03Jun

April Verch Trio

I saw The April Verch Band (April Verch, Cody Walters, and Alex Rubin) in May, and as well as the delightful music I got two sketches I’m quite pleased with, in very different styles. That’s an electric stand-up bass, not a normal bass I ran out of room for. I promise. I had fun trying to […]
  • On 2018-06-03
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  • Alex Rubin, April Verch, crayon, pen and ink
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02Jun

Skellington Art has a Facebook page!

From now on, this blog will be mirrored to the Skellington Art page rather than my personal page (and then I’ll share it willy-nilly from there). For now, the facebook page graphic is one of the unfinished and unsold Sheep in Space paintings. I’ll be uploading all the old (finished and mostly sold) Sheep In […]
15May

Three bands, four sketches.

A few weekends ago I went to see my friends Curlew’s Call perform, and I drew a truly horrible sketch of them. It made me think about what I’d post on this blog. I’m happy to share my sketches and art process warts-and-all, but I’ve decided to draw the line at sharing things that make […]
  • On 2018-05-15
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  • crayon, Derek Gripper, musicians, Open the Door for Three, pen and ink, pencil, Tannahill Weavers
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06Apr

Brave Horatio on the move

A fun little project I completed awhile back has finally seen the light of day. My parents have been eagerly awaiting their new teardrop trailer from Oregon Trail’R for over a year, and they’d named it before they’d even made the down payment. I designed the name decal, with a gentle arc and a font that […]
  • On 2018-04-06
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  • Oregon Trail'R, typography, vehicles
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20Mar

Spring, sprung

I’m a fair-weather gardener. I basically ignore my back yard all through the wet, dark winter. I’m always a bit nervous when I venture out for the first time in spring, blinking like a mole and stunned by all the work there is to do. What survived the winter? What is showing new growth, and […]
  • On 2018-03-20
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  • gardening, Pacific Northwest native plants
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12Jan

What I’ve been up to while off the radar

I fell off the blogging train in late October. I was mostly working on holiday gift art, so I couldn’t share my in-progress pictures. Those projects are no longer secret, and might get a post in the future. Today I want to share a project from my day-job. The sixth-and-final van wrap for Timberland Regional […]
22Oct

Inktober 8-19

My little silhouette guy has gone from having a very difficult month to a decidedly surreal one. Yes, I saw Fantasia a few times as a kid. The giant toddler was inspired by one of the children who was listening to me play music at the pub that day. She had a great smile and […]
10Oct

Inktober: Days 2-6

Inktober is an event started by illustrator Jake Parker challenging artists to draw in ink every day for the month of October. This is my first year trying it, and it’s been fun (and a good excuse to pick up a few more pens). A few of my daily drawings have been random — I’ll post those later […]
29Sep

Sketches, week of September 18

A few little sketches this week. The first two are from memory, which is something I’d like to get better at. I saw the little girl at the Olympia Farmer’s Market while Pinniped Music was setting up for our gig there and was struck by what a perfect storybook urchin she made. She could’ve walked […]
17Sep

Virtual Studio Tour

I’ve been ill and don’t have much in the way of art to show, but I did acquire a new work table and tidy the studio up a bit, so it’s a good time for a studio tour. My studio is 180 square feet of what used to be a 230 square foot attached garage […]