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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.