Sketchbook #1: Recycled Compositions

Time to streamlinify! This 9x12 heavyweight sketchbook is my attempt to revisit old artwork (there's so much kicking about the studio) and play with composition on a standard-sized page.

I started by thinking about 'quieter' compositions...

And then about color and rhythm...

 (I liked these in person, but now they're looking about as subtle as a punch in the spleen. Hm...)

Next I cut up some of my favorite abandoned kid-monster-drawings. Who would throw these dragons away?? So cool! Again, thinking about repetition and paring down (color, at least-- still a heckuvalot going on). Trying hard to think more about background than I usually do. Not finished, put lots of fun.