Author Archives: Dave
Random practice
Jillian Tamaki on Ruth Aswana
Jillian Tamaki creates a wonderful comic for MOMA, remembering trailblazing American artist Ruth Aswana. https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/565 Read more of Jillian Tamaki’s wonderful short comics at her website below https://www.jilliantamaki.com/short-comics
Work From Home
Work notes
Fabulous Illustrations for Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
I follow Maria Popova’s blog The Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings) and receive her newsletter every Sunday. Like all email newsletters, I don’t read every issue, but this one linked to a wonderful post on different illustators’ interpretations of Brothers Grimm fairy tales. I share it with you! https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/07/20/best-brothers-grimm-illustrations/ Here you’ll find Edward Gory Maurice SendakContinue reading “Fabulous Illustrations for Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales”
Sketching at home
Just some stupid sketching around home.
Lynda Barry on Quick Drawing
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How I Became a New Yorker Cartoonist | The New Yorker by Liza Donnelley
Liza Donnelley is an award-winning cartoonist and the author of Funny Ladies: The New Yorker’s Greatest Women Cartoonists and Their Cartoons Some inspiration. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/how-i-became-a-new-yorker-cartoonist?utm_campaign=falcon&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&mbid=social_twitter&utm_brand=tny&utm_social-type=owned
Inktober Day 3, Anne With An E
Not everything has to perfect, these are some quick sketches watching “Anne With An E” with my mother in law, who is a fan of the show.
Inktober Day 2
Inktober 2021 Day 2 did not go so well, so here is an unfinished drawing from last year’s Inktober. #inktober2021 #inktober
Inktober 2021
First day of Inktober 2021. Another random magazine photo, trying to do some contour shading. Forgive me, its been a while. But, then again, this is what inktober is all about, gettin’ out there. With… drawing magazine photos? #inktober
Blind contour Subway sketch, May 7, 2004
Grease pencil
Life drawing from 2004
Life drawing from November 26, 2004.
Subway scene
Subway sketch from April 12, 2004. People are reading books, not looking at their phones. So strange.
Subway crossword
Random subway sketch from 2004 of another passenger doing his crossword.
Hitting that chord
Day 3 of Inktober#inktober
Practice portrait
Day 2 of Inktober, another random portrait from a found booklet. #inktober
Selfie, long form
Day 1 of Inktober, a self portrait in pencil. I’m cheating, this one is from July. #inktober
End of the parade
A found sketch from a 2004 ‘sketchcrawl’ where we wandered onto the end of that year’s Santa Claus Day Parade, sketching madly as the marching bands began to dissipate. It was so much fun, I should try this again some time, even make this a regular thing.
Found subway sketch
Found this blind contour subway sketch on the back of some work documents from 2005 while cleaning the basement last week.
Dave Howard 