Joshua D Hoaglund Studio Sketchbook: I was just thinking about you

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

I was just thinking about you. Artwork and events from Dec 2014 to October 2015.

The West Coast Dragon Logo is printed. Sensei Osai took my drawing for the dragon and completed his vision for his Tang Soo Do School Logo.

http://www.wcdtsd.com/

"I was just thinking about you" Joshua Hoaglund Oil on wood 2014

This painting derives from sketch books in 2014. I have been working on some thought balloon type sketches in my books. I have posted some of these sketches in earlier posts. I wanted to work in some painted medium and this is the first painting combining sketches with wood, primer, enamel paint, and shellac. There is a plan for a series of these paintings in the works. The second one is on the way currently. I am going to try to keep it closer to the original and draw more directly on the wood before I start. So I will have no ink cartoon. The challenge is to keep the lines fresh. My daughter said she likes the ink sketch better. I took a break from this theme to work on the retrograde 2015 painting. (see that post which is coming soon)

Sedona Travel pics 2015.

Sitting on rocks feeling the vortex energy in Sedona AZ 2015

Montezuma's castle national monument.

Upon return to Carlsbad CA, Mayari and I immediately did a Pee Wee's Playhouse Marathon on Netflix.

I made a surfing hand-plane, and tested it...it works.

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

April through December 2014 Inkings

Recap after the end of 2014. Looking back at some inked work I made from April -Dec 2014

I have been working on a graphic for my daughter's Tang Soo Do school. The West Coast Dragons.This is a finalized version, which has the two halves of the dragon's head mirrored using tracing paper.

The little dragon prototype herself.

First version Pencils

Which lead to this inked version

Dragon warm-up sketches done directly with a brush.

These heads are buggers in my head. I keep drawing them then ink them out. I have taken the "I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT YOU" one and transferred it to a painting on wood.

The Webcomic/Graphic Novel for The Adventures of Jack Maggot is still in progress. I have been making edits the the story, by adding pages in sections that I felt needed more emphasis. I wanted to slow down the introduction to Jack's first meeting with Underground, the garbage pile who holds Zombie Matt's intestine for ransom. Also I am working on character designs for a dominant female character in the story. I imagine her as a mix of a Bene Geserit reverened mother,with Medusa, and a Punk Feminist. Pretty much an eye opener of a character for Jack's adolescent skater dude bullshit.