Happy Puppy

She looks so happy, doesn't she? A dog's unconditional love is a joy to be around!

Lifeguard & Ben Day

Here is this morning's practice sketch done in pencil.

Progress with Ka-zar:
In my quest for the perfect dots for my ka-zar challenge, I happened upon a little history about those little dots that fascinate me.
"Ben Day also ben·day or Ben·day (b n-d ). n. A method of adding a tone to a printed image by imposing a transparent sheet of dots or other patterns on the ..."
"Invented in 1879 by Ben Day for introduction of shading effects in line drawing and reproduction therefrom."
Currently, I am focusing on a grid of straight sewing pins through a plastic latch hook "canvas". One of the challenges is the pins aren't precisely all the same length. And the latch hook canvas is half the resolution I want (25 dpi).
According to the information I unearthed, comics back in the day had a very limited pallete which used only 25, 50 & 75 dot screens. So that is what I am limiting myself to.

Ugh!

Do you other artists
ever just sit down with pen and paper with nothing more in mind that the first stroke of the pen? That is how this fellow Ugh! Came to be. I just started drawing curved lines, which became hair. Added simple lines to make a face.
And lo, it becomes this brutish looking fellow named Ugh!
Drawing with no plan can bring the most interesting results.
Try it!

daily sketch

Last night's sketch. Took like 4 minutes. Just trying to cartoonize a face. Done in pen. No turning back with Pen!