Moleskine for the Iphone and Ipad

The Moleskine for the Iphone and Ipad has been released. I hope they'll update it with other versions aside from the ruled page.

Pencil Drawings - Moleskine sketches

Some Moleskine pencil drawings i've done in the past...

Design Renegade Review: Herakut : The Perfect Merge

Amazing review for Graffiti book Herakut : The Perfect Merge

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Pencil Drawings - Use a Ballpen

One way to gain confidence in your drawings is to use a ball point pen! Using this medium will give you a sense of urgency and finality to your piece. You will surely create a lot of mistakes and some blotches (just like the one you see on the cheek of my drawing), but this practice will give you skill in the long run. You will realize how much pressure to apply for each stroke so your drawing wont look like a scribbled mess. This is as raw as it gets, no erasures or Ctrl+Z's involved. Have fun!

* Do share any piece you've made in the comments section. I'd love to see them.

Pencil Drawings - Draw using Reference

Drawing using reference is ok. Most illustrators including myself need to use any reference to draw something unfamiliar. It is a process of teaching your brain what lines you need to do for the structure you're trying to create. As you see in the drawing below, I've looked up some images of school buses.  I then chose to use the traditional bus and mix it with a newer face of a bus. Added the typical black stripes located on the sides of the bus, and there you have it. A slightly confused man who sees the bus thinking to himself "...but today's Saturday?!".

Pencil Drawings - Borrow a pencil

I have this strange habit that If I use someone's pencil to draw, the outcome looks better. It may be that I feel im not responsible for doing a good job if I use it. It could also be the spontaneity that happens and you had to do it right the first time because you need to return it soon. 

Pencil Drawings - Be inspired

To be successful in pencil drawings you must always have the energy and state of mind to create something. It doesn't have to matter if your doing the same drawings again and again. All your drawings still come out differently from the last. But the best thing to have is inspiration to do so. This doesn't have to mean that your inspired by someone as the typical notion goes. It's those sudden gush of insight from something that you need to capture and take note. And I do mean take note of it! Earlier on my way home, I saw this print on someone's shirt that amazed me. The print was at the back of the T-shirt and it was just a silhouette of a dog, but the way it was done gave this strong vintage feel to it. Then I was stuck thinking about things that I can do with the same style. But I need to act fast, because once the energy has lost it's luster, then its wasted.