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Wow, Looking at all the Illustration talent around these days is amazing. It really makes me believe in America when I can see the talent that is out there.

My father and brother are artists too. my whole upbringing was surrounded by art. we all drew for entertainment and past time.

Here is a few sketches I have done.

In 2009 my parents celebrated their 50th high school graduation from Catoosa High School. Their class was the first to graduate from a brand new high school building in the middle of  a small Oklahoma town near Tulsa, OK. 1959 was the year and along with the new building came a new gym. Built right in the middle of the school it was the center of all community activities. With a generous stage at one end and wood bleachers on either side. it played host to band concerts, talent shows, awards ceremonies, plays, and more. By the time my class came along it was the middle school. With a beautiful hard wood floor that had stood up to 50 years of basketball, dodgeball, P.E. and donkey basketball games. It was adorned with a large Indian Chief motif in the middle representing the Catoosa Indians. Gone now but not forgotten this symbol of more than a politically incorrect school mascott it was a fond symbol of childhood familiarity for  hundreds of students that passed through those halls. Ah, the buzz of mercury vapor lights.

Here it is recreated to the best of my recollection. Please remove your street shoes before getting on the gym floor….

Copyright Randy King 2009

While waiting for a 3D animation to render, I sketched this image of a cape buffalo that has had it’s bones picked clean. Obviously after the lions have had their fill everything else has had a turn and nothing goes to waste.

I remember reading in Peter Hathaway Capstick’s book “Death in the Long Grass” <Live link> how some people report after the initial attack by a deadly predator such as a lion, that there is no pain as the victim goes into a state of shock while being eaten alive. While others report excruciating pain throughout the entire ordeal.

Working from a very small internet photo as reference I built this loose sketch of a business man.

Currently I am re-doing this sketch as an ink wash on paper by hand. when I am done I will post it here so we can compare it.

Late night sketch of a dog driving.

Not quite dogs playing poker or shooting pool

This was a quick sketch of a whitetail deer flagging and moving away. No hunter wants to see this. Although chances are he will come back around to get a better look at what spooked him.

Illustration done on computer working from photos.

I am starting to get quite a few comments on this illustration. so here is some more info on this sketch. I photographed this model and pulled the images into Photoshop in a digital format. Creating a new layer above the photos I sketched Leroy’s details on the separate layer. I also created a layer below the photo and filled it with white. Then I could reduce the opacity of the photo layer to wash it out a bit. Sketching on the top layer quickly and loosely just capturing the details that make this models features interesting. This sketch is a comp of 5 separate sketches done with this method. They were used in a comic book style ad and all 5 were done in under 3 hours including the photography itself. The sketching could be done with a mouse but goes much faster with a graphics tablet such as a Wacom tablet < www.wacom.com >. Using this method you could make the finished product look like watercolor, Oils, Pastels, Charcoal etc…