Cars, Planes and Other Machines

I've been drawing cars and stuff like that since I was 9. Here are some machines I have drawn over the last few years.

I like to draw animals driving fast:

These were both sold at Art Unleashed, an auction benefiting the Greater Kansas City Humane Society.

I love hot rods. Here are a few random:

The one above was originally for a flyer I did for a Halloween car show. Unfortunately, I don't have one of the fliers. Here is the car in color:

The King:

 



The following drawing was done when I worked in screen printing. I first drew it by hand then scanned it and re-drew it in Macromedia Freehand. It was used on shirts for Sonic Drive-In.

Here's another one I did in Freehand, just for fun:

Several years ago, a friend needed a cute airplane for a project she was working on. This is what I came up with. The first is the pencil original and the second is the final done in Freehand:

Another airplane:

And in color (Prismacolor). The website doesn't exist anymore:

This is a sensitive robot I made up:

And in color:

 

 

I'll leave you for now with this weird robot pig:

 



Bunny Mania!

As I mentioned earlier, bunnies are some of my favorite animals to draw. I have done quite a number of them over the years. Here are a few in no particular order. Unless otherwise noted, all drawings are pencil or pencil and pastel.

If I remember correctly, this one was sold at Art Unleashed, a benefit for the KC area Humane Society. I also like drawing cars. I will devote a post to them in the near future.

Sometimes I like to really abstract an object:

Here he is in color (Prismacolor):

This is an odd one I did around 2002:

The following two are rough versions of some commissioned works from 2006:

Here's another hammer-wielding psychobunny:

And here is the Bride's mate:

These guys are having a good time:

This is a refined version of the Party Bunny. The color is really subtle and my scanner doesn't pick it up very well:

This was a doodle I did at work a few years ago:

The next few are recent drawings based on the above doodle:

Here is one inspired by a drawing my nephew did when he was really young:

I have more bunnies and other characters that I will be posting soon. Enjoy!

Brad

Ten Years Later

I think a good place to start is with a few pics from the exhibition from which this blog gets its name. When looking for images, I realized it's been exactly ten years. This was the flyer I did for the opening:

I've always loved the combination of cute and mischievous. This show was an early exploration of that. It also got me the attention of the police/bomb squad, the fire department and at least three TV stations.

The main piece in the show was a sculptural installation I called "I Love You To Pieces". It consisted of a large (Valentine's Day) teddy bear cut open with some of its stuffing removed. In the opening I placed a fake "device" and a bunch of staples and carpet tacks. I arranged it with a gift bag as though it had been dropped. Apparently, there's some law against displaying fake explosive devices and the police got involved. I didn't really get in trouble, but I couldn't display the sculpture in its entirety. I did however, get interviewed by three TV stations - KCTV5, KMBC9 and NBC41. Any publicity is good publicity. It was a great opening, too. I had a blast. ;)
I would love to post pics of the original sculpture, but these days somebody would be all over that and it probably wouldn't go so well for me.

The character I've used the most to illustrate the idea of cute/naughty is the Bad Bunny. I've drawn him a lot of different ways, but this one I've long considered "the original":

 

Here's another bunny. I remember the reporter from KCTV5 laughing out loud at this one:



 

 

This one was inspired by the song "Disgustipated" by Tool:



And speaking of cute carnivores, this next one was inspired by a true story. I'll spare the details. I call it "Siblings":

There were other works, but I am going to save them for future posts. I plan on doing a post of just bunnies, so stay tuned!

Welcome!

This is Brad and I will be using this blog as a place to show off my work, particularly my drawing. The Blog's title was a title I used for a solo gallery show in about 2003.

Most of what you will see here will look very cartoony. I've been drawing this way for a very long time and I am currently working on improving my skills. More about that later.

This blog is going to need a lot of work and I will be adding lots of images soon, but for now I'll leave you with this:

Brad