Ryan Krason: Warthog

Got a little nostalgic on this one and went with a rendition of Bebop from TMNT. Can't wait for the rhino challenge in October to complete the set... though I may not be able to wait until then :)

Jess Morris: Elk

A super quick speed painting over lunch today. I hope I have time to give it a real pass! ...antlers are hard to draw!

CHALLENGE! January, week 5: Pig/Warthog

Elk Study

Not quite finished but it's a start.

BUFFALO BANTER

It's often thought that Buffalo are stoic.  Maybe, but I tend to think they simply see themselves above the fray and just daydream a lot.

Not sure what these two are talking about, but think it has to do with their one time appearance on the nickel coin...probably debating which was really heads and which tails.

Camel, Goat & Cow

A Camel, a Goat & a Cow.  Two in crayon (while being moo'ed at :) and one in Charcoal.

CHALLENGE! January, week 4: Elk

Buffalo Study

Broke out the fancy pencils for this weeks challenge. It's not too often that I use more than one pencil for a drawing, but to get the contrast of the fur it was a must. I'm pretty happy with the results so I'll definitely keep those "other pencils" around for future challenges.

CAMEL LEADING...

Little late on my camel drawing, but here it is. Also, just started playing around with some Prismacolor markers. Not too sure just how to go about using them. I guess i'm trying to use them more like water colors. Laying down a base and then just layering in. BUT any info or advice on how to use these markers would be awesome. Thanks!

Here are some buffalo studies and one illustration (did not have time to color it)

CHALLENGE! January, week 3: Buffalo

January, week 2: Camel

Billy Goat Finished

so here is the colour version, i hope to whip up my camel some time today

colour is not my best subject but this year want to colour a lot of my drawings

not sure if i should post here or edit my original post?

At the moment its snowing in Bosnia and Herzegovina and temperature is pretty cold, its around 0 Celsius, so I did enjoy drawing this illustration with all of these worm colors. Best regards and see you around.

Camel Study

This weeks challenge was brought to you by two glasses of scotch and some sultry jazz fronted by Eartha Kit. Oh yeah, and a more than necessary plethora of camel toe images provided by Google.

Hey whats up people. Happy New Year and best wishes for all of you all around the world.
Here are some of the sketchbook pages I have don on subject of a GOAT.
I love to draw animals so I guess I will be around :)

CHALLENGE! January, week 2: Camel

Mr. Ram's Different Occupations

Hi. Well, here are some rams holding down different jobs. First one being a conqueror of a small country. Second, a washer/dryer salesmen and a bounty hunter. I've also been watching a lot of Star Wars over the holidays so I think thats where some of this comes from. :)

CHALLENGE! January, week 1: Goat/Ram

 

work in progress

so since I started doing wushu it made sense to do a billy goat wushu master showing his goat palm technique

Goat Head

I was really trying to think of something comical that I could create in a cartoon but failed to find inspiration for such a drawing, so here's just the start to a head shot.

CHALLENGE! January, week 1: Goat/Ram

Happy New Year Drawaholics!

I am very proud to say that we are about to jump into our fourth year of Drawaholics! Of course there have been ups and downs, but life gets busy and eventually we all find time to draw and share what we have been working on. It's been incredibly inspiring seeing what you all draw and the improvements with each post!

Looking back on the last three years our first year had the most participants. The difference with that year and others, was the subjects. That year we focused on animals and each month had a different category and each week an animal within that category. We are going to do that again for 2013! Something else I am changing for this year is I have every challenge for the whole year in the '2013 Challenges' tab. This way you can look ahead and plan better and also for those of you who only have time for one drawing once in a while, you can look ahead and choose which one you would like to do! Please send me your thoughts in a comment or through email. I would love to hear what you think and if you feel this way will get you more excited about drawing!

As always, feel free to spread the word about Drawaholics and send anyone my way who might want to join! Also, I have heard more times than not that some of you are doing the challenges, but are too shy to post them. Please don't be! And don't feel intimidated by the artists here that you feel are better than you, you should be inspired by these and only compare your art to your own art. As long as you feel your current piece is better than your last you are headed in the right direction! So please post!

I hope 2013 is a good year for you all! Happy drawing!

Merry Christmas

Hi guys, it is Alessandro and Tania here wishing you Merry Christmas! We both use to post here, but we have been away for a while and this seems a good way to start to post again :D.

We would like to share it with you, even though you read Squash and Sketch, it is still us!

Happy Holidays!!

Happy Holidays 2012!

Happy Holidays!

CHALLENGE! December: Holiday Card

This is the time of the year where we all get extra busy and its hard to keep up with drawing, especially drawing blogs such as this one. So for our last challenge of the year, just share your holiday card. I know most of you do them anyways! And we'll start the new year strong as we always do. Happy holidays to you all!

CHALLENGE! November, Week 3: Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving week everyone! Lets see your Turkey drawings!

Friday Inspiration! Painting in Sketchbook Pro with Bobby Chiu

CHALLENGE! October, Week 5: Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)

Jess Morris: Trick or...

I fleshed out one of my post-it note sketches.

Jess Morris, October Week 4: Trick or Treat

More quick sketches at work...

Jess Morris: October Monsters

I haven't had much time to draw lately. This time of the year seems to be this way... but keep it up guys, though this is the busiest time of the year, it also is full of inspiration! I did some quick post-it note sketches at work while waiting for shots to playblast. I am hoping to flesh some of these out this week.

CHALLENGE! October, week 4: Trick or Treat

Inspiration! Free Highlights & Scales Tutorial by Bobby Chiu

CHALLENGE! October, week 3: Ghost Story

Zombie October Week 2

while play blasting at work, using copic pens

CHALLENGE! October, week 2: Monster/Witch/Zombie/etc

Label: Monster, Your Name

Friday Inpspiration!

It's been a while since I have done one of these... but this got passed on to me this morning by a friend and it is worth sharing!

John Cleese did this lecture on Creativity back in 1991, so it might be old news to some, but I just watched it for the first time this morning. And I found it incredibly inspiring!  
   

A couple points that that stuck with me...

"It's easier to do trivial things that are urgent than it is to do important things that are not urgent, like thinking. And it's also easier to do little things we know we can do than to start on big things we are not so sure about."

"Nothing will stop you from being creative so effectively as the fear of making a mistake."

And the list goes on! Great stuff, check it out!

CHALLENGE! October

October is here and it is filled with so many inspirational challenges! I am going to do things a little differently and give you the challenges for the whole month. I'll still post up the challenge every Monday as a reminder! But this way you can think ahead and/or pick and choose the ones you would like to do. (If you find you like this approach, let me know and we'll continue in this fashion.)

Week 1: Horror Movie

Week 2: Monster/Witch/Zombie/etc.

Week 3: Ghost Story

Week 4: Trick or Treat

Week 5: Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)

Have fun!

CHALLENGE! September, Week 4: Fall

The new season is here! Welcome fall!

Cave Woman :)

Sorry this is late, I was too lazy to scan it. Finally got around to it! :)

BONUS CHALLENGE: Pirate

Today is national pirates day! ... pirate robot maybe? :P

CHALLENGE! September, Week 3: Robot

(any size, for any purpose)

Jess Morris: Favorite Adventure Movie

Raiders of the Lost Arc was in theaters around these parts last week and it was AMAZING to see it on the big screen! This was one of my favorite parts...

CHALLENGE! September, Week 2: Favorite Adventure Movie

Label: Your Name, Favorite Adventure Movie

CHALLENGE! September, Week 1: Favorite Band/Musician

Wow, September already! Feel free to do a labor day piece if you are one that likes to keep up with every holiday. Last year it didn't get many responses, so lets go with: FAVORITE BAND/MUSICIAN.

MEMORIUM: NEIL ARMSTRONG

Thank you Jess, and whoever else suggested the theme of honoring a real American.  And, in my opinion, he was a genuinely real "hero" of the best kind:  An unassuming and accomplished patriot.

This work is a departure from my normal stuff.  I'm not as accomplished in these kinds of things as most of you, and am regularly humbled by your skills.  I am eager to see your contributions.

CHALLENGE: "CAVEMEN"

Not entirely sure which critter is the would-be retriever.

You decide.

Bonus CHALLENGE! Neil Armstrong

Someone just made a good point to me this morning that Neil Armstrong would be a great challenge this week. I agree and can't believe I didn't think of it yesterday! Thanks for the idea and what a neat way to remember a man who marked an important moment in history.

CHALLENGE! August, Week 4: Worst Superhero

Adventure Time with Mr. Krabs

It's a little late, but here is my Nickelodeon drawing. Hope you like it.

CAVEMAN drawings

This blog has some great subjects for drawing, to bad I don't have to much time to tackle them all
I use many of them for my everyday sketchbook so here are some takes on subject of caveman.
Hope you like it.

Keep the good work and great ideas :)