Lizh

My sketch of the musician Lizh who gave a stunning show at the Royal Bean Cafe yesterday.

Ronald A DePinho

My sketch of Ronald A DePinho who together with Norman Sharpless, proposed the Stem Cell Theory of Aging.

Intelligence

Artificial intelligence

Leave this city

Inspired by the Sundays

waves

Time

don't say anything

Just chillin

Social Pressure

My abstract depiction of social pressure:

Cabin in the Woods

My cabin in the woods

Organization in Parts

This is called organization in parts. Designed to show that anything which is structured and organized necessarily divides the whole.

Random Portrait

This is a random portrait I just sketched from head, lots of fun.

Robert M. Sapolsky

My sketch of Robert M. Sapolsky who first linked aging to stress via the Glucocorticoid Cascade Hypothesis of Aging.

Portrait in Pen

Here is a portrait I did with one of those flow pens you just love to write with. I am actually quite happy with it...

A portrait in crayon

Trying things in a different medium, here is a portrait done in crayon. I think it worked out well, though again shading is the biggest challenge.

Stephen Covey

My sketch of Stephen Covey, personal development guru and author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Nicole of My Little Airport

My sketch of the singer Nicole, of the indie pop band out of Hong Kong: My Little Airport.

Henrik Dam

My sketch of Henrik Dam who first discovered vitamin K.

Thomas Johnson

My sketch of Thomas Johnson who first defined the AGE-1 gene.

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Barack Obama

My sketch of Barack Obama. Fans: I am just learning to draw, please don't take the rendition too seriously.

Thank you.

Dolly Parton

My slightly scary sketch of Dolly Parton.

I am really bad at smiles, teeth, etc...also I totally messed up on her cheeks...but cheeks are shading defined and a challenge for me...

Random Face

Here is another random portrait. I think my shading worked here, though it is a little less than subtle.

Random Person from Magazine

My sketch of a random person from a magazine. Did I mess up on shading? YES!

Colin Meloy

My sketch of Colin Meloy lead singer of The Decemberists.

Elizabeth Taylor

Whatever it is, Elizabeth Taylor had it. I think I did a good job on this portrait in terms of shading. In the past I would draw a rough oval for the face, and then draw the eyes. This time I drew the oval and started shading. As a rule, I think I am going to try let shading drive the drawings from now on.

I didn't shade the whole face, or even all of her hair, trying to catch places where light seems to have fallen, and I would say I need to remember to do that, because it adds a lot. This is also the happiest I have ever been with portraying a nose!

Otherwise, I did mess up the proportions on her face, her eyes seem a little off, but then again, I guess that is what I get for trying to draw a perfect face in the first place!

Jack White

My very quick sketch of Jack White of the White Stripes. Part because I am tired, and part because fast content creation is Jack's style.

Elizabeth Blackburn

My sketch of Elizabeth Blackburn who first discovered telomerase.

Steve Pavlina

My sketch of Steve Pavlina who is a personal development writer and one of my heroes. I feel like my use of shading is getting better, and I am starting to realize how important it is to shade the whole face, at least at first, when learning just how to use shading to create depth and features.

Pogo

My sketch of the music remix artist Pogo. This was another experiment with shading, and I think it worked well, though I tend to focus too much attention on defining noses I think.



Check out his stuff here:
http://www.myspace.com/pogotracks
http://www.youtube.com/user/Fagottron

Study of Shading

This is my study of shading, where I really just experimented. I think that I lost contrast with the eyes and everything, and I probably needed to define them with shading. I made it a real challenge on myself using pen though, and I will probably try this again with pencil.

Vacation

V DAY 3

Vacation

V DAY 2

Vacation

V DAY 1

David Sinclair

My sketch of David Sinclair who discovered the possible role of resveratrol in aging.

Michael E. Gerber

My sketch of Michael E. Gerber who wrote The E-Myth Revisited and is now one of my personal heroes.

Bilinda Butcher

My sketch of Bilinda Butcher of the Shoe Gaze band My Bloody Valentine.

Some Random Person Out of a Magazine

Just some random person. My goal was to work on shading. Unfortunately, I couldn't keep a straight face.

Bjork

My sketch of Icelandic singer Björk. And me failing to capture any of her Scandinavian beauty. Believe it or not, but this is the second attempt I made. The first one had to be scrapped due to poor shading. Very poor.

Bonnie Prince Billy aka Will Oldham

My sketch of Bonnie Prince Billy aka Will Oldham. I could have done a better job with his nose. Ah well...

Leslie Orgel

My sketch of Leslie Orgel who first propounded the error catastrophe theory of aging.

I got brave and decided to try sketch teeth and a smile, but didn't do so well. Otherwise, I think I did better than usual. I left lines off the nose, and tried to work on shading more. Shading really is essential. I almost feel like I need to go back to practice sketching objects before continuing with portraits.

Matt Kaeberlein

My sketch of Matt Kaeberlein who, as I read today, proposed that the TOR and Sch9 kinases regulate longevity in yeast. Dr. Kaeberlein is a researcher at the University of Washington Pathology Department.

As for the sketch, well one day I will learn how to draw teeth and a proper smile, but as for right now, this is the best I can draw.


Also, this is day 200 of this project.

Self-Portrait Comparison

Another self portrait, trying to get things down, I would say it looks like me, but it doesn't. I also need to work on shading.



Comparing to the past:

Self portrait 4/19/09


Self portrait 11/15/08

Grant Baldwin

My sketch of Grant Baldwin, current Acting Deputy Director of the CDC.

I messed up his nose, but I am tired today...so...yeah. Woo! Centers for Disease Control. yeah!

Emily Haines

My sketch of indie pop star Emily Haines. I need to work on eye symmetry, and well, some other details, but mainly that.

George Whipple

My sketch of George Whipple who shared the 1934 Nobel Prize for his work in curing anemia.

William Murphy

My sketch of William Murphy. It is a little skewed, I admit it. I am almost to day 200. I would say I have made progress, but of course, it wouldn't be bad to see more.

Murphy is known for aiding in the discovery of the connection between anemia and b12 deficiency. For his work, he shared the 1934 Nobel prize in Physiology.

George Minot

My sketch of George Minot who's work led to the discovery of the link between vitamin B12 and pernicious anemia. The results would earn him the 1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology.

pie in the sky

Kevin Drew

My sketch of Kevin Drew, one of the key people in the indie band Broken Social Scene.



Feel Good Lostis my favorite album.