I’ve been trying to sketch quite a bit more lately, I agree with the mantra “Draw! Draw! Draw!”.  It’s been difficult in the past to make time for sketching, especially when I have other (paying) projects going on.

I think it’s an important step to learning though, and I want to be a far better artist so it’s time to practice more.  The image above is a sampling of some of the sketches I’ve done.  Upon looking at them, it’s fairly obvious that I have quite a chaotic mind.

As a footnote, the “cartoony” characters are a means to an end.  There’s something in the future that requires I lay aside my more illustrative/painterly abilities, and just leave in line art.  That’s a tricky thing for me, after almost ten years now of learning how to make things more painted, more “realistic”.  To go back and re-learn how to just let a single line say it all, it’s tough.

Then again, I’m probably just a big baby.


Russell Dickerson

Russell Dickerson has been a lot of things over many years. Author, artist, designer, winner of awards and recognition, pursuer of the truth, leader of the earth after armageddon.