Week three with Urban Sketchers. We had originally planned an outdoor event, but the wind was just too cold! Took refuge at Mudhouse on the Downtown Mall. Color was added digitally at home.
Author: SJD
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Urban Sketchers 2
This week Urban Sketchers teamed up with a local artists meetup group over at C’ville Coffee. I couldn’t resist sketching their giant tortoise statue! -
Urban Sketchers
Had my first outing with Urban Sketchers today and had a really great time! Looking forward to hanging out with them more often!
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Book Cover Design: The Last Teacher
Book cover design I did for a book called The Last Teacher by Micheal L Dales.
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Pace Of Play | FORE Magazine
Here’s a piece I did for an article in FORE Magazine, put out by the Southern California Golf Association. The story is about efforts being made to encourage golfers to speed up their game a bit. Below are some of the sketches I did that didn’t make it.
As much as I like each of these ideas, I think FORE made the right choice for their magazine. And here’s a digital tear-sheet:
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Ski Dreams: Utah Adventure Journal
My latest illustration for Utah Adventure Journal, for an article about a guy dreaming of the upcoming ski season.
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Comic Ground: Cartoons for Common Ground Magazine
Healing Circle Closed | Client: Common Ground Magazine 
The Power of No | Client: Common Ground Magazine San Francisco’s Common Ground magazine is leading up to its 40th anniversary with an issue devoted to the importance of humor. Editor Rob Sidon, who knew me from my days doing comics and short animations for a meditation center in India, called me up to ask if I had anything on hand. Alas, I had none. But that didn’t stop me from putting pencil to paper.The first one, like most good humor, is actually based on a true event. The second one I did is a variation on an idea I had for a Grumpy Cat meme playing off Ekhart Tolle’s The Power of Now.You can check them both out, along with the whole issue, here: http://www.sopdigitaledition.com/commonground/#/20/ -
Logos
Here’s a couple of logos I did, one for a local group that aims to help people find local alternatives to big superstore franchises, the other for a scientific research company based in Ireland. -
Illustration Friday: Moustache
Originally a t-shirt design I did for Utah Adventure Journal, I think this cowboy’s moustache fits the theme for the week reasonably well.
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Sketchbook portrait
Here’s a quick sketchbook portrait I did of my wife’s cousin when he came to visit us over the summer. It turned out to be a pretty good likeness, so I colored it in Photoshop. You can see the original below.
