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Lovers

2011-11-15T08:33:00.001-08:00

Green Guardian

2011-11-09T07:50:00.001-08:00

Berries of Coffee Extension

2011-09-28T07:58:00.001-07:00

Done while nursing a nice cortado at BRC during the DUMBO Art Fair.

Pretty Old Potato

2011-09-27T10:52:00.001-07:00

When I realized they had sprouted I just let them go. Inspired by some great pictures Ayad Sinawi took of aging tubers.

Flowers and Coffee

2011-09-26T09:02:00.000-07:00

Nice flowers at Brooklyn Roasting Company on Jay Street in DUMBO. (Coffee being sipped, not pictured)

Aspect of the Guardian

2011-09-25T12:23:00.000-07:00

The Guardian of Evolution, also known simply as Octopus Thing. Now residing proudly in the private collection of Christie Nicholson.

Seedy Seed-Pod

2011-09-23T15:03:00.000-07:00

Mogador Chairs

2011-09-23T14:08:00.000-07:00

After a late night at work. Midnight dinner at Mogador plus some people watching

Don Juan in Argentina

2011-09-22T12:51:00.000-07:00

Sitting up on shore, just outside Ushuai Argentina rusting away and looking great. "Don Juan loves Anita" painted on the side.

Birthday Half Shell

2011-09-22T12:18:00.000-07:00

Kumamoto at Aquagrill, while waiting on the ladies

Seal Riff

2011-06-05T15:37:00.000-07:00

Drawn while thinking about seals we had seen that day and letting it drift a bit.

Elephant Seal Pup, Barrientos, Antarctica

2011-06-05T15:31:00.000-07:00

Drawn sitting in the warm cabin from a photo I took during a hike on Barrientos Island.

Glacier at Yankee Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula

2011-06-05T15:26:00.000-07:00

Darwn from the deck of the sailing ship Europa, during a 3 week tour of the Antarctic.

It's a robot

2010-07-27T18:59:00.001-07:00

Morning Cigarette at the Pantheon

2010-06-16T06:58:00.001-07:00

This time, a year ago I was in Rome having an early coffee across from the Pantheon. I made this sketch of a guy having his morning smoke sitting by the fountain in the center of the Piazza della Rotunda.

Diner Journal Pheasant

2010-06-10T09:04:00.000-07:00

These are some sketches for my pheasant illustration in the Diner Journal's Poultry Special Edition. The issue has a bunch of great illustrators that I wont attempt to list for fear of leaving someone out, but it's on news stands now as they say.

Alison (?) on trumpet with the Bogmen

2010-05-21T11:56:00.000-07:00

The trumpet player with the great horns trio playing with the Bogmen at Highline. Great energy all-around.

Bogmen Billy Campion

2010-05-21T11:51:00.001-07:00

Billy Campion, the insanely high energy front-man for the Bogmen at the Highline. You can't see it here, but that's a line-green shirt and tie with pink floral pants ensemble that he is spinning in.

Calamari Dentata

2010-03-22T12:09:00.001-07:00

Tentacle fascination continues.

View Of A Ageing Pomegranate

2010-02-02T10:25:00.000-08:00

Pomegranate

2010-01-28T07:29:00.000-08:00

Hmmm, needs practice

Pheasant, Heroic

2010-01-26T08:06:00.000-08:00

A variation on this theme will soon be in a major publication for your viewing and reading pleasure. Further feathered teasers to follow.

Dr. Wiggles

2010-01-24T11:25:00.000-08:00

Jeweled Moulting

2010-01-19T08:59:00.000-08:00

Click me for a quick Wikki article on Moulting

Triptych Coming Soon

2010-01-08T10:42:00.000-08:00

Sketches for a triptych, going to be bigger than anything I have done in a long time. It wont look anything like this in a couple of months. Click it to see it bigger.

Sea Life

2010-01-07T13:56:00.000-08:00

Singing

2010-01-06T17:42:00.000-08:00

A woman, who's name I did not get, singing her ass off at the sadly departed Hecho in Dumbo.

More Goats

2009-12-27T20:38:00.000-08:00

Another sketch for the Diner Journal article about goats, the basic idea was to cram as much goat-realted myth iconography as possible. Finished illo and a link to the article PDF here.

Goat sketching

2009-12-27T20:27:00.000-08:00

Sketch for a Diner Journal article by Scarlett Lindeman about goats and how the fit in at the table and in stories. Finished illo here.

Felicitous Christmakah

2009-12-25T13:45:00.001-08:00

Sienna Castle

2009-12-22T17:03:00.000-08:00

Watercolor from Sienna. This is really old. 90-something-something, I dug it up for another project and as long as it's handy it can go here too.

Farm New York

2009-12-22T07:48:00.001-08:00

This is a sketch from last year. It was for the Diner Journal's 2008 cover. There is an image of the final at my portfolio : ethancornell.com/portfolio/diner.htm

Squishy Mollusk

2009-12-21T15:21:00.000-08:00

This is the first post in a long time and so I admit total failure at "post-a-day." I disappointed my viewers, I apologize to both of you.

Let Squishy Mollusk kick off the return of (less frequent) doodle-blogging!

Rings Against the Evil Eye

2009-08-04T21:48:00.000-07:00

Super Virus

2009-08-03T14:33:00.000-07:00

Would it scare a child?

Trypanosoma Brucei In Blood Stream

2009-07-30T20:40:00.000-07:00

Causes sleeping sickness

Under the Microscope

2009-07-27T22:09:00.001-07:00

Candida Albicans

2009-07-22T21:19:00.000-07:00

Found in the body normally, but when they get out of control they can cause things like thrush, which is a nasty foamy mouth disease, and other worse stuff. You are welcome

Designer Cell (again)

2009-07-17T18:50:00.000-07:00

Ok, let's see if this does the trick

What?

2009-07-15T21:19:00.000-07:00

I got nothin'

My Foot

2009-07-14T21:20:00.000-07:00

Viral

2009-07-14T00:26:00.000-07:00

Rejected Sex Toys

2009-07-08T22:38:00.000-07:00

I drew the one in the middle first, and I was thinking "that doesn't look like a seed."

Underwater Super Spouters

2009-07-08T10:08:00.000-07:00

Maybe related to deep-sea thermal jets? Who knows where this is coming from, it's certainly not what I should be doing right now.

Second Seed

2009-07-06T21:33:00.000-07:00

Circle Practice, More

2009-07-06T21:17:00.000-07:00

same circles, more work

Bananna Flower

2009-07-02T22:46:00.000-07:00

A real botanical this time

Lunch On the Steps

2009-07-02T22:44:00.000-07:00

Frond

2009-07-02T22:40:00.000-07:00

Rock Fruits

2009-07-02T22:37:00.000-07:00

Circle Practice

2009-06-26T10:03:00.000-07:00

Looks Venetian to me.

Little Forest

2009-06-25T21:06:00.000-07:00

Smudge

2009-06-24T10:15:00.000-07:00

Breakfast

2009-06-24T10:13:00.000-07:00

Seed

2009-06-24T10:12:00.000-07:00

I think I am going to go back and draw on this more.

Tuber

2009-06-24T10:06:00.000-07:00

Abstract botanicals strike back with "tuber." Special thanks to the International for a little afternoon inspiration.

Fawn Yoga

2009-06-20T12:38:00.000-07:00

Doodling on the plane, maybe her pose comes from me being squished up in my chair.

Delays

2009-06-20T12:35:00.000-07:00

AlItalia had a 2 hour delay. Made the door to door about 16 hours from Rome to NY, but it did not seem to onerous. A little sketching, a little sleeping, a little cramped.

Passerby

2009-06-20T12:34:00.000-07:00

Sleeping Hermaphrodite

2009-06-19T10:56:00.000-07:00

A Roman copy, in marble, of a Greek bronze. At the Borghese Galleries in the Borghese Gardens. An amazing place although they only let you stay 2 hours at a pop. Bastards.

Elephant Mask

2009-06-18T07:04:00.000-07:00

The Elephant in Piazza Minerva has great dirt streak markings.

Bernini Elephant in the Piazza Minerva

2009-06-18T05:09:00.000-07:00

Bernini Elephant Again

2009-06-17T19:35:00.000-07:00

One of the Four Rivers

2009-06-17T05:00:00.000-07:00

Done from the roof of St. Agnes in Agone where we were staying.

San Giacomo Abstract

2009-06-16T11:14:00.000-07:00

Later on the train

Campo San Giacomo dall'Orio

2009-06-16T11:11:00.000-07:00

Sitting at bar Proseco waiting for my train to Rome.

Eye in the Deep

2009-06-16T11:10:00.000-07:00

Bellini Chapel

2009-06-16T11:07:00.000-07:00

Just the arches this time, not the altar itself.

Funeral Monument (Trevisan?) Frari

2009-06-16T10:57:00.000-07:00

I have nothing smart to say about the Frari, but it is a hell of a place.

Bridge near Schiavi

2009-06-16T10:52:00.000-07:00

From the fondamenta at Enoteca Schiavi

Biennale Lady

2009-06-16T10:50:00.000-07:00

The Biennale is great people watching of course

Arsenale Gate

2009-06-16T10:40:00.000-07:00

I love this spot. A lot of the Biennale takes place in Venice's Arsenale . I was unable to scam a pass this day, but I did spend some time sketching just outside the gate in the rain.

Ben

2009-06-16T10:37:00.000-07:00

I like this drawing, but it is totally unfair to Ben who is actually a good looking guy and not some scary gargoyle like this image. It may have come out like this because I was hot and cranky and cramped on our train trip to Venice.

Dramatic Mollusk

2009-06-16T10:36:00.000-07:00

Rio De Plata

2009-06-03T01:59:00.001-07:00

My window looks out on Piazza Navona right onto Bernini's
Fountain of the Four Rivers. So I had the chance to draw this figure from above, which is unusual. It represents the Rio de Plata.

Colesium From Cafe Celementine

2009-06-03T01:54:00.000-07:00

Killing a pleasant hour while waiting for the Interesting Basilica San Clemente to open.

Back of the Pantheon

2009-06-03T01:52:00.000-07:00

Back end of the Pantheon

More Bernini Elephant

2009-06-02T16:05:00.000-07:00

I am loving having this guy near the house, he will definitely be the theme for the trip. There is a wikki entry on the Piazza and one on Bernini.

Boy with a Thorn

2009-05-31T03:46:00.000-07:00

From the really excellent antiquities collection at the Capitoline Museum. Except the bastards kicked me out 45 minutes early so they could do security for the G8 dinner. Dammit.

Bernini in Piazza Minerva

2009-05-28T11:17:00.000-07:00

Bean

2009-05-28T11:13:00.000-07:00

Strawberries AlItalia

2009-05-25T05:30:00.001-07:00

Here is what strawberries look like at 500 miles and 30,000 feet

Space Mango

2009-05-25T05:28:00.000-07:00

I Shall Leek You

2009-05-21T10:45:00.001-07:00

Joy and the Worms-more color

2009-05-20T08:28:00.001-07:00

I am not a huge fan of all the scanning I am now doing, but, it has been great for letting me do a work-in-progress-thing where I get to see what the sketches look like with more or less work on them.

Here is joy from the myth cycle beating out the blues which come from the worms

Tiger Blob

2009-05-19T20:58:00.000-07:00

Joy Outruns the Worms

2009-05-18T19:40:00.001-07:00

Soldier Comforts Beached Octopus

2009-05-18T19:38:00.000-07:00

Sunday's drawing. I couldn't get to the scanner

Worm!

2009-05-16T23:34:00.001-07:00

Leaving

2009-05-16T06:55:00.000-07:00

Quick, as she was getting up to go.

Squid? Smoke? Pen?

2009-05-14T21:25:00.000-07:00

Triple Seedpod, now in color

2009-05-12T11:05:00.000-07:00

More of the rare triple seedpod, now in color for our viewer's edification and enjoyment. Click it to get the full glory.

Scotoplanes Globosa

2009-05-12T11:01:00.000-07:00

According to the Natural History Museum in London this thing really exists. It's a deep-sea worm, love it.

Drowned Soldier Comforted by Octopus

2009-05-12T10:52:00.000-07:00

Went to see an excellent show of woodblock prints by a gentleman named Kuniyoshi. I was thinking about them when I drew this. The dots on his armour are meant to be barnacles etc, but they came out just dots really.

The Rare Triple Seedpod

2009-05-09T07:29:00.000-07:00

Strange Sac

2009-05-09T07:27:00.000-07:00

More abstract botanicals. Done Friday.

Hiding/Waiting/Seeking Field

2009-05-09T07:24:00.001-07:00

So, it turns out I cant always get to a scanner, but I still make the drawings.

Obscure Machine

2009-05-05T20:34:00.001-07:00

Scary Clown

2009-05-04T19:22:00.001-07:00

Security

2009-05-03T21:00:00.000-07:00