Sir Draws A Lot

The Lonely Samurai

2011-04-19T17:36:00.001-07:00

Something new to look at fellas. What do you think?

Life in the sucky lane

2011-04-17T18:15:00.000-07:00

First...a little taste of a piece to come, it's nothing special but I thought it looked nifty so far.

I am back in school now which is both good and bad. I enjoy feeling like I have a purpose and am back on track again, but at the same time I am already fed up with academia...so that leaves me feeling like I am stuck on a fence post...caught in the middle of blissful happiness and total depression. Possibly leaning more towards the latter since I am unemployed now...

But, that doesn't mean I am going to give up on everything, I've just hit a temporary rocky patch. It sucks, but I will see it through none the less.

I have a few more ideas on paper and really want to get them done, so look forward to those. I will also be scanning another piece I completed a while back in the next few days, because at the time I just couldn't get access to a scanner big enough.

-Piers

Fun sketch

2010-12-09T22:39:00.001-08:00

Something I've been working on to tantalize your eyes :)

Maybe some more things to come soon...slowly but surely I'll be back!!!!

Searching...

2010-11-09T12:04:00.001-08:00

Just gotta get my hands on a scanner now folks...

I am in Japan.

2010-09-04T21:29:00.000-07:00

Yeah, in Nagoya right now and it is hotter than cajun cooking. And it doesn't help that Nagoya is the most boring place in Japan, glad I am headed to Tokyo tomorrow. OMG.....

Other than that just trying to figure out a bunch of things. The prospect of working menial jobs and turning into an old man filled with regret is not an exciting prospect.

It is sad but art and such has been put on the wayside...although I have some things on paper, it's just a matter of finding the time.

Just keep your fingers crossed for me...and updates are almost here.

~Piers

Exploratory shtuff...

2010-03-29T18:37:00.000-07:00

Last piece for new recent artworks :) Look and be amazed!!!

2010-03-29T17:19:00.000-07:00

All right, I know it's been forever since my last post. And the truth is...well, I haven't been drawing that much...my new job is killing me. BUT, when I do get a chance to do some rendering this is what happened :)

More to come in the semi near future so stay tuned BITCHES!

Yours Truly,

~Piers

MOTORCYCLE!

2009-12-06T20:44:00.000-08:00

OMG!

Today, I received my first motorcycle and I must say I am BEYOND stoked about fixing this thing up!!!

Look and be amazed!!!

Alright so now that I have it, the plan of action is to clean out my garage so I have a place to work on it, and then dig in.

Since it has been sitting so long I will have to strip the engine down to the nuts and bolts most likely, and give this thing a major overhaul...the laundry list includes:

1. Tear the engine down

2. Rebuild and clean the carburetors

3. Replace and/or clean a lot of the cylinder and piston components...ie. rings and bushings.

4. Remove the gas tank, then clean and re seal it.

5. Rebuild and un-gunk the suspension systems

6. Rebuild and clean the clutch.

7. Inspect and rework the brakes, likely gonna have to get another master cylinder. Or replace the tubes and cables plus new fluid/bleed.

8. Either have a key made or replace the ignition cylinder and locks....(I really hope not)

9.Inspect the wiring harness...but that should be in good shape. Also gonna need another battery.

10. Replace the tires as well...they are long dead.

11. Replace all necessary cables wires, and test the light and signal system.

12. Final clean and inspection...removal of all growing algae things and dead hornets nests hahaha

13. Get bike license, slap on a helmet and ride that sucka!!!

And from what I gather the 92 GSXR is a missile on wheels...when I have it rebuilt the engine will have in the neighborhood of 100-120 BHP!!! Plenty of power to thrash around with :)

Okay, so there you have it...once I have the garage cleaned out next weekend and a shop manual in hand I will start in on stripping it down. I'll have a ton of pictures and plenty of status updates with this project so stay tuned!!!!

~Piers :)

New Sketch Thing

2009-12-01T14:58:00.001-08:00

This was fun, jut a quick sketch I whipped up. I would like to color it at some point.

-l8tr

Rogue Star Cover

2009-12-01T14:40:00.000-08:00

I dig how this came out! This is an experimental cover I did for my comic project, Rogue Star!!! The figures work well together on the page I think. And Mr.Robo guy has a cool suit design too!

I like it, how about you guys?

Akira

2009-10-08T16:25:00.001-07:00

Done after selecting Kanedas bike to sculpt in my Advanced Sculpture class :) Also there will be inks and colors :)

Kanedas Bike is incredible!!!

And the one on the bottom was inspired by the opening scene of Lethal Weapon 4....watch it now!!!! I really like it :)

New Art and Shite...

2009-09-30T15:44:00.001-07:00

It's certainly been a while hasn't it...

Just a few thangs I been jammin on :) More finished pieces to come too :P

Odd Couple....

2009-09-24T15:16:00.001-07:00

A match made in heaven right.....

Just a little something I whipped up. Got back into drawing people and faces again.

More of these to come :)

Things as of late...

2009-09-22T19:45:00.000-07:00

Okay folks,

It's been a while since my last update...but have no fear there is good news.

1. My two weeks in Japan were INCREDIBLE and I am working on a write up of the trip

2. Cool new art in he next few days

3. Back to school...which will be nice :)

4. Landed a PAID gig designing T-Shirts for this landmark donut shop in Seattle :) OMG

So yeah, I am still here...alive and well.

Stay tuned bitches,

~Piers

Mr.Wilson...

2009-08-19T19:21:00.000-07:00

This was a lot of fun actually...and it was also my end of the art trade between myself and a certain Mr.O.N.P.W...who's art totally rocks my world and seems to be getting more awesome with every piece he submits.

This is all for now, but come the start of fall quarter the will be PLENTY of art to view :)

Till then :)

-Piers

Comics ahoy....

2009-07-22T21:02:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone....look at the sexy new additions to my already plentiful comics collection!!! Nearly 300 comics and they cost me about 20 bucks in total!!!!!!

Such a good deal it should have been illegal.

Concepts and shit..

2009-07-15T14:39:00.000-07:00

This is just a thumbnail of a picture I want to render out. Getting started on it tonight, and maybe I will have it finished in a few days. I'd like to color this too, so maybe it might take a little longer.

Who knows....

but, stay tuned folks. Lots more fun stuff to come!

-Piers

Smile Guy

2009-06-30T19:35:00.001-07:00

This was fun, just had to go through hell to get it scanned tho...I did it in parts and it sucked to try and correct. But I eventually found a magical way to merge photos with out having to screw with the healing tool and correcting lines left from scanning manually.

Awesome...more to come.

Stay tuned.

Sketches and Such

2009-06-29T14:54:00.000-07:00

Just some sketches and such, twas fun. More actual pieces on their way...maybe tomorrow.

Painting stuff

2009-05-26T00:19:00.001-07:00

T'was fun, I got back on iscrib and this is what happened.

I rather like it :)

Sexy new airbrush

2009-05-23T15:44:00.001-07:00

Yussss! A trip to Seattle and 120 bones later I was the proud owner of an Iwata Media Eclipse HP-BCS airbrush!

Such control and grace! It's a wonderful thing!

I'm already getting line arts ready to brush, so stay tuned folks!!!

Iron mang

2009-04-14T23:15:00.001-07:00

And he said, let there be Iron Man. I think he has got to be one of my favorite comic characters ever. He's quite...oh, how shall I say, bad ass! I liked to drawing him.

These be test pages from an old comic project I wish to revive :D Goes by the name of "Rogue Star"

>_>

<_<

0__0

Stay tunes folks...

Latest illo

2009-03-14T13:17:00.001-07:00

For the paper, t'was fun :)

Two hombres :

2009-02-26T20:04:00.000-08:00

Tooo much fun! I got a job with my campus newspaper as a cartoonist! These dudes are part of a story about drug use on campus. Guess which one is the stoner.....

Stay frosty,

Piers

More thangs

2009-02-19T22:20:00.000-08:00

I enjoyed these :). Ball point pen, just for fun.

New Thangs

2009-02-18T18:28:00.000-08:00

Just some thangs....

I really need to put forth more effort into rendering my backgrounds. I mean the one on the bottom works but I have a lot of trouble with filling in solid blacks and stuff. Just looks wrong when I attempt to render it out...

What am I doing wrong?

Sheesh...back to the drawing board.

Stay tuned,

Piers

Adventure......

2009-02-01T14:38:00.000-08:00

With all this nice weather going on and no time to enjoy it, I'm feeling the need to go on a spirit journey again. It really blows...

And I gotta finish this comic book project here pretty soon. I'll try and have those up on a few weeks. So keep your eyes peeled :)

Speaker box jumpin' and my tweeters just screamin'

2009-01-19T14:17:00.000-08:00

Houston we have speakers.

Audio bliss...I've finally built my stereo system and I am in love!!! Seriously, I almost came in my pants, these sound so great!!!

Music is enjoyed on a whole new level. I suggest you all experience it at some point or another. But once you do there is no going back.

-Peace

Thanks david...asshole.

Ohh yeah

2009-01-11T23:15:00.000-08:00

yay, figure studies...

or more accurately just felt like drawing hot chicks :P

more to come.

I don't really like the inked ones as much as the pencils...oh well

Dude man, third edition

2008-12-22T16:36:00.000-08:00

I'm not sure whether to call this done or not. I think there just needs to be more shades on the bottom of the scene...to add some weight.

But other than that I really dig it :)

opinions plz :)

Dude man inks

2008-12-20T00:58:00.000-08:00

Okay inked and now adding a BG...which is also being inked.

Colors, I'm re-thinking that one....I don't want to screw this up :P So it's not certain at this point if you're going to see some color splashed on this bad boy.

Stay tuned,

Piers

Dude man...

2008-12-19T00:42:00.001-08:00

I like where this is headed, just a concept sketch for an upcoming short comic project.

Technically this is just a wip :) I'll have the inks up soon, followed by colors :)

Quarter's up....nearly

2008-12-03T08:13:00.000-08:00

OMG

This has been the quarter from hell.........I tried to take 4 classes (3 of which are hardcore academics) but that didn't work out too well. My friend and I tried skipping ahead to a higher level math class but did it too late...so I then got behind in everything else, and that class.

But I dropped math so I could focus again. And things sort of seem to be working out.

Animation and Japanese are great, but English is really lame :( I'll just be glad I've got it over with.

And by the end of the quarter I should have some cool anim projects to sample as well :) So keep on the look out :)

That's all for now folks :)

NEXT QUARTER SCHEDULE:

History of Jazz

Sculpture 1

Japanese 2

Animation Art History

20 yrs old bitches!!!

2008-11-17T17:41:00.001-08:00

Yup 20 today suckas :)

Tin'n Rust

2008-11-04T23:14:00.000-08:00

Feature this, I was trapped inside of an artblock...but suddenly, like a rescue rope from the ceiling, a piece of advice popped into my head and pulled me out of that miserable place. Just put shapes onto the page and see what happens.

Well it worked and this is what I came up with. I totally dig it :)

Cool-isszle

-Piers

Metropol

2008-11-03T20:32:00.000-08:00

I just recently discovered these guys, and I must say I am in love. Such great ambient...sort of industrial, techno that just puts me in the groove. Some truly awesome sounds!!!

I recommend you DL the album and pollute your ear canals with delight ;)

And for god's sake, I'll be 20 here in a couple of weeks. 1 more year till I'm 21!!!

New Era....

2008-10-18T23:44:00.000-07:00

Okay, my very first grey scale oil painting ever!!!! Awwww yeah.

My instructor was impressed, she said this level of detail does not happen often among her new students. So there is hope for me yet.

I think its rather nifty.

ohhh, foxy lady

2008-10-07T21:19:00.000-07:00

this was kool, not totally satisfied tho.

Tenta-Kill

2008-10-02T21:20:00.001-07:00

This was rather kewl. Just happen while I was out on campus.

I love my rapido liner.

It looks lie this could go either way...you decide.

Odds and ends...

2008-09-30T20:13:00.000-07:00

Aww yeah, few fun things I've been jamming in, mostly facial sketches and what not. I like these guys a lot. As fun character studies, they ain't half bad.

This however id from my animation class, its a simple story board that shows the piece I am gouing to creat for a sound project.

Snitch gets caught by gangsters, gangsters go ape shit on snitch...firing squad style. I will post upon completion.

Stay tuned folks, more kewl stuff on its way.

Errrmm, my bad

2008-09-25T21:59:00.001-07:00

For fun, I stay up late last night doing the pencils, then at school I inked it and then came home and finished the coloring.

I'm not completely satisfied, but I still think its a success in the sketch department.

The suit concept is kewl enough :)

My Idol

2008-09-24T09:31:00.000-07:00

this guy is god to me

watch and be amazed.

Space...Indian

2008-09-22T22:51:00.000-07:00

Well well, here we have my latest art endeavor.

I went to my local book store and sketched this guy out. It was nice sketching away from home. Felt isolated, even though there were a lot of other people there. A strange feeling to describe, a good feeling though.

After I got his basic colors in, I airbrushed it at home an vwa-la. It was done.

I thought he looked like an Indian, hence the title of my post.

And this one you would have to see in person to get the full awesomeness, my camera can't seem to do justice to this....or I just don't know how to use it right haha.

Blaster man

2008-09-21T00:17:00.000-07:00

This was a fun little thing to do, I did it right after I got my markers. I love the way ink looks on paper, neat tones. I also love how fast it enables me to render. I find I am very comfortable when using coloring in marker. Not sure why.

All I know is, markers are a lot of fun :) I need to start doing more of these.

Oh me, oh my

2008-09-14T01:04:00.001-07:00

Here it be, another nifty face sketch I did with my little system I learned. Not quite as expressive as the other one but I still like it. Kind of looks like a stiff lipped Irish mobster or something.

All in all a nice piece I think, but my big challenge is working some new emotions into these.

Stay tuned and wish me luck

~Piers

Additional: The entire album of "Ten" by Pearl Jam rules. Listen and be thrilled.

Mind Frag

2008-09-09T16:16:00.001-07:00

I liked this sketch sooo much. After working on this on and off for a few days, I finally found time to complete it.

It is all imaginative too, which I am especially impressed with. I've learned a few tricks recently and they seem to be working out quite well. Seeing and building things with simple shapes is very useful.

I'll be jamming on some more of these very soon, so keep them eyes peeled.

I love old cars(gearhead alert)

2008-08-31T22:38:00.000-07:00

I love old sports and muscle cars, and motorcycles with a passion. It's been this way ever since I was a little tyke.

I don't know what it is about powerful and exotic vehicles, I just can't help myself(those who know me can attest to this). Every time i see some fancy ride I have to go out of my way to point it out.

Thats why I did this a while back, just thought I should share it.

1959 Porsche 356, so beautiful.

I know I'm gonna have to break down and draw some more hot rides soon. Seriously.

Stay tuned folks.

Cosmic stuff

2008-08-30T21:45:00.000-07:00

My fam had a BBQ here a few weeks ago and I had the utmost good fortune.

I met this uber awesome professional Painter/landscape artist who was a lot of fun to talk to and stuff. She's the GF of one of the guys playing in my dad's blues band.

So to cut a relatively long story short, I might be able to go and learn a thing or two from this chick. I'm sure I'd learn a lot too, because she is very skilled. If I apply what I learn from her to my style and subject matter, I would be pro!!!

Her site http://www.karenlukefildes.com/

The universe provides in interesting ways.

Employment and shit...

2008-08-17T01:11:00.000-07:00

This will not come as surprise to those who know me, but I'll say it anyway. I hate my job with an intense passion. Srsly.

If i don't find anther place to work pronto I'm gonna have a meltdown, nuclear style. Every day its the same old crap, and the same old people. And the same old "annoying" problems.

It's not that working in a grocery store is bad, I think it's just this one. It has small store mentality and it gets old. It's full of people that have been there forever, and burn out high schoolers who have no passion for life. Not really the type of people I wanna be around...some of them anyways.

Any most of the cool people have left, or are leaving this Fall. We are already understaffed enough as it is. Uber lamezzzzz

I needed to get that off my chest. Anyhoo...

I think I'm going to apply at a much larger and much more cool market a little farther away from where I live. Maybe they'll pay me more too, cross your fingers for me :)

Aside from that, there aren't many other things getting me down.

On a side note, I am sooo jazzed for collage to star again. I am taking and advanced animation class, adv. English comp, an "easy"(for stupid peoplez) math class, and JAPANESE!!! For the lulz.

Speaking of japan and stuff, I'm seriously gunning for a full ride scholarship to study there, beginning in the summer of 2010(I think). I even got to go and meet some of the people who give it out last friday with one of my professors. Connections!!!

So thats about it...stay tuned.

~Piers

OMG, an airbrush

2008-08-14T18:11:00.001-07:00

Sup homie g's!!!

My life makes sense now that I got a compressor for my airbrush. Seriously, soooo neat-o.

I promise I will have things to show very soon. :)

WAR!

2008-08-12T16:38:00.000-07:00

This was a fun piece. I was soo in the art zone and stuff.

Interesting

2008-08-06T23:56:00.000-07:00

Well now, might as well give you all a taste of what I am capable of. Sci-fi anything is the shiz-NIGHT!!!

These are all really recent. The dude up on top I colored in with some marker action, since I recently acquired more than 220 prisma and letraset markers on Craigslist, for practically nothing.

They are a lot of fun to use and they enable to to render very quickly. Which is nice, when I am compelled to spill my thoughts onto paper.

The middle one, I did after finally getting a "basic"(as basic as you can get) level of competence in CS2. I had a lot of fun playing with stark contrasts and lighting effects in this one. Airbrush tool=ftw.

I don't know why, but sci-fi themes like this have always been fascinating to me. You know, like strange mechanical devices, heavy suits of power armor and stuff, robotic mega-entities, all very mystifying and intriguing.

And lastly, BAM! chicks like her are always fun too. Especially from that view. Hehe!!!

Anyhoo, enough enough already. For now that is....

Time to blog it!

2008-08-06T23:26:00.000-07:00

The name is Piers and I am an aspiring artist/illustrator. I wanna be a pro some day, and I want my name to mean something.

I'll be filling you in about details concerning my journey to the top. Get ready for this!!!