Postcard Designs

I recently started doing these small ink and marker drawings on postcard sized illustration boards. Which has been kind of a hassle... mostly the prep involved in hand cutting the thick paper. But once that part was done (I cut out at least 5 for the time being) it wasn't so hard except for what to draw on them.

Originally my idea was to make some hand drawn postcards but then I realized that the illustration board wasn't the best medium. The only reason I used it was it's sturdiness. But either way I think I'm going to use them as prototypes for future postcards. At the very least ideas for them, if anything. I wasn't sure what to draw but I know I didn't want to make anything realistic like scenery or people. So instead I decided to go abstract and use mostly patterns and designs.

The first one below is completed. The second one isn't finished yet but I'm getting around to finishing it. I'll probably have it done by the end of the week and can hopefully update this post or post it in a new one. The designs are pretty much just an amalgamation of previous designs I've done in the past. You can see the similarities to some of my other drawings.

You kinda get the sense of water, I think it's the wave(ish) patterns

I prefer this one to the other one, probably because of the boldness

Unfinished Drawings

Okay, so it's been a really long while since I had any updates or new posts... longer than I thought actually. Until I looked at the date I didn't realize how long it had been. So to make up for it I'm going to post some new artwork (and some unfinished work as well).


Anyways, I was unable to finish the drawing I was working on in the previous post. I was updating it often, you can see in the last few posts that I was working on it. It was a little ambitious of me considering all the intricate line work and using that paint marker I'd never used before. As soon as it dries and I try to apply ink, the paint seems to flake off. Not all the time but about a good 5 minutes into it, it inevitably flakes off, which I then have to color over, again. All of this was way too tedious so I never finished it.

Eventually I will finish this, someday...

As you can see, I wasn't even able to finish one of the colored sections. Too many mistakes. If I drew over it in ink too hard the paint flakes making me have to add color over it. This could eventually damage or tear the paper. But I think I'm going to eventually finish it. Looking at it now after not seeing it for such a long time makes me like it alot more than I did when I was first drawing it.

I have a bad habit of being overambitious sometimes. Usually when that happens I don't end up finishing what I start. That, and my tendency to procrastinate too much. I thought that I'd post a few other drawings that are also unfinished.


I'll start with this one since I already posted it on this blog. The reason why I didn't finish this drawing is that I added more of the "sticks" throughout it and honestly, I was just unsure of where it was going. I drew the skull first, but then just added all the "sticks" and had no idea what I was going to do with it. Plus, I wasn't very fond of the color scheme I used.

This one I have a legitimate reason to have not finished it. (Also from a previous post) This I was drawing at a friend's house while out drinking. I didn't really expect to finish it, but add to the fact that I was a little tipsy and drawing rather quickly, there's no way I would have.

My outdated tv and some random books

This is one of the first drawings in my Moleskine sketchbook. Actually, my third but the first one that wasn't a hand/arm. I was really just eager to use my Copic Markers so I sat on my bed and drew a portion of my room. I didn't finish it because I didn't like how it came out.

A logo I designed for this blog, but never finished

This one was supposed to be say achromatic (color) spectrum, but it's hard to tell since the scan didn't pick up the graphite pencil. And actually, that's the best part of the drawing. But I don't really feel like scanning it again (too many problems with my scanner/printer... it figures, since it's not a standalone scanner).

Some kind of pseudo sea monster looking thing

This final one, I don't know what I was doing. I think I just felt like doing something I hadn't done (or hadn't done in a long while). If you know any of my older work it's very reminiscent of what I used to do. I tried to stay away from cross hatching to give it a different, almost comic/cartoon feel. I dont know why I never finished it.

So hopefully someday I'll be interested in these again, at least enough to finish them. Well, most of them at least. But if I do I'll be sure to post them.