the Pointless Doodles of Eric Devericks

Citadel Rave

2011-04-12T01:47:00.000-07:00

A fun little illustration that turned out much better than I expected.

Hot Robot Action

2011-02-24T16:04:00.001-08:00

Mr. Roboto

2011-02-23T16:08:00.001-08:00

Pumpkin Orange pencil on Moleskine, colored in Painter

I did this sketch while I was eating a sandwich at lunch. The scanning and coloring took about 20 minutes. I really dig drawing robots, there is something fun about it. This one turned out a little pigeon toed, which was kind of fun and unexpected.

2011-02-22T12:51:00.000-08:00

Illustration

2011-02-15T15:35:00.001-08:00

I got myself a night gig on Monday nights doing illustration work for a Weekly newspaper. Here are a few of the spot illustrations.

Sofa Dragon

2011-01-17T21:42:00.001-08:00

I have an aversion to sticking my hand in dark places. I don't like feeling around in the cracks of a chair or sofa to find the remote, lost keys, loose change or anything for that matter. You might say my imagination won't put up with it.

Zombie figure drawing

2011-01-11T11:58:00.000-08:00

I've started going to a local figure drawing group here in San Clemente, something I haven't done since college. I never think the finished drawings from the group are that exciting. Then I thought, I could turn them into zombies....

Emotions

2011-01-10T22:03:00.001-08:00

I've been working with a friend on another separate group sketchblog where we focus our sketches on weekly themes. This week's theme is "intense emotions". I was traveling last week and eating out at a variety of restaurants and it seemed like food was constantly on my mind. It got me thinking about whether it's possible to have "intense emotions" when it comes to food? It's been fun, but I'm not sure I captured what I'm looking for yet...back to the sketchbook.

Hill Billy and friends

2011-01-06T22:04:00.001-08:00

Sketching shouldn't be hard. But when you can draw whatever you want, often you can think of anything. It's very annoying. So I came up with a way to solve the problem. I have three ziploc baggies with slips of paper on them. One bag contains characters, one contains things and one contains activities. Whenever I can't think of something to sketch, I draw slips of paper out of the bags. A couple days ago I drew, "hillbilly" and "Flying". Sometimes I put them together, sometimes separate. Hey, it works.

"Props"

2011-01-05T11:19:00.000-08:00

Orange pencil, brush pen and Painter on Moleskine

I've been wanting to draw and airplane for sometime now. Airplanes are the very first thing I remember drawing and they always evoke that feeling of freedom and imagination I had as a kid watching them fly over our home in Maryland as a kid. We lived under the flight path for Andrew's Airforce base where they had many air shows. If you were lucky you would see the president's plane, Airforce One fly over.

It's Pat

2011-01-03T18:09:00.000-08:00

I often do little swatches in the back of my sketch book to test colors, waterproof ink, test how black some inks are compared to others...geeky, I know. I was working on that when I started sketching this. Not sure what or who it is...he, she, it, not sure. It has a an interesting mood that I like. I'm trying to work on a color palette to work with.

First Sketch of 2011

2011-01-02T19:10:00.000-08:00

I love drawing cars, I just don't like drawing realistic cars. Squished, flattened and distorted...more fun that way.

What Rocks? I Don't Know What You Are Talking About?!

2008-08-26T23:20:00.001-07:00

05 Micron and watercolor on small "Moleskine"

1114 Republican Street
Originally uploaded by Eric Devericks

My friend Gabi is whining over on his blog, Seattle Sketcher, about some rocks that he says I threw at him while we were sketching. Well, if I did throw a rock or two, and I'm not saying I did, it would have been because he was finished with his drawing in about half the time of mine. He's a whiner.

Next time I'm bringing water balloons.

Oh, Gabi mentioned that I did a caricature of him. I also got another one today while I was at it. Sorry, Gabi hope you're not too mad.

Man In The Black Hat

2008-08-21T01:09:00.001-07:00

005 Micron and watercolor on large Moleskine

Man In The Black Hat
Originally uploaded by Eric Devericks

This is a sketch of the bad guy from a graphic novel I have worked on now and then over the last couple years. It's on the shelf for now but someday I'd love to give it the time it deserves.

This character is based on my father. The whole story is really a metaphor for the worst parts of him. I won't go into to much detail here but if you're curious and you see me, ask me about it. I'd be happy to tell you about it. Pretty harsh huh? I think it's important to write and draw things that you are passionate about. Otherwise, they turn out stale and lifeless.

This is the first time I've done a color sketch of any of the characters from that story. It's really amazing how much some color can bring it to life in ways you don't get in black and white.

1210 Republican Demolition

2008-08-19T22:12:00.001-07:00

05 Micron on small Moleskine with watercolor added later

1210 Republican Demolition
Originally uploaded by Eric Devericks

I went sketching with Gabi again. This time we went a few blocks away where Gabi had heard that two of the oldest houses in the South Lake Union neighborhood we about to be demolished. Sure enough, these two houses were already in the process of being torn down. You can't see it here but the whole back end these homes is gone. It's kind of a shame they have to tear down old houses like this. Half way through this sketch it occurred to me that our drawings will probably be the last that are ever done to these two homes.

I was happy with the way this sketch turned out. I feel like I'm getting better at this.

Make sure you check out Gabi's blog here.

Bots and Noses

2008-08-16T23:23:00.001-07:00

Pentel Pocket Brush Pen, blue mechanical pencil on large Moleskine

Bots and Noses
Originally uploaded by Eric Devericks

Just a couple bots and big noses. Someday, I'm going to look like that guy in the upper left.

Discovery Park Lighthouse

2008-08-16T22:59:00.001-07:00

Discovery Park Lighthouse
Originally uploaded by Eric Devericks

After an hour at the skatepark this morning I had to be over at Discovery Park to help out with a Boy Scout nature walk. I took a few minutes near the end to sketch the lighthouse on the point there.

All this feels so foreign to me. It's not that I don't know how to draw, I draw all the time. Most of the time though, I just make it up. I'll keep at it and in the mean time I will probably be posting some just for fun cartoony sketches as well.

Natty-Bug

2008-08-15T10:20:00.000-07:00

I was re-reading a favorite graphic novel of mine the other night and wondering what some of the creatures might look like in color. This critter is from Earthboy Jacobus by Doug TenNapel.

Fine tipped fountain pen with Noodler's Ink and watercolor on a 3.5"x5" Hand Book Journal sketchbook

Sketch With a Friend

2008-08-14T21:55:00.000-07:00

Gabi Campanrio, a friend of mine from work got together for an afternoon sketch break yesterday. This is a corner store/deli a couple blocks from our office building on the corner of Republican and Minor.

Lots new things for me in this sketch session. It was the first time I've sketched a cityscape like this, I don't remember ever drawing on such a small sketch book (3.5"x 5")and I think this is the first time I've sat down on the edge of a street and just started drawing. It was a lot of fun except for the part where Gabi's drawing put mine to shame. I had to go home and draw something cartoony in my sketchbook to feel better about myself.

Inspired

2008-08-07T22:22:00.000-07:00

After seeing the fantastic sketch blog of my friend Gabi Campanrio, "The Seattle Sketcher" I was inspired to start one of my own. I have wanted to do something like this for a long time but like many things that we want to do we never seem to have the time until we make time. Gabi takes his Moleskine, a pen, a travel kit of watercolors and 20-30 minutes a day and has created a body of work that I admire. I hope to do the same. I have always loved sketches as much if not more than many finished works of art, there is just something so loose and spontaneous about them. Now that doing cartoons is a career I rarely take time to use other media or practice anything but cartooning, now is as good a time as any to change that. Here goes...