Most of what I sketch is either to practice areas that I feel I need work in, or early stages of a piece that later comes to a more-whole fruition. For line quality and value change, I've been looking at Taylor White. Her use of subtle line is amazing, and certainlysomething to make note of. I'm always looking at Esao Andrews, for his attention to detail. I've been looking at John Malloy for his use of color, as I've been trying to develop a more sophisticated color pallet. For more surrealist refference, I've been looking at Jaroslaw Kukowski. For content and color, I've been looking at Yuta Onoda.

This page was part of a series of sketches I did work on facial expressions. I was also trying to work out a way to successfully convey hair, that was more life-like than I've done in the past, but still stylized. I think a slight Yuta Onoda reference can be seen here. It's definitely an aesthetic that I'm going to keep pursuing, because I think he embodies a much more refined representation of the lines and shape that I've been drawn to for some time.

This page was part of a concept work-out for Fibers I, based on the idea of the Republican party always having a short-sighted, ill thought out response to current social issues. The first response is often "no," rather than a concise, cogent one. In general, it seems like a group of people that are unable to be reasoned with, because they are entirely impervious to reason.

This page shows the early sketch for the near full-sized Japanese Hannya mask that I eventually made out of plasticine. I've since made a rubber mold, and several wax castings, with the intention of eventually casting them in iron. I've also used the rubber mold to press mold clay for my final ceramics I project. I always fine that preliminary sketches like this one help to identify areas of possible embellishment from the source material, and allows me to put the object into my terms, even if the final media is different.