Drawn to Distraction http://kevinparks.com/blog Kevin Parks | sketch blog Wed, 15 May 2013 19:27:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Rose & Thorn http://kevinparks.com/blog/2013/05/rose-thorn/ http://kevinparks.com/blog/2013/05/rose-thorn/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 17:10:05 +0000 Kevin Parks http://kevinparks.com/blog/?p=1289 One of my paintings “Murder of One” has the honor of cover image for the latest and unfortunately, final issue of the Rose & Thorn Journal of prose and poetry. Please visit their website and wish them well in their future endeavors. They also have a facebook page.

 

 

Mixed Media, painting, crow, assemblage

Rose & Thorn Cover

 

I posted this a while back and I imagine that is how they found me and graciously offered me a place in their last issue. They included a brief bio and artist’s statement on their website so check that out if you are interested in that sort of thing.

Thank you Alaine Benard for including me in your swan song. I wish you all the best for the future of you and your fellow R&T staffers.

 

 

]]> http://kevinparks.com/blog/2013/05/rose-thorn/feed/ 1 Frog Prince http://kevinparks.com/blog/2013/05/frog-prince/ http://kevinparks.com/blog/2013/05/frog-prince/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 04:40:58 +0000 Kevin Parks http://kevinparks.com/blog/?p=1275 I finished my Frog Prince digital painting today. Pretty cut and dried. I inked one of the sketches from my May 1st. post in Manga Studio 4 and painted it in Photoshop CS3. I then added him to the logotype, created in illustrator and rendered in Photoshop.

frog prince, digital painting, cartoon frog

Froglodyte

frog prince, digital painting, cartoon frog, storytime logo

Final Art for Storytime

]]> http://kevinparks.com/blog/2013/05/frog-prince/feed/ 1 Grey in Black http://kevinparks.com/blog/2013/05/grey-in-black/ http://kevinparks.com/blog/2013/05/grey-in-black/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 16:30:49 +0000 Kevin Parks http://kevinparks.com/blog/?p=1270 Lately I have really missed painting. I wanted to feel the fun and sense of accomplishment of moving the paint around to form an image with textures and colors that were pleasing to my eye and hopefully someone else’s too. So I took up the challenge of painting a portrait for the Head & Shoulders group show for this coming First Friday arts celebration. Nothing big mind you (seriously this piece is the size of a business card) just something I could do for the sheer fun of it. So I grabbed this image I sketched last November and took a stab at it.

painting, acrylic/gouache, grey alien, gray alien, sci fi, portrait

MIB new recruit

What do y’all think, should I keep painting or stick to the pencil?

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frog prince sketch, pencil, cartoon

frog prince sketch, pencil, cartoon

frog prince sketch, pencil, cartoon

frog prince sketches, pencil, cartoon

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the man I never was

the man I never was

 

]]> http://kevinparks.com/blog/2013/04/tminw/feed/ 0 Red http://kevinparks.com/blog/2013/03/red/ http://kevinparks.com/blog/2013/03/red/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:38:36 +0000 Kevin Parks http://kevinparks.com/blog/?p=1252 Just trying something new

pencil sketch, fez hat, portrait of a man, color

fez hats are cool

]]> http://kevinparks.com/blog/2013/03/red/feed/ 1 Mini Epiphany and Sketch Dump http://kevinparks.com/blog/2013/03/1232/ http://kevinparks.com/blog/2013/03/1232/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:16:51 +0000 Kevin Parks http://kevinparks.com/blog/?p=1232 Last night I sat down to create a drawing for the upcoming art show at the Stoneworks gallery in Ventura for the First Friday event. The theme this time is “Beard and Mustache”. I don’t know why but as much as I wanted to do a really special piece I just didn’t have it in me. I have been very blue and scattered these past months especially since my move but I did manage to scratch this out of my pencil:

col-erase pencil, sketch, god, man

God + man

 

I didn’t know what to think of this doodle but I felt it wasn’t working so I “dropped the needle” on my web browser bookmarks for inspiration and opened up this page: http://grillomation.blogspot.com/
Paydirt! what cool and amazing drawings by Oscar Grillo -so I grabbed my fountain pens and  just started drawing for the joy of it and let my mind wander. Here is what poured out of my pen. I hope this is the beginning of my getting back into my own skin again. I hope you like ‘em as much as I did doodlin’ ‘em.

satyr sketch, picassoesque, fountain pen, pen and ink, drawing

That's Mr. Satyr please

Female nude sketch, picassoesque, fountain pen, pen and ink, drawing

Hey Laaydeee

King Leer, Satyr, Female nude sketch, picassoesque, fountain pen, pen and ink, drawing

King Leer

fish and bird sketch, fountain pen, pen and ink, drawing

Bird's gotta swim, Fish gotta fry

space cat sketch, Catstronaught, fountain pen, pen and ink, drawing

Catstronaught

head sketches, fountain pen, pen and ink, drawing

Wandered back to the "Stache"

So I didn’t get a piece for the show but I think I am finally shaking off the funk.

 

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sketch, science fiction, spaceman and imaginary lover

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some days are better than others

]]> http://kevinparks.com/blog/2013/03/not-ready/feed/ 1 An Actual Doodle http://kevinparks.com/blog/2013/02/an-actual-doodle/ http://kevinparks.com/blog/2013/02/an-actual-doodle/#comments Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:08:59 +0000 Kevin Parks http://kevinparks.com/blog/?p=1216 Hey look, a for-real doodle on a for-real margin while talking on a for-real phone.

tiger doodle, pencil sketch, cartoon, portrait

I'm legit Bub

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