Wednesday, April 28, 2010

some recent stuff from my sketchbooks:



the 3 on the right are ref'd from 80's nat geo

that boy is my favourite thing i've drawn in the last few months, so here's a big ol' closeup:



i really like the feeling of the backpack, loosely drawn but still feeling like a solid object.

7 comments:

Jim Yang said...

The kid with backpack is a nice one.

Alexis Barattin said...

thanks mang, i like the direction it's going in. its funny sometimes i feel like i'm drawing and drawing and drawing just to get that one elusive drawing that gives me what i want!

Louise Smythe said...

freaking awesome!

Alexis Barattin said...

thanks louise!!

YNHeller said...

hey hey hey, these are lovely!

Kristian said...

I love it too. Its always a treat to accomplish a gesture in lead

Alexis Barattin said...

thank you so much Kristian! pencil is always my first wuv.