weird birds

Self Portrait 03

2012-02-07T21:21:00.003-05:00

Portrait 1201-12..?

2012-02-07T21:01:00.002-05:00

All done.
Wait...there were more then 2 weeks in December.
Yes, yes there were. But you see apparently I made a mistake or 2 during the year with my sketch dating. At least I got all 52 sketches done!

The remaining self portraits that I did will be posted shortly.

Portrait 1101-1104

2012-02-07T20:51:00.002-05:00

As you can see, I watched the Muppet movie and loved it. Mahna Mahna

Professor Octopus

2012-02-07T20:49:00.001-05:00

Portrait 1001-1005

2012-01-07T23:26:00.001-05:00

Welcome to the weekly portraits for October.

Hipster-bear is extremely dissatisfied with your musical selection.

Portrait 0901-0904

2012-01-03T14:27:00.002-05:00

Here are the sketches for September, in all their finished glory. I even managed to finish all my sketches for the year before midnight on the 31st (including a total of 4 more self portraits which will be posted eventually).

Portrait 0800?

2011-11-28T21:35:00.003-05:00

Apparently I forgot to post sketch # 32! To think you all were this close to never seeing Hobo Alan. Oh the horrors.

Portrait 0805

2011-11-06T00:17:00.002-04:00

Portrait 0804

2011-11-06T00:14:00.002-04:00

Portrait 0803

2011-11-06T00:14:00.001-04:00

Portrait 0802

2011-11-06T00:11:00.001-04:00

Portrait 0801

2011-11-06T00:09:00.002-04:00

Portrait 0705

2011-10-24T20:48:00.000-04:00

Portrait 0704

2011-10-24T20:46:00.002-04:00

Creepy hands

Portrait 0703

2011-10-24T20:44:00.002-04:00

Portrait 0702

2011-10-24T20:42:00.003-04:00

Hipsters have hands and feet, therefore they are acceptable. Plus following rules was so March.

Portrait 0701

2011-10-17T21:33:00.004-04:00

Finally! Another magnificent portrait...of...hands...

That's right folks for the glorious month of August I drew pictures of hands and feet. They are hard to draw so I made a point of doing some practice.

Drabblecast Episodes 21 & 87 Cover Art

2011-10-02T19:01:00.003-04:00

As promised, here are the covers to two other Drabblecasts that I completed. They are for older archived episodes that previously did not have any cover art. You can listen to the episodes here: EP21 and here: EP87. Both stories are delightfully strange. If you like them, you most certainly must check out the latest episodes here: LINK

Drabblecast Episode 214 Cover Art PT.2

2011-08-21T11:58:00.003-04:00

Good News Everyone!

The Drabblecast has posted episode # 214 on their website, which means you can all go and give it a listen. So if you have not heard it yet, open your ears for story time.

http://web.me.com/normsherman/Site/Podcast/Entries/2011/8/17_Drabblecast_214-_The_Wish_of_the_Demon_Achtromagk.html

Drabblecast Episode 214 Cover Art

2011-08-16T22:24:00.004-04:00

I have mentioned the Drabblecast before here, but for the new and/or forgetful it is an audio fiction podcast that publishes free weekly stories of the strange and wonderful variety. With each episode they publish cover art created specifically for the story. Recently I was able to create one such cover art for the upcoming episode # 214. The episode should be posted sometime this week on their website - which you can find at the following link:

http://web.me.com/normsherman/Site/Podcast/Podcast.html

The cover, as you can see below is for a story titled "The Wish of the Demon Achtromagk". It is about a Lovecraftian Demon that slips into our dimension, but finds itself possessing a vessel it did not predict. Its a really great story and I had a fun time drawing the cover art.

Portrait 0604

2011-08-16T22:22:00.004-04:00

Portrait 0603

2011-08-16T22:20:00.003-04:00

During the day the tree of misery looks a lot less spooky and a lot more climby.

Portrait 0602

2011-08-16T22:15:00.003-04:00

Go climb a tree, you know you will like it.

Dr. Dinosaur

2011-08-16T22:08:00.003-04:00

If you have never read the comic book Atomic Robo, your life is lacking some serious amounts of awesome. I mean come on, one of his villains is Dr. Dinosaur, who is potentially a time traveling super intelligent raptor, that or he is a strangely mutated mad scientist who thinks he is a time traveling super intelligent raptor. Either way, we win!

Portrait 0601

2011-08-04T22:32:00.002-04:00

Finally I am getting around to posting my weekly portraits from June. So here they are. (well here one is)

When I get bored...

2011-08-04T22:28:00.002-04:00

...I draw stuff. Just a little something I doodled at work. Also I will be posting more stuff soon!

Aquaman is for hipsters

2011-06-22T22:50:00.002-04:00

He's so uncool that its cool to like him. Plus he is kind of a dick.

For the non-Aquaman initiated, Topo is the octopus, he is his sidekick from before the days of Aqualad.

two weird birds

2011-06-21T22:50:00.004-04:00

look its birds with tentacles! frankly I am surprised nature has not thought of this already.

Flash Rougues!

2011-06-17T13:51:00.003-04:00

I have recently become a pretty big fan of the Flash comics. So, naturally I drew a portrait of his rouge gallery! YAY

Portraits 0501-0504

2011-06-17T13:39:00.003-04:00

So I have been super busy lately, and perhaps a little lazy with the little free time I had. Either way, I am posting a whole boatload of stuff today, so hold on to your monocles!

For June's "portraits" I wanted to attempt some non-standard angles. I managed it for 3 of the 4 and on the 4th I have more then 1 person, so that's good. The 3rd one is a series of portraits from a lecture series I attended. Professor Hippopotamus was by far the most informative.

Portraits 0401-0405

2011-06-17T13:31:00.003-04:00

So that is all the month of April! I tried to mostly draw dynamic poses, but I somehow managed to just draw a bunch of random stuff, and Frankie. Ah well...

Its a Trap

2011-05-16T23:03:00.000-04:00

sketchpost

2011-05-11T22:42:00.000-04:00

This is a sketch based on this years Megabeast Deathmatch Competition. If you don't know what a Megabeast Deathmatch Competition is, you should really check it out. Its basically a series of epic imaginary battles between made up awesome beasts. In this case you have the Bandersnatch vs. Minhotops vs. BiggerBoris. The competition is hosted by the Drabblecast, which is a podcast of "strange stories by strange authors for strange listeners." Also really worth checking out.

Coming soon, a fully coloured and finished version of this sketch!

sketchpost

2011-05-11T22:33:00.000-04:00

just some old sketches, and yes I know Thor's hammer is not supposed to be that big.

Portrait 0304

2011-04-20T22:35:00.004-04:00

This is Sia a friend of mine from Architecture school, and no, that is definitely not a digitally added shadow, I swears it...

Self Portrait 02

2011-04-20T22:29:00.003-04:00

This is what I get for not doing my weekly sketch on time...zombified.

Portrait 0303

2011-04-20T22:24:00.002-04:00

This one is of my Grandpa (source photo by Jen V). But it was late...so I had to do another self portrait, to be posted next.

Portrait 0302

2011-04-14T22:15:00.003-04:00

Hey I know that guy! That's a very inappropriate hand gesture Tom.

Self Portrait 01

2011-04-03T20:45:00.004-04:00

So, I failed to complete my previous weeks sketch within its week. Which means I had to draw a self portrait in addition to the weeks sketch. So here it is, me and my brain.

Portrait 0301

2011-04-03T20:40:00.002-04:00

Wait I know this guy! (which is why I sketched him) This month I decided to draw people I know personally. I figure it will make things a little harder.

Portrait 0204

2011-04-03T20:38:00.003-04:00

I am pretty happy with this sketch. It is of my awesome girlfriend, and the source photo was taken by her. So it is a portrait sketch of a self portrait photo! You can find the original photo on her blog, linked HERE.

Portrait 0203

2011-04-03T20:33:00.002-04:00

Once again, I got a bit lazy with the posting of sketches. But I promise, I am still making them! This one is another fashionable fellow with the image sourced from the Sartorialist blog (posted 2010-07-27).

Portrait 0202

2011-03-03T21:50:00.003-05:00

So this is a portrait of a friend of mine, sometimes he is creepy. Especailly when his Halloween costume is a creepy person.

Portrait 0201

2011-03-01T22:31:00.003-05:00

My first sketch of February, this month I am trying (tried...seeing as it is now March, but I drew them all in Feb, I swears it) my luck with copic markers! I was pretty happy with the results. So this first one is once again inspired by a photo (Jan. 24, 2011) on The Sartorialist.

Portrait 0105

2011-02-24T22:43:00.003-05:00

Thanks again to the Sartorialist for great source photography (posted on Sept. 13, 2010).

Portrait 0104

2011-02-24T22:23:00.002-05:00

Once again I used The Sartorialist blog for a photo source, the photo was posted Jan. 12, 2011.

I like the X-men

2011-02-23T22:30:00.002-05:00

Hopefully I will be able to do a coloured version of this soon.

Skechdump

2011-02-23T22:17:00.002-05:00

See I am still drawing!

Portrait 0103

2011-01-25T22:34:00.002-05:00

No source photo for this one, just drew her from memory. She rides my subway.

Portrait 0102

2011-01-25T22:26:00.003-05:00

Here is the second sketch for January, once again I used the photoblog The Sartorialist for my source image - it was posted Sept. 27, 2010. By the way, if any of you (I think there are maybe 3 people who check here...) want a portrait done, or if you know someone who might want one, I would be happy to oblige.

Portrait 0101

2011-01-24T22:10:00.002-05:00

My first portrait of the 2011 resolution challenge. The source is from a photo from the Sartorialist photo blog posted Oct. 14, 2010, you can see it here: LINK

sketchpost

2011-01-24T21:55:00.011-05:00

I will still be posting stuff from 2010 for a bit, as I have been really sketching a bunch, but not really posting. Also the 2011 portraits are on their way!

Why is this font so tiny?

New Years Resolution

2010-12-30T16:35:00.002-05:00

So starting in 2011 I plan on drawing a portrait of a person every week. This probably does not mean that one will be posted every week, but I will draw one, and every so often a bunch of them will appear here on the blog.

All hail Cthulhu!

2010-12-07T21:48:00.001-05:00

The difference between Sanity and Insanity

2010-12-07T21:40:00.002-05:00

Apparently the difference is a giant octopus.

I draw things

2010-11-30T22:31:00.005-05:00

you know, when I am bored.

ibex?

2010-09-29T22:33:00.002-04:00

i heart you

2010-09-29T22:17:00.001-04:00

City on Paper

2010-06-09T22:27:00.002-04:00

See I do draw buildings!

I am still drawing!

2010-04-26T21:38:00.002-04:00

Tucan

2010-02-20T00:28:00.002-05:00

Old Man Beard

2010-02-17T20:27:00.003-05:00

I am going to try to start using my sketchbook more often, which hopefully will lead to me posting more stuff here. Here is a portrait I drew from a photo I found on the blog: The Sartorialist.

Stephanie

2010-02-12T15:51:00.002-05:00

The Boston Squisherinos & My Girl

2010-01-20T20:34:00.002-05:00

Hectic Art at the ol'Mill

2009-11-21T19:11:00.000-05:00

Construction of the Rock Gym

2009-11-04T18:32:00.000-05:00

Bag-Face in the Mill

2009-11-04T18:31:00.000-05:00

Louis Kahn

2009-11-03T17:36:00.004-05:00

Chapter Covers

2009-11-02T21:44:00.006-05:00

Above are all the Frontice Pieces that were produced for the graphic novel I am writing/drawing for my architecture masters thesis. The first image has been posted before, it is the cover image. I have since added the title of my thesis "White Queen to E2++ An Architectural Fairytale." The other images follow as the six chapter title pages. Each giving hints to the styles, topics, and events of their corresponding chapter. I hope to post a few more images when I get the time.

Dinosaurs Rule

2009-04-26T23:11:00.003-04:00

Blog and Website Linked!

2009-04-19T16:44:00.002-04:00

I have finally linked my blog and website together. Now the select few who visit my fantastic site can link back and forth between the two. Isn't life grand.

The Booth Board Mill

2009-04-19T16:37:00.005-04:00

These are some preliminary design drawings of the building I am using for my thesis.

Marco Frascari

2009-04-13T23:21:00.003-04:00

Portrait sketch of everyone's favourite Director of the Azreli School of Architecture at Carleton University, Marco Frascari. He is a character in my thesis.

It'll Blow Your Mind V2

2009-04-10T15:25:00.003-04:00

So, I did not win the Quiksilver competition, no worries, I have altered the design to be void of any references to the company and am re-entering the design to take part in the regular DBH contest.

Fossilized Awesome

2009-04-09T19:40:00.004-04:00

Here is another t-shirt design that I have up for voting on teextile.com the design was based on a sketch that I already posted here on the blog, click here to vote for me.

Our Kingdom

2009-04-06T21:46:00.005-04:00

acrylic on canvas, 16x20

Posidon

2009-04-06T21:39:00.002-04:00

acrylic on canvas

Cuddles

2009-03-31T21:10:00.003-04:00

Eero vs Bag-Face

2009-03-30T16:26:00.003-04:00

Photographs and Skeletons

2009-03-27T10:53:00.001-04:00

Mill Fire

2009-03-24T23:13:00.004-04:00

This is another panel for my thesis, the style of this chapter uses watercolour painting.

Thesis Frontice Piece

2009-03-22T22:14:00.004-04:00

Here is the tentative frontice piece for my thesis. I have yet to determine a title for it just yet, but I am sure that one will come.

Swing

2009-03-21T23:32:00.003-04:00

I based this drawing on a photo that I found at this site, just a practice sketch, but there is some neat photos on that site.

Gears Galore

2009-03-21T00:01:00.005-04:00

Here is another t-shirt design I have that I would love to get printed. You can go see it at Design By Humans, so please go vote for me.

Comic Book Panel

2009-03-20T11:04:00.000-04:00

I thought that I might put a small sampling of my thesis up. This is a single frame from one of the pages of my comic book thesis.

Comic book thesis you say? Tell me more you say? Maybe later.

sketchbook new york

2009-03-18T22:44:00.000-04:00

The Harbor

2009-03-17T21:20:00.000-04:00

sketchbook raptar

2009-03-17T00:02:00.000-04:00

Archyopterix sketch

2009-03-15T20:30:00.000-04:00

a sketch that I have since converted into a t-shirt design, it is currently up for voting at DBH, click here to go vote for me!

sketchbook 2008

2009-03-14T23:45:00.000-04:00

some of my classmates unwittingly assisting me with my drawing

2009-03-13T23:11:00.000-04:00

Here is another t-shirt design based on the two panel painting seen below. CLICK HERE to go to teextile.com and vote for my design, if you vote I could win...so VOTE!

2009-03-12T19:16:00.000-04:00

Artwork designed for a t-shirt competition on Design By Humans for the "Quiksilver Design a Difference" competition. Obviously the Quiksilver logo is property of Quiksilver.

Click here to go see the layout and design submission.

Fire Bird

2009-03-09T23:54:00.000-04:00

unfortunately its just a photo, so the colours are a little off and there is glare...i need to get it professionally scanned

acrylic on canvas, 24"x24"

Sketchbook - kongzilla

2009-03-08T00:51:00.000-05:00

when monsters fight awesome ensues

Birds Are Weird

2009-03-06T22:24:00.000-05:00

one of the first designs I submitted to the t-shirt site Design By Humans...technically its the second, but who's counting

The Colosseum

2009-03-05T23:49:00.000-05:00

acrylic on canvas (original is 16x16")

Sketchbook - red hair

2009-03-04T19:51:00.001-05:00

sketchbook - self portrait train

2009-03-04T00:41:00.001-05:00

just a self portrait drawn on a train ride

sketchbook - people practice

2009-03-03T21:38:00.000-05:00

starting with some old stuff, here is a practice sketch I did.

(the drawings are based upon photos by other artists, can't remember who it was a while ago)

Its my first day!

2009-02-19T23:07:00.000-05:00

So, first entry...I got nuthin, but something will come... eventually... probably... a sketch, or design, or possibly a witty statement.

Stay tuned sports-fans!