I love the Chinese Kitchen restaurant in Lubbock. I eat there at least once a month. The food is great, but the staff are all characters. This guy in particular cracks me up. He’s always smiling, and you can tell he really loves his job. He doesn’t speak english well, but as soon as that Hibachi is done he yells out “Hibachi READYY!!” The best is when the customer has no idea what he’s saying, so he repeats it four or five times.
My wife Amber and I sketch people every where we go. Its a lot of fun, but its also great training. I am always trying to capture the way that a person walks, stands, sits, or carries themselves. It makes it a lot easier when I’m drawing pages or illustrations, to draw from experience, than to try to figure it out from my own head. Here’s a handful of the sketches from this month. The top sheet is from Taco Villa, the middle is from Barnes and Noble, and the bottom is from Market Street grocery store. Its rare that people actually notice me drawing them, but not uncommon for other people to see what I’m doing and come over to take a look. I’m always amazed at how excited they get at seeing people being drawn. No matter what race, or culture. Everyone loves art.
I really liked this quote from the article, its kind of the reason I wanted to get into comics, I knew it could be more than just entertainment…
“As you start reading it, you start thinking, ‘Can I take this seriously?’ But as you get involved you realize there’s more to it than just entertainment,” Dunn said. “There’s a lot of didactic information, and from my vantage point it was more memorable and unique because you could identify the information with specific characters.”
I am working on a new project these days. I am illustrating a 200 page graphic novel for a text book company. The book is called Tales of Garcon and its a story that illustrates the pitfalls and opportunities of franchising in business. Its a fun story, and I like the characters a lot. Its been a lot of work so far. In July I penciled, inked and lettered the first 32 page chapter, and my wonderful, talented wife laid down the shading on it as well. 32 pages in a month is a lot. I’ve never done that before. I wasn’t sure I’d be able to. But I am enjoying the challenge.
This is the cover for the first chapter. I will be posting some pages before too long.
I was in Houston a while back as a guest at Comicapalooza. I really enjoyed the show, but I especially enjoyed hanging out with old friends. Some of my buddies wanted to go to this hole in the wall cowboy bar to meet a girl. I ended up sketching some of the wildlife. This guy was hilarious. I don’t think he actually had a mom tattoo, but he was showing it off like that. He loved the sketch too and bought us a round of drinks. Thats why I love cowboy bars, I can sketch a couple of hours and walk out with a couple hundred bucks in tips and full of beer. Plus, you get the privilege of meeting characters in real life.
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I am Will. I make art, I make comic books, I make people smile. I intend to do these things for the rest of my life. Thank you for visiting my site. I hope you\'ll find some art that makes your day a little brighter. Be sure to leave a comment so I know there\'s people actually paying attention!