Posts Tagged ‘Flashback Friday’

I haven’t posted anything from my mini sketchbook since December. I worked on this book throughout 2000. That’s right, it’s eleven years old.

So you know, I had to cut my nails for a couple of these photos. I refuse to get photographed with long dirty nails. Gross.

This set of drawings is from Sketchbook #4, which I drew in from August 1998 – April 1999. As you can see these are from a phase I went through in which I would fill every empty space. I still do that to this day on some of my pieces. It’s always been hard for me to leave empty space. That’s probably why I’m such a pack rat.

I was also going through some sort of perversion phase. Look again. On close inspection you’ll find all sorts of dirty stuff going on.

Enjoy!
– Jeff

Sketchbook #2 – 1997-1998

(page 11)
This is a little drawing I did of one of my teachers. I almost want to say that maybe I should have been taking notes, but now I’m a fancy artist so I’m probably better off having not taken those notes.

(page 12)
This split lip and split eye thing is a recurring theme throughout my late 90’s sketchbooks.

(page 14)
Colored pencil, what? I don’t know what got into me to use colored pencils.

(page 28)
Hmm…fourteen pages later and I’m back to the colored pencils.

(page 56)
Ah, a Cubist face. At least I lost the colored pencils.

Thanks for looking!
– Jeff

This week I decided to revisit my very first hardbound sketchbook, which I worked on in 1997. Dang, this thing is old.

(page 54)
Just a random made up face.

(page 70)
Doodles of hands.

(page 76)
Another random face.

(page 85)
A very manish girl taking over the city.

(page 86)
It looks like I was trying to be clever.

For this week’s installment of Flashback Friday we are opening up Sketchbook #3, which I worked on from January 1998 – August 1998.

(page 85)

(page 86)

(page 87)

(page 88)

(page 89)

Have a fantastical weekend, homies!
– Jeff

The following doodles are from Sketchbook #7, which I worked on from November 2000 – September 2001.

(page 2)

(page 4)

(page 6)

(page 7)

(page 9)

And that concludes this segment of “Flashback Friday”.
Enjoy!

– Jeff

This week you get to watch a video of Sketchbook #9. It’s been a super hectic week setting up for the $100 And Under show. In fact, the big party for the opening starts in about an hour and here I am writing a blog post when I should be cutting my nails and taking a shower.

Enjoy the video!

Dang! I’ve actually done this “Flashback Friday” thing 22 weeks in a row. It’s safe to say that it has now become a habit. This week we’re flipping through the pages of Sketchbook #8, which I worked on from September 2001 – June 2002.

For some reason I started doing this thing where I would draw a set of little lips inside of the big lips. And no, it wasn’t out of perversion. In fact, I didn’t even realize that it could be a reference to the female body until just now as I was typing. Hmm…what’s that say about how the subconscience mind works.

I always liked this hand. Like the previous drawing I just realized something I didn’t notice 10 years ago when I drew this. I didn’t finish the eye on the right side. It’s just a circle. Normally, I would draw a line through that and then make an eyeball. This is especially funny to me because I used this image as a sticker design, which means somewhere* out in the world there are stickers of my unfinished drawing. In fact, you know what, I bet I can dig one up for you.

* As it turns out, that “somewhere” turned out to be an old shoebox. I actually postponed this blog so I could go home and find this sticker that I had assumed could be found somewhere.

I guess these are little shark characters. If you look closely you can see that they actually started out as a set of eyes. Let’s face it, I draw a lot of faces. Well, back then I always started with the eyes. With this drawing I did the eyes and then realized the shapes looked like sharks, so then I just drew sharks instead. This is why I encourage people to throw away all their pencils. When you draw with a pen you can’t erase and you allow the element of chance to enter your creations. This opens the door for possibility and puts you in a place where you can create something you had never intended to create in the first place. And that’s a beautiful thing.

I liked eating at this place.

Kind of abstract, but there are a few faces hiding in there.

That concludes this episode of “Flashback Friday”.
Thanks for tuning in!
– Jeff

I know I know…Friday is almost over, but let me tell you, it’s been a busy day. I won’t get into the details because that’s a whole post of it’s own, but I will say this. It was good being busy. I had a great night.

For today we are going through Sketchbook #9, which I drew in from June 2002 – May 2003.

(page 3)

(page 4)

(page 12)

(page 13)

(page 20)

(page 23)

There you have it!
Now go have yourself a wonderful weekend.

– Jeff

It’s raining like mad here in SLO Town, but that won’t stop me from posting some old school drawings. These are from Sketchbook #6, which I worked on from June – November in 2000.

(page 10)

(page 23)
I always thought exaggerated features were hilarious when I saw other people do it, so the zipper on that hoodie was my attempt.

(page 26)

(page 37)
Back in the day from time to time while working my customer service job (phone operator/skateboard salesman) I’d flip through the fashion magazines people left laying around the sales floor and use them for source material. Yeah, I logged in LOTS of drawing hours at that job. It was sweet.

(page 47)

And that concludes this week’s “Flashback Friday“.

Thanks for looking!
Have a fantastical weekend!

– Jeff

Today we’re diving into Sketchbook #7, which I worked on from November 2000 – September 2001.

(page 13)

Yes, it took me almost an entire year to fill this book. I think it took a long time for two reasons. First, it has brown paper, which allowed me to draw with a white out pen. Since I was drawing with black and white that means I spent more time per page than on my other sketchbooks that are mostly just black ink on white paper.

(page 14)

Second, I tried my best to make each page worthy enough to be framed. Of course, there are a few exceptions, but all in all I’d have to say that this is my best sketchbook because of those two reasons.

(page 15)

As you can see, all of these are “full spread” drawings, which is something I never seemed to do with my white paged books.

(page 16)

(page 18)

If you like drawing in sketchbooks and want to try some stuff with a similar effect here is what I used:
– 8.5″ x 11″ Recycled Sketchbook
– Rapidograph Pen
– Black Sharpie Fine Point Marker
– Presto White Out Pen

Also, check out previous “Flashback Friday” posts.

Thanks for looking!
– Jeff

I have to make this short and sweet because I should be at home helping my lady pack for our upcoming getaway.

This week I pulled out Sketchbook #3 from 1998. There are a couple of different styles going on here. Enjoy!

(page 7)

(page 10)

(page 12)

(page 92)

That’s it folks!
Thanks for looking!
– Jeff