sidne's sketchblog

Singing cat!

2012-01-18T20:02:00.000-08:00

Birthday present painting for a friend. Here's the rough:

Mixed media on acrylic
7x5

I like how it turned out but am slightly disappointed in the differences of the final than the rough. I liked how the cat didn't look quite right, it still works though. My goal this year is to do more paintings either for myself or other people so there will be more! I hope I don't look back on this post at the end of the year thinking about how I didn't do enough paintings.

View our wedding invite when you click the link below!

I'm tying the knot this year with my best bud and this is our invite that I drew!

2011-12-24T09:57:00.000-08:00

Doodling on my cintiq that I got the other day....

Farty Lady

2011-10-12T23:28:00.000-07:00

Yep, she sure is farty!

And the rough...

2011-10-06T18:00:00.001-07:00

Sticker I made for my band Juvenile Hall. Check us out at juvenilehall.bandcamp.com

2011-09-28T09:40:00.001-07:00

Cleaned up one of my cat drawings as a warm up doodle.

Hans

2011-09-20T09:54:00.000-07:00

I see this guy every morning so I've made up a back story for him. He's a german mechanic named Hans. He walks to work everyday and he loves to work on air cooled cars but usually has to work on boring old water cooled cars. Air cooled is his real passion.
But he loves working on cars so much that it really doesn't matter that much in the end. He owns a yellow vw thing. He got a tattoo on his forearm to demonstrate his love for wrenching. He probably smokes tobacco out of a pipe.

Today he was wearing a cute little white sweater!!!

Sorry if the colors are blinding you...they look fine on this cintiq but on my monitor they are blown out. Could just be my monitor though...
Edit: Brought the brightness down a smidge.

Carl

2011-09-01T09:49:00.000-07:00

Feerrrrrrrrrrp is right. This is my friend's dog Carl, hi Carl!

New Scanner Day!!!!

2011-08-29T20:58:00.000-07:00

As the title suggests I got a new scanner...so you know what that means. SCANNING THINGS!

Yeah I gotta stop making John Ireland look so creepy. The rest are mug shot drawings, pretty actresses from the 40s?, sketches of Alice, and some of the animals at the zoo.

Allergies

2011-07-06T14:32:00.001-07:00

This pretty much sums up how I've felt lately.

persian cats

2011-06-22T15:40:00.001-07:00

I drew some cats. Nothing out of the ordinary here!

Be a Caveman

2011-05-31T20:56:00.000-07:00

2011-04-13T12:54:00.000-07:00

I forgot that I drew these a few months ago so I thought since I was scanning stuff I would scan and then post these.
The top one is supposed to be Bette Davis in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Her face is so crazy in that film it was challenging....
If you haven't seen it I would say to you "Stop looking at my blog and go watch that movie!!"

This one is John Ireland from the Fast and the Furious (1965). He's got an amazing face that was pretty fun to draw, there are some other dudes on that page but I have no idea who or where they are from. Maybe the same movie?

2011-04-11T11:35:00.000-07:00

Just practicing, Monroe was sitting happily on my lap and then later on passed out on the couch.

muh kitties

2011-04-09T19:22:00.000-07:00

My cats Monroe(orange) and Alice(black). They are weird lookin'.

Drew this sketch a few weeks ago and I finally got around to finishing this! I did the outline in photoshop and then took it into ArtRage and finished it off. Its a pretty fun little program...you should definitely try it.

Banjo pig!

2011-02-09T10:03:00.000-08:00

Here is a banjo pig that I did for the blog Dueling Banjo Pigs!! You should do one too.

Mustache cowboys

2011-01-29T11:22:00.000-08:00

They have great big mustaches!

Movember Art Show

2010-11-22T20:30:00.000-08:00

Here's the piece I did for the Movember Art Show at the Ayden Gallery:

Thumbnail:

Roughed Out:

Final!:

Mustache Showdown
8x10
Acrylic

Whatcha think? I tried to make it look like it was in a wide screen movie...y'know with those black bars. This is the first time I've ever been in an art show. I wanted to do a few more but I didn't have time. I also wanted to make it bigger. Next time I'll do up a bigger one now that I know that I am getting more confident with paints.

Happy Barfday Mom!!

2010-11-08T18:39:00.000-08:00

It's my Mom's birthday today so I made her this card!

Henry, in memory

2010-09-15T22:50:00.001-07:00

Trying to do one every day for a week....

He really used to say "Hello!" when you walked through the door. But it was more like Hehhroow!

Henry

2010-09-15T18:44:00.001-07:00

You will be missed little buddy...

Monroessessss

2010-08-14T16:02:00.000-07:00

So...I realized I had a camera. So I took a picture of some Monroe's that I drew today.

broken scanner?

2010-08-14T11:38:00.000-07:00

Sorry guys, I was gonna post something today since its been so long. Hard to post anything when ya haven't had any desire to pick up a pencil...

Annnnnyway, my scanner and photoshop decided that they aren't speaking with each other. That means I can't scan anything. So that means I can't post. Yep.
Anyone wanna buy me a cintiq? :)

xo stay rad

something other than a birthday card

2010-05-13T23:20:00.000-07:00

Well folks it's been a busy month (that last one, April) what with taking a bit of my finger off and moving!
I also retired the pencil during this time. Tonight is the first time I've drawn in a while. I feel rusty but energetic. Maybe that was the cappucino though?
I want to draw more but life gets in the way. If only I didn't have to work.....ever.

This the only drawing I enjoyed from the coffee shop and also the only one I bothered to scan. It is of me, Janis, Meghan and Patty. Its epic. The End.

Drooling Baby

2010-04-10T09:55:00.000-07:00

Oops forgot to post this. This is a congrats you had a baby card for Bax's cousin. I know, I'm awful for not making one for my cousin. When shit slows down I'll make one I swear!

Kristin's Birthday

2010-03-11T19:24:00.000-08:00

No update for a while since I was away in sunny paradise for a good chunk of Feb. Oh sun, how I miss you so much already.
Anyhoo, here's Kristin's Birthday Card!

'nother barfday card

2010-02-06T18:31:00.000-08:00

Bork bork bork!

For Seb

2010-01-18T19:39:00.000-08:00

His birthday is today. Happy Birthday Seb! I have doubts that I can give this to him today...I must make baked beans. Tomorrow he will get it, and maybe a nice wood sculpture too.

For Sadie

2010-01-15T20:19:00.001-08:00

Here's a card I made for Sadie, the guitarist in my band and my awesome friend. Happy Birthday Sadie!
She likes kitties too.

This is supposed to be her kitten, Sandwhich!

Meghan don't look!

2010-01-05T23:52:00.000-08:00

What's that? Another cat drawing? But of course! I'm trying to find a really funny way of drawing Monroe that really captures her...uniqueness. I think I almost have it in this one.

I like drawing kitties.

MEGHAN DON'T LOOK AT THE NEXT PICTURE BELOW BECAUSE IT WILL SEND SHIVERS DOWN YOUR SPINE!!!!!!!!!!

Or maybe you saw it because there is only two pictures in this post. Sorry! I was watching my friends rats, so I drew them one day. They were being all scared and not wanting to move from the corners.

Oh well, bedtime!

Cat doodles!

2009-12-24T16:44:00.000-08:00

Threw come K'nuckles and Kenneth from 30 rock in there. So its not aaaalll cat doodles. But it mostly is.
Evil.
Stare!

This is what happens every time I try to draw!

That sneaky Monroe!!!

Cowboy and his horse

2009-11-13T23:48:00.000-08:00

Checks it out, its an update!

Oh boy are they ever having fun!

Its not a drawing but...

2009-10-24T21:33:00.000-07:00

I know that you are all jealous. Its really awesome...I know, whee hee hee!

Monster Luv

2009-10-23T16:09:00.000-07:00

He loves you!

mees

2009-10-19T21:44:00.000-07:00

Work doodle self portrait er somethin.

Flapjack!

2009-09-23T16:29:00.001-07:00

I drew it with my left hand. Bask in its brilliance!

Corndog!

2009-09-21T23:18:00.000-07:00

Title says it all.

Heads

2009-08-30T23:20:00.000-07:00

Boom!

Zing!
Zang!!
Schoop!

Been working on the bus too much, see you all next month when I post again. Haha

Birds

2009-07-24T21:47:00.000-07:00

Birthday card for my boyfriend's mom that I just made, I think I'm going to paint it up on the computer and stick it in the portfolio cause I really like it. I'll post that too when its done!

too many treats

2009-06-30T21:16:00.001-07:00

True story...

Something to nibble on...

2009-06-18T12:10:00.001-07:00

MMMmmmmmhhmmmmmm...

Been awhile...again...

2009-05-29T23:14:00.001-07:00

Finally got some much needed drawing done tonight.
I absolutely love that guy on the right... I think I captured him to the T!
Ignore that nasty red pencil drawing, I only really like that top one of the lady. It was the only one where I had stopped thinking while drawing it. Or was it....
The top left lady is super wonky.

These are all from a mugshot book that I have, I have no idea what to draw lately but this is super fun so its all good.

he's got nipples!!!

2009-04-07T17:39:00.001-07:00

and a deformed leg! whee!

im trying to draw more but its hard, i'd rather go out and play.

Fart!

2009-03-08T16:54:00.000-07:00

Why isn't it summer yet? Its March...that's pratcially summer.

The Seagull Obsession Continues...

2009-03-01T22:36:00.000-08:00

Hadn't posted in awhile so I thought that I'd share this.

stompy

2009-02-01T21:27:00.000-08:00

This is what goes on upstairs. Janis should be posting one soon...

Barfdays!

2009-01-23T18:43:00.000-08:00

Some birthday cards that I did recently.

Burlesque Life Drawing

2008-12-25T20:55:00.000-08:00

Been meaning to put up some life drawing from Dr. Sketchy's.

Painting!

2008-12-17T20:47:00.000-08:00

This is my first canvas painting....

I think it turned out pretty well!

Oh...and meat the beast...
I call him...the FINKMOBILE!!!

I spelt that wrong on purpose...I'm clever like that.

Seagull!

2008-11-08T22:59:00.000-08:00

He's staring at yooouuuu.

For Sean

2008-11-02T16:40:00.001-08:00

Made my own Monarch's Henchmen costume for Halloween. But the places I went nobody knew what the hell I was dressed as, they all thought I was a bee.

2008-10-05T13:24:00.001-07:00

Don't worry! Chicks dig scars!

I made this card for a friend. I didn't scan the final, so here's the rough.

the marvelous misadventures of flapjack!!!!

2008-10-01T21:13:00.000-07:00

I'm obsessed with this show. Its fucking amazing!

Go watch it! WATCH IT NNNNOOOWWWWW

More blowfish!!

2008-09-23T17:11:00.000-07:00

If you can guess which one my boyfriend picked to get tattooed on him...then you win a fabulous prize!!!!

Blowfish!

2008-09-19T19:47:00.000-07:00

I'm working on this blowfish design for a tattoo. Here's some sketches from my sketchbook. Its definitely not where I want it to be, I want it to be way more cartoony and wacky but I'm having trouble bringing it up to that step. It should also have a really wicked expression!

Cow!

2008-08-22T18:37:00.001-07:00

moo

hedgehog!

2008-08-02T14:02:00.000-07:00

These are a little old, I was trying to figure out what to draw for Meg for her birthday so I decided to draw her little hedgehog.

And I think this was me warming up, whenever I don't know what to draw or have no ideas I draw my cats. They're usually wherever I am so they're the perfect model...except that they're always lying down and not doing anything extremely cool!
I think that is a spitting image of Meghan, including the flies!

Lets twist again...like we did last summer

2008-07-16T21:30:00.000-07:00

Skipped life drawing again this week because the creepy model was scheduled to pose tonight. So I went to Bean Around the World instead and had a delicious chai latte and there was actually some good music playing for once! There was stuff like Chuck Barry and the Newbeats and a bunch of other stuff I recognized but I don't know who did it.

Have Another!

2008-07-06T20:26:00.000-07:00

High Noon is one rockin' movie. If you don't like Westerns I recommend that you watch it, because you will then fall in love with them.
I was trying to draw the guys heads using shapes, but I think I need to work on my shapes more....I'll get it soon!

Candice's Wedding Invite

2008-07-06T20:12:00.000-07:00

I totally forgot to post this when I finished it awhile back. This was for a girl at work named Candice, she's getting hitched in September and likes the 60s.

That's the final version...old people can't read it cause its so bright and crazy. I think she made a good choice.

scanner not dead!

2008-06-02T20:09:00.000-07:00

Hooray! My scanner still works even after I spilled half a beer on it! To celebrate this, I am going to post a design that I painted. I've just been learning how to paint, so this is one of my first things with acrylics.

Crits are always welcome. I think I've gotta do a bit more practicing to do!

May sure is purdy

2008-05-20T17:29:00.000-07:00

I'm back! I'm all moved in and cozy now. Then I got distracted with nice weather and lots of drinking. But! I still managed to draw, so here they are now...

This last one is a memory sketch of a waitress at my work. She's pretty cool even though she's a dirty hippie.

Bubble Tea Love...

2008-04-25T18:21:00.000-07:00

I drew this for a friend at work whose last day was today. She really loves her bubble tea!
The bubbles are really fun to spit at stuff and people, you should try it!

Still around

2008-04-19T18:33:00.000-07:00

I'm in the process of moving so I haven't been able to post must, or draw for that matter. This is from life drawing earlier this week. I'm still around, but I'm just lacking inspiration and the creative juices seemed to have lessened to a trickle. But I guess that happens when you work in a dish pit.

I also went to the Seattle Zoo at the end of last month, but it had snowed that weekend so it was a little too chilly to stay and draw all day. I liked how this gorilla was just staring at me with this weird expression on his/her? face.

2008-03-16T13:21:00.000-07:00

My new 2008 Portfolio is now online!

Sid's 2008 Porkfolio

Sneak Peak!

2008-03-15T14:55:00.000-07:00

Hmmm...I wonder what this is for?

Seagulls

2008-02-25T21:25:00.001-08:00

Some seagull designs for a storyboard that I'm doing for my portfolio.

They might poop on something....but I don't want to spoil it....

Meat Man colored

2008-02-04T22:20:00.001-08:00

Meat man!

2008-02-03T22:52:00.000-08:00

A man and his meat....

Marker Fever

2008-01-20T22:50:00.001-08:00

So these ladies have pretty much dominated my life as of late...but I think I'm finally done with them. I bought a shitload of markers and went to town. Now I want to buy more markers....

I'm going to put these into my portfolio instead of doing a watercolor one because they aren't strong enough and I definitely like the markers way more.

On with the commentary!
Lime green is such a rad color. Turned out super bright when I scanned it though, that's okay!
Leopard print...meow! note: I fixed up her leg because it was driving me mad.
I think she's my favorite now. I really like how she turned out.
Zoop?
Boink!

Girlies and a Monster

2008-01-13T00:04:00.000-08:00

More of the bathing suit girls that I'm working on...

I have no idea why this one is so much smaller than the first....

and this one...

the monster...

Old Fashioned Bathing Suits- Now With Color!

2007-12-24T18:51:00.000-08:00

So after all my hardwork at watercoloring these girlies my scanner decides to be a dick and not scan them at their best.

Old Fashioned Bathing Suits

2007-12-17T21:08:00.000-08:00

Just been drawing some old fashioned bathing suits on some Jack Cole inspired girls lately.

I wanna do some more but am lacking pose inspiration.

Dr Sketchys

2007-12-01T15:32:00.000-08:00

Went to a Dr Sketchy's session the other day. These were the only ones I did that I really liked....
My ass got really sore after awhile from their metal chairs...

There's another session this month, they only go once a month. If you're interested in going its only 5 bucks. If you're really really interested, get in contact with me and I'll fill you in.

2007-10-31T19:16:00.000-07:00

Victims from the latest coffee shop sketch night. I like these two the best...but they're still pretty lifeless. Blergh. I liked these bottoms ones enough to put them up. Also lifeless?
There should be a bunch of Frankenstein sketches up instead....except I don't have any. Heh.

Kitties!

2007-10-24T22:25:00.000-07:00

A page of cats. Mostly of Monroe, one of Alice.

There isn't much else to say! I think I'm improving though. Oh, and her tail isn't a drawing error...it really is fucked up like that.

coffee shop sketches and other!

2007-10-21T17:52:00.001-07:00

Some coffee shop sketches from the past few weeks. I've gotta keep this up more than once a week...

Sketches from this show I'm completely obsessed with called Mad Men(Season 1 just finished...nooooo! ) Just sketched em from the screen. I love everyone's face! There will definitely be more of these...hopefully I'll get to put some color on them (but im scareed!) Anyway, If you haven't seen this show I highly recommend it. And I obviously have awesome taste (probably better than yours ;) )sooooo get off your ass and watch it!

A post....Oh my!

2007-10-19T14:28:00.000-07:00

Wow, its been a while since my last post. I've been meaning to post something...except that my scanner cable had been hijacked by my roommate....(;)WINK!!! got that wink? there's a wink there.)Anyway, here's some life drawing from the summer and from last Wednesday.

Doodley update

2007-08-15T13:12:00.000-07:00

Just some drawings from a coffee shop and a trip to the dog park, and one of my cat Monroe.

Simpsons!

2007-07-17T12:04:00.001-07:00

Heh...

I altered it a little.

http://www.simpsonsmovie.com/main.html

llama

2007-07-02T11:24:00.000-07:00

Went to the petting zoo today....too bad there was asphalt everywhere....

I love llama.

The Hairy Hoarde

2007-06-12T15:21:00.001-07:00

I finally got this poster to work! Yay!

2007-05-31T14:29:00.000-07:00

coffee shop drawings from a few weeks ago.also went to the Calgary zoo, these are the only drawings that I sort of like out of that batch.

bikers and monsters

2007-05-06T18:08:00.000-07:00

presenting......the hairy hoarde!

here's a poster for my monsters model pack, for some reason i can't post the bikers one....blogger doesn't like it.

i didn't get to do as much as i wanted to on these model packs, there just wasn't enough time. i wanted some more poses and some neat props. maybe someday i'll work on them again (im so sick of looking at them right now!) and there will be better poses and everything!

next i am going to try to figure out how to get my demo reel up here.

coffee sketches

2007-05-06T17:44:00.000-07:00

just some coffee shop sketches from over the past few months that I made into a coffee shop sketchbook thing for gradshow.

Gradshow

2007-04-30T18:19:00.000-07:00

from my portfolio:

a poster

more to come later

an update

2007-04-07T19:34:00.000-07:00

A diner layout...
Some mafia characters...
And some bikers...

2007-03-18T18:17:00.000-07:00

These are some rough character designs for my Mafia model pack. They are pretty close to what I want them to be, just maybe a little bit of tweaking and I've gotta fix up the hitman on the far right. I hope they look like they're all from the same universe.

I've also got a 1932 Ford that I've drawn up and I might throw it in with this model pack along with another car I want to design. This from last year so it needs to be fixed up for sure.

I watched American Graffiti last night and now I have some strong urges to ditch my third model pack idea and design some 1950s kids to go along with the diner layout I'm doing. I might just draw them for the hell of it and stick with my original model pack idea.

Illustration: Stupid

2007-03-06T08:38:00.000-08:00

Yeeeup, he's stupid alright.

2007-03-04T23:25:00.000-08:00

He's going in my demo reel.

Coffee shop drawings

2007-01-20T23:22:00.000-08:00

This dude is probably going to go into my monster model pack. The last drawing is how he's supposed to walk.
Children with ridiculous hats are amazing! Also, the monster at the top right is another monster model pack concept drawing.
er, the building sketch thing is from a picture that was in the JJ Bean that I didn't finish drawing because the picture was way better....and far away.

2006-12-31T16:06:00.000-08:00

Some more cat sketches. I got a brush pen the other day so I was using it a little. But its acting funny and only working sometimes. Kind of disappointing, maybe I have a defective one?

I bought a Rat Fink model recently...

And I finally got to paint it!

Head detail!

Retro

2006-11-14T16:03:00.000-08:00

Actually this would probably fall under old skool. But whatever...it can go under this too.

I love Rat Fink!

2006-08-12T16:26:00.000-07:00

My parents were in town this week so I didn't get much drawing in. I did buy a new small sketchbook that I can take pretty much anywhere with me so hopefully I'll do more people sketches.

That's my mom by the way.

Anne Bonny

2006-07-16T14:22:00.000-07:00

One of the best damn female pirates.

2006-07-07T15:30:00.000-07:00

This little girl is a character I drew up for my character design class.

I plan on developing her more and giving her a bit of a personality. Y'know, give her expressions and junk.

And that is a beaver that I drew up for my class blog's weekley topic junk.

That's it for now kiddies!

Speed Turtle

2006-05-12T12:39:00.000-07:00

I posted this on my class blog for the weekley topic and I'm not sure why I haven't posted it up on here yet. Well, here it is.
Its about the only new thing I've done lately other than try to figure out how to draw out this tattoo I'm working on.

Booger green!

2006-04-30T14:40:00.000-07:00

Did a graphic for the band 'The Draft'. The wolf is totally badass....and the singer's last name is Wolf...get it? Got it? Good!
These will possibly (probably) be stickers....and maybe shirts (?!!).