1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 1. Black and Mild is one of my personal favorites. It is inspired by a man, that used to live in the apartment complex, behind mine. I would see him sit outside, on the curb before his building to smoke. I was so drawn in by his posture and demeanor, that a good capture of the scene had to be documented on paper. I came home from work one day, and saw him from my opened blinds, at the balcony sliding door. I quickly grabbed my Bristol board pad and ballpoint pen. The sketch turned out perfect, and I added washes. I have drawn several versions of this piece, but this particular one expresses what was seen, the most accurately. 2. Cigarette and Beer is similar to Black and Mild, in several ways. Both of these pieces are about two individual men, who lived in the same apartment complex,  but different buildings. Like " Mild " this man also sat on the curb to smoke and relax. This is the man that also is the muse, that inspired my chatacter named Forde. Durin...

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. Black Gay Love, is a piece I created near the beginning of my experimentation with ink wash and micron pens combined. I did not stick with this process for long, because I did not feel satisfied with the results. I thought it stiffened my drawings, giving a mechanical appearance. I realized eventually, it was not necessary to choose one over the other ( washes or micron pens ) because they both had their own unique contribution to my ideas, at various times. I decided to just keep them separate, and returned back to combining washes, with ball point pen instead. 2. Black Gay Love # 2, was an example of keeping the mediums separate. I revisited the drawing, using microns and a black brush pen. I was not a big fan of the Sakura brush pen either. It was too bold and intimidating to me, at the time. It gave my drawings a more graphic arts appearance, that did not satisfy me either. The idea itself is very important to me, because it expresses a part of who I am. I am a...