS - Rhino

Rhino v.1.2 - Ink Pen, Aquarelle

I think this will be the last one of a trio of pachyderms*. I'm starting to think that the three of them (Elefantenbulle, Tough Hippo and Rhino) could be characters of a story.

NP - TinTin

No picture today. I somehow ate too much and am now stuck on the couch in a food coma. The fact that I just took out a whole lot of TinTin comics from the library also isn't helping in motivating me to get up. Because after all, What more could I want? My belly is full and I have more comics within arms reach than I could possibly read tonight.

TS - Tough Hippo

Tough Hippo v.1.2 - Ink Pen, Aquarelle

Another animal, person hybrid.

TS - Bridgman's (various pages)

Bridgman's p.25 - Colour Pencil

Some practice sketches of the human body. Nothing special and in parts not too great either. Some parts are OK though.

TS - Man v.1.0-1.1

Man v.1.0 - Pencil 

Man v.1.1 - Ink Pen, Pencil, Colour Pencil

I'm not sure which one I like better, on paper I thought v.1.0 looks nicer (of course I can't go back now) but now on here the ink pen actually looks nicer. In the end it doesn't really matter much, this is still in progress, I was too lazy to get up to get more colour pencils and so this only has white, black and the brown beard going on at the moment. Maybe tomorrow will bring more colours?

TS - Bridgman's 22, 23

Bridgman's 23 - Pencil, Colour Pencil

TS - Tremendously Terrific T-Rex

Tremendously Terrific T-Rex - Ink Marker

This Tremendously Terrific T-Rex brings Tantalizingly Tasty Tea. But to whom does he bring the tea I wonder?

TS - Professional Dreamer

Professional Dreamer - Pencil, Colour Pencil, White Out

I just like the title, more so than anything in this picture really.

TS - Octopus v.1.1

Octopus v.1.1 - Ink Pen, Aquarelle

I added some colour to yesterdays picture today.

TS - Octopus

Octopus - Ink Pen

It'll probably get some colouring tomorrow. But for tonight I'm calling it a night. It's been a long week, is getting late(ish) and the whisky has made me tired.

BP - Human Form

Human Form - Ballpoint Pen

Another sketch from the same meeting today.

TS - Seagull

Seagull - Ballpoint Pen

Some sketches from a meeting today.

Note: I just noticed that the seagull on the bottom has completely wonky eyes. They are not on the same level at all. He must have flown into a window recently...

TS - Friendly Shark

Friendly Shark - Pencil, Ink Pen, Aquarelle

This is a friendly shark. Most of them actually look quite friendly or at least a bit baffled, rather than fierce and aggressive.

This one came into being because I was looking at shark heads. I had set out to get some ideas for another animal-human mix, just like the Elefantenbulle.  Once I was looking at sharks I started what was meant to be a quick sketch, got carried away with tracing the lines in ink and eventually found myself listening to music and colouring it in with aquarelle colours. I can't say that I am disappointed with this unexpected turn but I still am interested in making a animal-human mix as well.

TS - Cluj Sketches

Cluj Sketches - Ink Pen

Another sketch from the weekend. Cluj is a beautiful city that we had planned to explore in detail. However the November weather didn't seem to like our plans and we got totally rained in. So we decided to do the only sensible thing in that situation --eat and drink our way through various establishments. Food and drink are fantastic in Cluj, especially the coffee from one of the world best baristas, and the time talking with friends and relaxing was wonderful. 

BP - Napkin

Napkin - pencil

Another sketch from the weekend. Same restaurant, same good company.

TS - Place Mat

Place Mat - Pencil

This is one of the sketches from the weekend that I couldn't upload back then.

It was sketched on the place mat in a restaurant while I was talking with friends, waiting for our food.

NP - Please Hold

I'm just traveling and don't have a way of taking pictures of my sketches. However I did spend considerable time in cafe's and restaurants yesterday and today and have been drawing inbetween meals, drinks and conversations. I'll upload all the sketches on Monday.

TS - Bridgman's p. 20

Bridgman's p. 20 - B3 Pencil

TS - Cloud Circles

Cloud Circles - Ink Pen

It is not finished but eventually this will become a whole cloud. Not sure how I like the circles at the moment, they could be more uniform if you asked me.

TS - Bridgman's p.18, 20

Bridgman's p. 18, 20 - B3 Pencil

Another two sketches from Bridgman's. The second one (p. 20) needs a bit of stretching (maybe?) in the bend torso?

TS - Bridgman's p.14

Bridgman's p.14 - B3 Pencil

I have this amazing book for drawing people. It's called: Bridgman's Life Drawing by George B. Bridgman. I have had it for a long time and the version I have was actually printed in 1971, so it's got quite a few years on it. However the sketches in it are amazing and teach you a lot about anatomy of the human body, balance and expression.

I wanted to draw more people again and decided that maybe I'll work my way through the book, practicing the different things talked about in the book. This sketch refers to a sketch found on page 14.

TS - Unnamed

Unnamed - Ink Pen

Just a quick sketch. I was doodling around in a meeting the other day and produced something similar.

I like about this one that it could be just arrows interlocking or it could be with a perspective and in 3D.

Tiered

There won't be a picture today, I'm too tired. Tomorrow again.

BP - Dancer

Dancer - Aquarelle blotch, Ink Pen

A very quick sketch made out of a aquarelle blotch I made yesterday.

TS - Public House v.1.1

Public House v.1.1 - Ink Pen, Aquarelle

Yesterdays picture got a bit of an update with some details added to it.

PS.: the lighting is a bit off in the image and everything is shifted a bit more into the yellow as it originally is. Looks nice but is not a true representation of what I have here on paper.

TS - Public House

Public House - Ink Pen, Aquarelle

The idea for this came from the book 1984 by George Orwell which I am rereading at the time. Winston Smith wanders aimlessly around London and comes to a beer house in one of the Proles districts. This is how I imagine it. Tomorrow, once the aquarelle has properly dried I might add some more ink to it to add to the detail. Somehow when I was thinking of the beer house I had to think of a public house (nothing but a pub) that I used to pass by when I lived in the UK. The entrance is taken from that pub.

TS - CCCP

CCCP - Coffee, Aquarelle, Pencil, Ink Pen

The red was not the best idea. It massively takes away from the coffee stain which was supposed to be the central element in this picture. I think a white background with the coffee stain in the middle and then some outlines and the star and hammer in yellow would have served the purpose of highlighting the nice shape of the coffee stain more.

Anyways. I've learned for next time.

TS - Elefantenbulle v.1.1

Elefantenbulle v.1.1.2 - Ink Pen, Aquarelle (not dried yet), Pencil

A colourful, new version of this picture. He's a bit to slender around the waist and his legs but otherwise I'm quite pleased with him.

Below you can see the not yet coloured version

BP - Barcode

Barcode - Marker, Aquarelle

To make up for the fact that there was no picture yesterday, I'm uploading two pictures today. Both aren't anything special but rather quick sketches.

This also hasn't completely dried yet but I got tired of waiting. Maybe I'll update the picture tomorrow.

TS - Lamp

Lamp - Marker, Aquarelle

Nothing special, just what I could see from the table I was sitting at.

Oh and a fun fact: This is the 100th post on here.

No Picture Today

I'm super lazy hand haven't gotten out of a deep deep internet hole today. There will be a picture again tomorrow.

BP - Wine Glass

Wine Glass - Marker, Ballpoint Pen, Aquarelle

The cheap ballpoint pen was red and has completely bled into the wet aquarelle colour. I'm not sure if it actually adds some colour to the whole picture or if it's just a gimmick. The black marker however does look nice when it gets a little bit wet and mixes with the aquarelle.

BP - Winding Circles

Winding Circles - Ballpoint Pen, Marker, Aquarelle

The real picture I made today, just a messy mix of cheap ballpoint pens, markers and aquarelle colour to make it all bleed all over the place. Once it is dried you get a nice mix of colour from the ballpoint pen and markers having separated their different pigments.

TS - Taser v.1.1

Taser v.1.1 - Marker, Battery, Battery Package

I found two different batteries that I think fit better into this "picture".

I made some other sketches today but they are still drying and I can't move them to take a picture of them. They'll be coming tomorrow afternoon.

TS - Taser

Taser - Marker, Battery, Battery Package

BP - Elefantenbulle

Elefantenbulle - H2 and B3 Pencil

TS - Elephant Man

Elephant Man - Pencil

TS - Bottles 1-3

Bottle 1 - Wine Bottle, Glass Cutter, Hot Water, Sand Paper

Quite a few years ago I started playing around with a glass cutter and old wine bottles to make vases and drinking glasses. Back then I couldn't quite figure out how to make a really nice and straight line around the bottle (I rather should say I didn't want to pay for a fancy glass cutter that could do that kind of thing) and so my first attempts were not ideal around the edges.

TS - Forces v.2.0

Forces v.2.0 - Ink Pen, Ballpoint Pen

As announced yesterday - more artistic license, less math.

TS - Balancing Forces v.2.0

Balancing Forces v.2.0 - Ink Pen, Ballpoint Pen, Math

I believe that the equation below is corre.... Ah, damit. I just noticed a mistake. Instead of the very right term being only | F2 | ( | | meaning absolute value) it needs to be | 12F2 | . My mistake.

Otherwise I am quite pleased with it. Next time I'm going to go a bit more onto the artistic side again and add area to the equation to represent the force in the vectors.

PS.: I like mixing art and science/math.