Waste Not....

I hate being wasteful. Whether it be food or supplies. That's why when i found some old Pastel Paper in my office, i decided to give it a second chance at becoming something more. I grabbed the first sheet and cut it into smaller pieces (for easy transport) and decided to draw this at home.

Just some things to keep in mind when viewing this: It was realllly late and i was drawing in the dark by the light of my monitor (don't ask!). I drew something really quickly in normal #2 pencil and used my trusty Itoya to ink it. Filled in the black with Sharpie and used a White-Out Correction Fluid pen to create the outline. Looking back, i think i would have preferred to use a Prismacolor White Pencil as it would generate cleaner lines but i'll try that next time.

If you look closely at the hand that is holding the pencil, you may find that it looks a bit odd. Well, since i was drawing in near darkness, i added one too many fingers. I fixed it in Photoshop. You can't tell but i also started to block in the black with a chisel point marker but the results were horrendous so i switched to the Sharpie which was faster and much more uniform. Well, the purity of the two blacks were not the same so i adjusted them to make them more uniform. And that's the extend of my computer alterations....honest! :)

I really liked the way this came out looking and may try more adding some other tools to my repertoire. I was greatly inspired by the art of Wade Schin. I bought his sketchbook and was floored by how such simplistically created art could look so full of depth. Google him and check out his work.