Saturday, December 21, 2013

Layers!


Mark from last week. I have never seen a bird wearing boots before.

Cool Guy























This guys was walking with attitude while smoking his cigarette. I posed him this way to enhance that cool guy look. hehe.

Friday, December 20, 2013

Yeah, Motocross Boots!

Oh, it was the attitude! 

Sometimes we pick a mark based on the design of their clothing, the shape of their silhouette, or sometimes the coiffure of their hair. But, with this fellow, it was all in the walk!


Monday, December 16, 2013

That hair

I was mesmerized by the puff of hair.  Reminded me of a quote from the Simpsons.

Went by the name of Homer. Seven feet tall he was, with arms like tree trunks. His eyes were like steel, cold, hard. Had a shock of hair, red like the fires of Hell... 
- Bait Shop Guy : The War of the Simpsons

Monday, December 09, 2013

The latest mark.

When I saw this guy, I thought to myself, I've seen this look before. Then, it occurred to me, he looked like a strawberry version of Elvis Costello.

Saturday, December 07, 2013

Triangle hair guy


















I was struggling with the pose. Took me a while but eventually got a decent one.

Friday, December 06, 2013

November 8 mark...

Here's the mark from waaay back in November. I didn't post it because no one else posted theirs. But, now that Todd posted his "drawing," I thought I would post mine. 

Mark Nov 8th

Finally had time to finish the mark from November.

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

It was the tassels!

Sometimes something catches our eye, this time it was the tassels. (Sorry for the rough scan, I just snapped a picture from my sketchbook.)

Monday, November 18, 2013



















In addition to the memory exercise, I practice my line quality. I think it could use a little more line width variation.

decora girl



















Aside  from her unique outfit, I notice this lady was very lengthy and had round shapes.

Saturday, November 02, 2013

Manga Reaches the US!


It's official, I saw my first Manga character in person. OK, I've seen plenty of characters at Comic Con, but not just walking around street? This isn't a costume, it's high-fashion! Complete with lollipop! 

I believe the style is called Decora. It started when photographer Aoki Shoichi started to document the street fashion in Harujuku, Tokyo. And, now it seems to have reached the shores of Culver City. 

I believe this is Decora's the first foray into these hallowed halls of Sketchclub.

--Marcelo

Wednesday, October 09, 2013



















Smurf girl, posing for the photo. hehe.

Sunday, September 22, 2013



















Mark
09.19.2013
When we were observing the mark, there
was a shout and she turn. In this illustration,
I wanted to expressed a moment of apprehension.

Monday, August 26, 2013




Mark 
Aug 24, 2013
The blue sketch was my memory sketch. I then decided to look at reference and do a lil painting : )


Thursday, August 22, 2013

Everybody Quiet on the Set!

Ya know, some people just look like movie stars.

Friday, August 16, 2013

Introducing Jane Lulu Liu

Lulu is one of our interns at Sony this summer, and we've been fortunate enough to have her join our sketch club. Here's one of the marks from a week ago. You can see some more of her work at her blog.

--Sketchclub Management

Monday, August 12, 2013

Sk8r Boy


His board was all over the place, even in the street! -  8.9.13 mark

Monday, August 05, 2013

LYFE or Death?

The air was hot, the birds celebrated the glorious joy of the sun's beat as they darted back and forth from in-between the roses. But still that couldn't explain the chill I felt on this afternoon in July.

From the corner of my eye I saw what my ears already knew. It was the cloppity-clop of tiny heels beating down on the warm sidewalk like a funeral dirge. My eyes feasted on this procession of these two, young, budding, flowers enveloped in morbid gloom.

To add humor to this entire episode, they were headed to a restaurant called LYFE!

Monday, July 29, 2013

Legs for Days



She was fabulous - 7.26.13 mark.

Sunday, June 30, 2013

6.21.13 sketches!



I still want to draw that mark we had too! :P

Saturday, June 22, 2013

06.21.2013 mark

06.21.2013
I am excited about how this one came out.
Starting to look like Marcelo's style. 

Monday, June 17, 2013

eRodriguez_ 06.14.2013 Mark

06.14.2013 Mark
This elder man seem to still be young at heart; 
still rocking the long hair, fit shirt and pants.

Friday, June 14, 2013

eRodriguez_marks of the recent past

 Finally got my scanner working. I did some minor editing on some due to the scan quality. 



Beach Pup...

A couple weeks back this pit bull came strolling by our drawing club. I remarked, "There's our memory-sketch!" I emphasized, "NO REFERENCE". It's important to draw what you remember.

(Fact: All dogs in Southern California work-out, and wear stylish sunglasses.)
--Marcelo

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Happy Sketch Clubers


everybody is happy, well almost everyone...

Saturday, March 23, 2013


Saturday, March 16, 2013

St. Patrick's Day!

What a little cutie. She looked like she just stepped off the Peanuts comic strip. And, a little green ribbon in her hair too.

--M

Friday, March 15, 2013

Photo's From Today

New camera means new sketchclub photos!  It was a beautiful day out!





Saturday, March 02, 2013

mark












I tried something new on this one. Flat colors with white skin. I'm happy with the results. I felt in the zone as I was working on this one.
: )

Friday, February 22, 2013

mark


Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Blustery Day

Here's my take for the mark. The wind was blowing her hair into her face, so she threw her head back and tried to let the wind push her hair back. I thought to myself, there's the drawing.

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Mark


Sunday, February 03, 2013

Mark 002

A character sketch from memory. In this one, I wanted to try having texture like background with limited rendering.

Monday, January 28, 2013

Mark_Girl



















I drew a sketch of the mark on my sketch book from memory. Then I redrew it on Photoshop. On this one, I put in extra work. I looked at photos to reference some details such as the fold of the scarf and wrinkles of the jacket. And I added color. I'm happy with the results : )