Traditional.

Nothing pleases an artist more than people staring aimlessly at their artwork. Most of these were done during college, studying fine arts — colored and charcoal pencil on illustration paper dominate, with a few plates in scratchboard and acrylic.

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Charcoal · 2003

Christine

Portrait of my lovely wife, drawn as an anniversary present.

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Pencil · 2013

Navel Gazing

Life-drawing torso study on a Rhodia Webnotebook.

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Fineliner · 2008

Resting Samurai

Line drawing inspired by Edo-era woodblock prints.

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Pencil

Chaplin & Torso Sketch

A Chaplin study alongside a figure sketch.

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Colored Pencil · 1996

Anti-aliased

Award-winning piece from Cypress College Fine Arts.

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Scratchboard · 1994

Don't Scratch the Benz

Mercedes Benz profile, etched in scratchboard.

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Pencil · 1995

Drain-head

A surreal merge of two unrelated source images.

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Colored Pencil · 1994

Stairways

Figure study set within a stairwell.

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Pencil · 1994

Supragirl

A grid-drawing exercise from two merged reference images.

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Acrylic · 1994

Samurai Showdown

NeoGeo-inspired character, painted in acrylics.

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Ink · 1994

Skullset Stippling

Still life built entirely from stippled ink dots.