Dumpleton's Den

10/6/11

Paisley

After reading an article last night about artist Chris Oatley's daily routine I found on EscapeFromIllustrationIsland.com, I was filled with inspiration.  Learning about how he wakes up every morning right around 6:30am to begin working encouraged me to do the same.  Chris is an amazing artist and works hard all day every day to continue perfecting his craft.  So I figured that I should be living my Illustration life the same way,  good things come to those who work hard right?  This morning I woke up at 6:30, made myself a nice tall cup of joe, and started working out ideas.  For awhile now I've had the desire to sit down and work out a series involving skulls from different members of the animal kingdom.  So I started sketching a mouse skull I found after dissecting an owl pellet I found in my yard a couple years ago.  This is what I eventually came up with after bringing it into Photoshop.  It's now 9:16am and I need to get ready to go to work at my day job, leave me with your comments :)

3 comments:

  1. This is really cool. Love the background too. I think It's great what you are doing. Sometimes the morning is the best time of day... when everything is quiet. Good job kiddo!!

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  2. Good Attitude buddy. That's been my deal lately, tryin to pump out as much nonsense as I can. If now isn't the time to squeeze that extra bit art into our busy days I don't know when it'll ever be :)

    I'm lovin the new signature and the desk sketches. Keep pumpin out the good stuff brotha, "Good things come to those who work hard." miss ya brah

    Tony-

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  3. Thanks man. Yeah I've been trying to motivate myself more when it comes to producing personal work just for fun. I have to keep the creative juices flowing. I can't believe how much work you've been producing lately, you're like a machine! It's great to see you finding an avenue that really works for you man. I know for awhile there you weren't sure as to which direction you wanted to take. What you're working on now definitely suits your style, I love it :) I miss you too man and I hope it's not too far into the future until we see eachother

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