Braden's Daily Sketch Blog

Day 92 - Purebread

2012-02-10T16:50:00.000-08:00

Day 91 - Thumbnailin'

2012-02-09T16:48:00.000-08:00

Haven't had a ton of drawing time lately, but I did sketch some thumbnails yesterday for an animation I'm working on this week.

Day 90 - Nesmith, The Hangdog Cat

2012-02-08T19:47:00.000-08:00

Day 89 - Reach

2012-02-07T19:46:00.000-08:00

Day 88 - A Sketchy Guy

2012-02-06T23:00:00.000-08:00

Day 87 - A Dancer

2012-02-05T17:37:00.000-08:00

Day 86 - Kirk & Spock

2012-02-04T14:47:00.001-08:00

Here's the finished piece!

Day 85 - Kirk & Spock Inks

2012-02-03T22:58:00.000-08:00

Here's my first pass at the inks on this drawing. Eddy had the idea to add the toy phaser and Enterprise, which I thought was really funny. I'll do another pass on this, refining the props and adding some black to Kirk and Spock, and then it's on to the color pass!

Day 84 - Lamont at Disneyland

2012-02-02T22:53:00.000-08:00

My friend Lamont, celebrating his birthday at Disneyland.
The ears weren't actually worn, but they were there in spirit!

Day 83 - Kirk & Spock Rough Sketch

2012-02-01T22:52:00.000-08:00

Here's a rough sketch of the commision I'm doing for my friend Eddy. Working on this will take several days, so I'll post more of this as I refine it.

Day 82 - Life During Worftime

2012-01-31T18:14:00.000-08:00

Day 81 - Where No Thumbnails Have Gone Before

2012-01-30T18:08:00.000-08:00

These are thumbnail drawings of ideas I'm working on for a commissioned drawing. Not sure which way I'm going to go yet, but I'm having fun working on it!

Day 80 - Street Sketches

2012-01-29T21:47:00.000-08:00

Day 79 - H-E-Buddy

2012-01-28T23:30:00.000-08:00

Day 78 - The Artist

2012-01-27T22:52:00.000-08:00

Day 77 - Kurt Vonnegut

2012-01-26T22:30:00.000-08:00

Day 76 - Ayn Rand

2012-01-25T23:00:00.000-08:00

Day 75 - Chip Runs Out of Steam

2012-01-24T17:00:00.000-08:00

Day 74 - George R.R. Martin

2012-01-23T23:00:00.000-08:00

Day 73 - Hard Boiled

2012-01-22T15:00:00.000-08:00

Day 72 - Question Lass

2012-01-21T13:00:00.000-08:00

Day 71 - Four Versions of the Same Guy

2012-01-20T17:30:00.000-08:00

Day 70 - Henry David Thoreau

2012-01-19T12:09:00.000-08:00

Day 69 - Random Sketches

2012-01-18T12:07:00.000-08:00

Day 68 - Dean Koontz

2012-01-17T20:00:00.000-08:00

Day 67 - Stephen King

2012-01-16T22:30:00.000-08:00

Day 66 - Tom Clancy

2012-01-15T18:47:00.001-08:00

Day 65 - Laura Ingalls Wilder

2012-01-14T23:30:00.000-08:00

Day 64 - Edgar Allan Poe

2012-01-13T22:26:00.000-08:00

Day 63 - Mark Twain

2012-01-12T17:12:00.000-08:00

Day 62 - Quite the Curious Fellow

2012-01-11T17:11:00.000-08:00

Day 61 - Jesse Pinkman

2012-01-10T01:40:00.000-08:00

Day 60 - Walter White

2012-01-09T01:38:00.000-08:00

From AMC's "Breaking Bad."

Day 59 - More Coffee Shop Sketches

2012-01-08T21:13:00.000-08:00

Day 58 - Herman's Head

2012-01-07T23:30:00.000-08:00

Day 57 - Coffee Shop Sketches

2012-01-06T23:30:00.000-08:00

Day 56 - Palin Comparison

2012-01-05T22:00:00.000-08:00

Day 55 - Santorum Surprise

2012-01-04T22:07:00.000-08:00

Day 54 - The Heart is a Lonely Huntsman

2012-01-03T15:43:00.001-08:00

Day 53 - Straw Paul

2012-01-02T15:42:00.000-08:00

Day 52 - Bachmann Tea Party Overdrive

2012-01-01T15:41:00.000-08:00

Day 51 - Meet Mitt

2011-12-31T18:31:00.001-08:00

Day 50 - Winding Down the Rabbit

2011-12-30T23:46:00.000-08:00

I can't believe 2011 -- a.k.a. the Year of the Rabbit -- is almost over!

Day 49 - The Eyes of Newt

2011-12-29T11:37:00.000-08:00

Day 48 - A Bicycle Built For One

2011-12-28T00:00:00.000-08:00

Day 47 - The Moon Crab

2011-12-27T23:59:00.000-08:00

There are some that say he still haunts this cove ...

Day 46 - CaRickcature

2011-12-26T20:28:00.000-08:00

Day 45 - Sleepy Santa

2011-12-25T13:41:00.000-08:00

Day 44 - Hippie John

2011-12-24T10:23:00.001-08:00

Sort of a family in-joke. Merry Christmas?

Day 43 - He's a Lumberjack ...

2011-12-23T09:49:00.000-08:00

... and he's okay.

Day 42 - Miscellaneous Monsters

2011-12-22T09:48:00.000-08:00

Monsters Inc. is on TV, and that's what inspired these guys.

Day 41 - Smoking Ranchhand

2011-12-21T13:44:00.001-08:00

Day 40 - The Plane, The Plane

2011-12-20T16:46:00.001-08:00

Traveling today, so here are some sketches of folks at the airport as well as some in-flight doodles:

Day 39 - Mad Man

2011-12-19T23:14:00.000-08:00

A quick sketch inspired by 60's ad illustrations and the characters on Mad Men. There's a lot of smoking on the show (which I assume takes place in Flavor Country).

Day 38 - "Sorry Folks, We're Closed!"

2011-12-18T15:54:00.000-08:00

We painted figurines for the holidays, so here's my contribution: Walley World's Marty Moose.

Day 37 - A Friggin' Floatin' Dracula

2011-12-17T19:07:00.001-08:00

Day 36 - A Fine Mustachioed Gentleman

2011-12-16T18:25:00.000-08:00

Day 35 - Old Man Walking

2011-12-15T17:11:00.000-08:00

Trying out a new coloring technique that's intended to give this sketch a watercolor look.

Day 34 - Candelabra Concern

2011-12-14T01:18:00.000-08:00

Why is this woman holding a candelabra and looking pensive? I wish I had an answer for you, I really do.

Day 33 - Return of Lady Face

2011-12-13T23:16:00.000-08:00

Another experiment in digital painting. Why so dour, Lady Face?

Day 32 - Lady Face

2011-12-12T18:45:00.000-08:00

Digital painting from imagination that came out looking a little like my girlfriend. Coincidence???

Day 31 - Sir Alfred

2011-12-11T23:00:00.000-08:00

A value study of one of my favorite directors, Sir Alfred Hitchcock.

Day 30 - Strrrrrreeeeeeeeeeetch

2011-12-10T17:13:00.001-08:00

Day 29 - The Leaner

2011-12-09T23:36:00.001-08:00

Day 28 - A Beast of the Frozen Wastes

2011-12-08T20:30:00.000-08:00

Day 27 - Yipe!

2011-12-07T14:00:00.000-08:00

Day 26 - Eyes on the Prize

2011-12-06T20:30:00.000-08:00

Day 25 - Sketchbook Randomness

2011-12-05T19:44:00.000-08:00

Here's a page of random things I doodled today in my sketchbook.

Day 24 - Come On Down!

2011-12-04T21:56:00.001-08:00

We're going to a taping of The Price is Right tomorrow, so here's a sketch of host Drew Carey.

Day 23 - Kid Study

2011-12-03T22:30:00.000-08:00

Apologies for the roughness of today's sketch, but I've actually been doing some freelance illustration all day today (hooray!) This is something I doodled during a quick break.

Day 22 - The Sour Plum Fairy

2011-12-02T17:26:00.001-08:00

Inspired by this cover of Tchaikovsky's classic. Those may look like sugar plums, but I assure you -- they're sprinkled with Twang.

Day 21 - Shine a Light

2011-12-01T23:00:00.000-08:00

Day 20 - One More Mermaid

2011-11-30T17:27:00.001-08:00

One more attempt at a scary mermaid. This one feels a little closer to what I was trying to draw yesterday.

Day 19 - Under the Sea

2011-11-29T23:30:00.000-08:00

Day 18 - Yarrr!

2011-11-28T23:30:00.000-08:00

Yar! Yarrrrrrrrrr!

(Yar.)

Day 17 - On This Day in History ...

2011-11-27T23:30:00.000-08:00

1520 - Magellan reaches the Pacific!

Day 16 - Snow Day

2011-11-26T20:10:00.001-08:00

Day 15 - Black Friday

2011-11-25T21:44:00.001-08:00

(Thank you Krista for the "Tickle-Me X-box" idea!)

Day 14 - Turkey Bird

2011-11-24T22:51:00.001-08:00

Day 13 - Happy Thanksgiving!

2011-11-23T21:25:00.001-08:00

Day 12 - Frog On A Buffalo

2011-11-22T23:00:00.000-08:00

Those videos were great, but I can think of one thing that would make them even better.

Day 11 - Mr. Sunrise

2011-11-21T23:45:00.000-08:00

Day 10 - An Epic 38 Part Miniseries

2011-11-20T15:18:00.001-08:00

Day 9 - The New Adventures of Abraham Lincoln

2011-11-19T16:58:00.001-08:00

This Day in Historical Fiction - November 19, 1863: President Lincoln travels deep into the underground catacombs of Gettysburg in search of the treasure of Amun-Ra.

Day 8 - Toon Raccoon

2011-11-18T22:02:00.001-08:00

Today's sketch is the result of playing around with the digital painting tools in Photoshop.

Day 7 - The L.A. Zoo

2011-11-17T21:10:00.001-08:00

I went to the L.A. Zoo to sketch today, and these animals were all good models. In fact, Rosie the orangutan noticed us sketching her, so she came right up to the glass and posed for us!

Day 6 - Dear Catastrophe Waitress

2011-11-16T23:56:00.001-08:00

I've always thought the Belle & Sebastian song "Dear Catastrophe Waitress" had a funny title. Whenever I hear it I imagine some variation on the scenario above.

Day 5 - Sketchbook Cowboys

2011-11-15T23:37:00.001-08:00

Sketches from imagination of a cowboy in the middle of a tall tale.

"He was forty feet tall if he was a day, Sheriff!"

Day 4 - Basil Fawlty

2011-11-14T22:11:00.001-08:00

Today's sketch is of one of my favorite comedians, John Cleese, as enraged innkeeper Basil Fawlty.

Day 3 - Map Pencils

2011-11-13T22:29:00.001-08:00

I haven't used colored pencils (or as we referred to them in elementary school, "map pencils") in a long time, and they looked like they would be fun to work with again.

Day 2 - Boo!

2011-11-12T15:54:00.001-08:00

A sketch of Krista's dog, Boo. Thanks for staying still long enough for me to draw you, Boo. Good dog.

Day 1!

2011-11-11T21:16:00.001-08:00

This is hopefully the first in 365 days of sketchblogging! I was inspired to do this by my friend Lamont and his awesome Project 365. My goal is to post a drawing a day, whether it be a more finished piece or just a simple doodle like this, in the hope that it'll keep me in the habit of drawing every day. Wish me luck!