Sophie Ward - Character Sketchbook 206

Hi, friends! How are you today?
I'm super busy with some client work
that I can't wait to show you!
I am using this crazy process that I just
came up with for the project and I am really
excited for how things are turning out so far : )
This drawing is of my friend Miss Sophie Ward and was for my Character Sketchbook. I really like the simplicity of it and feel like it captures Sophie. I hope you like it!

Happy Birthday My Brother

Well, it's brother David's birthday today!
He turned 28. So crazy. :)
So i thought i would post an old pirate drawing i did of him as his alter ego "Damien T. Wallace"
We saw Joseph Arthur late last night to kick off the birthday celebration,
which was the perfect way to start it off,
because this was Dave's first time seeing him perform live.
Seriously, it is beyond me how Joseph Arthur is not one of the biggest names in Music.
The guy is ridiculous.
He has written a zillion albums that are all fantastic.
His live performances are something you have never seen before.
He goes up there by himself, ad libs on the spot, and creates new versions of his songs.
He builds up loops of different instruments, and then picks up a paint brush and begins painting on a canvas behind him while singing the song....
As you can see, i'm excited/impressed/inspired! haha
Sorry, i will settle down. Needless to say, i think it was a good start to my brother's birthday.
If you could, wish him a Happy Birthday on twitter ;)
His twitter name is @David_Roberts_

Kaja Sokola Scribble Sketch

Hey Friends,
how did your day go?
Mine was alright,
I feel like my drawings lately have been a little off,
not sure if I've been working too much and just need a break,
or if i need to go back to practicing the basics...
Well, since i can't really afford time off, i decided to do some raw sketches to relax,
and this Pen Scribble sketch is what was born. :)
The Sketch is of Polish Model Kaja Sokola.
i know its raw, but i hope you like it :)
Hope you're having a great night!

1 Millionth Visitor!

SO....
I Finally had the 1 millionth Visitor today!
That's seriously mind blowing!
2 years ago when i started this blog,
i honestly didn't think anyone would ever read this blog....
Amazing. Thank you all for your support.
You blow my mind daily... Seriously!

The Drawing day is my third plane Sketch of Frida Gustavsson.
Seriously, I have so much fun drawing her.
Thank you alice for helping me stumble on to her :)
I hope you like this drawing.

P.S. Posted my first outfit in awhile on my Lookbook.nu, you can check it out here :) :)

The Cast of Volume 3

Well my friends,
I've finally started to figure who will be the main girls of Volume 3 The Character Sketchbook.
I can tell you that Tanya Dziahileva & Ali Michael
are going to be two of the main girls of the book. :)
I'm really excited cause i need to get back to the basics,
and start practicing more and start improving more.
I actually need to work on live drawing,
but no models live near me, to come sit for drawings, C'est la vie ;(
So i guess i'm back to working in the Character Sketchbook.
But I really hope you like the sketch today!


P.S. Thank you so much Elana & Jason Wu for your kind words on the Blog! :)

Blast From the Past

Hey there my friends!
How's your day going?
Mine is going great!
My friend Alice Baxley came over and we were designing a little capsule collection that I think we are going to do. ;)
I'm really excited, i think it's going to be really cool!
It has a great little summer vibe.
But the painting today is one i did a few years go that i forgot about.
I just found the drawing.
But i thought it would be a cool computer wallpaper for yawl!
so if you want to have it,
click here to download it!
i hope you are having an amazing day!

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Greetings, my friends...
Well, last night i took a journey into greatness,
when i saw "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" at a screening in Nike's theatre in L.A.
I truly don't remember the last time i saw a movie that good in the theatre.
The acting, the visuals, & the story were all incredible!
Tom Wait was so impressive, he had a cool, cold, evil to his character.
And Heath Ledger was amazing, it was such a different role for him,
he was really an amazing actor.

Also, it was a trip seeing Lily Cole in the movie!
She was really great in the movie!
It was really fun seeing the girl that i learned how to draw off of, acting in a movie.
She really has one of the greatest looks,
so fun..

Well, all and all, i completely loved the movie.
I'm dying for it to come out in the theatre's so i can see it again and again.
I did this little sketch today for the movie...
i hope you like it :)

Miss Tavi on Pop

Hello, my Friends,
How are you doing?
You having a good weekend?
Mine has been great! i love the weekends, they are so wonderful!
I'm really excited about this week.
My really good friend Mr. Ryan Baxley & I are going to meet up later this week,
and start planning out The Fawn Album.
The Fawn is a collaboration music Group Ryan & I started like 4 years ago.
As time went by, i think i have like 200 song starts on my computer,
so we decided to finally finish an album.
So i'm pretty excited.

The drawing today is of Miss Tavi on the cover of Pop Magazine!
How awesome is it that she was on the cover!
But since I love drawing covers, I thought this was a perfect cover to draw.
i hope you like it :)
Also, check out Tavi's Blog Here
... Now, i think I'm going to challenge my brother to a round of Mario Cart!

The People Paper

Wow! Today went by way, way, way too fast.
I'm so dead tired!
Oh, ok. So, it's been way too long since I made a computer Wallpaper for you all.
So, i did this painting for you.
Click Here to get the High Res Version.
How did your day go?

Oh, yea!~ I did some paintings for Sundance Channel's "Full Frontal Fashion" for New York Fashion Week.
I really like how the paintings turned out. For some reason, i feel like they are very different feeling.
If you want to see the paintings, the Web gallery is here and you can read the article here :)

Lastly, I just wanted to say thank you to Fashionista.com and Refinary29 for posting my Irving Penn Tribute. Your sites are two of my all time favorites! So thanks again. :)

Doodling & Day Dreaming

OOOOOH MY! GOOD MORNING!
Don't be fooled by the caps, i'm not in any way a morning person...
but today i'm sipping coffee, it's kinda cool outside,
so i'm feeling pretty gooood!

So, i was working on a drawing last night,
and my brother thought i should post the sketch.
i really like how her face turned out.
i think i'm going to follow through with a pollished version,
but then again, i really like how the sketch turned out.
...oh, and if you are wondering about the text written on the sketch,
they were song lyrics of the song i was listening to when i drew the picture,
and it just seemed fitting some how, hahah.

Oh, and we have a new member to The Dream Walking Society
the Lovely Miss Geri Hirsch is going to start contributing to the site.
I'm really happy with the site so far; the goal was to have a site inspired by dreams, but then also to inspire dreams.
And i'm happy to say IT'S WORKING!
Well, at least for me that is...
haha! Ever since we started it 3 days ago
i have been having super vibrant and long dreams.
I hope the site does the same for you.

*Note: "The rain is falling it looks like love" is from the song Look Up by Stars
: )

Style Bytes Where Ever She is

Well hello friends! Wow! Thank you so much for all the lovely comments on the last post!
i'm so glad you like it. :)
It's really fun to get to share my daily drawings with you all. :)
With that said, i have a blog to present to you.
It's called Style Bytes.
Though i don't know whatever happened to her,
considering she hasn't posted in a year.
Not sure if she just stopped or what not...
Hope she comes back....

Well, the picture i drew had a great use of red
so when i drew it, i wanted to play with the red "pop" points.
I hope you like it! :)

P.s. Agathe if you some how end up reading this. please email me,
so i can give you the high res version of your portrait. :)

Sophie Ward

Hello friends!
Well, my good friend Sophie Ward is here visiting from Australia.
So far, it's been amazing just catching up on everything.
i did this drawing of her sitting on the couch last night.
i hope you like it!
i think i'm going to have to do another Guest Writing post tonight on here.
Hope you all are doing wonderful!
danny!

A Sucker for Them Blue Eyes

Hello hello!
Please forgive my absence.
Last week i had to go into work all week
and so needless to say, i'm way behind and trying to catch up.
With that said, i've been meaning to draw a new picture for you all
but have been thwarted at every turn, so last night i sat down and i did this picture for you.
i hope you like it.
Thank you to all for supporting me on the Print and Tee Shirts.
You don't know how much it means. :)
Just wanted to say thank you.

The Life Of My Studio

Hello my friends!
Thanks so much for all your Blog Birthday wishes; means alot!
Sorry for the lack of a post last night...
I randomly got the idea to post a video last night, at like 10:30,
and for some reason, i thought it would just take a minute to throw it together....
so needless to say, at 1 in the morning, i realized
i would probably not be up by the time the video stop rendering. hahah
Thus i am posting today.

Ok, i must warn you, it is quiet random...
I made the Video out of Random Clicks of my Studio.
So it's like close ups on paintings and me drawing, and my friends hanging out.
Oh, and also, i have the filming of the concept sketch with Miss Sophie Ward sitting posing for the painting. :)
Well, i hope you enjoy it!
Have a great day!
:)

First Magazine Cover!

My oh my, hello friends!
How is your day going?
Mine was great! Besides the fact that i'm home sick,
I saw "My Fair Lady" for the first time today.
Yet again, i fell in love with Audrey Hepburn...
Seriously, what the !?! She was incredible in that movie!
It's left me sitting here thinking over that movie, replaying the scenes.... So Good!

Also, I just got back the Cover i did for Oxygen Magazine!
i'm excited to finally show you all it!
It's kinda uncanny how my drawing's neckline is so similar to this picture of Audrey.
haha So fun. Yes, thanks again for all the love on the Valentine post.
I ended up setting up one of those Etsy Account...
Finally, i have a few originals up for sale.
Also, i put up some other prints.
Also, i plan on getting some lower price range prints up,
just been trying to figure out how to do it,
but don't worry, hopefully it will be up soon.
If you want to check out the store Click Here

Mr. David Roberts

How was the weekend, Friends?
You all get enough sleep and rest to start the week?
i sure didn't. haahha.
i'm running on fumes.
Was working all weekend.
Well, the drawing today is one I did of my brother.
We were both sitting across from each other drawing each other.
i drew it with a pen on cardboard and then water colored it and finished it off with chalk pastel.
It was a very fun relaxing night.
We started drawing after our nightly Mario Cart session! Woot, woot!
Hope you all are doing great,
and hope you like the portrait of my brother. :)

Busy Bee

Hey there friends.
How are you?
i'm working on 4 projects right now, so sorry in advance on the brief post.
This is a drawing i'm doing right now; it's not finished yet.
Also, i posted a self portrait up at my Image Diary.
i hope you like it.

p.s. Oh, yeah, i heard back from Dazed & Confused magazine yesterday about the cover contest,
and they are going to put mine in this next issue of the magazine!! :) i will post it when it is up.

Cat Eyes

Good morning. :)
Thank you to all who commented about Miette.
We talked to the pet hospital and she will be released this afternoon!
Hopefully, she will have a steady recovery. :)

This drawing is another study sketch of Joey as Ginger Marmalade Toastmeister.
i was seeing what cat eyes would look like on him...
haha Hope you likes it. :)

The Unfished Drawing

Ok, so there is a story with these drawings.
A while back like 3 years ago, right when i was learning how to draw,
i drew this picture, and designed the clothes and everything.
Then i got to a point where i was too afraid of trying to finish it cause i thought i would ruin it,
which is funny cause i usually always experiment and am not worried about ruining it.
i think i thought it was the greatest drawing i've done... hahaha
Well, i might finish it someday,
but i like seeing how different my style has changed in a few years...

Finally the Video.

Good Morning, Good Morning, i love the Morning.
Finally the Video! i promised i would get it to you,
and wow, i had to jump through a few hoops to get it done,
but i really like how it turned out.
The song is by one of my best friends since i was in kindergarten, Mr. Ryan Baxley.
He is Brilliant! One of those Musical Genuis'.
Yep, yep! That is him singing and playing.
Please check his music out by clicking here

For those who couldn't tell what materials i used it was pen, then watered down ink, then colored inks,
then Prismacolor pens, colored pencils, then blended them.
I really hope you all like the video and i hope it answers some questions.

If you haven't seen the finished Self Portrait from that Video...
Click Here to see it.