Category: Art

  • Franzini’s Pizzaria

    Sketch13413253My favorite pizza place in Deep Ellum, and it’s not because of the pizza. That table up on the second floor is a great spot to get some reading done :)

     

  • Looking into the future

    Chatting with a friend about our candy and ice cream habits, I got to wondering where it would lead us…jeffAndJames_tooMuchCandy_low

  • FlockDraw.com

    I stumbled across this collaborative drawing website. Sent my college buddy Jeff Bellio a link, and this was what happened:

    jeffAndJames_flockDraw_doodle1This is what happens when you unleash our brains upon the same canvas at the same time! Neither of us has a plan, neither of us really knows what is going on.

    jeffAndJames_flockDraw_doodle5One of us will usually start by drawing a few large shapes, then the other will start to fill in what he thinks they should be.

    jeffAndJames_flockDraw_doodle8We have no qualms with the other drawing over top anything we started. It’s such an amalgamation, that I can hardly remember what I contributed vs. what Jeff added.

     

     

     

  • Moby Dick

    mobyDickDoodled this while recently watching the 1956, Moby Dick.

     

  • Ship Doodle

    This was a sketch I did back when I was exploring compositions for my Canvas for the Cause entry.

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  • Fun Cart

    This was a gift for my brother. Really think I captured him with this one :)

    Fun Cart

  • Airport Doodlings

    I’ve never minded hanging out at the airport. Always seem to keep myself occupied :)

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  • First Photo

    Here is the first photo I’ve decided to post on my art blog.

    Tranquil Evening at White Rock

    I don’t intend to post too many photos here. You can just head over to my ShootingPrettyThings.com website if you want to keep up with all the pictures I do take. What I plan to do here is post the ones that have some particular significance.

    This photo was one of the first I took when getting back into photography. It was an eye opener into what can be done with modern cameras. Sure, I had been using digital cameras for years, and rented out a couple high end DSLRs back in college, but this was the first time I started shooting RAW, and really understood what that meant — technically and artistically. Got to love that smooth dynamic range!