jesse's sketchpad

Halloween clear stamps

2010-04-22T03:28:00.003-04:00

some Halloween clear stamps I did for work

Panda sketch

2010-04-22T02:56:00.002-04:00

a simple panda sketch that didn't make the wall stencil cut.

Pépe the Lobster

2009-02-22T12:55:00.005-05:00

Hey, this is a nice little progression of a lobster character I'd been working on and then inked up at Justin's place during our drawing jam session yesterday. I really want to start finishing/coloring my pieces 'cause I've been pencilling and inking for so long but doing very little coloring, or vectorizing, if you will. But I'm gonna try to do more of these finished pieces.

Hope y'all like it.

Da Gov

2009-02-21T18:39:00.000-05:00

Governor Patterson

All Hail The Chief!

2009-01-04T23:37:00.002-05:00

Quick Obama sketch...

Death Chopper

2009-01-01T12:22:00.002-05:00

A little side freelance project I worked on recently.

From The Vault - (Circa 2000)

2009-01-01T09:37:00.004-05:00

I drew these for the Baby Popeye license a while back (it only lasted about a minute) and I can't remember if they were ever printed, but I love the way they came out and they were a real burst of creativity I had back when I was still "happy" at my old job at KH. I think I pumped these out in like, three days! Anyway, there's also one more piece I really like from the bunch with Popeye on a sled going over a little snow hill, really cool, but I cannot find it. I'll keep looking...enjoy.

Post-Its Post #1

2008-12-13T13:07:00.001-05:00

Waiting for stuff to print at work...

Colored Pencil Study

2008-12-13T13:00:00.002-05:00

Just trying to warm the hand up again with colored pencils...getting ready for my Betty Page drawing.

From The Vault - (2001-2002)

2008-12-03T00:55:00.002-05:00

These were done for Miro's dept. at KH and I think all of them sold except for the first one, the lizard. He was too unrecognizable so the client didn't buy him. I think he looks like a lizard...a weird one, that's all.

From The Vault - (2000-2001)

2008-12-03T00:48:00.003-05:00

Here are some sketches I did back in '00-'01. Looking at them again I can see some imperfections so I may redraw these and repost them at a later date. In the meantime, enjoy the original unedited, rookie versions.

Gee Bee Racer Planes

2008-11-28T11:30:00.005-05:00

A couple of my favorite small airplanes, the Gee Bee "Bulldog" Racer and the Gee Bee "Z" Racer (most commonly known as the Bee for its black and yellow color scheme from the movie Rocketeer). Will be inking these up and coloring them as well.

Crazy for stickers

2008-11-28T03:57:00.007-05:00

Hi y'all...

yeah I know, been awhile. Thought I'd start posting...no excuses. Drawing for stickers, the 3D kind you use for scrapbooking or just for fun. Find them at your local Michaels or AC Moore. Go easy on me, guys. Thanks.

In Honor of Miro Carril

2007-09-30T10:25:00.000-04:00

Who's Miro Carril? He's someone I used to admire at KHNY who (for better or worse) used to demand attention and respect from his peers (as well as some deserved disesteem, given his occasional diva-status) and left this world a little too early from a boogie-boarding accident while on vacation with his family.

This is one of the many drawings I did for him which happened to be one of his favorites. The other day i dug it up and it brought back so many memories that I decided to re-draw it and maybe spruce it up a bit.

Rest in peace, Miro.

Teen Hulk B-Ball

2007-09-04T12:09:00.000-04:00

A drawing I did for the teen line of superheroes for Marvel at my job last week. I kinda like the pose. Don't think it got approved. Who cares, I like it.

Mini Sketch Dump

2007-09-03T14:34:00.000-04:00

Some random recent and not-so-recent sketches I did for work. Nothing really "new" but I am working on something new which I'll post very soon!

Extreme Closeup #2 - Bust Deez Nuts!!!

2007-08-26T11:07:00.000-04:00

In my second installment of celebrity closeups, here's Busta Rhymes. I just loved this photograph 'cause it caricatured his already gigantic and elastic face without me having to draw him! So I exaggerated his already distorted features slightly.

Chillin' at Dark Forest Studios

2007-08-26T10:42:00.000-04:00

What's up, fellas. Just trying to get back into the swing of things. I've neglected this blog way too long and it's time to resuscitate. This is Kamen Rider, a favorite of our buddy Justin, done up at his place while hangin' and drawin' this past Saturday. Hope y'all like.

BIG SKETCH DUMP!!!

2007-01-05T00:05:00.000-05:00

Just a little mix of some old and newer stuff I've been working on. If you recognize the guy dunking the ball that's Bruce Ratner, half-owner of the NY Nets basketball team (co-owned by my employer's dad who plunked down I think it was $50mil two years ago for half-ownership of the team...oh yeah, and we got no raises that year!!! What a surprise!!!) Anyways, Jason (my boss) commissioned me to do his birthday card and this is what I came up with...it was also silkscreened on a hideous tank top and given out who knows where...probably at a game or some hob-nobbing get-together. The tanks came out hideous 'cause someone took my drawing, inked it and did a quickie Photoshop color job on it 'cause (as usual) it had to go to production immediately. Oh well, at least my drawing came out pretty cool...it even looks like him. Go ahead, Google him, you'll see. :)

Tom's Tat

2007-01-04T23:37:00.000-05:00

This is a tattoo I did for a co-worker. He basically did a rough layout of the thing and I had to research online all the elements and re-draw and ink it. He didn't want a 'perfect' Illustrator inking; instead he wanted the drawing to look more natural and organic. In fact, it's all hand-done except at the end I scanned it into the computer and did the type, then printed it and pasted it onto the mechanical. Mechanical...now there's a word you don't hear in an art dept. anymore, huh?
It's the Irish crest/symbol for his family name (hope I got that right, Glenn). It was fun and something different, plus it got me out of my drawing funk.

Happy New Year Everyone and no, I'm not dead

2007-01-04T23:01:00.000-05:00

What's up people...I know it's been quite a while for me, but 2006 proved to be a trying year for me and my family and the pressures and ailments threw us for a loop. My art suffered and my personal stuff became really heavy to manage and the addition of my daughter and how sick she'd been all through her first 3 months of daycare (and subsequently thereafter) also took its toll on us. If you've already heard all this before or you're not interested or think I'm just bitching, well, move on, I don't care. This is meant for my friends and family who've stuck with me through the thick and thin and haven't gotten pissy with me for not posting as often. I had to take stock of my life and my work and decide what was more important. Although family will always come first in my world, I'm gonna make a conscious effort to draw some more this year and take more photos and just be more creative. I hope you all come along for the ride with me and no, Rob, you're not gonna throw me a 1-year anniversary no-post party alright so save it, pal. :) I have been checking out all my friends' blogs and some others who I don't know who've really inspired me and actually scared the living shit out of me. Man, there is some scarily great talent out there! Unbelievable! I'll be adding some of these geniuses to my blog as time goes by 'cause I think everyone I know should check these people out.

Anywho, enough of the crap and let's get to the art! The following sketches I did at a time in my life where there weren't any weighty rent issues, or major debts, or worries of any kind except which celebrity I wanted to pluck out of a magazine and draw. I loved sitting for hours and drawing likenesses of famous people and not-so-famous ones; it was liberating. These are circa 1990 and some of them are raw but I like them a lot. It also shows how far I've come, or not, since I haven't done much lately to even rival these. But I love the Woody Allen ballpoint pen drawing...man, that one's from 1986!!! Even the paper's all chewed up and yellowed. Anyways, I just wanted to dig some old stuff out to remind myself how great it felt to just sit and draw and I wanted to post them. I'll have some new stuff as I go along.

Hope everyone had a great holiday season and I wish everyone a healthy and happy new year. Let's make this one even better!

Jessito

Van Halen Still Rocks!!!

2006-02-05T02:28:00.000-05:00

Sorry for the delay in posting, folks, but I've had my hands full and the baby's been under the weather. I figured in the meantime I'll post something old but dear to me. This was one of Van Halen's t-shirt designs for their 1984 concert tour...I believe it was the one where Eddie brainfarted and started playing keyboards. (I loved them but I never got to see them live...don't know why). What the hell was he thinking? I mean, the guy didn't suck but, it's just that he's such a freakin' monster on the guitar, you really don't see him doing anything else. Anyway, I really fell in love with that t-shirt and the design on it and I decided to reproduce it in Rapidograph pen (remember those, kids?) and colored pencils. I'll probably redo it in Illustrator one of these days 'cause I think it's such a cool drawing. But I love the rawness and the discipline I had back then for detail...still do. Hope you enjoy it...
Later, dudes!

Sid "El Diablo" Diaz

2006-01-26T23:03:00.000-05:00

Here's a quick sketch I did of my friend Sidney at work. He says he likes it but I know he thought it was average. If he would've liked it, he would've gone apeshit like he does when he REALLY likes a drawing. Fuck 'im...I like it and I'm gonna ink it and color it anyway...stay tuned for those later.
Nothing but love for ya, Sid! :)

Some Basketball sketches...

2006-01-26T22:58:00.000-05:00

These are some sketches I did...also for my job. These definitely didn't go anywhere 'cause my boss wasn't sure what he was looking for and I don't think these were it. Anyway, I'll be posting more stuff like this, just sketches of stuff I work on that hardly makes it to print.

Pooh & Tigger

2006-01-26T22:43:00.000-05:00

Here are a couple of sketches I did at my job. I don't even think these made it to print. Oh well...

Mike Vick Portrait

2006-01-16T22:39:00.000-05:00

I'm not into football but I thought this description of him accurately describes the cockiness in his eyes: "Became first African–American Quarterback to be chosen with the 1st pick overall by Atlanta in the 2001 NFL Draft." Wow, pretty amazing, don't you think? I hope I captured his likeness okay...I thought it was a striking portrait.

First self-portrait of the year!

2006-01-16T22:26:00.001-05:00

Just a little drawing of myself to kick the blog off.
You'll see lots of these in the future since I'm a freakin' expert at drawing myself! :)

Hello and Happy New Year, y'all!

2005-12-31T13:10:00.000-05:00

Well, I finally took the plunge...I'm blogging. I've joined the anesthesized hordes of millions now yapping away on their own blogs on the world wide web. Took me long enough and all my friends are doing it...man, peer pressure is a bitch. I thought it might be nice to start the blog and the new year with a photo of my little princess Karina. She's my inspiration and the main reason why I started this blog...
Anyway, I hope you check back often for my miscellani of drawings, photos and crap I'll be posting here. Have a happy and healthy new year everyone!