Self Portrait 23 of 100

Hey Guys!

Got a little graphic illustration for ya tonite! I'm kind of going back and forth about how accurate this drawing is... At any rate, I think it's a pretty good one. I was inspired by the awesome ink work of Scott Fischer. Didn't really come close to emulating his style, but I think I'll give it another go.

Ryan says I need to do more work in Black and White (I don't think this is what he had in mind though) and work on form. Deal with showing volume in a two dimensional space. I agree totally with him, and (Believe it or not buddy) I do think about it a lot. This blog is just as much about experimenting with styles and techniques as trying to do some drawing everyday, so I do plan on working consistently towards that goal of form.

What I'm trying to get around to saying, is to look for more grayscale drawings and digital paintings in the future. Seventy-seven more drawings in this set, and I really hope to have made a leap or two past where I am now, by then.

Man... I'm looking old, and am getting fat. huh.

Take care and be good!
Your friend
Jeffrey Johnson

Self Portrait 22 of 100

Okay! Last man standing is finished! The deadline kept on getting pushed back, so I had more time to work on it, and still no time to work on my 100 in 100 project. Sooo, I'm a little behind. When all the entries are posted, I'll add in a link so you all can check it out.

My first drawing back from the new year. Not terribly thrilled with it, but not totally unhappy either. It was done from a photo I took of myself in the mirror last month. I totally messed up the bottom of my face, particularly the chin and jawline. This is partly a result of committing to some lines too early, and partly a result of bullheadedly pushing through. I only gave myself an hour to work on this one though, and all and all ... Okay, Next time will be better. Ha-Ha!

I'm still super busy. I have a couple of comic pages for my friend Guggenmaneuver, and I'm working on painting and setting up the guest room at home, so I can paint and set up the babies room... But all in all, things are going well, and I should be able to catch up (and keep up) here within the next couple of weeks! Yay!

Okay, I'll talk to you all soon!

Your friend
Jeffrey

Self Portrait Twenty-One of One Hundred

Whoops! I missed a day. Okay kids... So right before I started this thing, I signed up for the Last Man Standing (check out the link on the sidebar) competition on Conceptart.org. Thinking I would have enough time for both things (and not wanting to put off this project any longer) I went ahead and started the Self Portrait thing.

As it turns out, I don't have time for both. The LMS deadline is December 30. That's nineteen (actually, eighteen) days away. SO, I'm takeing the next eighteen days off to finish (and win ha-ha!) this round of the Last Man Standing. Wish me luck!

I'm leaving off with this little photoshop experiment. It's not much to look at, but I learned some stuff from it (I think). Sorry it's such a lame placeholder.

I'll try to stop in sooner, but if not I'll see y'all in a couple weeks!
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KC

Self Portrait Twenty of One Hundred

A lion, as promised. I'm pretty happy with how this guy came out... It was a struggle to get the head to fit on the body in a way that made sense. Yeah, it's pretty silly. Maybe I'll do something else next, even though these ARE fun. Ha-ha!

Talk to you again tomorrow!
Your friend
KC

Self Portrait Nineteen of One-Hundred

Ha-ha! Okay, another cartoon update. This was inspired by an illustration friday topic from a couple of weeks ago. The topic was zoo, and I was going to do a few of these cartoon animal self portraits as elements for a larger picture for it... obviously things got away from me, and I ended up putting them off until now. So anyway, here's the monkey cage. I don't really have a beard right now, but I cheated to keep them more monkey like.

Tomorrow I'll do a lion.

Take care and be good, kids! I'll talk at you again tomorrow.
Your friend
KC

SelfPortrait Eighteen of One-Hundred

It's late, and I'm going to bed. No talking tonite.

Good night kids! Be good, and don't stay up too late.
Your friend
KC

Self Portrait Seventeen of One-Hundred

Ryan says this one is creepy... I guess I can see that. There are some issues with this drawing, partly I think they stem from the angle of the pose. It was hard to keep still, and see what I was doing. I think I got kind of distracted too, which never helps. I'm upset with how skewed both the glasses and hat are... they're just not right. I think I know what's wrong with them, but I'm NOT going to fix them.

I'm feeling like being annoyed by this drawing is maybe a good lesson for me.

Take care and be good!
Your friend
KC

Self Portrait Sixteen of One-Hundred

Remember how I said I was worried about using my mustache and beard as props when doing my Portraits? Well, I decided to shave it off so I could see my face again. It's wierd... It's been at least two years since I last took everything off. I don't look as bad as I thought I would, and Amy thinks it's super-cute. Probably won't last long though... I'd like to have it back by christmas. If it starts to get too close without a significant regrowth, I'll shave it again though. Can't look shabby for christmas, can I?

I think I got a pretty good likeness today. I think this exercise is really helping me out. I just hope I can keep it up. Some days it's really hard not to just go to bed... Or mess around on the interweb.

See you guys (and or gals) tomorrow!
Your friend
KC

Self Portrait Fifteen of One-Hundred

This is the fourth and final image in the abstraction set. rendering down the form to just a hand full of black and white shapes... I think it was an interesting excercise, and while I could've pushed it further, I think I got some of what I wanted out of it. Mainly seeing what shapes were the most important to holding the image together, and forming a foundation for starting to paint the images. Maybe I'll explore this again a little later. I do have 85 more drawings in this series after all.

That's it for now guys, and I'll talk to you again tomorrow!
Your friend
KC

Self Portrait Fourteen of One-Hundred

Ugh... Again, I'm not really happy with this drawing. I think that's mostly because of the materials used, though. Basically, my mid tone blue marker is running out of ink, so I wasn't able to get the hard edged lines I was after. :(

Anyway, this is the third in the series of abstraction images. What I was going for here was breaking down the Tonal areas of my face into solid shapes using little to no line. In need to reinvest in some grayscale markers, I think.

See y'all tomorrow!
Your friend
KC

Self Portrait Thirteen of One-Hundred

Super happy Friday! This is the second image in the abstraction set. I was doing an Art Nouveu design at work, and was inspired to try it with my SP. I didn't do this one from life, I used the previous image as refrence. The stylistic curly-ques came out pretty good in the mustache, I think.
Okay, I'm kind of worried about how I'm gonna post this weekend, but this is all the images I have on my jumpdrive right now so... If I don't get to it now, I'll do it on Monday.
Take care, and be good!
Your friend
KC

Self Portrait Twelve of One-Hundred

Started this one as a set of four images that progressively abstract. I'm really happy with how this one turned out... looking back to a year ago (or really, more recently than that) I can see a lot of improvement. This is starting to feel like some professional work from me. More focused and what not. Sometimes it's hard to make time for this, but I'm always glad I do.
Thanks for looking, and I'll talk at you again soon... by the way, my internet is still out, so posting is gonna be tricky this weekend.
Your friend
KC

Self Portrait 11 of 100

Ha-ha-ha! I started this one, and it was coming out really... ummm... rote? I guess, formulaic, is more accurate. You know. "The head is an egg-shape, the eyes go here, the nose goes here... Blah, blah, blah" so I decided to mess around with some of my symbol props, and go crazy with my beard and mustache. That was fun, and I started getting into what I was doing, so I busted out the markers to try out some color stuff.

You can do some cool stuff with markers, and they're sooo much fun to draw with. How do you like how fat I look? Ha-ha!
Okay, if my internets still out, then I'm still one behind, but I'll catch up tomorrow if that's the case.
Talk at you later!
Your friend
KC

Self Portrait 10 of 100

My internet is down at home, so I'm running a little bit behind in my posts. I was looking at Chuck Mates sketchbook on Conceptart.org, and thought I'd give digital painting a try... Tragidy. It's actually not that bad in the grand scheme of things, but I came up against a wall pretty quickly. I think next time I'll work in grayscale. There's just too many color options in PS, and it's hard to come to grips with a new medium when you have too many variables to deal with.



Take care and be good!
Your friend
KC

Self Portrait Nine of One-Hundred

Another ball-point pen drawing. I love the way ball-point just glides across the surface of the paper. Another thing I love about it is making little squiggly marks. This frustrates some of my friends, because it makes my drawings look kind of "hairy", and it's a bad habit.

There's nothing really special to say about this drawing, except that I think it's a pretty good one, and I enjoyed doing it. Again, I think this one's headed in the right direction. The little swirrlies coming out of my ear were fun, but they don't really serve a purpose... I don't think they really even add anything as a graphic element. Just doodles to put off going to bed, I guess.

Take care and be good you guys, and I'll talk at you tomorrow!
Your friend
KC