Piles and Piles of Drawings

Yar

2012-02-04T10:40:00.000-08:00

some studies

drawings

2012-02-02T23:39:00.000-08:00

so far for teh drawing a day... Im gonna keep up with this .. and my motivation is to pose better adn eventually clean something up purty

Capt. Hepburn

2011-11-15T18:10:00.001-08:00

more goilies

2011-11-11T14:18:00.000-08:00

quickies

2011-11-02T18:33:00.001-07:00

to get back on track Im gonna start posting whatever lil doodles I can manage during my day ... so here are todays sketches...

Skwatch!

2011-07-08T17:54:00.001-07:00

Merman

2011-07-06T17:42:00.000-07:00

Just to keep this He_man thing going.. Photoshop cs5 15 minutes... did a couple fast passes that I despised and ended up with this.. I like it enough LOL

5 minute speedpaint beastman

2011-06-30T17:50:00.000-07:00

2011-06-24T17:42:00.001-07:00

So there is a ton of new stuff from my sketchpad.. Hopefully I'll get some time to clean some things up and develope some of them further in the near future

2011-06-24T17:38:00.001-07:00

2011-06-24T17:36:00.001-07:00

2011-06-24T17:35:00.001-07:00

A ton .. and yes I have been working, moving, and away :)

2011-06-24T17:33:00.000-07:00

another rabbit

2011-05-03T10:43:00.001-07:00

pigs is pigs

2011-04-22T09:43:00.001-07:00

She's a deer

2011-04-20T09:55:00.001-07:00

Kristen was talking on the phone so I sketched her as a deer.. why not

Bunny

2011-04-19T17:23:00.000-07:00

My good friend Dee gave me a kick in the pants and told me "even if you only clean one piece up from all the sketching you do a day you should try to do it..." I dont know if Im gonna be able to do it daily but weekly should be doable.. :) Thanks Dee!

just some fun ink sketches from last night

2011-04-13T17:51:00.000-07:00

Kristen was on the phone with a friend so I drew these to wait for her to be done so that we could watch COCO together! :)

I have been studying

2011-03-31T18:29:00.001-07:00

Looking at and studying great like Ketcham, Tupper, Leturgie, Hurst, Glines.. anyone who has or is inspiring me to be better.. I have learned a lot in the last few weeks.. I plan on learning a lot more

Enjoy

all done

2010-12-26T22:28:00.001-08:00

OMG really

2010-12-26T22:27:00.000-08:00

oh look more

2010-12-26T22:25:00.000-08:00

and more

2010-12-26T22:23:00.001-08:00

2010-12-26T22:22:00.000-08:00

HUGE UPLOAD

2010-12-26T22:19:00.000-08:00

home doodles

2010-12-06T23:06:00.001-08:00

Just some doodles from the last couple days

Wonder Girl :)

2010-12-01T16:52:00.001-08:00

I rarely draw superheroes, mostly because I think there are a thousand people out there that do it waaay better than me.. but my buddy asked me for a wonderwoman painting a bit back and this was one of my sketches that i liked.. :) Enjoy

last color for now

2010-11-30T16:47:00.001-08:00

last few

2010-11-30T16:26:00.000-08:00

even more sketchiness

2010-11-30T16:21:00.001-08:00

more sketches

2010-11-30T16:19:00.000-08:00

40 Love....handles

2010-11-30T15:00:00.001-08:00

I have a ton of doodles and scaraps I want to color up cause its been a long time.. here is the first of hopefully many

finishing

2010-11-26T12:04:00.000-08:00

last weeks quikies

2010-11-26T11:47:00.001-08:00

few new sketches

2010-11-05T14:18:00.001-07:00

week 1 november sketches

2010-11-03T14:56:00.001-07:00

page mashup

Time for some adventure

2010-10-20T18:12:00.001-07:00

Roller Skates adn Frog hats

2010-10-20T14:51:00.001-07:00

some more sketches from last week

2010-10-20T14:49:00.001-07:00

few new doodles

2010-10-13T14:05:00.000-07:00

couple new thangs

2010-08-26T18:09:00.001-07:00

quick robot and rabbit

2010-08-25T15:59:00.000-07:00

quick digi paint portrait

2010-08-09T17:07:00.000-07:00

drew this guy at starbucks some time back.. threw some colors on it :)

quick hellboys

2010-08-06T12:48:00.001-07:00

Drew these up while having coffee with friends last night :)

The Porbeagle shark

2010-08-05T14:05:00.001-07:00

I love that they are in the shape of a football! YEAH!

frilled

2010-08-05T00:10:00.001-07:00

The Port Jackson Shark!

2010-08-03T00:43:00.001-07:00

DUUURP!

SHARK WEEK Sand tiger shark

2010-08-02T00:43:00.001-07:00

RAWR! Shark week is here and so it begins... Sand Tiger Shark!!!

Comic Con 2010 Color Sketchbook!!!!

2010-06-23T17:47:00.000-07:00

First book I have put out in over 5 years this time with partner Jeff Victor!!!
$20
40 pages
full color
Loads of Fun

BUY ONE! :) It'll make me happy and help me pay my bills! :) LOL

quickie in color

2010-05-17T15:45:00.000-07:00

So I have been drawing these rabbits for the last week or more.. I'll post more of these as they go but this one just seemed like it would be cool to color up real quick

one more

2010-05-17T11:23:00.001-07:00

a few from last week

2010-05-17T11:16:00.000-07:00

tryin to save most of my new stuff for the upcoming book I'll be droppin with my buddy at comicon but here are a few drawings from the past week

Some Doggies

2010-05-04T15:59:00.001-07:00

Couple quick Dog sketches :)

More quick sasquatcheses

2010-05-03T18:15:00.001-07:00

heads

2010-04-28T14:37:00.000-07:00

been a while thought Id drop these.. all done in about 15 minutes each

SahsSkwatch

2010-03-24T16:34:00.001-07:00

Technicolors

2010-03-09T18:24:00.001-08:00

threw down some quick colors

quick n Im goin home

2010-03-08T18:43:00.000-08:00

gonna keep working on these later :)

Shane

Last week, Let's call it the week of real INSPIRATION

2010-03-08T17:59:00.000-08:00

So last week I saw 2 amazing people speak ( well I saw like 6 people all together but these 2 really put things in line for me and what i want to do with my life :) no disrespect to the others at all )
On Thursday I went to an Academy symposium on animation with the directors of the Nominated films. Pete Doctor, Tomm Moore, Ron Clements, John Musker, and Henry Selick sat on a stage and talked about their careers and what they thought animation was heading towards etc... A few things popped up during this 3 1/2 hours that really struck me. EVERYONE has an incredible passion for this medium, and that for me really hit home. I have often said that if you aren't in this Industry to make the best, highest quality work you can .. well you should probably pick another career. We need more people like these guys making movies. When the question was asked "what is your favorite thing about directing and animation" Pete Doctor replied "All of it" and I don't think there is a better answer, though he said he wasn't too big on the tech side of things, he understands that it's an important job and needs to be done and he appreciates it immensely. I love that he is understanding of the ENTIRE process and knows that everyone plays and integral role in making the magic that is a great movie happen, and I can see why his films work so well.
Later when asked "What can you advise people who want to do this to do? " Pete came forward with what I thought was one of the most important and wonderful quotes of the night. "LOVE IT, Love everything you do.. all of it" It's that kind of Passion I try to keep every day when I come into my job and when I'm at home on the couch doodling away on my clipboard. I mean if any of us are lucky enough to do this for a living we should sit back and think about how blessed we are daily, at least for a moment or 2. I still laugh when people ask what I do and I get to say " I draw for a living" ... Im soo soo lucky, and I know this .. and I really need to thank soo many people for helping guide me in the right direction and for all the wonderful advice I have received, not only from my close friends but from the talented and gracious professional that have been patient and kind enough with me to give me SOUND ADVICE. I've tried to remain very open to exploration, and constructive criticism and it has paid off immensely. I understood very clearly what Pete had to say and it really struck me at the core of who I am and it was really great!
On friday I was lucky enough to catch Andreas Deja at Calarts for a lecture and as usual his work was nothing short of breathtaking. His thoughts on being critical of yourself but having fun while you work were great to hear and his information on how things work down the pipeline of design adn vis. dev. were eye opening and great to hear. He has a great passion for what he does as well and it shows in every line and every movement he composes. Thinking about things like weight, staging and flow.. all soo important and help to bring characters to life.

So thank you all for everything .. your words, incredibly inspiring.. for your time and for helping to push the next generation to be better so that we too have a chance to make something incredible.

Just a thought.. Has anyone every stepped outside of their busy day to help you out?? Have you really thanked them?? Do you have the time to pay that forward to someone you know??? think about it and if you havent thanked them , maybe do so... Im sure they will appreciate it.

I owe a lot of people my thanks, and I have a few emails to send.. so until later and more art, take a minute to thank a few folks and remember to REMAIN PASSIONATE, we are all very very lucky and should remember this not only on our best of days but on our worst as well.

Take care .. be blessed and Draw like you may never get to again

Big Love,
Shane

while I wait

2010-03-04T14:42:00.000-08:00

Doodles of a character my buddy forest created .. Check his page out he's amazing, and it was with him and a couple other kids up in Yosemite that I actually realized the possibility of the sketchbook sessions... Big Ups to the Art Kidz Empire!

http://draweverywhere.com/ Forest Stearns!!!

bad froot and wind walker type sketches

2010-03-02T14:59:00.001-08:00

goku redesign

2010-03-01T21:33:00.001-08:00

for design a chracter on deviant art

A couple weeks rough patch with silver linings

2010-02-26T22:52:00.000-08:00

So the last couple weeks have been really nutty for me and I just thought Id share the events :)

1. Have been working on a project that is doing really well and things keep progressing so that is AWESOME!
2. My car broke down, I think it's the shifter ( something having to do with where it hooks up in the transmission but potentially not a super expensive fix. )
3. Have been on a drawing roll and was on Fire the last couple weeks so far ( knock on wood )
4. Got a loaner car from my father in law ( to be soon ) and was able to get back to work :)
5. Hung out with AWESOME lot of ART friends on thursday night and had a really awesome time
6. Got to face to face meet a couple of guys,whom I have had the pleasure to know from the internet , who are both inspiring and really wonderful people!
7. Loaner car blew a tire on the way home thursday night ( early friday morning like 11:45 12:00 ish )
8. had to buy 2 new front tires for the loaner
9. Had a good friday at work.
10. Came home friday night and am spending it in the arms of the most beautiful girl ever... :) LOVE LOVE LOVE

The last couple weeks have been, choppy? Interesting!... that is probably a better way to put it, and through it all I have managed to keep my chin up... yeah my car still needs to get fixed and rent is due and there are bills to get paid, trying to take care of all sorts of stuff. However through it all my life is really wonderful. I have a really amazing and loving relationship, I have some of the most incredible friends anyone could ask for and I have a job I love. I have been lucky enough to draw every day for like the last 10 years now and I have never been happier. Just going to prove, it is the simple things in life that bring us the most joy. I look forward to more warm weather and even rain if it comes. I hope to see a stranger smile and maybe hear a song I havent heard in forever. I hope that all of my friends have something amazing happen for them and I wish this for anyone who reads this as well.

Thanks for taking time out of your days to stop by the blog, to look at the art or read any of my little thoughts ... It means a great deal to me and I am eternally thankful!

Be Blessed and be a blessing to others if you can.
Shane

tuesday heads

2010-02-23T17:43:00.001-08:00

day 2 of 5 for the week

quickies from the weekend

2010-02-22T16:59:00.001-08:00

doodles from starbucks with a quick ugly color drop!

week 4 faces

2010-02-22T12:09:00.001-08:00

getting faster at these and this round was a blast :)

Z is for

2010-02-18T20:13:00.001-08:00

watercolor and gouache with a little help from my polychromos colored pencils for those really hard paint thin white lines LOL
for a friend of mine on Deviant art

If anyone is interested in commissions Im open and could use them right ow as my clutch went out on my car yesterday. hit me up via email :)

Last Massive Sketch for mid feb post

2010-02-17T10:12:00.001-08:00

All of these were done over January and February ( up until last weekend ) I have a TON more but I liked these enough to share... Hope you enjoy .. Im gonna do my best to clean and color some of these up eventually... I gotta get more time... :)
Have a great week everyone

Lotsa Love,
Shane

Massive P 4

2010-02-17T10:11:00.001-08:00

Massive 3

2010-02-17T10:10:00.001-08:00

Part 2

2010-02-17T10:09:00.000-08:00

MAssive Sketch Upload

2010-02-17T10:08:00.000-08:00

Some of these will eventually get colored.. enjoy!

WOOHOO! I got nominated for a Kreativ Blogger Award

2010-02-16T18:37:00.000-08:00

SUPER THANKS TO STEF LABERIS! you are rad and awesome! LOL
so ....

SUPER THANKS TO STEF LABERIS! you are rad and awesome! LOL
you can see HER amazing work here

http://stephsketches.blogspot.com/
She is really great and one of the sweetest artists I have met both online and in person! Share the love and visit her page and comment :)

So I have to Nominate 7 people for the award as well so here goes...

Matt Humphreys .. http://darksuperhero.blogspot.com/
One of my best friends and this guy can draw anything... If you arent aware of his work.. GO and make yourself aware he's sick, and a daily inspiration for me to work harder!

Jeff Victor .. http://jeffvictor.blogspot.com/
My partner in projects and a good guy all around.. Jeff works ultra hard and gets better with every stroke of the pencil... Pure goodness!

Ed Reynolds .. http://themonkeyking.blogspot.com/
The Original Monkey King .. the guy knows how to draw women.. and is just plain awesome.. and his opinions, purely unique and well worth listening to :)

Pascal Campion .. http://pascalcampion.blogspot.com/
I dont know where he finds time to do soo much awesome but he does and for that I am grateful.. and TOTALLY INSPIRED!

Kristen Campbell .. http://cannedcampbellsoup.blogspot.com/
Sharing a living space and being in love with talent like this is nothing short of bliss.. All emotions aside she can rock a pencil, is lethal with markers and her design sense makes me crazy.. Love it all!

Uwe Heidshcoetter ..http://heidschoetter.blogspot.com/
I cant even begin to tell you how much I love this guys stuff... AMAZING doesnt even begin to say it!

Rad Sechrist .. http://radfordsechrist.blogspot.com
Love his design work and his shapes and he's super nice to boot.. He also does a great how to blog!

SEVEN THINGS ABOUT ME... cause it's on the list of things to do for this LOL

1. I Love to Bake from scratch... if I couldnt draw anymore .. Id bake!
2. I like moving, change is always good and I moved a lot as a kid so it's kind of become part of me.
3. I play guitar, ukulele, bass guitar, and used to play clarinet.. and I can somewhat site read but suck at it
4. I started the sketchbook sessions almost 9 years ago and because of it I not only get to work doiong what i love but I have the best friends I have ever had!
5. I think it's super important to let your friends know how important they are to you... tell someone how awesome they are once a day ... they will appreciate it and you will get good karma and love in return! :)
6. I was a professional Mural painter for almost 8 years, I learned tons and had the time of my life ! I will forever be thankful to the people who hired me and helped me along in my walk of life!
7. I wanna start wearing a bowtie, just because!

Thanks for the nod .. Hope everyone has an awesome week!
Mad Loves.. Shane!

quick pegasus

2010-02-16T18:16:00.001-08:00

quickie for fun, been drawing these goofy horses lately... sketches to follow soon

week 3 heads

2010-02-16T16:25:00.001-08:00

Rockin heads for week 3 of the Design a character challenge on deviant art!

another quick doodle break

2010-02-12T17:34:00.000-08:00

faces in the shapes

2010-02-10T16:35:00.000-08:00

Did these for a character design challenge on Deviant art... nice break from the norm

In other news I have been CRAZY busy at work and with another project outside of work that is taking up a great deal of my time. Its been over a year in the making and it's continuing to flourish and grow.. Hoping to share someday soon.. but for now.. MUMS THE WERD!

daily doodles

2010-01-13T18:26:00.000-08:00

dowg doodle clean ups

2010-01-08T13:53:00.001-08:00

some from last night...

2010-01-08T12:35:00.000-08:00

Last one for now ... Vacation

2010-01-08T10:40:00.000-08:00

More Vacation

2010-01-08T10:37:00.000-08:00

More drawing was done just after that

Happy 2010, and here's what I did on my vacation

2010-01-08T10:35:00.001-08:00

went to the zoo and did a ton of drawing and then some for myself... also did some aquarium drawing

Amelia now Aerin Heart

2009-12-15T10:33:00.000-08:00

The name amelia just wasnt working for her .. so I figured on playing in the same feild and changing it.. so Aerin Heart ... the cutest lil airplane dogfighter around! :)

Amelia

2009-12-11T17:18:00.000-08:00

wip monster / ape / something

2009-12-08T19:19:00.000-08:00

So while I had a minute to doodle I did this... I want to color him up eventually but not sure of a color pallet yet... hopefully soon:)

Hey you guys art show piece

2009-11-29T20:33:00.001-08:00

My contribution for the "Hey You Guys" art show comin up on the 5th of december.. yeah I painted all the way down to the wire

LOL
SHAne

More Cassowary

2009-11-23T18:07:00.001-08:00

Photoshop painting is tough.. but I think Im getting it... so far this is about 2 1/2 - 3 hours in I think...

more sketches

2009-11-03T17:29:00.001-08:00

buncha random stuff from the past week or so

2009-11-03T17:21:00.000-08:00

cassowary .. 15 min sketch

2009-10-21T20:30:00.000-07:00

another day

2009-10-20T18:54:00.001-07:00

mooosen

2009-10-19T19:12:00.001-07:00

quick birthday card done for a friend

2009-10-01T11:25:00.001-07:00

more nelson studies and inspirations

2009-09-30T14:15:00.000-07:00

Nelson inspirations

2009-09-30T14:10:00.001-07:00

what a day

2009-08-31T18:17:00.001-07:00

pirate

2009-08-28T14:06:00.001-07:00

ARRRGH! Work in Progress

horsies

2009-08-27T14:21:00.001-07:00

whinny whinny neigh neigh

blobs evolve into

2009-08-26T17:54:00.001-07:00