gillian's daily sketchbook

06.28.09

i'm finally getting some small projects finished up, so i thought i would put the ukulele away for a couple of hours and sit down and draw something fun... just for me.  i would like to improve upon my pen and ink, portraiture, and crosshatching/shading skills, and this was a good way to practice all three.

jack kerouac was one of my favorite writers in high school, and i just think he is dreamy as a young man.  there are some things i don't like about the portrait, it's kind of heavy handed, but a good start, and i think i learned quite a bit from it.  pigma micron and india ink in sketchbook.

06.15.09

wow, i really haven't posted here in a long time.  with my drawing class this spring and other things going on, i lost focus, but i'm going to try harder... i was just messing around last night, copying some drawings of the avett brothers (well, bob and seth...)

i have still been posting every week at smilepolitely.com though.  my new entries go up on wednesdays now. (it used to be fridays)

i have been working on some really exciting stuff for nic and heather of the band you & yourn... hope to be able to share it soon!

shadowboxer collective

my friends nic and heather of the band casados, along with some of their other friends, have started a group called the shadowboxer collective.  every month or so, the collective will organize a concert at a local joint that is focused on mellow, low-fi music.  it should be really great... i'm looking forward to them!  in the meantime, nic has asked me to do some of the artwork.... here is my first-ever concert poster!:

here are links to the bands featured:

mordechai in the mirror
cedarwell
the daredevil chrisopher wright
carl hauck

from the archives 04.06.06

i recently found this in an old sketchbook...  when we lived in iowa i worked at the library in our little town of 1400.  i started out as the children's librarian and was later promoted to assistant director.  (which sounds a lot more fancy than it actually was.)  it was the best job, i got to hang out with the jr. high kids that would come in after school, put on events for the little kids, gossip with the old ladies, AND purchase all of the books for the entire library.  i loved it.

drawing inspiration from the cover-up

the cover up is a charity event where local bands cover a different artist of their choosing for one night only.

my entry at smile politely.

01.15.09

the zipcar stalemate

exciting news...  my comics will now be published regularly on smilepolitely.com.  they will usually go up on sp on fridays and focus on my life as it relates to living in champaign-urbana.  i will post the official link tomorrow, but for now, enjoy a sneak preview! :)

 

01.13.09

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01.11.09

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01.08.09