Showing posts with label pencil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pencil. Show all posts

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Conan in the Snow


Another drawing from the archives: Gary drew Conan in the snow using pencil on white paper....when he was 14 years old! Due to the size of the drawing, some of it was cut off during scanning. The paper has also been folded, resulting in the lines in the center of the drawing.

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Robot Drawing

This drawing is from the archives! During the 1990's, Gary drew this robot using pencil on plain white paper.

Friday, July 31, 2009

Personalized Hearts with Wings

Gary drew this trio of hearts with wings on plain white paper, using pencil, for his girlfriend. The color and texture were added after the image was scanned.

Thursday, April 2, 2009


Gary created this glowering skull with black pencil on plain white paper.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Creepy Clown

Gary created this scary clown face in pencil on plain white paper.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Guest Artist: "General Grievous"


Gary's youngest son is stepping in as a guest artist today. After receiving a Star Wars toy of General Grievous, Gary's son drew General Grievous in his wheel bike. He created this drawing with orange colored pencil on plain white paper. Gary was impressed with how quickly his son finished this picture and with the accuracy of the details of the wheel bike.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Guest Artist: "Destructo"

Gary's oldest son is appearing here again as a guest artist, this time with his drawing of a superhero he created named Destructo. He drew Destructo with colored pencils on lined paper. Gary was impressed with the way his son drew the fists (with each knuckle individually) and the heels added to Destructo's shoes.



Saturday, February 21, 2009

Sons of Anarchy Tattoo Design



Gary drew this Sons of Anarchy design by request. It was created on plain white paper with pencil.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Skull in Flames Tattoo

Gary created this tattoo design of 3 skulls in flames with pencil and plain white paper. The design runs more vertically than horizontally, making it better placed on the side of a leg or along the torso.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Down and Out

Gary drew this character, inspired by an individual Gary met in real life, in pencil on plain white paper.

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Guest Artist #3: Sunflower: Abstract Art

The third in our series of guest artists, this drawing comes to you from Gary's 5-year-old daughter, who we will call Sunflower. She loves to draw, color, and hang up her artwork all around the house. This drawing was created in pencil on plain white paper.

Friday, December 26, 2008

Guest Artist: Wolverine: "Jimmy"

Our second guest artist is Wolverine, Gary's 9-year-old son, who enjoys learning how to draw comic book characters and describes this drawing as "sweet". It is a drawing of Jimmy Neutron.

Guest Artist: Hot Rod: "Horror"

Introducing our first ever guest artist on Gary's Greetings: Hot Rod, Gary's 7-year-old son, who drew this self-described "awesome" monster. Our young artist describes his artwork as a monster who should scare you out of your socks. He hopes that you love it.

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Sword Fighters

This is one of my favorite drawings. I drew this when I was 14 years old (pencil on sketchpad paper). I've always enjoyed this style of drawing: no color, simple, pencil and shading. I've learned a few new shading techniques since I drew this, and I like to see how my drawing has progressed. I like to re-draw things I've already drawn, just to see if I can draw them better. Maybe I'll draw this one again.

--Gary

*Note: this drawing was too large to scan, so the image is a photo of the 24" x 18" drawing.

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Hobbes and Susie

Gary modified this popular picture from the cartoon strip Calvin and Hobbes, which originally has the tiger Hobbes curled up with the little boy, Calvin. Gary changed the child to the little girl, Susie, when he drew this picture for me.

Sunday, November 2, 2008

T-Rex


Gary drew this T-Rex dinosaur for his youngest son, who loves dinosaurs. This T-Rex was created in pencil on plain white paper (and was a hit with the young critics!)

Jail Brute

This cartoon drawing of a jail brute breaking through a wall on his way back from the showers was drawn by Gary with pencil on plain white paper.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Recycled Teenager Cartoon

This cartoon mocking the aging process was drawn by Gary in pencil on plain white paper.

True Love Hearts and Roses


After drawing a similiar design of roses and hearts on an envelope for a letter to me (his girlfriend), Gary drew this larger design with hearts and roses that can be personalized for a card or even shaped into a tattoo design. It is a pencil drawing on ivory paper.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

"Gangsta" Cobra

Gary had an interesting special request to draw a "gangsta" cobra, complete with huge, muscular arms and brass knuckles. After getting past the fact that cobras don't actually have arms, and after we laughed about what exactly a gangsta cobra looks like, Gary created this draft, which seemed to be exactly what the recipient had in mind.