these are a few gesture drawings and some studies of other artists' works.  nice to see some of the original members (including myself) back on the blog!  anyways, i'm busier than usual and expecting a new member of the family, so i'll post whenever i can! to those of you interested, i found a figure drawing website that can time your drawing sessions.  its called pixelovely...

sketch a day in may #2 & #3

nothing all that great but sketches for the said dates none the less.

Sketch of the Day - May 3

Character concept sketch.

Sketch a day

Sketch A day in May 2

a first pass at a creature design so shadows are all wrong but i like the idea so far. Sketch numba 2.

Sketch a Day in May

Did a mash up of a Kestrel and an Armadillo exercise for my Sketch-A-Day contribution.    Please forgive on the poor quality of a camera phone.

It's finally done. I will go die, now.

sketch a day in may #1

getting warmed up!

A few more scribbles on the same page.

May 1st sketch

Not as strong a start as I would like but it's a start to the sketches for Sketch A Day In May.

Holy Crap Guys Its May!!!!

Time for "Sketch a Day In May" I totally haven't rammed this down anyones throat this year. So now is the time I know we have our Regulars but we Its May and even us slackers need to get back on point. Sketch A Day In May!!! Sketch A Day In May!!! Sketch A Day In May!!! Sketch A Day In May!!! Sketch A Day In May!!! Sketch A Day In May!!! Sketch A Day In May!!! Sketch A Day In May!!! Sketch A Day In May!!! Sketch A Day In May!!! Sketch A Day In May!!!

Polar Bear WIP

Here's the finished piece, with a screen shot of what it looked like as I was working on it as well as some references I used for color and anatomy.

Balconies are popular in Buenos Aires, as is Che

I can't think of a title for this random sh**

A lake in Bariloche, MORE MATE!, Trees near a Arroyo Lopez, Llao Llao, Church from a cheezy postcard, Make-Believe Cat, Drawing I did while listening to Daft Punk!

@ Pablo Neruda's place in Isla Negra (he wasn't home), In Las Condes Self Portrait, Sketching at the Breakfast Table drinking mate with Nicole, the Grimlin Dog in Mendoza, and Bariloche/Mendoza

Thirsty for more?

@ a mall in Miraflores, Peru, @ Colca Canyon, Peru, @ Arequipa Peru & Random People, Person digging through garbage (Arequipa), A Religious Statue, A Building made of Sillar

More Sketches on the topic of, um...

Self Portrait, more Polar Bears, Renegades, more victorian foxes with swords, and some random convo's I picked up on in NYC

Some studies of different things

Some studies of different things from Ghandi, to Elks, to Polar Bears, and fancy victorian ladies.

dead

Dead blog is dead.

Livestream crap

Some nonsense that came of last night's livestream.

Too many mushrooms

Current WIP


Goku final



Some sketch stuff for fun.

www.jameszapata.com

Seven to summon

Trying something new for a change. I shall return to Gotham shortly.

Poison Ivy

Poison Ivy. Intoxicating.