Collab's Alive and Well

I know that one of the only swaps from Ten Paces and Draw that I've ever posted on my personal blog was a collaboration between me and the fabulous Justin Volz. And even though I've been doing these swaps since late March (OH MAN MORE THAN 6 MONTHS), I'm not usually interested in double-posting them over here on my other blog. But this one was too good to pass up.




I love how much quieter and trendier Justin's sketch is. He's so super great, and so much different than my work, which comes out so much goofier and kidsier than his sketch. But that's what I like about my work, and what I like about his work, in such a different way.

And that right there is the whole point of the blog. I'm glad that 6 months in I'm still learning stuff, and still stoked to be a part of it. So HEY GO CHECK OUT THE REST OF THE SWAPS!

Swaps and Experiments: Get Low Get Low Get Low

This week over at Ten Paces and Draw our theme was Pretty Ladies. I drew this girl getting ready to drop it like it's hot, which I was pretty stoked on




and then Justin Volz took it to final to create this




which looks absolutely fantastic. Getting involved with this swap blog has been really interesting in a whole bunch of ways. It's really cool to see what people do with my work, what they leave in what they take out. And I think this particular one was awesome because it's so different from my sketch, but the feeling is still there. I like how sophisticated it looks. Somehow so much more grown up than mine. And yet, that's also kind of what I miss when looking at it...that awkwardness and goofiness that I always bring to the table without even thinking about it. So I thought I'd give it a whack, to practice some coloring of my own. Here's mine:



I still can't say that I like coloring digitally better than painting, not even a little bit. But it is pretty fun sometimes anyway.