Drawing on a Pumpkin...

Sometimes, I get asked to do weird things...

Much like drawing on a pumpkin! This was for some lady who was putting together a Singing in the Rain, Gene Kelly pumpkin statue thing for a school auction. I met her in a Starbucks on Roswell Road, where she wanted me to, on the spot, draw Gene Kelly on her foam pumpkin. This is not really the way I would have liked this to work, ideally I would have taken the pumpkin home, and draw it at home, and really thought about what I was doing. She knew I worked doing caricatures live, and frankly didn't see a difference between this, and drawing on a pumpkin. Against my better judgment, it was completed within an hour of sitting in this particular Starbucks. She stopped me several times, and consulted the gentlemen behind us sipping his $10 latte about certain aspects of the drawing, he must have thought we (she) were insane.

The sketch onto the pumpkin was completed in some kind of make-up (don't ask) and finished in Sharpie marker. Yea, as I'm sure a lot of artist know, sometime you encounter clients who have a certain idea, image in mind, and want it drawn exactly how they picture it. Luckily I realized this as soon as I met the lady (who was really nice by the way, she was just very particular) and attended to her needs as she voiced them. She seemed please with the results, and told me I did a wonderful job.

Any who, with all that said, this is my big eyed, (even though he has small squinty eyes) chinless Gene Kelly on a pumpkin.

I hope she was able to raise a fair amount of money for her school with this submission. It was definitely and interesting experience, and one I will not likely forget.

Busy Busy, but still having fun...

Most of these drawings were done quicker than I would have liked to have done them, were back to weekends at the park, and the slow periods have been few and far between. Thats a good thing in the "$$" Department, but bad because I have less opportunities to enjoy drawing the guests. But at the same time, sometimes I just enjoy drawing a "pretty picture" still capturing a likeness, but it doesn't have to be super exaggerated. Not that these are all the pretty...but yea, here are a few drawings from the past two weekends or so which I enjoyed enough to snap a quick picture of.

This couple wanted to be drawn "extreme" and I wish they didn't come right as the other artist went on break, with a HUGE line...so the results was this, a drawing done probably right around the 10 minute mark.

Because of the Georgia sun, you can't see them, it's a shame, they were goofy lookin' alright!

College student from Iceland. He stood around the stand for like forty-five minutes after the drawing watching me draw...left, came back again to watch some more before coming to pick up his picture on the way out to the car. A little creepy... spending $40 - $50 to get in the park, and watching some guy draw for like an hour and a half...at least he liked the drawing!

I don't think she liked this drawing, but he did and so did I.


I enjoyed drawing this couple, the girl was dancing to "Cotton Eyed Joe" and the guy was singing "Stand by Me." Okay, that's not why I enjoyed them....

I liked it better in black and white...

Another fun quicky, the guy had another great face, too bad we had a looong line...

Under Sink Clutter

This is my first homework assignment for Drawing I, we had to draw the area underneath our kitchen or bathroom sink, using only contour lines. This is underneath my bathroom sink, enjoy!

PS, I got a 98% A on this! :D

fun with Copic!

Here is just a quick, experimental Copic marker sketch from my sketch book...Just got a big pack of them and I am REALLY enjoying them!

Enjoy!

Back to School!!

And taking my first art class since graduating high school! Pretty exciting! Here's my first drawing from my Drawing I class, enjoy, there will be more to come I'm sure....

More Talkers...

Wonky Weird Drawings...

These are all drawings that I enjoyed at the time I drew them, and still enjoy them, but each one of them is a little quirky in its own unique way....which is not necessarily a bad thing...

The Boy on the bottom left wanted me to draw him with a specific expression, sadly he left before I could take a picture. Had a
lot of fun with him, but the body situations are not thought out a whole lot...

The kid and family loved this drawing, which made it all the more fun!

One of those Perfect faces that don't come around enough, but didn't have enough time to have my way with him, was in the middle of a rush...

A couple of odd looking dudes = an odd looking drawing...

Expression True to life?! Believe it or not he loved it, and laughed for a good long time

This drawing was somewhat an experiment on style, it helped that the dynamics in thier faces were so diverse. My goal here was a quick cartoony drawing while maintaining a decent likeness...they enjoyed it

Park Sketches!!

You know, those quick cute ones that make money? I thought I'd share some drawings that are a little more typical of a standard "Neuenschwander" sketch on a "busy" day at Six Flags over Georgia. For me sometimes it is also enjoyable to just draw a pretty picture, minus all the exaggerations that turn some people off...

Old Faces, and some young...

You meet some REALLY interesting characters drawing in theme parks sometimes, especially in the state of Georgia...here are a few...

You could see this guys stomach hanging down from the bottom of his shirt...easily 400-500 pound guy...his son was getting close...

The wife of this couple had wanted to get a caricature for who knows how long, and finally talked her weary husband into getting one, lucky me!

This guy licked his wife's face during the drawing and called it puppy love...

Don't remember anything in particular about this couple, other than I didn't ask the guy for a 3/4 view, he just sat that way the whole time, I guess thats his good side?!

This man actually said "What do you expect from a Kraut?" in reference to his wife's eyes...

They speak for themseleves...

These are a couple drawings that, as stated in the title, I believe they speak for themselves....

Co-Workers!

During the day at the park, there are inevitably slow periods throughout the day. In this "free time" I find myself drawing, and being drawn by the other artist working at the stand. Here are a few of the drawings I have done of a few of my coworkers.


This is Monty, an artist working his way to Orlando from Valley Fair. I don't have a picture of him because he got a drawing before I could finish this one, so just take my word for it...

Kelton doesn't have eyes, or a nose, but he does have a good sense of humor.

This is Mike, he's a really cool guy in his first year of caricature. He also does tattoos!

Here is Thomas, he just finished his junior year at SCAD and is working the summer at Six Flags, really cool guy with some nice work. I've drawn him countless times, definitely a challenging face to exaggerate. Do yourself a favor and check out his blog! (maybe even buy one of his screen prints!)

I Thiiiiiiiink this is Edward, he is one of two identical twins working with us this year


And this strange looking girl is Chi, she has worked just a few days at caricature this year and now is back to doing t-shirts. Rumor has it that she will be back with us when we go to weekends in August. She also thinks that Ninjas do not make sound, when we all know that they do, just before they kill you!

A few lines in black and white

Black and white drawings are fun, and challenging to me because I know that I will not have the opportunity to clean anything up with color, The product is to be a raw, clean, and humorous drawing without the polish of the airbrush. Because of this I attack a black and white caricature differently (not a whole lot differently) than I would do a color caricature. I try to use as few lines as possible to portray the necessary information of a face to make it a recognizable likeness. These are a couple drawings that I was satisfied with...

But just because I was satisfied with it doesn't mean the customers were. This one was returned because "It didn't look like her" and I "didn't draw polka-dots on her bathing suit." Those were just two reasons among other things basically inferring that I didn't know how to draw. But like I said, I liked it, and thought I achieved a decent likeness on both of them, but what do I know?

Fun drawing, thought I captured more than a likeness, with some personality. They were a very animated mother daughter duo.

Nothing more than an interesting drawing, not 100% what I imagined when I started, but turned out interesting none the less.

I REALLY wish the little boy wasn't so short, he had a super interesting face, for a little kid at least. I liked the quality of this one, but I think I went a little thick on some of the lines...

Just a fun and interesting couple all around, what else can I say? I enjoyed drawing the bodies just as much as the faces in this one!