Self portraits are a little awkward because you have to consciously try not to overflatter yourself, but It’s been a few years so I figure I’m due for one. Total time invested was about an hour for the pencil study and then of course another 30 minutes for some color in Photoshop. I couldn’t resist sticking my leg in the scanner for that fabric to be shown off in all it’s heather-gray glory.

So I’m in Houston without my scanner and had no choice but to play with this Wacom tablet thing. It still feels a tiny bit unnatural to me compared to old-school pencil to paper, but I managed to draw this guy at the piano (taken from yesterday’s condo photo shoot). Too bad he has no purpose. So far I like the tablet better for touchups than whole illustrations, but that may change after some more practice.

Just took some shots of another condo for the Railyard site today. I still have so much to learn before I can become one with this camera. Hopefully this weekend in Houston I’ll get to practice and it will stop mocking me.