Attention residents of the Pacific Northwest: The Olympia Comic Festival is tomorrow! I’ll be at table 18 and I have some new books to share. 12-5 at the Vault, 425 Franklin Street, SE. Entrance fee – it’s free!
http://olympiacomicsfestival.org/

After a little hiatus I am back, working full force on the Annual Planner #2! This time around we’re featuring illustrations of buildings. Drawing buildings is like fitting puzzle pieces together or playing tetris. I don’t like to sketch it out with pencil first, I start with one side of the building and work my way to the other side and try to make all the windows, details and doors fit together . It’s fun!
Here is a drawing that is almost finished:

I need to add some windows, some shingle shadows and other things then clean it up with whiteout.

And here is a drawing that didn’t really turn out because I wasn’t concentrating and was watching tv: