Please return my sketchbook!

SMASH AND GRAB... someone broke into my car tonight (the Fremont area of Seattle) and stole my backpack that had volume 10 of my graphic novel art in it! Along with my classic iPod, parking remote for work, brand new noise canceling headphones,... glass all over the interior of the car and I had to drive home on three freeways with no side window at 1am.
If anyone would like to help and put up some of these flyers around the Fremont area of Seattle, I'd appreciate it.
Thank you.

-Mike

Speed dating on the Pistol Star

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Bird Sketches

Here's a recent page from my sketchbook.

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Sketches from my trip!

These are sketches that I did while traveling to Colorado and back. I went there to welcome my older brother back from Afghanistan. He had been gone for a year. Much of the family was there. Not everyone but many. We had a good reunion!
-MC

E is for Elvia

Mixed media in sketchbook.

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My cloud

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Buy my 112 page book of Drawings and Fun Stuff!

If you haven't bought my 112 page book of drawings, musings, and sequential art, now's the time. For a limited time, I'm offering them for $7 a piece + $3 shipping in the U.S. If outside of the U.S., contact me for shipping cost. Each comes signed with an original drawing.

Lots of monsters, spacemen, and cool dead guys in here: )

Buy one here.

SFG:Monsters

New monster from the sketchbook. Happy Autumn SFGer's!

SFG: Sketch

Okay, I'm only doing this because Jeff asked so nicely. :) Normally I'd be too self-conscious to share.

I'm learning to sketch. To be honest, I haven't kept a sketchbook/art journal since college, which was nearly 10 years ago. I know, I know. Bad Melissa! Bad Melissa! So I made a vow to fill my journal by the end of 2009. Daily doodles about the mundane aspects of life. Practicing is the first step, right? Eight pages down, 152 to go. Here's yesterday's entry:



I actually drew this on the 6th, but I obviously don't know how to read a calendar.

SFG: sketch

I recently started a new sketchbook as part of my daily sketch exercise. I am devoting this one exclusively to maps. Some of the maps will be of real places and some will be entirely fictional. Most will not really resemble the places that they represent, but will be extremely accurate.

Above is a map of the flight of a huge beetle that came into my studio the other day. You can see more of my maps and read about this adventure on my blog.

ps. if you are into looking at sketchbooks (and really, who isn't?) check out this wonderful resource... http://www.frenchdrawings.org/sketchbooks.php


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A new Painting!

A blast from the past in a way. I actually finished this painting in March of this year but haven't shown it yet.
This was done from a sketchbook page dating back to July of 2006. Holly and I were at a park in Bellevue on the 4th taking it easy and enjoying the day with a picnic. I brought my sketchbook and she brought a book to read. When I was almost finished with the sketch I asked her what she thought and she said, "Can you put a little white scoty dog in one of the squares?" I did just that and promised her that if I ever made a painting of this that I would include the little white dog. And there it is the lower right corner.

clown

Clown, Colored pencils and acrylics in sketchbook.

Hello, 

My name is Elvia Montemayor an illustrator and Graphic Designer from Mexico. 

This is my blog where I have most of the illustrations, posters and things from my sketchbook that I have done in the past four years: www.elviaemontemayor.blogspot.com

First Moleskine

I've been hearing for a long time about the wonders of the moleskine sketchbook, and you know what? It's all true. This little wonder is the perfect size for toting around and seems to generate endless inspiration. These are my first sketches from my new book. Incidentally, the woman on the right is Amy Poehler from Saturday Night Live.

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Sketchbook work

Here is some recent work from my sketchbook.

some thoughts on my favorite band




random subjects




more random subjects

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tourist attraction

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Mall Folk

I recently took on a part time retail job to earn a little extra money. When things are slow, I've gotten into the habit of quickly trying to doodle some of the strange people that I see wandering around in the mall.

The Tortoise and the Hare

Once upon a time a tortoise and a hare had an argument about who is faster. They decided to settle the argument with a race. They agreed on a route and started off the race. The hare shot ahead and ran briskly for some time. Then seeing that he was far ahead of the tortoise, he thought he'd stop to have a cigarette and relax before continuing the race.

He stood next to a big, impressionistically-drawn rock and fired one up. The tortoise plodding on overtook him and soon finished the race, emerging as the undisputed champ. The hare finished his cigarette, was diagnosed with emphysema, lived out his remaining days in an iron lung and died. Oh, and he lost the race.

The moral is stated at the end of the fable as: "Smoking will kill you".
Or something like that.

NOTE: I did this drawing last night. This morning I saw a commercial for Chantix, a new drug to help people stop smoking. They use the tortoise and the hare in their commercial. I had not seen this commercial prior to my illustration. Hmmmm...

what's for dinner?

I heard a strange noise.
What was it?
It was... screaming. Some kind of screaming, like a child's voice.
What did you do?
I went downstairs, outside. I crept up into the barn. I was so scared to look inside, but I had to.
And what did you see, Clarice? What did you see?
Lambs. The lambs were screaming.
They were slaughtering the spring lambs?
And they were screaming.

bon appétit.

My sketchbook

Apologies for the long absence, been having some financial problems and having to think hard about my future as an illustrator.

Click on the picture below to view a slideshow of my latest sketchbook...



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