Zoo sketches within an Apple's reach

Since Apple is a branding "top dog", the "big cats" reminded me of their OS versions. These were drawn with a Sharpie Calligraphic pen in an Aquabee sketchbook.

Capturing animals at the zoo

Some selected sketches from the zoo. These were drawn with a Sharpie Calligraphic pen.

Exploring pens at the zoo

Here's some sketches from yesterday's trip to the zoo that I used to test some new felt-tip pens to replace the extinct (?..I think..) Eberhard Faber 'DESiGN' Calligraphy pen—used to be my favorite location sketching pen.

Wacom 6D stylus experiments

Finally able to simulate painting in Photoshop CS4. This 6D stylus is amazing (succeeded by the Intuos4 Art Pen).

 

Simulating dry media with the felt nib.

Chisel tip rodent

This "rodent-like creature" is the dry run for a chisel tip that I made up in MS EX4 as the digital version of the (great) Eberhard Faber 'DESiGN' Calligraphy pen.