Hello y’all, I slept a bit late so today’s sketchbook has taken longer than I thought to put together. Today I have 11 sketchbook images (along with artist commentary) that I’ve accumulated since the last Sketchbook Thursday. Enjoy!

“Systematic” 9/26/2012

I love how insignificant the little man appears in this piece (you can barely see him standing in a doorway),  as if he’s just entering a strange and bizzare world. I would love to refine/redo this piece later on.

“Sled” 9/26/2012

Can you find the faces? I swear I didn’t intend for them, but there you go. I drew this while listening to live jazz music and some guy talking very loudly over it -_-

“9 levels” 9/26/2012

This is one of the pieces that I really wish I had shaded/colored. I just think it could really use a good ‘pop’… Anyway, I love the vertically of this piece and how its another one of my subterranean pieces. The name refers to the 9 levels of hell, since it appears as though the piece is melting. 

“Esh-fish” 9/17/2012

This somehow turned into a fish drawing… I honestly don’t know how. I was just doodling Escher-like drawings and it just looked better with scales, and it became a fish.

“Gaul” 9/17/2012

I would really love to refine this piece later on… it just has a really great flow and structure to it.

Interested in seeing more? Visit my etsy store (http://www.etsy.com/shop/Hallarte) where you can buy a premade sketch or order a custom one! I’m also interested in seeing what you see in my drawings, so if you’d like to let me know, feel free to reblog with a reply!

Hello y’all, I slept a bit late so today’s sketchbook has taken longer than I thought to put together. Today I have 11 sketchbook images (along with artist commentary) that I’ve accumulated since the last Sketchbook Thursday. Unfortunately I didn’t have a chance to refine these images by shading (for examples see last week’s sketchbook)… still, I hope you enjoy!

“The Tower” 9/16/2012

I had a load of fun making this piece, particularly because of the tower portion. I just love the way a shape is suggested, while keeping things surreal and skewed slightly. I can see this as being influencing a future painting… If I can ever finish the one I’m currently on <_<

“Stax” 9/16/2012

There’s something interesting going on in this piece… sort of reminds me of some of my older surreal paintings. I just love the way that the shapes just sort of converge out of one another. I don’t really see anything in the way of identifiable shapes- but if you see faces or somesuch, that’s sort of the point of my art.

“69” 9/16/2012

No comment on this one

“Trump” 9/26/2012

I drew this while listening to- you guessed it- jazz music! This is just a fun and very musical piece.

“Rascal” 9/26/2012

I see this piece as a sort of cross-section of a countryside or some other terrain… except really surreal. I drew this while listening to jazz music, so you can see some instruments.

Interested in seeing more? Visit my etsy store (http://www.etsy.com/shop/Hallarte) where you can buy a premade sketch or order a custom one! I’m also interested in seeing what you see in my drawings, so if you’d like to let me know, feel free to reblog with a reply!

This week is sort of a drawing dump of what I’ve done over the past several weeks. The majority of these drawings were inspired by live jazz music. Since this particular week is kind of packed, I’ve decided to split this up into two installments. Enjoy!

“Museo” 9/5/2012

This was originally a surreal drawing of a tree but it eventually became a museum and then some sort of cavernous space. I’d like to think of it as a cross section of a museum and fountain and a nearby tree.

“Dante” 9/5/2012

To me this piece is reminiscent of what I imagine would be a subterranean adventure: Hot and claustrophobic. In reality I drew this while in a restaurant trying to listen to a jazz band while some jerk was shouting in my ear. Interestingly you can sort of guess my internal state at the time. Shapes are barely attached to one another which suggests unsettling environment; the piece’s ‘firey’ nature is likely the anxiety which I was feeling or the fast percussion of the band. Therefore I think its suiting to reference the 9 levels of hell, in that I couldn’t really imagine a more suiting circle of hell than a really loud environment… but I guess that’s just me.

“Doktor” Sept 2012

I really enjoy the sense of skewed perspective you get in this piece. I began the piece with the spine in the center of the piece and the arching shapes around that. I really wanted this piece to resemble an aspect from one of my older pieces Oceanic, 2012 ( https://www.etsy.com/listing/102895846/oceanic ), which was a really great piece that was all about skewing with perspective and shape. Oh, and there’s a face.

“Jester” 9/8/2012

I don’t really know what was with me, but for some reason I really enjoyed drawing faces in my artwork; the only problem was that it was only after I finished and showed others that I noticed that jokers face. This reminds me of a future project that I want to do which involves surreal drawings of tarot cards.

Interested in seeing more? Visit my etsy store (http://www.etsy.com/shop/Hallarte) where you can buy a premade sketch or order a custom one! I’m also interested in seeing what you see in my drawings, so if you’d like to let me know, feel free to reblog with a reply!

This week is sort of a drawing dump of what I’ve done over the past several weeks. The majority of these drawings were inspired by live jazz music. Since this particular week is kind of packed, I’ve decided to split this up into two installments. Enjoy!

“Green Thumb” 8/27/2012

This piece is actually a combination of two drawings. The first one was a few rectangular shapes and an abstract shape that didn’t seem to work, so it was abandoned. Later I came back and drew the hand and tree growing up around the old image (which at this point is upside down).

“Pipe Dream” 9/8/2012

What can I say? There’s a lot of Escher pipes and drainage going on here.

“Reciever” 9/8/2012

I started drawing this around a telephone shape in the center, with other electronics in limbo around the phone. It wasn’t until later that I recognized yet another face and person… its hard to spot him, but he’s sitting down with his legs against his chest and holding onto the phone in the middle. He’s got on some cool shades.

“Kathu” 8/28/2012

I just love the tentacle-heart in the lower right.

Interested in seeing more? Visit my etsy store (http://www.etsy.com/shop/Hallarte) where you can buy a premade sketch or order a custom one! I’m also interested in seeing what you see in my drawings, so if you’d like to let me know, feel free to reblog with a reply!

Hello y’all,

After a short spontaneous hiatus I have returned reinvigorated and ready to do some art! 

I’ve decided to keep updates regular, and the best way to do that is to keep to a schedule. Therefore I’ve decided to make a “Sketchbook Thursdays” where I’ll post various sketches and comics that I’ve created over the week. Of these drawings will be journal comics, pages from my sketchbook, and digital work.

Also you should expect to see Weekly updates on Wednesdays, but that is subject to change.

Take care,

-CHall