At the gardening nursery looking for some new plants. Sketched on the spot while standing; colored in the car while the memory was still fresh.
Our annual pilgrimage to the San Diego Comic-Con by train. This time I took all the kids, giving Joan a bit of a break for a day. My good friend John who went to Art Center with me rides with us on the train every year too. This year we met up with one of my wife’s good friends from high school and his two boys as well as her cousin’s kids who drove down from Santa Barbara. It was quite a group. The kids really look forward to it, and the 3-hour train trip is at least half the fun. I’ve been going to the Comic-Con just about every year since 1989. I didn’t do as much drawing as I’d like, but there were some great things to see and buy — and keeping track of the tribe was an immersive experience too, especially since the event sold out for all four days and was quite crowded.
The couple sitting in front of us:
They did not break eye contact with each other for, I swear, the entire flight. Very nice.
A woman sitting across from us — once again her profile caught my eye and I had to draw her.
At the Phoenix Airport, waiting for a connecting flight, and in the air.
I started sketching this man during our flight because I loved his profile. Then a flight attendant came over to him and said, “Would it be all right if I told them who you are?” to which he nodded yes. She then announced over the P.A. that “we have an aviation hero on the plane, Gail Halvorsen.” He was even featured in the in-flight magazine in the seat pocket in front of me. Here’s his Wikipedia page. Very interesting.
My son’s first plane flight. They always hold still when they’re sleeping.
There’s something funny about taking a teenager who’s about to go into high school to a dentist office with all the brightly colored walls, toys and a big model train in the middle of the room, but this is part of that funny, awkward age.
Since the studio has provided it for me, I’ve been drawing storyboards on a Cintiq for the last 11 months now. The question frequently comes up between fellow artists, “What do you do with the keyboard?” I have mine stashed in the desk drawer just below it, ready to use or slide away.
After I drew this, it occurred to me that I drew my work area about the same time last year. As much as I have gotten used to this wonderful digital drawing tool, I did the sketch of it on paper 🙂
I like drawing on this thing so much, I got their smaller Cintiq for my home office (try to ignore the mess on my drawing table).
Anthony Zierhut 