Kevin P. Johnson - Artist: August 2014

Saturday, August 23, 2014

Boxer and Doberman Dogs Commission

Drawing was done on Strathmore 300 Series Smooth Bristol Board and then colored in Adobe Photoshop.

This was done for a Louisiana Boxer/Doberman Rescue group. The needed a football and dogs image and this is what I came up with. It was fun to do . . . the fleur de lis on the scarves are clip art I can't take credit for that.

- Kevin

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Thursday, August 14, 2014

Ella And The Boxing Butterfly

The Boxing Butterfly was drawn on Canson XL Series using various ink pens and Copic Markers. Drawn in 2014.

Photos taken in Covington, LA

Camera used Nikon D40

Photos taken in 2014

So I did a little show at 2nd & Charles in Covington, LA a few weeks ago and it was pretty terrible I was stuck hidden in a corner wedged between two other artist and almost nobody came up to my table because they couldn't see me or thought I was just part of the other peoples stuff, needless to say I didn't sell anything. The good thing was I got to see some family and friends and that made the day worthwhile. During this whole thing my niece Ella requested . . . demanded . . . a free drawing of a butterfly. So as I was drawing it I said "Should he have boxing gloves on?" she said "yes" as if it were even a question.

The last photo was not purposefully made to have that darkened oval around it, that happend because of the way the extra zoom lens I had on it wasn't focused correctly but I like the effect it caused.

- Kevin

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Friday, August 8, 2014

Little Girl Commission

Young Girl was drawn with Sharpie Markers and Copic Markers on Strathmore 300 Series Bristol Board. Drawn in 2014.

This was done as a commission. The drawing was done with my light box technique (where I use a photograph to get the basic shapes of a persons face in line) but I really threw it out the light box right away and free-handed almost the entire drawing outside of the eyes.This was the commission that I did in replacement of the one of the Young Woman that you can see if you go back about a week on this blog. I think that this one came out okay I would have liked to do the hair differently . . . next time.

- Kevin P. Johnson

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Sketch of Kid and Test Drawing Video

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So I wanted to try making a drawing video with my phone but didn't know how well it would work. This was a quick test to see how it would go . . . my filming skills need work, ha, ha, ha! I turned off the sound because I was in a public place and the funny thing was as soon as I turned it off the language in the background got loud and really vulgar . . . not that I haven't done that myself but I try to keep my art as friendly to everyone as possible.

- Kevin

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

My Little Pony Strawberry Swirl Drawing from 2011 . . . I didn't even know it was a thing

Drawing was done on Strathmore 300 Series Smooth Bristol Board, Ink is unknown (probably Sharpie Markers) and Prismacolor Markers

So back in 2011 my cousin asked me to draw a horse for my niece . . . so I thought little girls liked My Little Pony back in the day so a quick serch on the internet I found a pink one did a drawing and up until five minutes before I decided to post this I didn't even know the character had a name "Strawberry Swirl". I made a print of this and a lot of little girls love it . . . and a bunch of weird older guys and I only say weird because they have been quite strange when talking to me. I'm not sure what the male obsession is with this show (which I didn't know a new one existed for about six months after I drew this) but to each his own. I think this came out really good and is cute and fun and little girls and older guys really like it so it's in the win column.

I still have not seen this show.

- Kevin

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Friday, August 1, 2014

BUG MAN

Drawing was done on Strathmore 300 Series Smooth Bristol Board and then colored in Adobe Photoshop.

This guy was really fun to draw . . . and he's holding mustard and that makes every drawing worth my time. The weird thing is I needed to go back and add some dark brown to his pants and the file will not open in Photoshop anymore but will let me place it in other programs so I can still make a print of this guy. The entire time I was drawing this guy I was thinking about who he was and why he has mustard . . . maybe I'll make a comic book about him so you can find out.

- Kevin

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