Work in Progress (untitled, Moleskine)

Okay, so I've stated numerous times in the past that I have a hard time with procrastinating when starting a drawing. And it doesn't matter whether it's a sketchbook drawing from my Moleskine or a full blown piece. I find myself posting more unfinished drawings lately. But in some cases I'll post an unfinished drawing if it's taking me too long to finish and I need some content for this blog (as is the case for this post).

The other day I was looking through one of the several poster shipping tubes that I have put away in the corner of my room and I came across a few unfinished pieces. One of them I stopped halfway through because of a rather interesting object I decided to add to it. I'll explain in another post once I get a chance to pin it down and take pictures of it (since the drawing has been in the tube for several years now, it naturally rolls together like a poster). But I digress...

Another unfinished (for now) sketch

The problem with me is that I don't usually start a drawing with much of a goal in mind. Meaning that I don't know where it's going really. An example is the image above. While the two images don't really look cohesive, eventually they will once it's finished. Though I'm not sure how I'm going to accomplish that at this point.

Therein lies my biggest problem, not enough planning or organization. I just start something with not much of an idea as to what's going on really. That's usually the reason why sometimes I don't complete a drawing, that or the drawing just sucks. But then other times, in those rare instances, I end up with a drawing that's far beyond my own expectations of what I'm capable of.

Finished Pencil Drawing (Face)

So it took me alot longer than I thought it would (but considering I'm a big time procrastinator I guess maybe it was sooner than I thought?) but I finally finished this drawing... at least the penciling. All I have left to do is the inking. Which may be the hardest part next to actually coming up with what to draw. And of course, I still have yet to purchase the Koh-I-Noor pens, which are out of stock until 12/22. I think I might have to buy some other pens in the meanwhile. That, or just use one tip size throughout the whole thing.

If you look back at the previous version(s) of it, you can see how much has changed since I first started it. And actually, when I originally started drawing I began with only the face. I really didn't have much of a goal, which is the way I usually go into a new piece (sketchbook or otherwise). Sometimes that can be a good thing, but other times it may not work out the way I had hoped. But I think this did. Hopefully the ink and color come out the way I hope they do. The next step after I've finished is to maybe do something similar on a larger scale.

Mechanical Face (Unfinished) [cont]

Rather than just update my previous post I decided to start an new one since I tend to lag sometimes. That, and it gives me an excuse to have more content. Luckily, this is a short one.

I started working on the drawing more and, like I had said earlier, it turned out completely different than what I had originally started. I think the only part still there from the beginning is the top layer of teeth and nose. If you look at the post below you can see the big differences. I honestly thought that previous drawing was going to more or less be the final product (in terms of the face at least).

So I'm going to add more to the left side of the page since right now it's basically just the face. And I'm going to continue with the whole steam/smoke (not sure yet which of the two it will eventually be) throughout the background. And of course, I'll post the finished pencil drawing, if anything just to drag it on until I have new content (like I always do).

Mechanical Face (Unfinished)

Just over a week ago, on Halloween of all days, I started a new drawing. I guess you could say that I was inspired by the "holiday" to draw something a little bit on the morbid side. Of course though that would have mostly to do with the non-stop horror/suspense programming that was on display on most of my local television channels all weekend long leading up to the 31st.

So I started drawing this mutilated face (sounds worse when I type it out) that I used to always draw in high school. I don't know why. I think I was inadvertently influenced by H.R. Giger or the Alien movies or something else he did in the 80's or 90's because alot of my doodles (btw, I hate that word) had that organic/mechanical combination that he was so good at. I don't even like mentioning him, because in no way am I trying to mimic or copy his work or his art style.

My original intention wasn't to add all of the machine-like pieces throughout the drawing. I was going for a more organic feel. When I started it, I was actually hoping to finish it the same night. But it's now been over a week and I've gone back and forth erasing alot of what I had originally started. And now I'm going to completely fill in both pages. My view of what I was supposed to draw changed drastically. But then again that's usually what happens. I go in with no real vision or goal in sight.

Obviously it's not done yet. Like everything else on here it's just a rough draft and I'm going to either post the completed work the next time, color and all, or a version in between in ink. I'm trying to finish up all the rough pencil work by this Thursday night. Ever since the Koh-I-Noor pens I've been wanting to get have received a significant price drop they've been out of stock.... And literally, just as I wrote that last sentence they moved the date up on when they will be in stock again. Oh well, at least that saves me 2 train rides and about 3 hours (round trip) to get into Pasadena to get them...