Notes from Linked In with tiny sketchbook samples

 

Jury Duty sketches on video clip

 

Two sketchbooks with open pages for viewing the insides!

 

Sketchnotes from woodturning class

 

And a little more perspective sketching at Chico State

• When you break it down into easy steps, it is easier to learn and apply.

• Once you know the basic guides and rules, it can be applied to almost anything you draw

• Perspective drawing touches upon many Elements of Design: Line, Space, Value, Shape, Scale and Proportion and Form. 

• It offers an opportunity for some advanced students to challenge themselves by learning two-point perspective, three-point perspective, and multiple points.

• It uses mathematical concepts like parallel lines, shapes, forms, measuring, and use of tools.

• It can become your essential technique for exploring design solutions ideas, especially when you develop the freehand applications.

The Mystery of the Viewfinder sketch illustrations

 

Panorama Pandemic film

Now it is the beginning of May, and it is clear that we are all in this together and we have learned so much about ourselves, our families, our workplaces, our habits and our uncertainties.

When I think about our intensely personal and our newly developed public journeys, I see a different sense of creative energy flowing in many new ways.

We really don’t know what is ahead on these trips we will be taking, but I know that the last ten weeks or so have taught me a lot about what it means to be alive and what it means to be truly challenged by the world we live within.

So here is a short film with some illustrations and thoughts about what has happened in the last ten weeks ... family times, WFH, SIP, diagrams, sharing, reading, painting, cooking, feelings, hiking, mask-making, exploring new virtual worlds and seeing the real neighborhoods …

https://vimeo.com/416385134

Color application illustration

Myojoji temple scenes

Studio A Saturday morning ballet practice sketches

Sketch illustrations for HR email bulletin at Gensler

A selection of colorful illustrations created for several topics in the HR news email bulletin at Gensler, all created with a rough draft freehand sketch and an overlay final with Adobe apps.

...a Post about the illustrations and the book by Art Gensler

...a page from the digital file drawings from the process of book illustrations...

Here is a set of the developed color versions for the illustrations created for the chapter headings and section headers of the newly released book by Art Gensler. [ Art's Principles ]

Smart City Green City

Smart City Green City, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

Beginnings of the narrative, storyboard and image sketch for the future glimpse of the city of Oakland, work! green and smart...

Close up of the Thanks recipes and illustrations

...these views show a detail of the illustrations and a screen shot of the Ipad drawing process...

 

Thanks, recipes and illustrations from our client appreciation party at the Gensler San Ramon office, this version printed on two sides with ten recipes and ten hand-drawn illustrations...

 

 

 

View of Tokyo sky tree from Asakusa

View of Tokyo sky tree from Asakusa, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

A painted view from the top floor of the tourist center in Asakusa...

Town square studies on the weekend, traditional ink on paper

Weekend sketchbook travels in the park, some sketch views of a town square study for the city of San Ramon, California...welcome trip back to using my favorite Tradio pen on paper...

one last view of Chicago from the corner of Madison and Michigan...

...this sketch painting was created with the Brushes app on the iPad, sitting on a bench looking norht and west across Michigan Avenue...

bits of ways of working

 On this rainy interlude after the Thanksgiving celebrations, I have decided to delve into the many different ways that we are working today and will be creating a set of scenarios that illustrate those ways...

some more urban studies in Tokyo

a selection of quick sketches from Shibuya and Akihibara, Tokyo...love those wrapped buildings undergoing renovation and re-skinning, love those intricate light fixtures and of course love Godzilla...

Some other views of Japan

Another sampling of some sketches from early years in Japan, revealing the wonderful spaces and details that you find during the exploration of the the country and the city of Tokyo and Nikko. The lower image shows a collection of outdoor fishing ponds where you can find an assortment of fisherman spending their hours casting and catching fish...