Archive for the 'sketches' Category

new ideas

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

I have been working on sketches for a story idea based loosely on my grandmother’s stories of her young days. She was born in 1913, so she grew up in some interesting times. I am still formulating the characterization and plot lines but I thought I’d post some of the character sketches I was working [...]

Best Buds

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

I really don’t know where I got this idea to begin with, but it transmogrified into sort of a simplified representation of my daughter and her friend. I may color it digitally.

Portrait of C.J. (another meeting portrait)

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Today’s unfortunate victim….staff meeting fun….

Portrait Sketch

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

I wanted to post this little sketch of yet another of my co-workers. Names have been excluded to protect the innocent. I think it’s funny that when I showed this particular subject my rendering of their face in my teeny little moleskine book, they were quite surprised. I try to capture the key elements of [...]

Smack in the Middle

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Middle School seems to be one of the most awkward time periods in a young person’s life.
I have a child right smack in the middle of middle school and it’s just drama, drama, drama on a regular basis.
I remember those horrible middle years (11 - 14). Needless to say, they were anxiety ridden even way [...]

Tamara Traylor: Illustration and Design