Artist: Dustin Harbin

WHITHER CAMELOT?

Cartoonist Dustin Harbin has an on-going offer to take commissions for sketches of just about any subject drawn in an hour for thirty dollars.  You can see a wide-range of his work on his Flickr gallery. He uses black ink and a 7" x 8.5" piece of Strathmore 500 bristol.

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Castle Of The Great Tree

A Tenement

Little Dreams, Big Bookcase

It's Easy To Get Carried Away With Your Legos

New sketches - ornaments, octopus, some kind of flower...

My sketch book is beloved by myself and looks like that, a little bit rough and used ;)

I wanted new motifs I could use for papers or textiles... or to cut them in linoleum for printing! Going a little bit organic, ornamental, etc.

The first impressions out of my sketch book:

And the first ones traced with sandwich paper. I already write down how I like sandwich paper? Usable to almost everything and cheap! Great transparency, soft but still very durable, nearly perfect for all kinds of crafting with paper!

I already started to vectorize the digital images (the one below) with inkskape (great programm and freeware, hard to top!). The vectorized image I will colour in different themes and print on fabric. Maybe not, maybe only print them at the copy shop in larger version ^^ I'll see.

Biggest problem is the work in the details of the lines. They are all rough and uneven still. Bah.

"Small thing" sketch...

...just one example out of my sketch / idea book (cat sketch book).

A small thing... or something... some things never change and this sort of doodle can be found in all my papers since... let's say a long time ;)

Sketch book

I am not sure whether there is a real difference in my drive and motivation for my work compared to creating stuff at home. One thing which is for sure the same in both parts of my life is the need for a small book. Notes, ideas, sketches... doesn't really matter if it is for the lab or for my stuff. I use up a lot of them!

Here is my new one for stuff ;)